What is your favorite thrill ride of all time?

Question

Anything counts. Roller coasters, carnival rides, or any type of amusment ride. My top 5 favorites would be...The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman at Universal Studios Orlando is my favorite of all time. My number 2 favorite thrill ride would have to be Exebition: Everest at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. Number 3 would have to be Vertical Veloicty at the Six Flags Theme Parks. This ride is also called the Wicked Twister at Cedar Point. My number 4 would have to be Dudley Do Right's Rip Saw Falls also at Universal Studios Orlando. The 5th would have to be the Tower of Terror at Walt Disney World's Disney Studios. As you can tell, I'm a Disney/Universal kind of guy. I would love to hear your all time favorite. OR maybe your top 1-5. Thanks.

Answer 1

1. Tower of Terror: In Dreamworld (Coomera, Queensland, Australia). Basically it blasts you off a 100 mph and you go up 400 ft vertically (identical to the Superman ride in Six Flags Magic Mountain) The six ton passenger vehicle, called the 'Escape Pod', is electro-magnetically powered, accelerating its passengers rapidly to 100 mph (160 km/h) in seven seconds. The track then turns skyward, with the passengers pulling 4.5 G's. The car climbs to almost 38 stories high.

Following the climb, there is a 6.5 second free-fall before the 90 degree turn is executed in reverse. The vehicle then hurtles into the station where it comes to a rapid stop.

There has been some controversy over whether Tower of Terror is a roller coaster, since the car goes up a tower only to fall back down again. Because of this, the ride is not found on many lists of the tallest and fastest roller coasters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Terror_%28roller_coaster%29#The_ride




2. X: In Six Flags Magic Mountain X is a unique prototype design in which the seats can rotate forward or backward 360 degrees in a controlled spin. This is achieved by having four rails on the track: two of these are running rails while the other two are for spin control. The 2 rails that control the spin of the seats (the "X Rails") move up and down relative to the track and spin the seats using a rack and pinion gear mechanism.

X's lift-hill climbs 175-feet (53 m) into the sky with the ride's tallest point above ground at 190-feet (58 m). The coaster's opening drop of 215 feet (65.5 m) is sloped at 88.5 degrees and reaches a maximum speed of 76 mph (122 km/h). The 3,610-foot (1100 m) long layout features six inversions including a skydive, two "raven turns", one backflip, and a twisting front flip.

Although the ride has received mostly rave reviews from enthusiasts and is a huge hit among the general public, X has had problems. Due to design flaws—particularly with the trains—the ride's opening (originally scheduled for summer of 2001) was delayed until January of 2002. In June, the ride closed for several months in order to modify the trains. In August of 2002, the ride reopened and has been running smoothly ever since, except for a train valleying in the summer of 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_%28roller_coaster%29

3. Giant Drop: In Dreamworld

The tallest freefall drop ride in the world (118 metres). It features a wait of usually 45 seconds at the top of the tower before the drop, although this can be altered by the operator, who will often wait until the Tower of Terror runs up and back down the shared support structure.

4. Manhattan Express: New York-New York.
The Roller Coaster at New York-New York, formerly known as Manhattan Express, travels through the property's interior and exterior, and has cars painted to resemble a traditional Checker Cab; the coaster is 203 ft (62 m) tall, has a maximum drop of 144 ft (44 m), and reaches speeds up to 67 mph (108 km/h). The ride has recently undergone a variety of enhancements including the introduction of a magnetic braking system and new trains from Premier Rides.

5. Splash Mountain: Disney Land
Grand opening:
Disneyland: July 17, 1989
Magic Kingdom: July 17, 1992 (dedicated October 2)
Tokyo Disneyland: October 1, 1992
Designer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Height: Mountain is 87 feet
Length: Approx. 2640 ft Disneyland; 2,600 ft Walt Disney World; 2,800 ft Tokyo Disneyland
Over 20,000 gallons flow through the flume every minute
Size: Occupies a 9.2 acre site
Audio-Animatronics: 105 in Disneyland ;68 in Walt Disney World
Drop The largest drop is a 5-story (52.5 ft.), 47-degree waterfall at Disneyland, at Tokyo and WDW, the drop is less steep, at 45 degrees.
Speed: Over 40 mph on the final drop
Height requirement: 40"
Show length: aprox. 10:00
Ride system: Flume ride
Log: Each log has a weight of 1 ton.
Magic Kingdom & Tokyo: 8-passenger logs (Side by side seating in four rows)
Disneyland: 6-passenger logs (single file) [Seven passengers is possible, because of large bench seat in last row]
Lift Motors: Custom made from Europe with a total of 3 lifts
Location in the park:
Disneyland
Critter Country
Magic Kingdom
Frontierland
Tokyo Disneyland
Critter Country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Mountain

By the way I have ridden all of these.

Answer 2

It's a toss up of two coasters: the Millenium Force or the Top Fuel Dragster - both at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Both coasters have broken numerous world records as well as many features on Discovery channel's "Thrill" series. The rest of the list would be a compilation of the other rides at Cedar Point -- there is no other park in my mind (I'll drive the 8 hours there rather than go to the Six Flags a mere 1.5 hours away).

Answer 3

Really it would be just about anything from Cedar Point but I'll try and rank them....:)
1. Millennium Force
2. Top Thrill Dragster
3. Magnum XL200
4. Blue Streak
5. Gemini

I'll go one step further and give you my least favorites.....
1. Mean Streak
2. Son of Beast
3. Mantis
4. Corkscrew
5. Anything that goes in a very fast, continuous and small circle

And for bonus points the first coaster I ever rode was the Jack Rabbit at Idora Park. What a shame that place went under after the fire.................

Answer 4

Ok my favorite would have to be California Screming It is so awsome Its located in California Adventures. First you enter and get in then it takes you too a small stop then it countes down to 1 from 10. Then it shoots you through a tunnel. Then it takes you over the heads of the park cuz it goes overlike the carnival area. Then more turns and drops but the best part is when is goes up side down on like a mikey ear track well it is just a big circle but on the other top part it is shaped like mickey. After that is goes around in circle. When its done it takes your picture. Best roller coaster ever. I went on it twice cuz it was so amazing!!!!!!

Answer 5

I live in MI so we go to Cedar Point a lot, so I like Melenium Force and Raptor there a lot. I also love Space Mountain. I recently went to Islands of Adventure in FL (an awsome park) and the Spider Man ride and the Jurassic Park ride were sweet. At Michigan's Adventure the old school Shivering Timbers is classic.

Answer 6

Six Flags: Goliath Disneyland: Space Mountain

Answer 7

Medusa @ Six Flags Marine World

Answer 8

If you're into a real thrill, check out Kingda Ka in Six Flags.

It actually feels like your skin is being ripped off your face.

Another cool one is Storm Runner in Hershey Park. Also fast.

Answer 9

roller coaster all the way. Not the wooden ones though, they're two bumpy and they don't go upside down. I just love the feeling you get in your stomach when you fall from a high place and I just love the speed ofrollercoasters. It's fun to scream too.

I miss summer

Answer 10

I loved Top Thrill Dragster but Kingda Ka at six flags was better... It is the same as Top Thrill just taller and faster....