Top 10(ish): 2024 Edition - page 124

[Hixee]

From my perspective, I still remember the ride experience Mako provided and my opinions on it at the time pretty well, and my memories of it from 2016 are the most positive memories I have from any roller coaster, so I’ve chosen to keep it where it is until I eventually get around to getting back on it.

But do you guys think I should keep it where it is at number 1, or should I downgrade it because I haven’t ridden it as recently as some other coasters

Each to their own, and all, but I'd leave it where it is. My Top 20 works more like a "Top 20 coaster experiences I've had", rather than a simple "this coaster is better than this coaster", and I think that's the right way of doing it.

A great example for me would be Boulder Dash. I last rode it in it's golden age in 2010, and it currently sits at #6 in my count - above Skyrush (last rode 2016), X2 (last rode 2013), Voyage (last rode 2016) and Dragster (last rode 2018). I have little doubt that if I re-rode it now it would tumble down my ranking - possibly out of the Top 20 altogether - but those night rides with a small group of good goon friends back in 2010 were truly magical and the memory of the experience outranks the coasters below it in the list.

If I rode it again now, after having ridden another 500+ coasters, with it past it's prime, and without the group fun element of it, I would probably shuffle it down the list a bit. I'd try to find some kind of compromise in my mind between remembering it 'how it was' and remembering it 'how it is'.

 

[HeartlineCoaster]

But do you guys think I should keep it where it is at number 1, or should I downgrade it because I haven’t ridden it as recently as some other coasters

Something I've learnt over the years is to trust your initial assessment and instinct and not worry about the rose tint effect. I can't think of any significant rides that I've returned to and thought 'well I was clearly wrong the first time.' If you're comfortable keeping it at the top based on what you felt at the time, then leave it.

From another perspective I damn well hope Mako is better than Wicker Man. It would be a tragedy if it wasn't.

 

[Matt N]

I rank coasters based off of the level of enjoyment I feel coming off them, and my memories of Mako are overwhelmingly positive; they’re definitely the most positive memories I have of a ride from my 2016 Florida trip for sure, and from what I remember of the ride, it is my personal favourite coaster I’ve ever ridden for sure! For that reason, I would personally want to keep it where it is, but some members of my family think I should bump it down and put something else there; I remember my sister was saying to me “how can Mako still be your favourite coaster when we haven’t ridden it in 4 years? Why don’t you just put Icon up there instead?”, for example. That made me doubt myself a little.

Having said that, my mum still holds Mako as her favourite coaster too, so I’m clearly not the only one who’s still infatuated with 2016 memories of it in my family!

Personally, I’d lean heavily towards keeping Mako up there until I reride it, because as I said,

From another perspective I damn well hope Mako is better than Wicker Man. It would be a tragedy if it wasn't.

It depends entirely on what you like in a roller coaster. For me, Mako is most definitely my favourite roller coaster I’ve ever been on, and just ticked all of my boxes, so it ranks above Wicker Man in spite of how phenomenally well Wicker Man was running last time I visited Alton Towers.

However, from having talked to you in other threads and read some of your trip reports, you and I have somewhat differing coaster tastes and levels of experience. You don’t seem to like Wicker Man at all from the tone of your posts about it (do correct me if I’m wrong), but you also don’t seem to particularly like B&M hyper coasters either, so I can’t really tell which you’d rate higher.

While we’re on the subject, what is it that turns you off so much about Wicker Man in comparison to other GCI roller coasters? I appreciate completely that I’m talking to someone who has experienced a number of GCI roller coasters that is well in the double digits and has a coaster count nearing four-digit territory, while I have only a two-digit coaster count and one GCI to my name (Wicker Man), so it could well be down to experience, and of course everyone has different opinions, but as someone who absolutely loves it and gets such enjoyment from it every time I ride, I’d just be intrigued to know why you have such a high amount of disdain for it compared to both other GCIs and other Alton coasters.

With that being said, most people probably think I’m insane for the opinions I exhibit in this list, not least because a certain fan favourite at Alton is notably absent from the list (for clarity, I have Nemesis at #21).

 

[HeartlineCoaster]

You don’t seem to like Wicker Man at all from the tone of your posts about it (do correct me if I’m wrong), but you also don’t seem to particularly like B&M hyper coasters either, so I can’t really tell which you’d rate higher.

Glad to see I come off as a miserable bastard who doesn't like anything.

