Rides that Almost Made us Quit…

What happens when you have a negative experience on a roller coaster? Sometimes, it might put you out for the day...or week...or month... or even years! Today we're sharing stories from riders experiences and how it impacted their love for roller coasters!
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[@Ride_Revolution72]

I love you guys so much thank you for supporting me and helping me to decided to become an engineer that designed roller coasters

[@user-ft9iv6tb7z]

This is the exact thing I wanna do bro please tell me your story man

[@joeyjessiepriceburton9287]

Me to I wanna hear your story!

[@Joshie123]

I am doing architecture right now for the same things

[@Ride_Revolution72]

Well currently i am not at that level but they have inspired it to work as hard as you can and persevere, ik that this is said a lot but seriously do the best you can and do what u wanna do man,

[@Ride_Revolution72]

@@user-ft9iv6tb7z Well currently i am not at that level but they have inspired it to work as hard as you can and persevere, ik that this is said a lot but seriously do the best you can and do what u wanna do man

[@snuffedtorch3683]

Thank y’all for not quitting. This is one of the best channels on the platform.

[@theSpectatorVideos]

What about a video about coaster redemptions? Rides that actually made you re-appreciate coaster types or rollercoasters as a whole!

[@MattMcIrvin]

I mentioned Canobie Lake Park's Yankee Cannonball as one that put my daughter off big coasters, but for *me*, that was the one that got me back in. A 1930s classic with an interesting history.

[@skixian]

arrow suspended coasters ❤️❤️

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

Honestly The Coaster that made Me An Enthusiast Was Incredicoaster

[@LK-fc9li]

Vekoma retracks. Not the SLC ones, but the normal looping ones. I just associate the track with being painful, but while the retracks look the same: They are smooth as butter.

[@chrishaswingz]

The fact that Hero is the thumbnail for this video made me laugh. Still can't believe Digital Dan and friends rode it all day for charity

[@Joshua-by4qv]

Green Lantern at SFGA gave me a concussion. That's not just one head bang but it happens throughout the ride.

[@camerondavis9055]

That ride hurts me like hell too. Good answer

[@paulim132]

That's a rough one. I agree.

[@theheardtheorem]

I rode The Rattler, Texas Giant and Big Apple Coaster consecutively. Each one ruined my day. 20 years later I’m back into coasters even though I’m middle aged. I saw a video about Steel Vengeance in 2018 and wanted to ride it so bad that I drove from Austin, Tx to Cedar Point in August 2018 and I’m now trying to get as many of the major credits before I’m too old. I’ve learned to just skip the rides that I know won’t be worth the roughness and not care about the quantity of my coaster credits but rather the quality.

[@DakotahCole]

Honorable Mention: Dragon at Adventureland. Now defunct of course. My homepark…. I’m a die hard enthusiast- and painfully rode it every visit. Some of those Hopkins were brutal!! Almost everyone agreed that Dragon was the worst of them

[@MidnightRailfan]

Screamin Eagle at St. Louis made me take a solid hour break. The setting and layout is so good, but that’s been the first time I’ve been afraid a coaster was gonna derail

[@kickthesky]

Son of Beast for me. Literally dislocated my shoulder and then relocated it on the same ride. Was done for the day and because it was on a coaster trip, done for the trip, too.

[@reclusingrecluse4835]

I remember riding Ghost Rider at Knotts about 4 or 5 years ago now; a little while after it was re-tracked, after that, the next day my back was in terrible pain and it lasted for 5 days, could barely get up. Great ride, will ride again.

[@christainmarks106]

All right, all right all right…. Geez you guys don’t have to court me any more 😂😂… you’ve earned my subscription. You two are awesome. I enjoy your videos.

[@halesej]

Yay Patreon! I absolutely love the Patreon family. Such amazing people, content, and connections. 🧡🧡🧡

[@folfielukather8083]

big thunder mountain at disneyland was my favorite rollercoaster for years, now its my favorite family coaster

[@Glebborama]

Sarah, so sorry you were the one to read my El Toro comment! I know it hurt your soul. lol. But it hurt my back! Besides, I can’t wait to ride it again in the most optimal seat. I know I have to be in the right seat on X2 or else it’s painful, but I still love it. Same will be true for El Toro when I return.

