Top 15 Most Disappointing Coaster Experiences

[@Cje_-yj8ov]

My very first ride on Fury 325 was actually super disappointing to me. I hit the brakes and thought “best steel coaster in the world? Bulls**t” and yet every single ride since then has only made it better for me (now a top 5). Can’t explain it, but that first ride really disappointed me

[@AirtimeThrills]

My experience with Iron Gwazi for sure

[@samuelblack7314]

Now, are you talking about Fury 325 or the other Fury?

[@a_human_person]

@@samuelblack7314 he literally says fury 325 in the first sentence

[@samuelblack7314]

@@a_human_person Sorry. I didn't see the 325 part.

[@fredericklockard3854]

To each his own but dang, hard to believe anyone thinks Fury is disappointing.

[@JeanneYovicich]

I think you'll find Skyrush much better with the new restraints. And the main fun of Lightning Racer IS the racing factor, and the fact that the cars "go" at each other and crisscross each other. Candimonium is a good coaster, and u found it was crazy with airtime and force.

[@memecoin1830]

I agree 100%. I am a 6'5 dude with large thighs and I thought it was amazing and had zero issues I was really terrified and thinking the Lord that they put new lap bars on it before I got on it

[@seangearhart2494]

He also needs to ride back left.

[@memecoin1830]

@@seangearhart2494 dude that's literally where I rode. Was amazing

[@SupermarketSweep777]

@@seangearhart2494 Back Left gave me so much airtime it felt like it was trying to rival Phoenix.

[@sendyboi7028]

The night rides on skyrush are more insane with the new restraints than the old ones, significantly better than before

[@infinitecoasters8769]

I literally just rode the new Skyrush 6 days ago. It’s been my Number 1 for a while and the old restraints never bothered me, but even I admit it’s a big improvement. Even at the lap bars lowest possible point, you still get shot out of your seat. Huge W all around. One thing I will say, the seats do have more lateral bracing, so if you sit back, the laterals aren’t as crazy, however if you lean towards it’s not a problem.

[@sendyboi7028]

And the drop is demented and needs exorcised. That drop is a lot more enjoyable without the painful restraint barely having surface area on your thighs, a much better ride

[@undergamer2.035]

Me personal, I am a fan of the old ones, new ones wee too restricting and less intense

[@Mythical_Arena]

I went on skyrush last week and it was so good. The restraints were fine. Then it closed once and reopened with one train and a huge bump on the drop

[@theballingboi5360]

11:20 I love how you can see someone's phone fly out

[@mikeisl33t]

TWO PHONES

[@ryanb9749]

Well deserved. Don't phone and ride lol

[@Lloyd00]

Hangtime was fun. I wasnt expecting anything so i wasn't disappointed

[@Destron5683]

Hangtime is good. I’m from Utah so I’ve ridden Canibal hundreds of times at this point, so I agree it’s no comparison, but it’s still good.

[@samuelblack7314]

For Piraten, it was the weather. It can be an elite ride if the weather is just right.

[@travisvanalst4698]

I feel like it’s not that elite if you need certain parameters to be good.

[@rushtest4echo737]

Been on several megalites in different countries during hot/cold, new/old, full trains/empty train and they're all fun. They're not elite in any sense.

[@joshuahines1415]

It crushes my soul that you did not like The Beast and that you've not had a great experience with it. It is my number one FAVORITE coaster I've been on. Perhaps it is that bit of roughness that I'd expect that helps give that 'beast' type feeling. Maybe it is a bit of the setting as you feel like you're going a lot faster than you are around the woods and through the tunnels. Just add in all the elements together and it is truly an experience. I know that they've done a lot of maintenence too over this past off season replacing a lot of track footage and fixing up the cars too. Very likely due to it being both a significant park and ride anniversary. But you can have your opinion, even if it is wrong ;) What you aren't wrong about though, is Son of Beast. I honestly was expecting this to be number one. I was there opening year *gives far off PTSD stare*. I was 14/15 years old at the time and just barely over 5 feet at the time and even I was uncomfortable with my knees banging against the metal seat in front of me. I got rocked so hard by it. Literally the best/smoothest part of the ride was the inversion giving me 3 seconds of relief before going back into the storm that was an abomination of a ride. An absolute travesty and disappointment. Of the rides that I've been on though, to which I have travelled on far less than you naturally lol, the most disappointing ride I think I've been on was Expedition Everest at WDW Animal Kingdom. Never felt fast. Didn't feel any kind of suspenseful thrill with the turns or drops. It was smooth, sure. But what an underwhelming ride that had been so hyped up.

