Defiance Review | INSANE 102° Drop on top of a Mountain! Glenwood Caverns, Colorado

Sitting at an elevation of over 7,000 feet, Defiance towers over Glenwood Springs, Colorado, featuring an insane vertical lift hill and beyond vertical drop! Its an absolutely crazy location for a roller coaster, especially one this intimidating! Let's dive into what makes this ride so unique!
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[@CoasterStudios]

Defiance is a fun one because depending on how you classify an inversion, Defiance has either 2, 3, or 4 inversions! Do you classify the banana roll as one or two inversions? And what about the twisted top hat, that sure does get close to flipping you upside down! What do you think?

[@huntzzio]

Personally, I’d say it’s 3 inversions!

[@Liight]

Id personally say 3, 2 for the banana roll, and 1 for the inline twist

[@CoasterBlox]

I think 3

[@downtownbrown1213]

how similar is the twisted top hat to a non-inverting loop?

[@JFrombaugh]

If I had to guess, I think the accident on Haunted Mine Drop might’ve had something to do with why they went with OTSRs. Even if the ride could’ve run safely with lap bars, it gives that extra feeling of security for the GP.

[@officialchase02]

Yea I was thinking the same thing

[@IRDeady]

I mean, if your negligence kills a like 11 year old, yeah, you should probably take a little extra precaution. I don't think it's helpful to label it as "GP" to demand parks take these sort of steps if they have a history like that. If I owned the park I would have just shut down right then.

[@ianskovsted8744]

​@@IRDeadyShe was 6

[@tom58358]

@@IRDeady you wouldn't because you need money to survive

[@cagunder]

100%

[@Jocelyn-bh8mw]

Glenwood Cavers is such an awesome small park! I agree with everything you said especially that the swing is the best ride there. I’ve never been more terrified, in the best way. 😂 it’s a very unique park and I loved my day there.

[@starryagent9936]

Someone already said it, but the Haunted Mine Drop accident probably led to the OTSRs on Defiance. To help with insurance, PR, and GP ease of mind

[@CoasterObsessed]

Rode it this weekend and it was a blast!

[@jordancaleb3419]

How was the banana roll inversion?

[@CoasterObsessed]

@@jordancaleb3419 shaky going into it but overall a fun disorienting element!

[@TannerStine]

That red coaster in the background set off alarm bells for me. I thought "that looks just like thunderbolt at Celebration City..." Sure enough, when the park closed up they moved it here. Celebration City was a great sister park to Silver Dollar City, I miss it a lot. I'd love to see a video talking about that park some time.

[@akidwithcredits]

This park looks so cool I can't wait to get there one day

[@brrrrharrr]

102 degrees? that's a freakin fever

[@maxhagenauer24]

At least it will run fast.

[@joeyrobb1831]

I think it would be sick if the park had a dive coaster with the drop going down the cliff side.

[@luciano6967]

lmao the saw clip

[@RRIA_America]

This is slightly off topic, but can we PLEASE PLEASE get an updated coaster fight between Top Thrill 2 & Kingda Ka?

[@RyanMcDaniel-r6d]

That’s why I didn’t like the maverick at CP because of those hard shoulder restrains, haven’t ridden since the change to the soft ones

[@Jocelyn-bh8mw]

It’s MUCH better with the new restraints. Even if your head bumps them it’s not painful

[@thecoastergnome8603]

this ride was closed when I went back in may. im not to mad though. It gives me a reason to come back to this wonderful park!

[@joeygassmann5595]

I visited Glenwood caverns at the end of July this year, and I was very disappointed with the roughness on defiance. I absolutely applied the park for their efforts in installing this coaster, and I completely appreciate the efforts that it took to construct it and it’s limited accessibility. However, being that it is a Gerstlauer, it is already at a disadvantage for roughness, but with the over the shoulder restraints, it really exemplified the headbanging and would have been 10 times better with a lap bar like he would see on many other hero fighters. My favorite coaster at this park is the Alpine coaster and it’s not even close. I really appreciate that defiance is there, but I just did not enjoy it as much as I wish I could have.

[@TheKing0fBacon]

Wow i live right next to this, cool to see it in my feed

[@williamshort3620]

I would absolutely love for saw the ride to get these head pads!

[@austintayloradt]

I wish I could have ridden this but it was still under construction the when I went - Mine Drop was also closed at the time...still an amazing place and a great time though

[@Tipsuns]

It's a really cool edition! The one thing I am confused about is, in the animation, it showed to have lap bars.

[@saramorris9784]

I've been on the foster I love everything about it and iv tried every seat they are all good

[@schumi246]

Being pretty much equidistant from his and elitch gardens, I choose this as my home park. If we go by bigger parks, lagoon is closer than worlds of fun.

[@DrPepperone]

I still think it’s crazy you gotta sign a waiver to visit this park

[@xpert_kb1547]

Really I didn’t know that

[@Chortle.]