[@naughtyauttie]

I am so glad that you did this video! 😊 💜 I enjoy your KZbin channel, so much! I love getting to see, all of these amazing amusement parks, all over the world (that I know, I will never be able to get to, due to health and financial issues)! The reason that I am glad, that you did this video, is because I had a bad experience, on a coaster, at Magic Mountain in Valencia CA, a LONG TIME AGO, and I am still talking about it! lol Magic Mountain is my home park (along with Disneyland and DCA of course), and I used to go to Magic Mountain a LOT, in the 1980's, when I was a teenager! When the Flashback roller-coaster showed up, I was pretty jazzed about it, because it was so different, than most, I had ridden! OMG!! 😮😮😮 When I got off of that thing, I literally felt like, I had been almost beaten to the ground! 😢 😢 I was in so much pain, EVERYWHERE, and of course, my neck, and back, got the worst of it! 😢😢 I could barely walk around, after that!! I had to wait like 3 hours, before I could ride any other ride! 😢 I was NOT happy! I was never so glad, to see a roller-coaster get removed, from a theme park, than I was, to see Flashback, get removed!!

[@CZsWorld]

Never been on El Toro, but I'm guessing it's not just the seat that affects your experience, but also the year and time of year.

[@ArtfulAmy]

If I ride El Toro at all, for me it's usually an end-of-day ride as I'm prone to get headaches on it. It is quite an exciting night ride though so in a way it's a good one to end on when I visit during the fall.

[@metallicnole4514]

The original gwazi in BGT in the final years before its closure was super rough. It was to the point where I dreaded riding it when I went to BGT with my friends.

[@oneandonlysound3453]

Ever since it aged enough it's just been a mess with poor maintenance. If another park could close there intamin pre-fab model when it was suffering such issues, and reopen it feeling close enough to new/restoration well-done, then it could or could've been done for El Toro. They clearly have no clue what they are doing, only taking in the enthusiasts incredible rose-tinted glasses. I miss when it was actually awesome and not a mess. Post-2015 I would've never said anything bad about it. Clear it should be intamin who does a full retrack, or if it can be at this point (idk about the whole pre-fab thing and compatibility), just RMC it. It'd cost less in the long run, and you can keep it mostly the same while maybe adding in a couple inversions. Not that new texas giant isn't good because it is, but not sure if that would bring the draw if they couldn't say "Iron Bull" or whatever didn't change anything.

[@MikeR65]

@@ArtfulAmy You have to ride it like a bull. If you learn where each turn is and prepare yourself for it you won’t get a headache.

[@MikeR65]

@@oneandonlysound3453 Wow! I’ve never heard so much uneducated drivel in my life. Stay in your lane and this aint it!

[@LucyLoud2002]

For me it was Ghost Rider before the re-track. It was jackhammering in every valley and I actually threw up after I got off. I had to leave after that and it almost made me hate big roller coasters. It wouldn't be until a little over a year later with California Screaming that saved me from hating big roller coasters forever.

[@peterhelmer6252]

Yeah, Son of Beast, the jack hammering was so bad i was trying to stand up. My wife and I had a migraine when we got off

[@mesetaplays]

I used to think that HRRR wasn’t that bad but my last visit to UO completely changed my mind. Idk if it was the specific seat I was in but the restraint tightened so much that it actually bruised my midsection. Also, La Vibora is a steaming pile of dog poop, first time riding it messed my neck up lol

[@noname117spore]

I would say Hurricane at Fun Spot got me to check out, but I rode it twice to get front and back row experiences, and returned for Mineblower later in the day after they had completed smoothing a transition, testing the train, and after a storm went through. Which is another coaster that should make the list, but I also rode it twice to see how different rows felt and got off thinking “just retrack all of it” both times. This was last year That being said my experience with both Mineblower and RRR in 2017 had the restraints too tight, which absolutely sucks for that style of restraint. For me it was more “off-center in the seat.” And Mineblower crushed my waist that time (also had a tight belt on and was constipated on that trip so that was an awful experience). Keep those restraints comfortable or a little loose if possible is my advice. For Rockit though… after my rides this year, it makes a big difference whether you get a rear seat in a car or not. It’s fine in rows 1,2,4, and 5, but not in 3 or 6. Honestly it’s rerideable in the good seats.

[@christig]

Rode Coney Island Cyclone first and only time in 2014. Came off of it with a big bleeding gash in my shin because there was a sharp metal edge on the rim of the car. Didn't even notice it until after I came off of it, so it didn't really give me a bad experience, but it's the only roller coaster that has drawn blood from me. (The cut healed up with no problems.)

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I think I slammed into that same edge. I rode it 7x on my day there, but my leg slammed into something hard, and it hurt so much. It didn't happen on my first few rides.

[@aaronsteindler3245]

The one I'll always remember was Villain at Geauga Lake. I rode it in 2006 a year before the park closed for good. It reminded me of Cedar Point's Mean Streak but even rougher.

For me, it's Ride to Happiness at Plopsaland de Panne. Haven't even been to a theme park since I rode that 4 months ago.

[@loganolson3968]

My favorite ride at Magic Mountain is Green Lantern. I remember my nuts hurting so bad after I got off of it. Good ride. 10/10. Would never go on it again

[@toddjones1480]

The ride was shipped to Canada, and possibly scrapped since then. Awful ride, but not even the worst defunct SFMM coaster. Flashback hurt WAY more.