[@MarsJenkar]

To be fair, that was just his _first_ ride on The Beast. Back then it apparently was _very_ rough and not as well-maintained as it has been since Cedar Fair took over. His opinion has significantly improved since then.

[@collegeluvr]

I’ve never said “WHAT?!?!” More times than on this video. Lol. It’s always funny how incredibly different peoples opinions can be. Like for me… The finale of The Beast is one of the best finales on a roller coaster, period. I also love Candymonium and Lightning Racer because the dueling is really cool. Most coasters RACE, this one duels. I also really liked Excalibur, but I think that’s because it’s retro and I LOVE me some classic Arrows. I do agree about Legend and Jersey Devil though.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Expedition everest exceeded my expectations, definitely my favorite Disney coaster

[@TheTyates72392]

and the way it screams as you fly through the tunnels

[@jimskywaker4345]

@@collegeluvr The Legend is personally one of my favorites, but I also enjoy it's laterals a lot more then some people.

[@carlollmann831]

The beast even when it was rough had always been one of my favorite coasters. I will take it any way it comes. It has been a love ever since I first rode it. Son of Beast had some rough moments but once again just having the opportunity to ride it many times I loved it. It was so close to making it to RMC it was sad. If it just held on a little longer the coaster RMC could have made it would have been unimaginable. I honestly love both of them and always will. The beast will always live in my top ten.

[@jimskywaker4345]

Son of Beast was a terrible RMC candidate. It was built with very low quality wood, and had massive structural issues which an RMCing would only make worse.

[@brockpiano]

Seeing Copperhead Strike at #13 hurt. It’s got to be one of my favorite rides at the whole park (next to Fury) - ended up riding it 8 times in under 24 hours since lines were so short yesterday

[@G3R0George]

As somebody who only rode Jersey Devil AFTER the upgrade, I can say that it is my favorite raptor. More than the OGs. I got a night ride in the front row once and it was smooth as glass, super whippy, and insanely fast! I even prefer it to its California counterpart.

[@angusbarclay6281]

When did it get upgraded/what did they do

[@AirtimeAxolotl]

What do you mean by upgrade?

[@thatlldo4247]

Back row is far more forceful in raptors. It's like a different ride compared to the front row.

[@lennydickson8845]

@@AirtimeAxolotlThey messed with the brake runs a bit so it wasn’t as forceful. I rode JD a bit after they fixed that in the back seat, the airtime on that thing is insane

[@PrinceRoyceFan667]

I remember riding the Beast for the first time and having such an awful experience that I apologized to my parents behind me immediately after hitting the final breaks. It happens to the best of us

[@ahhculdee]

I had the opposite experince

[@Gingerbean.]

I recently went to Hersey park and candymonium and great bear were huge let downs but lightning racer back row on the thunder side gave me crazy ejected on the double down

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I've always gotten nice airtime on Lightning Racer. Some other GCIs have given better, but LRacer still has always delivered good airtime for me.

[@RankingTheMouse]

I'm so happy you mentioned Hang Time & Timberhawk. Timberhawk is *ehh fine* given the park it's in, but nothing better than average. And HangTime was super disappointing for me as well

[@psychichorse]

I really need to get back on Mystic Timbers, because everyone absolutely LOVES that ride, and it just did not impress me (while Diamondback blew me away). My girlfriend frankly preferred Racer. Sadly only got one ride because it was also having some reliability issues that day.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I've ridden Mystic Timbers more than any other GCI besides Prowler. I do think Mystic Timbers is a contender for best GCI in the country, but I personally think it's quite overrated. I think Thunderhead & Gold Striker are a little better, and I think Prowler is far better.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Mystic is my kind of woodie

[@timothywait9457]

@@OklahomaCoasterFan not Gold striker but Ghost rider and the Voyage

[@jimskywaker4345]

I like racer better then Mystic Timbers, but they're both good.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

My disappointing coaster experience is that I have never been able to ride any coasters. The two closest parks for me [Astroworld and Six Flags New Orleans] closed when I was little. My mom, who grew up going to Astroworld during the 80s and 90s says that Excalibur was really rough, and that makes me glad I missed out on that ride. On a different note, Great Adventure's anniversary is this year, and while it's WAY too far for me to go to, I wish the park the best of luck, hopefully they'll even bring their OG characters back for a limited time event. Are you going to do a documentary on Great Adventure once July comes, Airtime Thrills?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I will be releasing thay documentary in August. I waited longer this year since i want to go to the park to film

[@dronestuff4]

See, perspective is everything. I visited Carowinds and was so excited for Fury that I completely overlooked Copperhead. Copperhead was SO fun. Rode it 4 times, most of any coaster that day

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yep this video is all about perspective for sure

[@HowToBeABusinessAnalyst]

Agreed on Boulder Dash, but for different reasons! I actually felt a lot of forces on it, but it was so unbearably rough that I spent the whole time fighting back against it and protecting my body instead of enjoying the terrain and forces. I inexplicably walked off with a throbbing pain in my pinky that took a couple months to go away. I've heard that I needed to be in certain rows for it to be smoother, but that experience was so shockingly painful that even though I had been so excited to ride it, I can never ride it again. Thank goodness my first ride on El Toro a few months later restored my faith that world renowned wooden coasters can in fact be absolutely fantastic.

