What Coaster Should You Run to First?

[@CoasterRider325]

I head for the back, then the front, then the middle. Seems to always work

[@CoasterHead]

I hope your feet forgive you🫡

[@CoasterRider325]

@@CoasterHead thx lol 🫡

[@thedude4063]

And then there's Cheetah Hunt which is just popular as hell

[@southeastcoasters]

Fr. Just gotta be like literally one of the first otherwise your waiting 30 mins +

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Wait to the end and it’s like 15 minutes

[@SkyrushFanboy]

It's also unreliable, it was closed on my visit lmao

[@thedude4063]

@@SkyrushFanboy Cheetah Hunt isn't unreliable

[@tentenchu8140]

My home park is Knoebels, and the optimal strategy is to hit Flying Turns first before the park officially opens up.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I wouldn't know, I'm 0 for 3 on that one

[@tentenchu8140]

​@@AirtimeThrills it's a very temperamental ride indeed. That's the price they pay for uniqueness

[@SkyrushFanboy]

Knoebels is the best park I've ever been to! I'm jealous that it's your home park!

[@tentenchu8140]

@@SkyrushFanboy been going there since I was a little kid

[@CoasterHour]

Agree with this logic except when the park has a quality coaster with notorious downtime. I’ll try to hit that one first.

[@GhostridingCoasters]

You should also get to rides that are very unnreliable

[@coasterjedi2555]

Same thing with darkoaster at BGW, I'd even go with maverick at CP, flight of Fear at KI, ragin Cajun or batwing at SFA, just for some examples!

[@yokester74]

Nah. Gotta do X at Magic Mountain first, assuming it’s open. Horrible ops.

[@AirtimeThrills]

That used to be my advice, but it seems like mid-day X2 doesn't draw the lines it used to

[@williampavichevich4877]

​@AirtimeThrills This has been True the last few times I've visited the Mountain. This coming Sunday, I'm going to get to the Park early before it opens and get to Wonder Woman as it's been Closed for the greater part of 2 months and 1 train Ops. I'll get Twisted, Drop of Doom earlier and get to the Center of the Park up the Hill on the Summit and get to Superman, go down to Tatsu and get X2 around 5ish. Thanks Airtime for all your vids, great Work. 😎🌴🎢👍🏻

[@xl73.]

Are there any for Canada's Wonderland? You know, the neglected middle child of Cedar Point!

[@literallythefloor5431]

so prioritize mouse themed rides? got it lmao

[@Operager]

When going to Kings Dominion, I always try to hit Flight of Fear first because the lines are always super long, especially on hot days

[@heathconely3573]

Don't you mean kings island?

[@heathconely3573]

Nvm I'm just stupid

[@dadbodgamesquad]

Nighthawk and dare devil dive… yes, and yes. Hit both of those on my trip last week and both were the #1 longest waits at their respective parks.

[@Banner16]

Kraken at SeaWorld always has pretty bad dispatches. When the train hits the final brakes, the other train isn’t done loading.

[@loganrobert2133]

Laff Trak for sure is a first ride. Even with fast pass that thing ran incredibly slow

[@Davidsteel702]

Never head to the new ride first because that’s where everyone goes. Head to the back unless you arrive early

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

My thoughts exactly. Unless you show up to the park 2 hours early to be first in line for it, which kind of defeats the purpose. Maxx Force in its first year, 2019, drew an instant 2 hour line long before park opening, so I would start with Goliath and X Flight, then do Maxx Force midday when the line dropped to 30-45 minutes.

[@mrCs_Phonemes]

I’d hit up La Vibora at Over Texas over Pandemonium. Pandemonium at least has a single rider line. La Vibora’s capacity is absolutely horrid compared to how popular it is.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Vibora used to have single rider. If they took it away that's a shame, it's a flippin 3 person car

[@establishingthrills]

I didn't get on Pandemonium in my april visit, did they not remove single rider lines throughout the park?