While we’re on the subject, what is it that turns you off so much about Wicker Man in comparison to other GCI roller coasters? I appreciate completely that I’m talking to someone who has experienced a number of GCI roller coasters that is well in the double digits

Pretty much that. When you know what they're truly capable of (they've got two absolute monsters in my top ten for a start) it's just a bit of a wet blanket of a ride.
The disadvantages of having a wider perspective on rides is that there's a lot more room for comparison and thus, inevitable disappointment. I've become a lot more critical of everything, but I find that fun in its own way.
I don't truly dislike it, I just find it a very mediocre experience and that's not worth the extortionate queue times or even the time spent in Alton Towers. Off the top of my head, I don't think I've ever queued more than 30 minutes for any other GCI in the world and Wickerman has always been well in excess of 90. It just doesn't pay off.
The fact that it's at Alton doesn't help matters at all. It feels like a much greater waste of potential both in what they could achieved within their grounds and, because it's in the UK, I'm desperate for a few more local rides to truly love. They could have given me a cross valley Python, but we got 40ft of flat turnarounds and an empty shed. Try and imagine if Thorpe announced they were building a B&M Hyper like Mako and then they actually built the B&M SFC clone instead. I have no doubt you'd still see this as a positive in other ways, but that's the order of magnitude I'm dealing with here.


Back to your original question I think you answered it best yourself with this statement:

just the most amazed and blown away I’ve ever been by a ride to date!

It's natural to let some rides fade in the list as you experience more and your personal tastes change and develop, but don't knock them down on a whim just because 'it's been a while', or because someone else tells you otherwise.

 

[Matt N]

Fair enough! I guess I have substantially less experience with wood than yourself, but from what I’ve done, Wicker Man definitely stands out as my favourite wooden roller coaster; for clarity, the other 6 woodies I’ve been on consist of Mine Blower, Megafobia and the 4 currently operating Blackpool woodies.

Wicker Man might have blossomed to be one of my favourite roller coasters, and by far my favourite at Alton Towers (against the common grain, I admit), but I must admit that Icon still just edges it for me in terms of UK coasters; now that is a ride I fell in love with from the second I got off my first ride on it! It didn’t exceed my expectations in the same way that Wicker Man did, but that’s because my expectations for Icon were immensely high, and they would likely have been very difficult to exceed; for me, it’s a phenomenal coaster that just wows me every time, and even though I’ve only had 2 rides on Icon on each occasion I’ve been to Blackpool (I’ve had 4 in total), I could have had far more if desire alone dictated it!

Am I the only one who actually really loves Icon? All the reviews I read of it focus on how dull, poorly paced and lacklustre it supposedly is, and lacking in any strong forces, but I feel as though I must be riding a different coaster, because I find it smooth, comfortable, fast-paced from start to finish, with buckets of wonderful ejector airtime and hang time throughout (even in the most unexpected of places), and on the whole, it just puts a smile on my face bigger than most other coasters I’ve been on (the second biggest smile behind only Mako )! I admit it’s not the most g-heavy coaster in the world (in terms of positive g’s), but for me, I’ve always believed that intensity isn’t everything in terms of dictating how much I enjoy a coaster, so for what I like in a ride, Icon’s one of the most enjoyable I’ve ever ridden!

 

[Hutch]

Yeah Matt, pretty sure we've had this conversation before. So long as you feel Mako was your best coaster experience, there's no reason you should move it down.

Time since the last ride isn't a factor to how I rate my coasters. I generally rank them based on my latest experience with each coaster, so if you go re ride a coaster and it's not as good as you once thought, so be it. Until I ride a coaster again, there's no reason for me to lower its rankings, unless I come across better coasters. Hixee's experience with Boulder Dash is a great example.

I suppose lack of experience is a fair point. Nemesis is the cred in my Top 10 that I've gone the longest since riding (6 years), and I had a little over 50 creds when I first rode it. But my low coaster count isn't going to take away how I felt during the ride, and those feelings are certainly comparable to more recent additions in my Top 10.

Question is, if I ride Nemesis again, will it drop in my rankings? I honestly don't know. Despite my low coaster count, I already had another five B&M inverts on my plate, and no invert since then has come close to Nemesis. But maybe it'll ride worse with age? I don't know about that either. If it rode perfectly on its 20th anniversary, I don't see any reason it would ride any different 6 years later. But until I ride it again, I'll keep it where it is... even if it takes me a decade to return.