[@HowToBeABusinessAnalyst]

My bad, I just watched again and you actually DID say "pretty rough".

[@AirtimeThrills]

I guess it just depends when you rode BD. The roughness wasnt a huge deal for me but it could have stood to be a bit smoother

[@kristina_eb]

Ice Breaker. I went in expecting it to be great because I love other Premier launch coasters. But I rode it when they still had those awful "comfort collars" and I had actual neck pain for the rest of the day

[@HayFatYT]

Womp womp?

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

It's better now, since they removed the discomfort collars.

[@HeelBJC]

Thank you for providing youtube entertainment to us coaster fans.

[@dominicjannazo7144]

My biggest letdown was th13teen at Alton Towers. The drop track is great. The rest of the ride however is a forceless waste of time. There are many kiddie coasters with more intense and interesting layouts than it. I also rode the beast for the first time in the early 2000s, can confirm it was a rough mf, certainly my worst experience on a coaster, especially as i was very young and it just ruined my whole day at the park.

[@ryan6523]

I've been on three B&M dives now and Yukon Stryker is the best of the bunch. Valravn had no tunnel to dive into and just swung over the walkway while Griffon , like Val, had a generic layout with a mid course second drop that was meh. YS has at least a decent layout before the MCBR and just has a mellow finish. Interesting list to say the least, Hershey is where I'm probably heading next summer so it's good to know to temper my expectations.

[@C3T1C]

I heard good stuff about great white at Moreys piers, but when I rode it in the summer of 2022, it was rough, I didn’t like the ride experience. But the very next year, it was even rougher. I just simply don’t like great white, RMC needs to do something about this.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I rode in 2021 and it was perfectly smooth

[@_Larzy]

This was Millennium Force for me. Growing up going to KI I was always jealous of that 300 foot monster on the lake. After riding it however I was extremely disappointed. After that first drop it’s pretty much a snooze fest.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah when i rode it when i was 14 it was amazing but nowadays it kinda falls short

[@ProductionsFromBeyon]

One of my most hyped coasters since moving to Texas from Ohio was Dr. Diabolical. I enjoy dive coasters, and thought of one with a theme was very appealing. I did love the story and theme, but the ride itself made me wish I was on Valravn. (Didn’t help that I used to live twenty minutes from cedar point)

[@joeeckroth2932]

I rode tremors last summer and it was running a lot better than before. I even got airtime on that dip after the first helix

[@DoritoTime]

I can confirm they must have done something with Jersey Devil. I rode twice in a row in 2023 (got some insane crowd luck) and it's between it, Skyrush, and the original Dragster for the most intense coaster I've ridden. Had a bit of a rattle tho :/

[@CZsWorld]

West Coast Racers. When I saw that it was a Premiere Rides launch coaster I was expecting something like Full Throttle. Wrong. The launch is barely even a launch, it's so weak. Rest of the layout was so tame because of the slow speeds. Still haven't gotten a rush from it to this day.

[@AirtimeThrills]

For me WCR is on or off, sometimes i love it other times it bores me

[@zachhardy6469]

I also found Copperhead Strike lackluster when I was looking forward to it as much as Fury. On the other hand, Jersey Devil was probably my favorite the last time I was at SFGA; granted, that was just a few weeks before El Toro's last accident so it rattled the hell out of me.

[@edt-ze3ke]

Jersey Devil is trashed on a by a lot of coaster enthusiasts saying it's too tame and forceless. I've heard that it's started to become rough, which why some rank it dead last. It doesn't really deserve to get hated on and it's likely one of the coasters that hated on a lot more by a lot of enthusiasts than GP's do.

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

Yeah it’s quite shaky

[@dingo137]

Ride to Happiness for me. Not because it's bad, because it's pretty damn good - but everyone seemed to hype it up as some earth-shattering experience that blew everything else out of the water. It had a little bit of a rattle too. Still my 2nd favourite in Belgium though. It was disappointing compared to expectations, but that's only because my ezpectations were ao high.

