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Actual Least Favourite Coasters
In no particular order:
Space Mountain: Mission 2, Disneyland Paris: Absolutely horrible, it's like being beaten up in the dark. I want to love it because it looks so awesome but I think it's time Disney replaced the actual coaster with something better. I can't believe that a company like Disney finds it acceptable to operate a ride that distributes that amount of pain.
Looping Star, Cadona's Aberdeen: It's a Pinfari ZL-42, it's cheap and nasty, it rattles and shakes and it comes with a free headache.
Superwirbel, Holiday Park: I've been on three Vekoma Corkscrews but this one's by far the worst I've been on. It's just constant headbanging all the way round, even through the double corkscrew which usually manages to be pretty smooth. One of the world's worst coasters at a park with one of the world's best coasters.
PMBO, Blackpool: The only redeeming feature used to be the drop but that has now become stupidly rough in the back few rows. It's just an over sized, rough, boring, poorly paced, badly engineered, ugly waste of an investment. It makes me wonder if the Rocky Mountain Iron Horse treatment would be possible for steel coasters.
Magnus Colossus, Terra Mitica: It looks fantastic but it just isn't. It's the only coaster I've been on with lapbars that's given me a headache and it's down to the violent jack-hammering vibrations throughout the layout. The pacing is also terrible, it absolutely crawls through some sections and the elements are so large and drawn out, most of them offer no excitement whatsoever. You get the impression that RCCA coasters were designed for their looks rather than the ride they offer.
Saw: The Ride, Thorpe Park: I can't believe that a coaster that was only built in 2009 could be this bad.
Coasters that weren't bad but didn't live up to the hype
Tonnere de Zeus, PArk Asterix: It wasn't bad at all but I wouldn't put it in contention as one of Europe's best coasters as many seem to. Before anyone says it's not what it used to be, this was back in the day when the train would hit the brakes and the entire brake run would shake backwards and forwards for 30 seconds.
Silverstar, Europa Park Brilliant first drop but the rest was so disappointingly average. It could be so much better if they reigned in those trims on pretty much every hill.
Bonus Round: Coasters that everyone hates but I thought were alright
Gouderix, Parc Asterix: It wasn't too bad at all. I would almost call it smooth, it wasn't a great ride by any means, it was pretty forceless and boring for a coaster with 7 inversions but it didn't do anything to make me hate it.
Furius Baco, Port Aventura: Sorry everyone but I really, really liked it. It's probably my favourite launch coaster.
Stampida, Port Aventura: It was very rough but I had a lot of fun on this coaster all the same. The racing / dueling aspect worked really well.
I think that just about covers everything
In no particular order:
Space Mountain: Mission 2, Disneyland Paris: Absolutely horrible, it's like being beaten up in the dark. I want to love it because it looks so awesome but I think it's time Disney replaced the actual coaster with something better. I can't believe that a company like Disney finds it acceptable to operate a ride that distributes that amount of pain.
Looping Star, Cadona's Aberdeen: It's a Pinfari ZL-42, it's cheap and nasty, it rattles and shakes and it comes with a free headache.
Superwirbel, Holiday Park: I've been on three Vekoma Corkscrews but this one's by far the worst I've been on. It's just constant headbanging all the way round, even through the double corkscrew which usually manages to be pretty smooth. One of the world's worst coasters at a park with one of the world's best coasters.
PMBO, Blackpool: The only redeeming feature used to be the drop but that has now become stupidly rough in the back few rows. It's just an over sized, rough, boring, poorly paced, badly engineered, ugly waste of an investment. It makes me wonder if the Rocky Mountain Iron Horse treatment would be possible for steel coasters.
Magnus Colossus, Terra Mitica: It looks fantastic but it just isn't. It's the only coaster I've been on with lapbars that's given me a headache and it's down to the violent jack-hammering vibrations throughout the layout. The pacing is also terrible, it absolutely crawls through some sections and the elements are so large and drawn out, most of them offer no excitement whatsoever. You get the impression that RCCA coasters were designed for their looks rather than the ride they offer.
Saw: The Ride, Thorpe Park: I can't believe that a coaster that was only built in 2009 could be this bad.
Coasters that weren't bad but didn't live up to the hype
Tonnere de Zeus, PArk Asterix: It wasn't bad at all but I wouldn't put it in contention as one of Europe's best coasters as many seem to. Before anyone says it's not what it used to be, this was back in the day when the train would hit the brakes and the entire brake run would shake backwards and forwards for 30 seconds.
Silverstar, Europa Park Brilliant first drop but the rest was so disappointingly average. It could be so much better if they reigned in those trims on pretty much every hill.
Bonus Round: Coasters that everyone hates but I thought were alright
Gouderix, Parc Asterix: It wasn't too bad at all. I would almost call it smooth, it wasn't a great ride by any means, it was pretty forceless and boring for a coaster with 7 inversions but it didn't do anything to make me hate it.
Furius Baco, Port Aventura: Sorry everyone but I really, really liked it. It's probably my favourite launch coaster.
Stampida, Port Aventura: It was very rough but I had a lot of fun on this coaster all the same. The racing / dueling aspect worked really well.
I think that just about covers everything