However, the best is when you go a while without riding one of your favorite rides, and riding it again and realizing it's just as good as you remember. I went four years without riding Skyrush, and during that timeframe I more or less tripled my coaster count. But Skyrush held up when I rode it again last year! In fact it was even better than I remember, because I figured out how to keep my hands up over those airtime hills lol.

Out of curiosity, I went and sought out my old rankings after I rode Nemesis. Here's how the Top 5 looked:

1. Boulder Dash
2. Top Thrill Dragster
3. Millennium Force
4. Nemesis
5. Bizarro

The biggest takeaway here is that those four other coasters aren't in my Top 10 anymore. So what happened there?

Well, I rode them again. Boulder Dash got rougher, so that was an easy drop down the rankings. TTD and MF in themselves actually haven't changed, I just think it was down to lack of experience (I first rode them with around 20 creds) and realizing there are better rides out there. Each time I've visited CP, they keep falling down the list.

I guess you could say, based on my opinions now, that Nemesis was the best coaster I had ridden in 2014 (or Maverick, seeing that it had jumped over Nemesis since then), but obviously that wasn't how I felt back then. Nonetheless, Nemesis has held a firm grip in the Top 10.



ALSO, while looking for my old rankings from 2014, it was fun coming across people's old rankings and how much they can differ compared to now. This one is my favorite:

Re: Top 10(ish): 2014 Edition

Ok, this is my first attempt to actually rank my favourites in order, so here goes:

1. Nemesis.
2. Kingda Ka.

Never forget.

 

[Matt N]

Oh believe me, my top coasters were also very different back in 2014. Swarm was my number 1, and that still ranks highly for me now, but I think Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit may have been my number 2, and that’s now my #17. Rita was in the top 5, and it’s now one of my least favourite coasters; talk about a change in opinion!

 

[HeartlineCoaster]

Am I the only one who actually really loves Icon?

Of course not, I have much love for Icon. Let's sing the theme together. "Dun dundun dundun...

 

[TMCoasters]

Made a little trip down to New Jersey to pick up some new credits and ride some old favorites. Rankings have seen some small changes (but I'm bored and can't travel so why not update them here).

-New Credits
-Moved in rankings
-Haven't ridden since 2018 or earlier

1) Voyage
2) Python in Bamboo Forest
3) Helix
4) Dinoconda
5) Boulder Dash
6) OCT Thrust
7) Maverick
8) Skyrush
9) Lightning Run
10) Wildfire (Kolmarden)
11) Storm Chaser
12) Superman The Ride
13) Steel Vengeance
14) Mako
15) El Toro (SFGAdv)
16) Starry Sky Ripper
17) Phantom's Revenge
18) Thundercoaster
19) Time Traveler
20) Gale Force (write up below)
21) Wicked Cyclone
22) Dauling Dragons (Red then Blue)
23) Coaster Through The Clouds
24) Roar-o-saurus
25) Hagrid's Magical Creatures
26) Boardwalk Bullet
27) Mine Blower
28) Tron Lightcycle Power Run
29) Mega Lite (HV Shanghai)
30) Outlaw Run

I was always intrigued by Gale Force, but I certainly didn't expect it to be this good. Perhaps it was partially due to recency bias and lack of coaster riding during pandemic, but this coaster was brilliant. Paced perfectly, this ride was relentless and actually had me seeing stars for the majority of the layout. The top hat has incredibly strong and sustained airtime. The kickflip offers rare sideways ejector airtime and laterals. The non-inverting immelmann and dive loop both give a great airtime and lateral combination. AND, to make things better, you get two full cycles of the coaster! This one definitely needs a lot more recognition, and is in my opinion, easily the second best coaster in New Jersey, only to El Toro (which ran amazing this year, but still needs new trains)

 

[Coaster Hipster]

Long time no update!

New in bold.
Reridden and moved in italics.

1 - Steel Vengeance (=)
2 - Zadra
3 - Expedition GeForce (-1)
4 - El Toro (=)
5 - Twisted Colossus
6 - Superman: The Ride (-1)
7 - Intimidator 305
8 - Fury 325
9 - Hyperion
10 - Twisted Timbers

11 - Lech Coaster
12 - Schwur des Kärnan
13 - Maverick
14 - Helix
15 - Taron
16 - Nemesis
17 - X²
18 - Wicked Cyclone
19 - Hyper Coaster (Land of Legends)
20 - Goliath (Walibi Holland)


Lech was significantly less intense than I remember, though the layout is still top-notch.