[@Thelightning1out]

Try getting Jersey devil in back row, insane ejector on those drops and that first inversion

[@angusbarclay6281]

Boulder dash really disappointed me. I got no airtime, it was a bit rough, and it didn't help that before riding wild cat before basically gave me a lobotomy. Calling it before I even get to the list, skyrush is somewhere on here lol

[@MrMywildside]

One of my most disappointing coaster experiences was Desperado at Buffalo Bill’s hotel and casino in Primm, Nevada. Before my first ride I thought it would be a very fun hypercoaster experience. It was anything but. It was ungodly rough. It is a typical Arrow coaster that didn’t age well. If anybody can just give it the TLC it needs it could potentially be a very fun ride. It’s big, it’s fast and it’s long. During the pandemic could have been a good time to do that, but they pretty much just let it sit there and rot. There’s no word as of right now if this coaster will ever roll again.

[@OriginalJoe]

I've ridden it too. I thought your comment was funny since so many enthusiasts have disappointment stories trying to get on - like it's some sort of quest. But I agree there are far better coasters out there.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I think Desperado will reopen but id still only give it like a 70% fighting chance

[@wickedsickfunkyfreshroller2037]

I went in to Pantheon thinking it would be an elite launch coaster on par with Maverick. It was not even close. Certainly not a bad coaster but no where near the level everyone said it was. Steel Vengeance also underwhelmed me. The airtime was mostly quick pops and the ride was much less intense than the other RMCs I’ve been on. Flying turns was also super weak. I knew it was a family coaster, didn’t realize it was kiddie coaster.

[@thrillshaveabeard]

Lightbing Rod last year. So many people rave about it. I rode it twoce, back to back last row. Good first drop, quad down is excellent. Everything in-between had zero bite. So, so disappointing.

[@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239]

Lightning Rod was way better in the front row than the back row

[@zesolodar]

my most disappointing coaster experience was nighthawk at carrowinds. night hawk years ago was my very first coaster credit but at the time it was not nighthawk, it was the borg assimilator. it use to be green. i rode it the very first season it opened and it was so good. crazy what years of use will do to a coaster . the coaster is kind of bad today but knowing what it was in the years that it opened is kind of disappointing

[@tribaltreegoat]

me with milli at cedar point, its really boring if ur not in the fron

[@Pineapplesalesman9]

I understand where you're coming from, but I don't really get all the Jersey Devil hate, the rides I had on the coaster were on one of the days with all the wildfire smoke blowing through the northeast, so the park was empty. The ride was running great, just got to lap the coaster over and over, one of my friends who was with me said the ride was too much for him force-wise. Hope you get a better ride on it!

[@AirtimeThrills]

Even my brother who isnt an enthusiast said the ride didnt do anything. Im not a huge fan of wonder woman at SFMM but that has more bite. Id like to see JD at least get to that point

[@notkaywhy]

InvadR for me. I started riding roller coasters in Summer 2023 and after coming off of enjoying both Grizzly and Racer 75 at KD, I was expecting InvadR to be better than both combined and I was sorely disappointed when I rode it August 2023 for the first time on a hot summer day. It was very bumpy and extremely forceful to the point where I was praying for the ride to stop. I’m also a very short, lean person so I was just sliding around everywhere despite intentionally stapling myself every single time. Every time I ride it, it always gives me a painful all day migraine and while it’s gotten slightly better, it still leaves a sour taste in my mouth since every ride I had was just bumpy and painfully too forceful to enjoy. I even prefer Woodstock Express which I consider pretty good even DarKoaster and Tempesto over InvadR and I dislike those two as well.

[@ndelli23]

Wow I had opposite experiences with so many of these. Legend and Goliath both blew me away after I wasn’t expecting much. Those are both in my top 30 along with Skyrush, Candy, and Outlaw Run. I do totally agree with Hangtime, Copperhead, and Jersey Devil which are all similarly disappointing loopers.

[@constable012]

Amazing how expectations and conditions effect experiences as Goliath, Texas Stingray, and Copperhead Strike would all fall on the exceeded expectations for me. As far as disappointments, my number one is Fury 325. Went in hearing about it's great speed and intensity, but it let me down on both accounts after riding Millennium Force (speed) and I305(intensity) earlier in the week. Also gave me a headache. I believe it's a more complete ride than either of the two I listed above it, but I prefer both of those. Hoping to finally get back there this fall to give it another go as it was pretty tremendous still as an overall experience, just not top 5, or 10 for me.😊

[@catchilupi]

I rode Iron Gwazi twice on opening day and don’t understand why people rank it as a top 5 in the USA. It #4 of the 7 RMCs that I’ve ridden. I could say the same for Iron Rattler which is my 5/7. When I was a kid, Anaconda was a sight to behold and I watched as it was built. Always a beauty, but never a joy. Now it’s among the worst.