[@ejectorairtime]

You just had to bring up Nopuko Air Coaster lol. That was my first ever time on an SLC last summer and I can confirm that first inversion in the front row was the worst element I've ever experienced. I hit my neck on the restraint and spent the rest of the ride just shouting "BAD IDEA!!! BAD IDEA!! SUCH A BAD IDEA!!!"

[@crystalmochi02]

My first SLC experience was on T3, I feel this

[@rinnii_x]

Mine was Grand National at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It is an old woodie and does have a rattle at the best of times, not to mention it is a bit of a hit and miss ride depending on where you sit, which train you get, the weather and just some days runs better than others. That said, on the whole, I really enjoy it and it was in my top ten until this particular day. I was at a coaster club event where we had ERT on it in the morning. No joke it was running so rough that you had an instant headache in every single valley. I did two laps on it (one on each train) to give it a chance, then had to give up on it for the day. I feel for those in the group who hadn't ridden it before and were put off from it for good because it doesn't always run like that.

[@ucb2912]

My dad had the same experience on El Toro - rode it in a bad seat and decided he was done for the day. He was perfectly fine doing Kingda Ka and Medusa right before that though.

[@Bearclaw2003]

For me, the one ride that I hated so much used to be in Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was a Vekoma coaster called Joker's Revenge. 3 inversions....one loop double corkscrews... and it went backwards! It doesn't help that it also had the worst over the shoulder restraints. I remember losing my hearing temporarily for a few minutes. I came off the ride rather pissed. XD

[@HeatherArmstrong-em2pq]

Yes I rode that as a child and I think I pinched my mom so bad because it was so rough!! Poor mom lol it was rough! Also the rattler, I mean when it tells you to take your earrings out before riding you know you’re in for it!!

[@ItsSiebay]

I remember that when it was at Six Flags New Orleans. Never got a long line, but the fact it went backwards was a big enough draw for that park.

[@gui.frassi]

Amazing Video! My list of roller coaster is: Ednör- La Ronde Monstre- La Ronde Big Thunder Mountain- Disneyland Paris Backlot Stunt Coaster- Canada's Wonderland (tiny seat for a nice ride) Montezum- Hopi Hari And Mission Space- Epcot Too much for me!

[@connorconant1957]

Cedar Creek Mine Ride at Cedar Point almost did that for me. It ran way rougher than a roller coaster has any right to, and I almost quit after that ride in 2016

[@jbw53191]

Great content! I've been a coaster enthusiast since the mid 70s and I absolutely cannot handle flying coaster pretzel loops. After one ride, I feel seasick for the rest of the day. Ugh!

[@Cheezbat]

Great video topic guys! They’re only two that have basically made me stop riding at one point in time during a visit… The first one being mean streak at Cedar point… I had ridden a number of times before but on my last visit there while it was still open, my friend, and I were jackhammered so badly that I almost threw my back out, and I could barely walk getting off of the coaster afterwards… The only other ride that did that to me and ended my day of coaster riding was the great American scream machine at Six Flags over Georgia… That thing hurt my insides and my abdominal area more than anything else I’ve ever written… I asked my brother if he felt the same pain and he did as well.we ended up leaving the park after that and I’ve never ridden it since.

[@SoCalMan13]

Thank you both for mentioning my Flashback. I remember the day 23 years ago that I rode it and was thankful it was the last coaster I rode that day. It did turn me off from riding for a few years.

[@mariofrias2227]

The minute you said Flashback all the PTSD from that day at Magic Mountain in 1993 came back. I remember walking off that saying I wouldn’t even put my worst enemy on that it was so painful.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Talking about tight restraints that happened to me last year at Great Adventure on Wonder Woman I couldn’t breathe right it would loosen up while it was running but waiting sucked.

[@funtimeswithtom4108]

For me it was Intimidator 305. The second time I rode it (pre turn modification) I blacked out and had to go back to the hotel room for the rest of the day. That night I had a panic attack and spent several hours on the bathroom floor at the hotel. It was about 8 months after that before I got on another coaster.

[@metallicnole4514]

I was a bad investment to make something too intense that the general public would not enjoy.

[@zacg_]

One of my kids was 4 when she went on her first thrill coaster. It was Great American Scream Machine at Over Georgia just the year before the retrack. She was done with coasters until basically last year after that experience. I was foolish in thinking she might be okay on that thing but I hadn't ridden it in years and didn't realize how bad it had gotten.

[@rue8929]

I remember riding it back in 2014 and my back got slammed into the seat on a really bad airtime hill. I haven't really forgiven Scream Machine for messing my back up so much.

