*Pennsylvanian Coasters*

I Just wanted to know what you guy's think of the coasters some of the best parks in PA has to offer.....

Rate the following coasters with a "Grade" A,B,C & so forth.....

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge

Exterminator

Thunder Bolt

Jack Rabbit

Racers

DORNEY PARK

Talon

Steel Force

Thunder Hawk

Laser

Wild Mouse

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner

Great Bear

Roller Soaker

Comet

Sooperdooperlooper

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge - A+

Exterminator - A

Thunder Bolt - B

Jack Rabbit - B

Racers - C-

DORNEY PARK

Talon - C

Steel Force - B+

Thunder Hawk - C-

Laser - A-

Wild Mouse C

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner - A+

Great Bear - B-

Roller Soaker - Never Rode

Comet - B-

Sooperdooperlooper - B

Here's My rathings:

Kennywood-Glad to call it home!

Phantom's Revenge A++ (Awesome Hyper Coaster)

Exterminator A-

Thunder Bolt A-

Jack Rabbit B-

Racers B-

Dorney Park

Talon A++

Steel Force A+

Thunder Hawk B-

Laser C-

Wild Mouse B-

Hershey Park

Storm Runner A++

Great Bear A-

Roller Soaker B-

Comet C+

Sooperdooperlooper B-

Kennywood- N/A

DORNEY PARK

Talon-C

Steel Force-B

Thunder Hawk-C

Laser-C

Wild Mouse-D

Hercules- C-

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner-N/A

Great Bear-C+

Roller Soaker- C

Comet- C

Sooperdooperlooper- C

Lightning Racer- B

Wildcat- B+

Trailblazer- D

Sidewinder- D

Wild Mouse- D

I decided to rate all coasters in all the PA parks ive been to...

Dorney Park

Talon A

- Great coaster.. I rode it 5 times in a row

Steel Force A

- Love the airtime on this Hyper and it's smooth

Thunder Hawk B

- Great Woodie... but those trims kill ur nuts...

Laser D

- Ouch! I thought my neck was going to snap!

Dragon C

- Yeah.. i'm a credit whore... Actually this was a cool little ride

Woodstock's Express D+

- I know.. credit whore... this ride was really slow and it sucked.. lol

Hersheypark

Comet B

- Nice woodie.. good layout

Great Bear A

- great ride.. love it

Lightning Racer A for both sides

- both sides were great and I love the millenium flyer trains

Roller Soaker D-

- Slow.. sucked.. and the water was off when I went on

Sidewinder C+

- Pretty good... but that Vekoma roughness kicked in

Sooperdooperlooper B

- Basic.. but I like it.. this was my first looping coaster...

Storm Runner A+

- I LOVED THIS RIDE... i got on in the front after waiting 5 hours... it was a 2hr wait but a storm closed the ride.. and then we got on in the front row... then the 2nd time I got on in the back row... what a rush.. what an awesome coaster!

Wild Mouse C

- It was thrilling... a little bit

Wildcat B

- A little rough but a nice layout

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge: B

Exterminator: B+

Thunder Bolt: C+

Jack Rabbit: A-

Racer: B+

Overall, I think Kennywood has a SOLID collection of coasters. I personally never "got" Thunderbolt and always found the other two woodies better, but that's just me. And for whatever reason, I've gotten some of the BEST spinning mouse rides EVER on Exterminator!

DORNEY PARK

Talon: C-

Steel Force: C+ with the trims on B with them off.

Thunder Hawk: B- (Could be an A- if it wasn't for the damn trims!)

Laser: B+

Wild Mouse: D

Dorney's another park with a lot of coasters that I never really feel the need to go on more than once. In their defense, however, none of them are really "bad", well except for the overbraked, horribly operated mouse, they just aren't really all that "great," Thunderhawk could very well be an A caliber coaster if it didn't have those trims, though. IMO, would be right up there with Wild One at SFA. Talon is still my least favorite of all the B&M inverts I've been on though.

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner: A

Great Bear: B-

Roller Soaker: B+

Comet: C (again, could be an A if it wasn't for the trims)

Sooperdooperlooper: C

Lightning Racer: B-

Wildcat: A- in the very front, D anywhere else.