[@Southeastern_Thrills]

Did you get a chance to ride Iron Gwazi in the back in the afternoon? It runs MUCH faster.

[@AirtimeThrills]

IG in the morning is a lower tier RMC. Glad i got 3 more rides that day

[@catchilupi]

@@Southeastern_Thrills Rode in front in the morning and in the back at night. It's an elite ride (#13/185 credits), just not top 5 for me. Maybe I'll get back to Tampa for another try. The speed and elements are great, but there's too much space in between. I like the RMCs that move from element to element without relent.

[@beachboysswiftie]

Jersey devil is SO REAL. I rode it in December 2021 and I remember feeling so disappointed. I thought it was gonna be super intense and insane like Railblazer, even more so (my home park is CGA) but it felt so mid. Also what didn’t help is we got stuck on the mid course break for 30 minutes in 20 degrees, and had to be emergency evacuated on the final break. Apparently rmc raptors naturally shut down if it’s too cold or something

[@crveech]

I rode The Beast the first time in 2011 and didn't care for it. I thought it was too rough. But I went back last Summer and got two rides on it. It was still rough but much more bearable, and I enjoyed the elements more. I loved The Legend as a kid, but it's too rough for me now. Plus, Voyage and Raven are so much better.

[@oliverbjerrefelt]

Piraten warmed up backrow on a hot summer day is NO joke.. But in bad/cold weather it really do suck ;)

[@Spartan87667]

My most disappointing ride is Goliath at SF Magic Mountain. It had the stats to be a good hyper coaster, but the lift hill is slow, the drop is way too gradual and not steep, and the midcourse brake run absolutely kills the whole experience. It comes to a dead stop before continuing on. The helix is the only part with forces of any kind. I hope it’s redone by a new manufacturer because Giovanola failed miserably.

[@0z3r0]

My biggest disapointing coaster was F.L.Y at Phantasialand. It made me sick, the restraints hamper my breating too much and i didn't enjoy the layout all that much. I don't ride it anymore and i just like watching it cruising through the Rooburgh Area.

[@everydayrandomnesswithevan1791]

I was really disappointed with Mako at Sea World Orlando. The only other hyper I’ve ridden is Goliath at SFMM and after hearing how much better B n M hypers are, my expectations were high. But I rode it twice and I got zero air time. So I was pretty disappointed. I actually got more airtime on Goliath than Mako.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah i get that. Mako 2 years ago was underwhelming. Very similar to Candymonium

[@carysage]

My most disappointing ride was enduring months of hype for Mean Streak the year it opened. Then fighting the crowd and a 3 hour line just to realize it's basically the Beast in a parking lot.

[@mutoneon]

Nothing like the beast, not in a parking lot, either.

[@carysage]

@@mutoneon Steel Vengeance sits in that parking lot to this day! And yeah the layouts completely different from Beast but it was still big drop, big turns and no airtime. So basically the Beast without the tunnels and terrain that make the Beast a good ride.

[@ThisAintMyGithub]

I definitely was super excited for my first standing coaster, Vortex at Carowinds. Ball buster. Hated every second, rode it exactly one time and never since.

[@brockpiano]

I got to ride Vortex about 2 days ago (the 11th I think) and definitely agree. I was super excited to ride it (since Mantis at Cedar Point got converted to Rougarou before I was even tall enough to ride) and it did not live up to expectations. Didn’t hurt my crotch so much as the bottom of my calves, every moment of positive Gs only made it more painful and whatever airtime I got was the only moment without that pain.

[@joepilcicki3838]

if you can ride the Jersey devil around sunset, when the clouds in the sky reflected on the lake next to it, it's amazing in the stall or your upside down, but staring at the sky in the lake it's very trippy

[@sxekoolaid9904]

Rank the following planned theme parks from most likely to least likely to actually open: Grand Texas, Libertyland USA, Oasis at Lakeport, American Heartland, Mattel Adventure Park (the St. Louis one) and Vidanta World (specifically the park that is supposed to have the Vekoma multi-launch coaster, I know their Beauty of Nature park is already open)

[@Cje_-yj8ov]

I had a similar experience with Goliath at Great America. I thought it looked great, and I knew it was short, but for me the inversions and even the drop just didn’t hit. Personally my lowest ranked RMC by about 5 miles

[@AirtimeThrills]

Funny thing is I actually loved Goliath, it just wasn't what i was expecting

[@thewarroom1944]

When I saw Beast at number one, my first thought was that the reason was because of how much time it isn’t running, causing you to not be able to ride it when you first went. This is what happened to me last time I went. I was hoping it would open later in the day, but it was closed the entire time.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I loved Boulder Dash the first time I rode it back around 2012, but on my most recent ride in 2022, the roughness was enough to make it a disappointing ride. (I found myself enjoying Phobia Phear Coaster, the park's Sky Rocket II, more, and feeling dirty about that, like it was an uncultured reaction.) Boulder Dash's layout is so great and unusual that it *should* be one of the world's greatest woodies. They've been working on it and I'm hoping it's improved or can be improved.