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

All single rider lines are now gone at SFOT and maybe all other Six Flags parks. I saw Pandemonium's single rider line blocked off a couple weeks ago.

[@mrCs_Phonemes]

@@OklahomaCoasterFan Bummer. Came in clutch for rides like Pandemonium and Joker.

[@MattMcIrvin]

Rope drop at Six Flags New England is like the running of the bulls to Superman: The Ride. I figure you're doomed there at any time. I go straight to Wicked Cyclone. Maybe that's not an optimal strategy. But damn, Wicked Cyclone. You don't bother optimizing Batman: The Dark Knight in any way because that has a single-rider line. Just use that.

[@eeperton]

I went to Kings Dominion just yesterday. Hit Flight of Fear first because I think it has poor capacity. It was so awesome because we were the first there!!

[@Lavend3r.Dreams]

“or it has painfully slow dispatches” flight of fear at kings island

[@RhythmKing08]

My home park is Six Flags St Louis and the new ride (catwoman whip) gets 2 hour wait times during the day because it can only hold 8 people per cart so if you go to this park go straight to catwoman whip.

[@sushisushi14-l4q]

At California's Great America I'd actually recomend to ride Railblazer first unless you really want to ride the wild mouse

[@beowolf9480]

At Lagoon if I'm trying to hit up all the coasters i tend to go for Primordial first since it's the big new ride, so that and one other are the only ones you'll be waiting over an hour first, from there I'd head over to the bat and just go from there because most Rides don't have a really long line. Colossus is a low priority one though because of they're running two trains it goes through that line quickly. Though i do always try to avoid Frightmares because that's always when people go

[@magmick]

For discovery kingdom i'd argue that sidewinder safari can get way longer lines than superman

[@SoCalCoasters]

Maybe the cars don’t fit many people Or has painfully slow dispatches Or it’s just Ghostrider

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Yep it’s a damn tricky game to play. Gotta wait to the end of the day then. Don’t get me started on dare devil dive.

[@AirtimeThrills]

DDD might be the #1 coaster you MUST ride at opening

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Yep! Least they run two coasters before park opening to get you going.

[@edrckm5194]

Btw u forgot flash vertical velocity sixflags great america

[@CLUTCHcarlos659]

At KI I hit mystic first to let my stomach warm up then go for all the big ones

[@Puddles-HasAPuddle]

@AirtimeThrills If ur taking Buy or Sell Vid ideas here’s one: If the Six Flags& Cedar fair merger go through. In 5 years they will go bankrupt

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Early entry rides will have an impact on strategy, including whether you have access to early entry or not. For Carowinds, I try to tell people not to start with Fury, but they can't help thenselves. At new parks, I might do the kiddie coaster first, before it gets a line, and fewer witnesses to the embarrassment.

[@aclonecone]

was just at Carowinds about a week ago. we had fast lane and went to intimidator first and then straight back to copperhead. did fury a few times later which was a good choice, plus that thing is special

[@bjblaskowitz4435]

Invertigo At Kings Island Has Slow As Molasses Line's For The Most Part

[@hurricanegproductions5525]

For my home park, it’s Maxx Force.

[@melvinkeller1466]

Looking at $150 a day at Disney to use the app to skip the line. When first introduced was $150 per trip

[@Cquall27]

I'm sorry, but ain't nobody is going to walk into Cedar Point and tell their group, "guys trust me we have to get on wild mouse, it's low capacity and you won't regret it" when the first thing you see is gatekeeper

[@Westkid3057]

With my home park(Kings Island), I usually start in Action Zone and work my way back. Other than a day where there are a bunch of schools taking a trip, I'm usually able to hit everything with a minimum wait time, other than Flight of Fear and Invertigo.