[@kevinjoy7728]

I rode that thing in 2019 and it was already painful before we even started up the lift hill. Everyone on the train seemed to be complaining of a different hurt body part. Back, neck, knees… for me it was my stomach. The restraints just kept battering me there. Unbearably rough

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

My first ride in 2016 was the worst roller coaster ride of my life. However, I totally loved my rides in 2020 & 2022. They have done amazing trackwork on it, and it's now a very fun ride, even on a wheel seat.

[@claytonlatone8959]

Wildcat at Lake Compounce is still VERY rough despite them retracking it twice within the last 8 years. The coaster is almost 100 years old too which attributes to why it's so uncomfortable. I still like riding it though.

[@Posirep]

Same for me. I havent ridden it over 20 years despite I live basically next to the park and have worked there. Ill ride next year with the GG retracking

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

It's rough because Martin and Vleminckx screwed up the restoration. The new gravity group pre cut track should hopefully fix it

[@Posirep]

@AdamSmith-gs2dv No, it was trash before that retracking too Ive never ridden it post-Martin and Vlemincx

[@RevNoch]

Ha! It's always funny to hear about Soarin' Eagle. I road it exactly one time when it first opened at my home park of the notorious Elitch Gardens as "Flying Coaster". Yes, I road it exactly one time, at my home park...

[@IAmMiami]

Growing up in Florida, my only roller coaster experience was pretty much Disney. Then I rode probably Roar at Great America and swore off woodies for maybe 15 years. Now, I'm fully recovered and Thunderhead is my favorite ride at Dollywood.

[@maxhagenauer24]

The biggest thing for me that makes me feel like I want to quit is a ride that is really boing, not rough. Sometimes coasters don't do it all for me as I expect but lots of times it does. It makes me questions if coasters are all that fun overall but that's just experience and I get some rides that are worse than others. Overall I enjoy them very much so.

[@lamarcorlis2081]

Relatable, I rode Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Great Adventure back in 2010 what a rough coaster it scared me so it took me 9 years to get back on a roller coaster, now I'm a regular at Knotts and I love all coasters after working my way up to more intense rides

[@samueltibbs.11]

Saw The Ride at thorpe park is one of them coasters that is so rough needs to be sorted out its such a good layout but it being so rough makes it a bad coaster

[@danielward4868]

I said this but not because of the roughness

[@gerardoarenasss]

The wooden roller coaster at La Feria in Mexico City hurt my spine in a way that I developed scoliosis as a child, it took me years to ride a roller coaster again, I went to Magic Mountain last year and I was surprised how smooth rides are nowadays, even full throttle with that launch was smooth to me, also six flags Mexico has smooth rides, at magic mountain I loved flight of courage and twisted colossus

[@davidokelly1140]

Corkscrew at a cedar point was my first looping coaster. The turnaround which led into the first corkscrew was so rough that my ear slammed into the restraint and I legit had ringing in my ear for hours ( Circa 1994)!! If it wasn't for rides like Raptor, mantis(Rougaru), or big bad wolf, iron dragon etc I wouldn't be riding the masterpieces from RMC, B&M, ntamin multi launchers etc today. Thanks for sharing!

[@Childish_Shambino]

it was Silver Bullet at Knott's Berry Farm for me, not because of the ride experience, but instead for the absolute piss-poor operations. We ended up waiting 3 hours for an okay~ish Invert, meanwhile, kids were cutting in and out of the line throughout, then when we finally got to the top of the stairs, ride ops were taking forever to dispatch, even dispatching trains with whole rows empty because fast pass holders wanted specific seats. After 3 hours, the entire experience was rage inducing

[@gtonyxkid2012]

I’m probably the odd ball when it comes to Son Of Beast. I rode it with and without the loop, and riding it the first time with the loop made me fall in love with coasters. The structure was so massive it was a beauty to look at, and I absolutely loved riding it, but without the loop was a 1 and done, it was so rough. But I was super young when I rode the SOB with the loop. But the coaster that I absolutely remember for the wrong reason was The Beast. We hit the first drop and the restraint locked one more latch when we hit the bottom and made for the most miserable ride ever

[@Posirep]

For me it was Wildcat at Lake Compounce. It was my first big coaster and it was so bad. I was scared off of roller coasters until my late teens cuz I thought they all hurt like that. It took not looking like a wimp in front of a girl I liked to get on Superman at SFNE years later to get into coasters. I have not been on Wildcat since...until next year since it's getting the Gravity Group treatment now. I live about 10 minutes from LC and the fact I havent ridden that thing in like 20 years says alot. Other things...broke a rib on Backlot Stunt Coaster at KD in 2022. Thanks Premier restraints! Mineblower...yeah the video says it all. Grizzly...also at KD before it got GG'd...,thank god I rode this before I broke my rib later in the day

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Interesting, comparing to my story. On my first New England coaster trip, Wildcat at Lake Compounce was so terrible for me too, on an extremely crowded weekday at the park with horrible lines. I left the park early because I was done, but then I decided to stop at a very empty Six Flags New England before they close and ride Superman. That restored my faith in roller coasters and parks, just a couple hours after losing it.

