Coaster porn (sort of)

[MellowPasta]

What in your opinion are some of the best looking/most aesthetically pleasing coasters/manufacturers?

For me I love the look of a B&M wing coaster. Fenix at Toverland’s train design especially. In fact I just find most B&M’s just great to watch even when not riding.

 

[Danny]

Manta, particularly when viewed from entering SWO.

I also quite like Valkyria's track colour scheme and station; although the ride does stick out on the skyline a little too much.

Blue Fire is certainly a visually pleasing coaster to look at, as is Leviathan.

Plus Wildfire with the Braviken Bay backdrop. Ooft.

 

[Ted]

As crap as it is, The Big One at Night is a brilliant looking coaster

 

[Jonathan]

Plus Wildfire with the Braviken Bay backdrop. Ooft.

There's a reason my photo of that has been my laptop's wallpaper ever since we got back from Sweden.

 

[Doublethink]

Wildfire at Kolmarden.

Helix with its lights on.

Zadra at night with the supports lit up.

SheiKra water splashdown.

Most coasters at Bush Gardens Williamsburg

 

[Skyscraper]

Wicker Man at night with the fire on.

 

[Boothy]

Hulk.

 

[RicketyCricket]

I hear Taron has an Only Fans account.

 

[bluesonichd]

could have taken pics of this all day... I think I did

 

[Rick]

Big fan of any large wooden structure on a coaster, especially if it looks impossibly fragile, only for it to have a 30 ton train run effortlessly over the top of it.

 

[MellowPasta]

Big fan of any large wooden structure on a coaster, especially if it looks impossibly fragile, only for it to have a 30 ton train run effortlessly over the top of it.

Big fan of any large wooden structure on a coaster, especially if it looks impossibly fragile, only for it to have a 30 ton train run effortlessly over the top of it.

that looks like an absolute beast. Where is that?

 

[Danny]

that looks like an absolute beast. Where is that?

Son of Beast. Replaced by Banshee. Kings Island.

 

[Jonathan]

that looks like an absolute beast. Where is that?

That was Son of Beast at Kings Island. The loop stood until about 2006, and the coaster operated until 2009, with it eventually being torn down in 2012 to make way for Banshee.

EDIT: Damnit, Danny!

 

[Skyscraper]

You didn't miss much @Matt878787, it was so rough the lift chain was designed so that the noise drowned out the screams of riders.

 

[Doublethink]

The outer bank on Pantheon is 100 percent Not Safe For Work

 

[Rick]

You didn't miss much @Matt878787, it was so rough the lift chain was designed so that the noise drowned out the screams of riders.

I thought it was far better than people claimed it was, especially with the loop. Without, it felt like a no trick pony.

Badly engineered, even with some quite well renowned names involved ... and RCCA. Too many cooks, etc.

 

[Ted]

It's a well known fact as well that the loop was not the problem with the ride, but the lighter trains that were introduced in 2006 could never complete it so it had to be removed. Ironically the loop was the smoothest part of the ride.

 

[Rick]

Ironically the loop was the smoothest part of the ride.

Nothing ironic about it really, given most of the roughness came from the laterals and the way the Premier trains awkwardly shuffled through the curves.

 

[pluk]

My favourite coasters to watch are arrow suspended, the way they flick out on the corners does something to me.