Update after visits to Cedar Point, BPB, Alton Towers and Toverland. New in bold:

1 - Steel Vengeance
2 - Expedition GeForce
3 - Lech Coaster
4 - El Toro
5 - Superman the Ride
6 - Schwur des Kärnan
7 - Maverick
8 - Helix
9 - Taron
10 - Nemesis

11 - Wicked Cyclone
12 - Troy
13 - Goliath (Walibi Holland)
14 - Balder
15 - Nitro (SFGADv)
16 - Icon
17 - Star Trek: Operation Enterprise
18 - Alpina Blitz
19 - Millennium Force
20 - Fenix

 

[Hixee]

I305 above Fury is just absolute lunacy.

 

[FistedColossus]

1. Steel Vengeance
2. Skyrush
3. Taron
4. Untamed
5. Magnum XL 200
6. Hyperion
7. Zadra
8. Silver Star
9. Mako
10. Phoenix

Can't see the top 2 ever being shifted tbh. Have been tempted to move Taron down a bit but the memories ?

Hyperion was a huge surprise having heard mixed reviews. The first hill is quite possibly my favourite airtime moment ever - El Toro/Skyrush vibes. The sustained ejector over that hill is world class. The rattle is noticeable but for me it adds to the bonkers intensity of the ride.

Zadra is equally brilliant but for different reasons. Decent airtime but nothing on SV or Untamed. It's a 200ft RMC though so obviously it's pretty damn good.

 

[Luca B]

So like everyone else I went to Poland which shook up my rankings.

New in bold.
Reridden and moved in italics.

1. Lightning Rod
2. Skyrush
3. Zadra
4. Steel Vengeance
5. Storm Chaser
6. Der Schwur Des Kärnan
7. The Voyage
8. Expedition GeForce
9. Hyperion (+10)
10. El Toro
11. Fury 325
12. Lightning Run
13. Lech Coaster
14. Untamed
15. Twisted Cyclone
16. Wildfire
17. Twisted Colossus
18. Phantoms Revenge
19. Taron
20. X2

To start off Zadra blew me away, while it lacks the airtime strength of Lightning Rod or Storm Chaser, it makes up for that with the surprising positives and great laterals which made the ride way more interesting than most other RMCs. It’s also the only RMC where I feel every inversion has a purpose and benefits the ride, meaning every element on this ride delivered for me. The ride is just constant forces in every direction and is so well paced and aggressive, but the only thing stopping me from ranking it higher is the slightly weaker airtime.

Next up Lech, which is really good, having a crazy first drop, some sustained positives and great airtime, especially on the second twisted hill which is one of Europe’s strongest airtime moments. The reasons it doesn’t rank higher are the weak pacing towards the end, as everything from the final inversion onward is fairly tamed, the restraints which while being the best vest restraints around are still fairly restrictive and also the lack of the out of control feeling just because Vekoma’s design is so refined.

And now Hyperion, which was the biggest surprise of the trip. While I enjoyed it on the last visit, it ran so much faster and smoother this time round. Not only did I enjoy the beginning of the coaster much more as I have become a more seasoned enthusiast, but also everything after the twist and dive ran significantly better: the speed hills gave noticeable airtime, the Stengel dives had better laterals and most surprisingly I actually felt floater on the floater hill. I ended up loving the ride so much, the restraints are so open, the ejector hills are some of the best in Europe and the laterals really brings the ride to another level, making it so aggressive.

 

[Dan Nguyen]

Got back from a PA park trip adding a couple new coasters to my count.

1. Skyrush - still holds up after 8 years and 100+ coasters later
2. Intimidator 305
3. Phoenix - This thing totally lives up to the hype everyone gives it. A perfect mix of strong floater and stand up ejector combined with zero restraints makes this my personal favorite wooden coaster. Took about 3-4 rides to really drive the point home.
4. Fury 325
5. Twisted Timbers
6. El Toro
7. Lightning Rod
8. Phantom's Revenge - While its a little short, it packs so much air into that short layout. The drop through Thunderbolt into the ravine is incredible and the turn right after basically had be seeing stars. Then you get catapulted out of your seat on countless small, but powerful ejector hills. Combine that with the awesome minimal restraints and you've got a serious world class coaster. Lightning Run needs these kinds of restraints.
9. Superman the Ride
10. Storm Chaser