[@j.johnson7891]

My Aunt and Uncle were coaster enthusiasts in the 90s and early 2000s traveling around he country hitting up every park they could. They rode Son of Beast and haven't been to riding since

[@argonaut640]

G-Force from Drayton Manor had this effect on me. That lift hill loop thing really freaked me out. Fortunately, a good ride on Lightning Rod at Dollywood helped get me back into things. Twisted Cyclone got me back on inverting rides and the same park’s Goliath made me realize tall rides could be a blast as well.

[@MEGalomaniac6829]

I'd definitely have to go with Doo Wopper at Morey's Pier in Wildwood, NJ. Even as a teen, I could marathon the Great Nor'Easter all day long, but one ride on Doo Wopper and I was done for awhile. I could barely walk, as it slammed my knees around. My younger siblings and cousins all begged me to go on it with them, so I would ride it before we'd stop for food, so I could sit and relax.

[@1001100x02]

I loved Great American Scream Machine! Back row was the best, and I still miss it. As for a bad experience, mine was Hercules At Dorney Park. Its nickname was Hurt your Knees. I rode it the year after it opened and it was great. By the late 90s when my wife, my mom, and I went on it in the late 90s, it was so rough that we all had sore backs and necks. We never went on it again.

[@JayG5]

I rode The Great American Scream Machine at SFOG a few years back, before the retrack, and when I rode it was so rough that it quite literally knocked the wind out of me mid-ride, and when I got off, my back hurt so much I couldn't ride anything else for the rest of the day, and I was only 16 at the time. My back was sore for over a week, and it is still to this day the worst experience I've ever had on a coaster, and I've even been on many other notoriously rough and uncomfortable coasters such as, Grizzly, Anaconda, Mind Eraser, and many Vekoma boomerangs.

[@matthewmoore8270]

Double Loop at Geauga Lake.... Repeated head banging on the helix when I was little scarred me of roller coasters for a LONG time.

[@MrSRArter]

I sometimes wondered if kid me would've had a better first experience with inversions if I rode Double Loop instead of Serial Thriller though now I guess I probably wouldn't have.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Don't forget Raging Wolf Bob's and the Villain. Both trash coasters

[@TyroneMcDonalds]

As much as I love skyrush it definitely gave me the most painful moment on any ride. I’m a pretty tall lanky guy so roller coasters throw me around easily, at the bottom of the drop I had my hands up and since there is basically no lateral support, my whole body got thrown to the side and at that speed I couldn’t get myself back in position until the top of the first airtime hill. Basically I thought I broke my back for a second but ended up being fine, it hurt for a few weeks though. Still in my top 10 lol

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

That's the exact reason why I never have my hands up on Skyrush. I felt a strain in the back on my first ride with my hands up. Hands have stayed down since, and I love it.

[@ItsSiebay]

My first ride on SFA’s Mind Eraser, I hit my foot on the back of the seat and it was numb for a good five minutes. Also Roar before the retrack. I’ve never actively screamed profanity or got a headache from any other coaster.

[@8RJD9]

Vortex at Canada's Wonderland. Gave me a massive headache... Every transition is a headbanger, and then you slam into the final brake run and come to a complete stop in like 1 second. The trains then proceed to keep swinging back and forth for a minute before you can move forward into the station. The roughest coaster I've ever been on to this day.

[@Mallaien]

I have never been a fan of Wild Mouse coasters, I haven't been to a whole lot of parks, but I worked at six flags great america in the late 1980's. I did operate the Shockwave, which was during its Debut year. I was on a Stand up coaster, at Kentucky Kingdom where it caused a lot of discomfort because the seats wouldn't fit anyone over 6 feet tall. I ended up getting a cramp in my leg during a high G turn.

[@justintraywick1187]

My wife and I were in California on our honeymoon and we went to Magic Mountain. We started the day with X2 and it pretty much ended my wife’s day sadly. I rode almost everything else, but it left her with such a headache she couldn’t do much more.

[@76ccphil]

Viper. A great adventure had me rethinking my Coaster journey.

[@esw01407]

This is one people might not expect, but I had a cousin who basically got scared of coasters due to getting banged around on Phoenix at Knoebels. Phoenix is pretty clean most of the time, but can reach out and grab you when you don’t expect it…

[@Alex-eo7my]

I am no stranger to intensity, heck, my favorite coaster is I-305, but for some reason my worst experience was on Hulk at IOA. I literally passed out on the ride. I had a headache for the rest of the day, but that didn't stop me from riding the rest of the rides that day

[@siriparanormal]

The problem with flashback was all the unneeded restraints. The restraints were so horrible!! I always wanted to try that ride with just a comfortable lap bar, like the one from El Loco in Las Vegas.