Trailblazer: C-

Wild Mouse: B-

Hershey is an odd mix. Overall, I like this park a LOT! But since I'm not *that* into GCI's woodies, and the Comet would be right up there with the Phoenix, IMO, if it didn't have that horrible trim. For whatever reason, I really like Great Bear more than most other people do. And Roller Soaker is just a flat out fun as hell ride as long as you don't have to wait in line. One of the nights we were there last year, it was still like 80 degrees out, but there was no line, and we went round and round on the thing and had a GREAT time! It's too bad about Wildcat, because I still think it's one of the best woodies out there, and probably my favorite GCI....in the front seat only....anywhere else is seems rough as hell!

Storm Runner is still my favorite out of all the Intamin rockets so far, so Hershey, IMO, has a pretty damn solid collection of coasters.

--Robb

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge - A; tied for my all-time favorite coaster, amazing

Exterminator - A; the theming and atmosphere are wonderful

Thunder Bolt - D; grossly overrated

Jack Rabbit - B; incredibly fun, classic woodie

Racers - C; haven't ridden in years, but I remember liking more than Tbolt.

DORNEY PARK

Talon - N/A; never bothered to ride it, looks blah

Steel Force - B; last tme I rode, there were no trims on

Thunder Hawk - C; trims really take the steam off this ride

Laser - B; fantastic Schwarzkopf

Wild Mouse - N/A; have not ridden, I hear it's lame, though.

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner - A; another tie for my all-time favorite

Great Bear - B; solid B&M invert

Roller Soaker - A; for what it is, its awesome, do not ride if you want to stay dry

Comet - D; trims absolutely kill the second half

Sooperdooperlooper - A; I'm a sucker for terrain coasters

Edit: The lines after each coaster are dashes, not minus signs, btw.

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Kennywood:

Phantom's Revenge: A+; Tied for my all-time favorite coaster. You have to experience it to understand

Thunderbolt: B-/C+; Ridiculously overrated

Racer: B-; It's a fun, sort of relaxing coaster with surprise drop at the end

Jack Rabbit: B+; I love the lack of real restraints and the double-down

Exterminator: A-; Reverchon/Zamperla spinning coasters are fun enough, but this one is themed and in the dark.

DORNEY PARK

Thunder Hawk - B+

HERSHEY PARK

Comet - A

Sooperdooperlooper - A-

my 2cents...

Conneaut Lake Prk Blue Streak (w/the Nad's) A

W/out the Nad's: C-

^ Yeah, what did they do with that train??? When I rode it last year with that newer older train that coaster wasn't anywhere NEAR as good as I remembered it with the train that head the headlight.

--Robb

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge: B (nice, but too short)

Exterminator: F (mean to rodents)

Thunder Bolt: C (don't like the laterals)

Jack Rabbit: A (can you say ejector air???)

Racers: B (a fun ride, if you get people to handslap!)

DORNEY PARK

Talon: C (for a B&M, I don't like it)

Steel Force: C (good first drop, nothing else good)

Thunder Hawk: C (again, that damn brake!)

Laser: A (really intense and fun, but stupid assigned seating!)

Wild Mouse: D (pretty bad)

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner: A (my favorite intamin launched so far)

Great Bear: C (another bad B&M)

Roller Soaker: A (I love this ride!)

Comet: C (don't see any good points, at least it's smooth)

Sooperdooperlooper: F (if it's so sooper dooper, how come there's only one loop!!! and it's short)

Lightning Racer: C (don't get the hype, this ride does nothing for me)

Wildcat: D (rough and boring)

Trailblazer: D (bad and short mine train)

Wild Mouse: C (after it being so hyped to me, it's always had brakes on!)

Elissa "Knoebels is better than all of these parks!" Alvey

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge: B (certainly superior to what it replaced!)

Exterminator: A (best spinning coaster ever!)

Thunder Bolt: B (no single rider rule sucks ass, though)

Jack Rabbit: A (one of the best airtime moments on any coaster!)