[@TheRealestHooman]

My philosophy is slithery different for parks that I’ve already gone to, for example, when I last went to cedar point steel vengeance was broke so next time I go I’m riding that first

[@sendyboi7028]

I’d hit Fahrenheit at Hersheypark, awful capacity

[@alault-cook4072]

Replace wild mouse at cedar point with maverick, that line is only 30-45 minutes at most where as maverick can easily be upwards of 3 hours

[@TommonSensePro]

Not when Wild Mouse is an Early Entry ride. Ride WM and GK a few times then head towards back possibly hitting MF, then Maverick and Steel Vengeance.

[@OofThatsNice]

I just traveled to cedar point for a Thursday and Friday, and honestly FLP was essential. Would've been a major bummer without it. My thoughts, spend the money if you can't come often.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I always get FLP at CP unless it's a bad weather day

[@4373fg]

I was at Kings Dominion this past Tuesday and Tumbili had a fast queue all day

[@Coaster_Crash]

Bro i waited two and a half hours for valravn at cedar point 💀

[@Southeastern_Thrills]

You can do Cedar Point in one day without fast lane, it just requires great planning and some luck. Also, would it be smarter to hit Top Thrill 2 or Frontier Town first?

[@alault-cook4072]

If you want to do both then TT2 then frontier town if you show up at opening. Top thrill two is closed at the moment so best of luck getting a ride on it

[@Southeastern_Thrills]

@@alault-cook4072 Yeah, I'm not going till early August

[@alault-cook4072]

@@Southeastern_Thrills also, if you plan on riding wild mouse the line isn’t more than hour at most. Also it is empty on week days

[@Southeastern_Thrills]

@@alault-cook4072 Ok

[@AirtimeThrills]

I would hit TT2 early to avoid the line AND minimize the chance of a breakdown if you're stuck in a long line

[@TheCosmicCrayon]

Flight of fear kings island

[@bwalko5674]

Or just go on a not weekend for most places works too and then your lines are like 10 minutes

[@TheLegendaryShoe]

What would you Recommend for bush gardens Tampa?

[@mrCs_Phonemes]

Iron Gwazi or Cheetah Hunt. Depending on how much you want to ride Gwazi. Benefit of Cheetah Hunt is you can hit up Cobra’s Curse directly after before it builds up a line (I’ve had luck getting two laps on both coasters using this strategy). Downside is Gwazi will have a terrible line. But I’ve also had bad luck with that coaster not opening with the park anyways.

[@TheLegendaryShoe]

@@mrCs_Phonemes thanks

[@Southeastern_Thrills]

Run to Cheetah Hunt. It's your only option if you don't want to wait an hour.

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

On weekdays iron gwazi isn’t to bad even!

[@AirtimeThrills]

Cheetah Hunt has a line even on slow days so I'd do that first. Plus, IG is better in the afternoon so even if there's a line I'd wait on it

[@occasionalnothing]

Lol maverick & SV still gonna have a 90 min wait even if u hit TT2 first

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah at CP you cant win without FLP

[@LewisHernandez-gk1do]

What about Knott’s Berry Farm 😂

[@AirtimeThrills]

Probably ghostrider for its atrocious operations

[@FryGuy909]

so I'm getting fastlane plus for my day at cedar pt this summer, would it be smart to hit rides without fastlane first?

[@jsho574]

I would say either to start with wild mouse since I don't know if it has fast lane yet, and then hit up maverick as even the fast lane line can get long from what videos I've seen

[@FryGuy909]

@@jsho574 I don't believe wild mouse has fastlane

[@AirtimeThrills]

Cedar Creek Mine Ride, Wild Mouse, Iron Dragon - these dont take fastlane aside from the 2 kids coasters

[@FryGuy909]

@@AirtimeThrills so hit wild mouse first then

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@FryGuy909 in your case, yes

[@Mrwolfiejunior]

Erm pandamonium is at six flags fiesta Texas not over Texas 😂😂

[@HitPoint110]

Go to the middle then the back then thr front

[@michaelpryor78]

Tempesto at BGW. Everything other line moves. Tempesto's does not.

[@SkyrushFanboy]

Literally anything at my home park idlewild has to be hit first or else it's a long wait. Worst throughput in the industry and Kennywood isn't much better