[@CausiCoasters81]

For me, Racer 75 at Kings Dominion. I remember the valleys jackhammered me but the worst part was the turnaround which slammed my back hard against the seat and it hurt for an hour.

[@carysage]

I needed a break this last season. Not because of rough rides though. It was more due to the staffing issues at parks and line jumpers taking advantage of the situation. It got pretty frustrating waiting in long lines on slow days because there's barely a staff on duty. I was riding coasters pretty much every weekend in '22, but in 23 I was totally burnt out by July.

[@armageddon28]

My first time ever going to a Cedar Point was the final year of operation for Mean Streak. When i got off that ride my whole body was hurting. The only ride to make me stop and take a short break from riding rides. I have only ever ridden that ride once but if it makes any difference on that ride but me and the wife only ride coasters in the back row

[@mr.noride7226]

2:15 Oh! I got a cut on my elbow when I was on Dahlonega Mine Train at Over Georgia. I am pretty skinny and I was also a little bit shorter at the time, so the lap bar that goes across doesn’t even touch my lap. When Mine Train goes into the tunnel at the end, it makes a sharp right turn, and me sitting on the left side, slid hard towards the edge of the train and the metal part cut my arm and drew blood.

[@carparked]

I was expecting to see Twister Boost Mode here! That reaction video was crazy!

[@barrymichael8713]

OMG! The Texas Giant. You almost felt like suing.

[@randybristow5638]

I loved the Grizzly at kings dominion back in late 80's. Took my daughter to Kings dominion back in 2018. Rode Grizzly front seat, it was so rough I actually cracked a rib..but since i spent so much money to skip lines on all coasters, I continue to ride rest of them in pain, but not grizzly.

[@Cdubbz12]

I’m honestly REALLY surprised that nobody mentioned the Blue Streak at Conneaut Lake Park. That woodie may have great airtime in the back seat and may have been historic, but I’m honestly GLAD it burned down. Idk how I rode it three times in one day when I was younger, but no matter where I sat, it was TERRIBLY rough. Even with the padding they had in the seats, it still hurt getting off the ride… but hey, at least I can say I rode it 😂

[@tiggytiger171]

I’ve always been afraid of heights, so although I love learning about, designing, and talking about roller coasters, I’ve never been a huge rider. However, a couple of years ago, I decided I was going to conquer my fear. It was growing great, and I was really starting to enjoy Roller Coasters, but then I rode Wilde Beast at Canada’s Wonderland. Kinda want to start conquering my fear of heights again, but that coaster at least put it on hiatus.

[@Posirep]

You chose....poorly lol

[@hellashes]

Predator at Darien Lake did this to me in my teens in the mid 2000s. Literally felt like my ribs were bruised and ended my riding that entire weekend we were there. I at least got some Superman rides in before this happened, but man Predator was a bad time lol

[@arturobianco848]

hmmm did darien lake last summer there wheren't realy any bad coasters there anymore. Yes the SLC and the woody wheren't that great but not even in the bottom half of their class. At least in my opnion.

[@laurelsmithmusic]

Mine was Shockwave at Kings Dominion. Bike seats are already insanely uncomfortable but combine those with chest smashing restraints and your head getting flung around. It was awful. Glad I went and rode Volcano and I-305 after 👍🏻

[@crystalmochi02]

To this day, the only coaster that made me take a break was Flight Deck at Canada's Wonderland. My ears were in a lot of pain for almost an hour from my head pinballing between the restraint during the rollover.

[@jeffgreen5429]

I haven't been on the Volare at Coney Island, but Time Warp at Wonderland... it's the only coaster in the park I've only been on once, and it's my home park. Blue Streak at Conneaut Lake Park - roughest ride I've ever been on. Honestly thought it was going to break when i was on it. Anaconda at King's Dominion. This is probably related to my height, as i'm ok with all other arrow loopers, but the OSTs were in just the right position to hurt me with every single transition on that ride. I could not wait for it to end.

[@mattyoconnor3784]

My one for you comes from Perth, Western Australia. A Zamperla junior coaster standard layout, also called "Betsy" by my sister and I. And now should be named "The Shin Bruiser 3000". This roller coaster is actually rougher than a pinfari zl42! It should definitely get replaced but i also dont see that happening.