[@deathbackwards7850]

Mine were Tron and Apollo’s Chariot. I usually love classics, so the original hyper seemed like an easy win, but it was just ok. Tron had an awesome queue, but I felt like the ride was over way too soon and I had very little idea what was going on. I also expected Carolina Cyclone to be a cool old looper, but instead I smacked my head into the top of the seat.

[@michael7054]

Great video! I enjoyed watching! Ive ridden the top 2 before. I rode S.O.B. in 2001 and thought it was cool and fun although it sits close to the bottom of my credit count list. Ive ridden The Beast many times. I like The Beast. I think its a fun coaster. Is it the best coaster in the world ? No. But its still a good coaster to me.

[@sverreHM16]

Dad and son on top of the list, only the wrong one

[@trevorbourquejr8884]

When Copperhead Strike is at its best, it’s a phenomenal ride and #2 best in the park. But unfortunately it’s always 50/50 when that happens as a Carowinds local

[@AirtimeThrills]

I totally get that 50/50 thing. So hit or miss for me

[@MrChuckGrape]

Space Mountain although that was my fault for overhyping it in my mind.

[@waldolahr9726]

Boulder dash is a great ride! It runs very fast due to the new Titan track, and likely even faster this year (haven’t gotten on it yet this summer) but did have its rough parts last year. This is a great ride that blew me away.

[@TPRErik]

Boulder Dash is in my top 5, but I have not ridden it since 2011. It was fantastic back then and I understand it has not been nearly as good. Sad.

[@tylerschultz758]

Iron Gwazi was pretty disappointing on my first ride. I was expecting Steel Vengeance and it just wasn’t. First ride was pretty early tho. Second ride was much better. I ended up liking Velocicoaster more that trip tho.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Thats just how IG rolls

[@jeremyaddis4037]

Copperhead was my biggest letdown of my 2023 East coast trip, I was so excited for it, but it was so underwhelming to me.

[@brandonbyrne4753]

Skyrush has been my favorite so I’m so excited to ride with the new lapbars this summer. My biggest disappointments were Wildcat’s Revenge and Kumba. Both were incredibly painful for me, and only got worse the more times I rode.

[@casedinlight]

Wildcat got exceedingly painful to ride, and Lightning Racer make Wildcat obsolete, so they had to do something with it because no one rode it. I rode WR twice. The first time was intense; but the second was decent. Not even in my top 5 at the park, but not bad.

[@brandonbyrne4753]

Totally agree - OG Wildcat became horribly rough and unpopular. Wildcat’s Revenge is a massive improvement and great for the plot. I don’t think it lives up to the hype (the way Iron Gwazi does to me)

[@MacRay14]

Hot take but my most disappointing coaster in recent years was X2. I'd been on it several times before but it had been a few years and when I went on it, I couldn't believe how painful parts of it were. Was very disappointed with how some of it felt when I remember it being very smooth when it first opened

[@RonnieRLD]

I'm surprised by your thought of Yukon Striker. I rode it for the first time this year at the season passholder day. Only got 1 ride in the back left and enjoyed it. Easily the best out of the 3 dives I've done (Valravn and Griffon). I think each of the 3 B&Ms do exactly what they are designed to really well. Behemoth for airtime, Leviathan for speed, and Yukon for smooth sweeping inversions

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yukon on paper is great. Complete layout and humongous drop, maybe just the finale is lacking. But i just couldnt get into it

[@ĪĪMizumiĪĪ]

@@AirtimeThrills I heard some people say the finale was or would be useless and boring but the 3 different times I rode it, it was pretty darn good for a little ending drop to finish of the ride. It definitely does change based on where you're sitting, like if you're completely on the one side that ends up being outside on the last part, I think the right side, it's obviously going to be a bit more intense and forceful rather than the other side and that also is true for the rest of the ride. The best seats on these types of rides will basically always be on either edge. Now that I think of it, I remember being on both side seats which definitely did make it more intense then I'm guessing it would be in the center. Anyways, definitely lived up to my expectations and more.

[@ĪĪMizumiĪĪ]

Canada's wonderland is definitely a great all around park for massive intense rides but fun smaller ones too. Just wish there weren't as many people all the time.