Candymonium - A really good B&M hyper with a solid layout and strong floater. Skyrush completely outlcasses it, but its a comfortable hyper for those who can't really handle Skyrush's terrifying ejector and insane laterals. It is developing a rattle, something I didn't really notice on Mako. Doesn't affect the ride at all, but it'll be interesting to see how this ride ages compared to the others. If you loved Mako, this ride is essentially a bigger, better version of that with better pacing, more hills and a better finale.
Twister - Knoebel's version of a Grizzly style out of control ride. The coaster is essentially all turns so there isn't much air to be had, but the laterals are fun and the ride itself is forceful. It suffers from being in the same park as Phoenix, but this ride can really hold its own if you can look past that.
Thunderbolt - The setting for this ride is pretty amazing. The ride itself doesn't really deliver much in the air department and the whole mandatory pairing sucks . That being said, the forces/laterals are pretty insane for such an old coaster. Probably one of the best helices on any wooden coaster I've ever ridden.
Sky Rocket - I'd personally rather see more of these over the Premier skyloops. You've got some decent air, some fun inversions, and a really neat launch. The ride kinda peters out at the end unfortunately, but there's enough to this ride to keep me coming back for more (when the lines aren't ridiculously long). The other big plus is no metal wings on the seats to smash your knees into when you step into the train.
Jack Rabbit - Its a bit of a one trick pony, but it delivers a helluva trick. The double down gives you some ridiculous airtime. The coaster itself is insanely smooth for being 100 years old. Kennywood clearly takes good care of it. I just wish it didn't take so long to warm up. Another big plus to this, the lack of restraints so getting back on was a breeze compared to some of the other coasters.
Racer - Its smooth and fun. You get a decent pop of air toward the end. It doesn't really do much else unfortunately. The racing aspect seems to be the only thing this ride has going for it. That being said, its still worth riding.
Black Diamond - I'm so glad Knoebels decided to buy this ride and restore it. Its such a quirky little coaster. Blazing Fury is still the better of the dark ride coasters as its got a more intense drop, but this thing delivers in the fun set pieces and the mining museum next door
Exterminator - The coaster Primeval Whirl should've been. Thing runs completely brakeless on top and its full of incredible theming for a non Disney/Universal park. While it doesn't spin on the bottom as much as some mice I've ridden, the theming totally makes up for it.
Laff Trakk - The weaker of the two spinners I've ridden. I dig the fun house theming and the AC is a big perk, but the spinning is kinda weak.
Kozmo's Kurves - Kozmo sure picked a great ride to represent his crazy self. This kiddie ride really packs a nice punch compared to most. The setting over the canal really can't be beat either.
The Great Chase - My final SFA credit that I needed. The theming is cute and they send you around 3 times so its pretty neat.
Cocoa Cruiser - This kiddie coaster is more refined than Great Chase, but they only send you around twice.

 

[Hutch]

8. Phantom's Revenge ... Lightning Run needs these kinds of restraints.

That's really interesting you say that, because I think the restraints are the only minor drawback I have for Phanny. I do like how open they are, and they definitely give your legs more freedom than Lightning Run's. However the bunny hill's at the end of Phanny, while amazing, are a bit uncomfortable. I think it has to do with the nature of the lap bars not being as restrictive as LR's? You're thrown around a lot more as a result.

I don't have a problem with Lightning Run's restraints (they're similar to the RMC restraints, which I don't mind either). Yeah, it can get pretty brutal on those last few hills as well, but I wonder if having something a bit more open would make it more uncomfortable.

 

[Dan Nguyen]

That's really interesting you say that, because I think the restraints are the only minor drawback I have for Phanny. I do like how open they are, and they definitely give your legs more freedom than Lightning Run's. However the bunny hill's at the end of Phanny, while amazing, are a bit uncomfortable. I think it has to do with the nature of the lap bars not being as restrictive as LR's? You're thrown around a lot more as a result.

I don't have a problem with Lightning Run's restraints (they're similar to the RMC restraints, which I don't mind either). Yeah, it can get pretty brutal on those last few hills as well, but I wonder if having something a bit more open would make it more uncomfortable.

Idk I prefer being thrown around on coasters. That's why Skyrush is my number 1 and 305 is my number 2.

I'm not a huge fan of the RMC lapbars on Lightning Run. For one, they're heavy so they get in the way of any air you're potentially getting. Plus the shin guards are clearly designed by someone who doesn't have shins as there's a pointed section that likes to dig into your shins on every airtime moment. I prefer just having a bar over your shins like Wicked Cyclone and Storm Chaser over whatever newer RMCs and Lightning Run have.