[@1031_Klown]

For me, there are 2 main ones. The 1st was Mean Streak at Cedar Point. At one point I got jarred so bad it popped my back and instantly gave me a headache that lasted the rest of the day and into the night. 2nd was The Toboggan Silo ride at Little Amerika in Wisconsin. Granted, I was a bit tall for the ride, so my head was smashed on the top, and my head was cocked to the side so when it hit that drop after the spiral going down, my head got shoved up into the top and I felt and HEARD, over the sound of the coaster, my neck cracked and caused me to instantly be sick to the stomach and gain a massive headache. But hey, I GOT THOSE CREDITS!😂😂😂

[@wesleyx1]

The first coaster I ever rode, the Rocket in Ocean View Amusement Park back in the 1970's, was also the last coaster I ever rode for 30 years. It operated from 1929 until 1978, and was very old and rickety when I rode it. I remember seeing the track swaying as the cars raced along it. The only safety feature was a shaky lap bar that came down that you just grabbed to hold yourself in. The bar was about chest high and there were no seatbelts. I believe they had warning signs telling everyone to hold onto the bar at all times and not stand up. Riders would stand up momentarily during the ride, but quickly sat back down and grabbed the bar. I remember desperately holding onto the bar as I would be thrown off the seat on the top of the hills. I felt like I was a rag doll flopping in and out of the seat with my grip on the bar being the only thing that kept me from flying out. I heard years later that when my brother rode the coaster, the bar came loose and he was almost thrown out of the coaster as he desperately held on. He has never ridden a roller coaster since. I enjoy roller coasters now with all their safety restraints that lock the riders into the car. I can just sit back and enjoy the ride.

[@bilderkin4799]

I rode El Toro in August and I did two rides in the back on a wheel seat and one in the back not on a wheel seat and I could legitimately feel the difference in smoothness.

[@OOFUS4103]

I remember riding rip ride rocket, and I came of the ride with a raging headache. Next day, woke up with a migraine and had to skip that day

[@sshawauthor4583]

I remember Mean Streak being absolutely abysmal. I was 13 and could put up with just about any ride and I remembered thinking it was pretty awful. Then my mom rode it (she has 5 ruptured discs in her back and I didn’t get to warn her) and she stopped riding roller coasters for probably about a decade.

[@JWViper]

I rode KD's Shockwave one afternoon (around 3:00), and right when you enter the horizontal loop, my body shifted and I instantly felt a pop in my chest area. Since I have been a Ride Ops. Manager my whole life, I knew I needed to report it. I had never been to a park first-aid facility (I'm really tough like the two of you), but I went in right away to tell them that this just happened. I explained that I didn't need any medical attention but I just wanted to report it (they checked me out and told me I most likely had a bruised rib). I did not let it ruin my day as I continued to ride coasters until park closing at 10:00 (just not Shockwave). Now ... I actually liked Shockwave, just not on that particular day. I felt my bruised rib every time I took a breath for the next two weeks. I rode all three North American Togo Standups and always thought they were fun but this was a memorable experience for me. On another note, I have ridden 700 + coasters and the ones that stand out for me are: Texas Giant in its last year of operation (get me off of this thing!), and Kong at SFDK (I rode Hangman at Opryland and don't remember it being that bad), but when I rode again in Vallejo in 2022, I thought it was a horribly painful experience (I have ridden all the North American installations and as we all know, Vekoma SLC's are not by any means smooth, but this one was the worst ever).

[@jasondougherty3888]

Great American Scream Machine @six flags great adventure. Whoooo, that gave me a sore neck and shoulders. I git a headache also on Thunderhawk at Dorney park. Manhattan express, never again!!!!!!

[@dillonedge1649]

While it’s not the roughest ride by any means, my moment where I had to stop for the day was on silver bullet at Frontier City. I dislocated my shoulder at the bottom of the loop and had it dangle next to me for the rest of the ride

[@arturobianco848]

Ouch well that will certainly put you out. I just wonder how you manage that ive got pretty bad shoulder and when i put me hands up it will hurt on the end of the day but i never got a dislocation of my shoulder and i can do do that whith doing a backhand slice withe a tennis racket. Wich for you who like me don't play tennis (for me anymore) is no force at all.

[@dillonedge1649]

@@arturobianco848 yeah high school football has my shoulder permanently jacked up. I can pop it out whenever I want. But when I dislocates unexpectedly it’s pretty rough

[@arturobianco848]

@@dillonedge1649 Yup and putting it back in a coaster would be pretty next to impossible. i do need a wall to force it back in. its not that loose that i can just straighten it in.

[@kabe1750]

NYNY Las Vegas. The original Manhattan Express, TOGO's finest nightmare 😬😱😅

[@cheshires_top_cat]

I LOVED Son of beast! It was my first roller coaster that went upside-down I've ever been on!!

[@alikia.4355]

The one roller coaster in Las Vegas at New York New York. Hit my head so hard i got a concussion and both my friend and i had bruises on our sholders. Never again. This was before the new restraints.