[@The.red.planet]

Ok so recently boulder dash got some new track, and now it’s actually soooo much better then it was before. it’s glass smooth!!! it moved up at least 15 spots when i rode it with the new track

[@ThePirateprincess23]

One of my more disappointing coasters is Gold Rusher at Magic Mountain. The ride itself is pretty fun in the back few cars but it is slow and boring in the front few cars.

[@d.krolmann5456]

For me it was and is and probably always will be Colossos Kampf der Giganten. I have ridden the original Colossos before it was SBNO and then turned into Colossos Kampf der Giganten. And all I can say now is: Where has all the airtime and speed gone?

[@stboombasloth9424]

Steel curtain was a bummer for me. Maxx force was like damn thats it...

[@oblivieon1567]

I want to say I really appreciate your takes on roller coasters because sometimes they can be so different than mine, I enjoy hearing what you have to say about them. I love Outlaw Run and actually like it more than Lighting Rod. I also love Tremors. I'm normally disappointed with B&Ms, just not into them outside of early inverts. I like woodies when they age and get a bit rough, I just don't like jack hammering but the rough shuffling is my jam for sure.

[@Darkage-io4sl]

The coaster that definitely disappointed me the most was definitely Steel Vengeance. Not bad by any means just thought it would've been out of control like Iron Gwazi but it wasn't.

[@ayanadixon4763]

I was disappointed in Orion. I was thrilled my childhood home park had gotten a giant coaster like my current home park of CP. After riding it, my first thought was Millie is superior. My second was Diamondback is the best ride at KI without a doubt.

[@karlmuster263]

I was surprised that I didn't like Jersey Devil very much considering Wonder Woman Flight of Courage is one of my favorites. It just didn't have the right amount of floater that I was hoping for, and now I realize it's probably the added speed. Plus the one downside of those, having to spread my legs felt extra uncomfortable, I probably wasn't as flexible that day.

[@pipepicasso8112]

There might be a 50/50 chance The Beast can make the “Knock My Socks Off” list, with the night ride. It might be over hyped, or it could live up to it. Either way, the legend lives on.

[@_Larzy]

12:30AM Halloween Haunt Beast rides are an unmatched coaster experience.

[@SmGTwist]

Wow, I guess this is where opinions really differ. Yukon Striker is by far my favorite B&M experience at Wonderland, and my favorite B&M experience ever.

[@bjornvandenbremt1717]

Completely agree with the no. 1 pick! Son of Beast was originally my most anticipated ride at the park, but that wasn't open in '07 because of the accident the year before. Enter the dad...man did it hammer us all! One of the roughest experiences on a coaster ever! I remember the ride op asking "How was your ride?"; which I replied with "Awful and painful!"; and for some reason the ride op was surprised by that, as if he hadn't ridden it yet. Now I'm hearing good things about it after the retrack, but I'll probably won't make it back any time soon since I have a lot more other regions of the US to explore. As for some of the other rides (Lightning Racer and Wildfire), Wildfire has indeed a very dissapointing 2nd half; but I did very much loved Lightning Racer when I rode it in '07 (don't know if I would now).

[@627jace627]

My biggest disappointment was Phoenix at Knoebels. It was a miserable day, 35° and drizzling, and I realize it was less than ideal conditions but there's no way in hell that's the best wooden coaster in the world. Not even close. BTW, Excalibur was my 300th credit and it was good enough and quirky enough to be worthy of the milestone.

[@rapunzel1701]

Yeah, I rode Copperhead Strike and was like...umm...ok then....

[@Great_aahaah5]

Tempesto in Busch gardens Willamsburg looks cool but it’s just a free headache which is not enjoyable

[@Steph-3979]

My most disappointing ride was probably Griffon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It wasn't a bad ride per se, but it had been overhyped in my opinion. It was fun enough, but it wasn't worth the marathoning that my sister hyped it up for. She rode it back in 2008 when it was practically brand new, though, and I wasn't able to get on it until just last year, so the aging almost certainly was a factor lol

[@Cujo8600]

T Stingray is great. But agree that mystic timbers is better.

[@darrio1190]

Legend is GOATED. Maybe you need another ride on it. I rode it for the first time last year and was blown away, especially with the night rides. Give it another try. It's currently my #5 with Voyage being my #2

[@AirtimeThrills]

Legends layout just isnt my jam, and when i got back in 2016 and 2018 it beat the snot out of me. Last time i rode in 2020 i actually enjoyed it

[@darrio1190]

@@AirtimeThrills I think they did more work on it in recent years. I got 7 rides on it last year and the first time we hit the break run, I wasn’t sure I how I felt about it. But every ride it got better and better. It’s like a Super Villain of a coaster and by the time you get back to the station you feel like you just got jumped…. But like in a good way! Idk how to explain it 😭

[@tentenchu8140]

I think Lightning Racer actually has some great laterals. It's running great this year. Also, Skyrush's new restraints are a godsend.