A girl did die last year on a now closed ride so

[@ToneTitan]

I live in Colorado and drove from Denver to ride this last year. I got a headache after riding it twice because of the head-banging. The view is spectacular, though

[@maxhagenauer24]

The layout is so short but it's fun for its size.

[@maxhagenauer24]

It must be the footers that make it so rough considering how new it is. Shellraiser is rough as well because its indoors and the footers are different than most Eurofighters.

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

I must try this one day.

[@chrisbullard5901]

Just rode this today, and besides Defiance, even the centripetal swing and ferris wheel rides for kids are intimidating when you’re over 7,000 feet and dangling over the chasm. There’s also an enclosed cage drop ride “Crystal Tower”. Funniest words I’ll hold over the gf’s head the rest of her life: “You looked like you needed a break, and I thought Crystal Tower was going to be a kid’s geology exhibit!”

[@airtimeaddict]

I personally think you may have road Saw on a bad day, cause I have rides on it that are biter smooth, mine in the summer had like one jolt, that one into the last brakes

[@Kupkakee]

I’ve been on it it’s REALLY fun and actually not very scary ❤

[@Dead-YouTube-Channel]

I Remember When You Made old Top 10 Worst Coaster List old reviews

[@vyrfz1]

thats a great review

[@zacg_]

We all know the Euro-Fighters can use lap bars despite their inversions and hang time. I wish they'd just do that going forward with all of their new builds. It's more comfortable, allows for somewhat larger guests and eliminates headbanging if the coaster gets rough or features tight turns. The enthusiast community would like them for the freer sensation and better potential for airtime but the overall guest experience is better for virtually everyone if they get ride of the OTSRs.

[@CoasterStudios]

At the end of the day, it is up to the park to decide whether or not to do a lap bar or OTSR’s. Gerstlauer offers either.

[@CasinoCruisers1]

75% is a C in school but it gets extra credit for its location. 30 seconds later, I actually give it exactly a 75, lol. Give it a 7.8 at least bruv to be congruent with what you previously said.

[@Nitro99999]

Green Lantern needs that as well for the head restraints

[@coaster365]

Great review but, maybe more effort on the off ride footage next time? Bit lacking here

[@CoasterStudios]

Sorry Bryant you’re right, we’ll try harder next time

[@huntzzio]

Haha!

[@saramorris9784]

I like the banana roll

[@danielward4868]

I don't find saw's drop rough! This might be because my head clears the restraint

[@MoyleCoasters]

Yeah, head banging is not an issue if you're tall. Instead, the restraint tends to come down hard on your shoulders..

[@HYDRAdude]

Every eurofighter I have been on has been unacceptably rough. They remind me of old Vekoma.

[@huntzzio]

@enzodiscoverymoonlight^^^ Damn bro pulled up with the ratio too! OP needa learn how to ride an OTSR coaster 😂😂 prolly the type to hate on B&M loopers/inverts cuz of the restraints 😭 😭

[@huntzzio]

DareDevil Dive:

[@Coaster_cow]

Are you changing the number for final score font at the end of every review?

[@CoasterStudios]

no

[@SpezyCoasters]

imagine a vekoma Flyer there....😩

[@mattfdevlin]

One thing I don't understand is that Gerslauer has had rattle and headbanging on almost all of their coasters for years. Why would they not either switch to a lapbar or find what the issue is that continues to plague all of their coasters. They would be even more loved if they could fix this issue.

[@jandrew1994]

420th LIKE FOR A ROLLER COASTER IN COLORADO!!!!! #based #getHighOnCoasters ;)

[@thenman23]

i needa go here before this place inevitably shuts down because what the hell💀

[@Hairycabbbage]

Imagine designing and making a coaster thats all about the view, only to then add one-of-a-kind shoulder restraints that stick out even further than regular shoulders and block like 80% of the view...

[@Rip_Fire535]

Bro I was at night there an there was no people so I just keep just going

[@bethstelzer5356]

IMO Defiance was a headbanger of disappointment. Drove from MN when it opened and 2 rides were enough. Left with a headache.

[@batmandalorian5504]

"this was an extremely difficult coaster to build during construction" Perhaps they should have waited until it construction was finished to build it then.

[@Sizhdnsjxhdnam]

hey i live like 10 minutes from that

[@gooseegg3439]

I'd hate to go to your school. Every school I attended, a 75% is considered a B.

[@CoasterStudios]

Really? Where I went, a B was 80-90%. a C was 70-80%

[@huntzzio]

That’s a really low standard for a B! Are you British?

[@huntzzio]

@@CoasterStudiosSame! 71-79 for a C… for some reason ONLY 70 is a D

[@gooseegg3439]

@huntzzio I'm canadian. A's were 100 (A++) to 80(A-), B's were 79(B+) to 70(B-), C's 69(C+) to 60(C-), D's 59(D+) to 50(D-) and anything under 50 was an F

[@strangerdanger8491]

I have about 100 credits so far and this one ended up being the second most painful ride I've ridden so far. (First would be the Ninja at Six Flags St Louis). The head banging was beyond painful. Feel like you're going to get cauliflower ear from it.