[@HeatherArmstrong-em2pq]

So when I was a kid (I’m a decade older than y’all haha and grew up in the 90s) we rode The Rattler at Fiesta Texas last because it gave us all a headache. This was before it became iron rattler which unfortunately I haven’t ridden yet bc my kids are just now getting tall enough and into coasters but yeah it was rough and there was even a sign that said take off your earrings before ridding!!! We rode it last before going home and always took advil before getting on the ride because it lived up to its name RATTLER!! It didn’t stop us from ridding but it was a one and done at the end of the day. I grew up with Astroworld Houston so that’s how old I am and it closed a year after I graduated HS! Love y’all’s videos and my kids do too!

[@rossh688]

I agree on X2. Rode it the first time and thought it was amazing until it punched my calves 3 times which made walking miserable there. The second time was a few days later where I ended riding with a kid, who for some unknown reason wanted to ride with me. We rode in the middle and I, being the nice guy, ended up with a splitting headache because I let him have the inside seat.

[@offrails]

Believe it or not, it was Scorpion at BGT for me. It was the first time I rode a coaster with an inversion and I did not keep my head back meaning I "fell" forward during the sustained positive Gs that ride pulled. Ironically, I later went on Python (an Arrow corkscrew) and that was enough to make me brave enough for Kumba and Montu

[@magictravbowler4223]

I remember riding a roller coaster that was a pain of hell. Wildcat at Lake Compounce was 1,000 percent rougher than the Revenge version at the Hershey Park. I hope Lake Compounce does some re-upgrading to this thing because it was an “OUCH” city.

[@kuuumba2125]

Tigrr at Indiana Beach gave me rib contussion (6weeks break) and Lost coaster of superstition mountain is a evacuation almost every time, but one day, the cabin and net on top broke down on us during the ride. I still have a season pass but never TigRRR again

[@Amlof]

I'm from Australia and I love rollercoasters however it's really very difficult to experience new rides because there just aren't that many parks and rides I've not been on. Plus the travel times to visit countries with lots of parks is LONG and very expensive.

[@Treasurehuntingwithtomandmarie]

I've been a massive rollercoaster geek for years. I worked at Thorpe Park for 2 seasons and i've always loved riding any ride! I rode Wickerman at Alton Towers a few years ago and had a bad experience. The first time I rode, my hip felt like it had cramp or something. When we hit the brake run i was in agony! I don't know what happened as this has never happened before to me. I have ridden since and I figured the first time I was maybe a bit tense? Trying to fight the lateral forces maybe? I relaxed the second time and just went with the ride and I came off feeling much better. It really hit me though that I'm getting older and I made a vow to my wife that I must visit Cedar Point before I turn 40 as I don't know when I will stop wanting to go on these rides. I turn 40 next year and we are actually visiting Cedar Point in 4 months!! I am so excited and can't wait! We are doing a road trip to Missouri to stay with friends for 2 weeks also. I plan to visit 6 flags, world of fun and silver dollar city too! Your videos have been fantastic for researching! Really looking forward to SDC but sad that we will probably only get 1 day there. Do you recommend doing the cave walk or will we not really have time for the rides and the walk? We should be visiting midweek in late June so not sure what crowds will be like. Thankfully we have 3 days at Cedar Point! Can't wait!!!

[@Treecko890]

I would like to say for context: I was still pretty new to coasters and I went on a New York trip with just my mom to SFDL while my dad was off at a film convention. I knew they didn't have many rides up there but I wanted to get on them while I was in the area. I got on predator and good lord, that ride gave me a headache and actually made me need to get my back adjusted from one of the valleys that jack hammered me so hard. The poor little girl and her dad who sat in front of me were also rattled and the little girl said she didn't want to go on roller coasters anymore and I tried to convince her that that may have been the worst ride I had ever been on. I still hope she didn't give up on them! Also honorable mention to the Old Rattler at SFFT. I was terrified after I went on it and saw the rattler bend afterwards

[@Droppedgolf]

Mine was bandit at Movie Park Germany. I was happy that i ride it as last of the day before i was going to home.

[@matthewgambrel2770]

Over Texas is my home park. I have been going there since i was 5 years old. The Texas giant was a great ride growing up, but right before they RMCed it, it was AWFUL. One of the roughest (if not THE roughest) roller coasters I have ever ridden. Imagine Great American Scream Machine (SFOG) level of roughness (before the retracking), then put that on a woody that cuts back and forth, hard transitions, rough airtime hills, and is STOOPID long

[@PrinceofMiami14]

Anaconda at Kings Dominion should be on this list too. One of the roughest coasters I’ve ever ridden, small cramped cars, easily the worst experience I’ve had as far as coasters go. They need to tear it down and build something else in its place lol

[@Splitter4416]

I rode Rattler two years before the RMC treatment and it was so miserable. I was audibly upset when we got to the MCBR and there was stilll more ride to go. I felt like I’d been in a paint can shaker in the triple helix