[@coastinsteve7019]

X2 I Wanted to like this ride so much. Its so different and creative. I made the mistake of riding an outside seat ( locals say you have to ride inside seats, the outside ones are too rough ) ( who knew, I'm sorry but a good coaster isn't one where only half the seats are ridable ) I was rocking back and forth, rough going up the lift hill ! That translated to violent shaking for the whole ride !! After discussing it further with other coaster enthusiasts we determined that when I rode it the wheels on the X rail were beat, casuing the shaking I experienced. So I'm willing to try it again, the next time I get there, But currently I have that as thee worst coaster ride Ive ever been on.( and yes I had rides on Son of Beast with and without the loop. Still can't compare to the roughness of my ride on X2 )

[@johnarmstrong6227]

Completely agree on Outlaw Run. I was very underwhelmed by it and even found it to be rough in the back. Really saddens me since SDC will soon by my new home park.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

I haven't had too many bad experiences on a coaster in my lifetime. But riding Cyclops at Mount Olympus really sucked for me, even more so than Pegasus with its terrible final turn into the brake run, Cyclops was just too rough and didn't have the same impressive layout of Hades 360 or the speed of Zeus. Screamin' Eagle at Six Flags St. Louis was also a huge disappointment for me. Maybe I just rode it at a bad time, but it's the only rollercoaster that's actually bruised me, it was that bad.

[@mom369222]

There is a coaster in hershey PA, that has a 90 degree drop, after climbing a large,long hill, and drops down 90 degrees.I would NEVER go on a ride like that!

[@Tortiebell]

I enjoyed Texas Stingray very much! Guess the sad part of riding a ton of coasters is not enjoying the mid tier ones as much :(

[@AirtimeThrills]

That can be true. I think its still about expectations

[@lunastilllovesquag1574]

Worst one for me by a long shot: Mammut at Tripsdrill. It has the stats of a decent woodie... but it just doesn't do anything. The first drop is okay in the back, and the rest of the layout is just pointless. It teases you with "ooohhh potential forces!" only to disappoint. Over and over again. I also really disliked S&S free spins. Maybe i just got a few bad rides, but they rocked a little and that was it. Super boring.

[@mistameasor2627]

CW is my home park and I was excited for Yukon to open as I really enjoy Valravn, but I was honestly disappointed. The vertical loop pulls some good forces, but that’s about it

[@WhatAG23]

My first ride on Goliath (from what I can tell) was June 2, 2016. Do you know what yours was? There’s a chance we rode it the first time the same day! I remember they still handed out tickets back then 😁 And to add to the coincidences, I’m about to catch a Reds game myself in a couple weeks and maybe check out Kings Island if we have time!

[@AirtimeThrills]

I remember the tickets, that was to prevent line jumping right? My rides were on june 17

[@coasterjim]

12:02 The only one that had a loop, not an inversion.

[@AirtimeThrills]

At the time it was the only inversion

[@daniellemarcantel2487]

Noooo!! Not Copperhead!! I love that coaster!! The Beast too?! That was an awesome coaster when I rode it. Of course that was in 2016.

[@Couriday]

Hate to say it, but my most disappointing coaster ride was probably X-2. I don't even really blame the ride for this, but for some reason they threw the restraint down on me way too hard, so i spent the entire thing with constant shoulder pain. I could tell riding it that it was something really unique, but it's really hard to enjoy something if it hurts that bad. If a restraint hurts before you even leave the station, you know it'll be awful once the train gets going. Hopefully I get a chance to ride it again at some point. The day I was there, Twisted Colossus was closed to boot, so at least I'll have 2 excuses to go back.

[@Incurso91]

In mid-June 2022, some friends and I visited KI for the first time. Got a ride on Beast. The three of us decided that it was not worth our time to ride again, even during our revisit later that year. Most of the ride was spent feeling like all of my bones were broken.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Surprising considering that was right after its retrack

[@Incurso91]

The re-tracked parts were fine. Everything else was a big no. Maybe I'll give it another go next visit and see if it rides better for me.

[@DAZARI0]

goliath: drop, turn, 1/2 hill, dive, stall, turn, brakes. what it does, it does well but i'm still livid it has so few elements.

[@Maesgae]

The new restraints on skyrush made it tons better.

[@orlandoorange7755]

I’m having anxiety if Chris put my favorites coasters on top 15 in my video… but still great video tho.