I prefer actually being able to feel the ejector on those hills over slowly getting stapled by a heavy lapbar like Lightning Run.

 

[Hutch]

Idk I prefer being thrown around on coasters. That's why Skyrush is my number 1 and 305 is my number 2.

I'm not a huge fan of the RMC lapbars on Lightning Run. For one, they're heavy so they get in the way of any air you're potentially getting. Plus the shin guards are clearly designed by someone who doesn't have shins as there's a pointed section that likes to dig into your shins on every airtime moment. I prefer just having a bar over your shins like Wicked Cyclone and Storm Chaser over whatever newer RMCs and Lightning Run have.

I prefer actually being able to feel the ejector on those hills over slowly getting stapled by a heavy lapbar like Lightning Run.

Skyrush does throw you around, but you have a tight lap bar so it's not like your legs or whole body is jostling up and down (relative to the seat). Skyrush is actually similar to RMCs and Lightning Run due to the tight lap bar, just without the shin guard. Plus, with the forces Skyrush has, there's no way you won't end up stapled anyway.

 

[ScottLann]

I haven't done this in a while and I've been to a few parks since I last uploaded my list. I personally choose my top 10 Coaster based on my own experiences on them, meaning that they can go up/down from previous times.

1. Mako - Best airtime I've ever experienced. The music up the lift-hill really adds to the anticipation before the drop.
2. Shambhala - Amazing coaster however what stopped it from being number 1 was that the airtime wasn't as intense as Mako's.
3. Red Force - Incredible Launch, Fast, Tall, Lapbars....need I say anymore.
4. The Incredible Hulk - Another great launch coaster, intense, awesome theming and I've actually gotten a small pop of airtime on it after the first corkscrew!
5. Montu - this has gone up as the last time I went on it, I actually greyed out after the first loop.
6. The Swarm - gone down one as my last few rides on it were slightly uncomfortable with the vest restraints on my shoulders. Still as smooth as ever!
7. Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit - I know this ain't people's favourite but I just find it to be extremely fun and have great memories on it.
8. Revenge Of The Mummy - Awesome theming, the airtime at the top of the launch was really unexpected too!
9. Furius Baco - call me crazy, but this ride is awesome! Yeah it's rough, but the launch is great, theming is well done and overall it's just crazy intense!
10. Saw - The Ride - I'm a fan of the films and I love the main drop. All the rides i've had on it have been pretty smooth as well.

 

[Nitefly]

Haven’t been on a huge amount but out of the pathetic number of parks I’ve been to (and in no particular order):

Montu
Cheetah Hunt
Nemesis
Shambhala
Revenge of the Mummy
The Incredible Hulk
Space Mountain
Vliegende Hollander
The Flying Fish
Mini Apple

^ This meagre list was before my recent European trip. My new top 10, in order, is as follows. Rides 1-6 are all elite and I can appreciate anyone ranking them in a different order... riding them all again may shuffle their placings!

1 - Lech Coaster (I had a legendary riding session on this - perfect)

2 - Hyperion (breathtaking speed and height - super top tier.... in the right seat)

3 - Zadra (would be the top spot but the restraints were a little awkward for me)

4 - Expedition GeForce (wild and intense)

5 - Shambhala (comfy and graceful dreamy floater machine)

6 - Taron (super twisty and long - much better in the front row for the visual feast)

7 - Incredible Hulk (the launch and the first part over the lake are both outstanding - when you’re on this ride, you know you’re on holiday)

8 - Montu (elite B&M inverted classic)

9 - Nemesis (intense and forceful - the first half still holds up to this day)

10 - Wodan (out of control and surprising - great fun)

See my recent trip report for expanded thoughts!

 

[James F]

^ This meagre list was before my recent European trip. My new top 10, in order, is as follows. Rides 1-6 are all elite and I can appreciate anyone ranking them in a different order... riding them all again may shuffle their placings!

1 - Lech Coaster

2 - Hyperion

3 - Zadra

4 - Expedition GeForce

5 - Shambhala

6 - Taron

7 - Incredible Hulk

8 - Montu

9 - Nemesis

10 - Wodan

Cool to see that Zadra, Hyperion and Lech Coaster are up there! I'm going to Poland in October if covid allows. I'll eventually get round to Expedition GeForce

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