Racers: B (a great "fun" coaster)

DORNEY PARK

Talon: C (2nd worst B&M inverted i've been on)

Steel Force: C+ (better when it opened)

Thunder Hawk: C (nowhere near the ride it used to be!!! stupid brake)

Laser: A (one of the most intense coasters out there)

Wild Mouse: F (if you look up "suckdom" in the dictionary, this should be pictured. also has some of the worst operations i've ever seen on a coaster)

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner: A (kick ass!)

Great Bear: B- (pretty good inverted, lame ending though)

Roller Soaker: B/A (A "B" for the ride experience, "A" for all the water insanity that surrounds it!)

Comet: C/A (A "C" for how it runs now, an "A" for the way it used to be. Those that never had brakeless rides on this thing just have no idea how damn good it was...)

Sooperdooperlooper: C (my first looping coaster. certainly showing it's age, but then again, it's a better ride than Revolution)

Lightning Racer: B (another "fun" coaster)

Wildcat: C (my last ride on this was pretty painful)

Trailblazer: D (pretty damn weak)

Wild Mouse: B (not as good as it was duing it's non-braked glory days)

And let's not forget a certain PA coaster:

Phoenix - A+++ (best wooden coaster EVER!!!)

Dave "Knoebel's rules" Thomas

^^Robb: last i heard, the train (NAD w/the center light) was in a maintenance shed. They switched to the older/classic trains due to them being lighter and easier all the way around on the track.

I agree, the ride lost a lot when they switched trains.

The Nads, well, sort of kicked ya in them...

Loved that old train.

My oldest kids first coaster was that one with the Nads. hard to believe that was 15 yrs ago. i've got to get that picture of her and i rounding the last turn scanned. She looked utterly stoned after her first ride.

Then, she rode it 10 more times...

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge:B+; okay hyper, now better w/o inversions

Exterminator:B-; theming not bad, ride overall okay

Thunder Bolt:A-; old school yet fun, cool trains and layout, ACE Classic

Jack Rabbit:C+; a tad boring, another old schooler, ACE Classic

Racers:B; you need fun riders to really enjoy

DORNEY PARK

Talon:C-; if you want a good invert travel to Six Flags GADV

Steel Force:B-; fair for a hyper

Thunder Hawk:C+; boring

Laser:A-; best coaster in park, Scharzkopf goodness

Wild Mouse:D; brakes, brakes, and more brakes

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner:A+; more original rocket coaster, Intamin goodness, strong launch

Great Bear:C+; bad B&M, smooth, but totally forceless, go to GADV for a good invert

Roller Soaker:A-; fun, original, great on hot days

Comet:B+; a long older ride which is okay

Sooperdooperlooper:B-; wow a loop, brakes, and a helix, but is smooth

Lightning Racer-Lightning:A; fun ride, smooth, twisted woody, dueling is hot

Lightning Racer-Thunder:A+; find it more intense than Lightning

Wildcat:A-; rough but nice twists and airtime

Storm Runner A++

WIldcat A

Lightning Racer B

Great Bear B-

Super dooper Looper C+

Comet C+

I Just wanted to know what you guy's think of the coasters some of the best parks in PA has to offer.....

Rate the following coasters with a "Grade" A,B,C & so forth.....

 

KENNYWOOD

Phantom's Revenge - C - I thinks its hideously overrated - its ok but certainly not nearly as good as Steel Force

Exterminator - A = what a blast

Thunder Bolt - D Back Jolt - this think killed my spine

Jack Rabbit - B+ - love it

Racers -A - the station alone is incredbile

 

DORNEY PARK

Talon - A - my favorite Inverted

Steel Force - A- great air, lose the return brake

Thunder Hawk - C - fun to painful depending on where you sit - and the brake at the end can cause whiplash

Laser - B - the only coaster that has ever gotten my dizzy

Wild Mouse - to may brakes to be wild

 

HERSHEY PARK

Storm Runner - B+ cool ride

Great Bear - C - better than the 6F clones but not as good as Talon or Raptor

Roller Soaker - B - fun fun fun - its not really a coster, but who cares

Comet - B nice old woodie

Sooperdooperlooper - c - Ouch