Posted November 21, 20168 yr comment_245211 Everyone has that emotion, that plus 1 attraction you've queued an hour for expecting a dull or boring experience, when suddenly mid ride a moment of pure excitement erupts for a few seconds before the ride resumes it's rather bland affair with life... What are your standout moments of awful/dull/average rides? This could be any part of any ride... To start off, the tunnel dive on Vampire and Runaway Train are both memorable moments on bang average rides... Baco's awfulness is at odds with the launch sequence... Most Intamin coasters have that fantastic first drop then meander for ages... Let's try and have some proper discussion eh?
November 21, 20168 yr comment_245212 Queuing an hour for Storm Surge and getting into a boat that's not filled with water is worth cracking out the Prosecco for IMO... But in all seriousness, the indoor drop in Saw is a fantastic moment that is let down by the rest of the painful experience.
November 21, 20168 yr comment_245218 The first drop on Big One.. The rest is just painful and not fun. Rita's launch is another one, the rest of ride is pointless banked turns which fracture your shoulders..
November 21, 20168 yr comment_245226 1/ That corkscrew on shockwave being ejected from my post was interesting, rest was forgettable. 2/ The lights flying up the lift hill on Temple In The Nighthawk, rest of the ride is forceless and repetitive. 3/ The indoor area of Saw 4/ That tight Helix on Kanonen. Controversially not a massive of the ride but there's much worse coasters.
November 22, 20168 yr comment_245277 Vortex if you're lucky enough to be at the top of the maximum swing-angle! This is a complete rarity for me, I always end up getting stuck on the lower side... it's like sitting in the centre rows of a pirate ship.. BAH.
November 22, 20168 yr comment_245282 Colossus front row This is a bit of an exception, Colossus isn't generally a meh ride but it's got so rough this year I just don't like it. Except front row where it is a great ride
November 22, 20168 yr comment_245320 Ooh, nice thread idea! UK-wise, Vampire's tunnel immediately springs to mind. Also, The Antelope at Gulliver's Warrington had a surprise drop somewhere which 8-year old me loved (see my blog post: http://forum.maniahub.com/blogs/entry/317-what-was-the-thing-with-the-antelope/ ). European-wise, Huracan at Bellewaerde is a standout for it's awesome pre-lift dark ride-esque section; the coaster section is a complete waste of a theme and location! The vertical loop on Typhoon at Bobbejaanland deserves a mention for being so darn intense.
November 22, 20168 yr comment_245322 TH13TEEN's first drop in the back row. Throwing in the indoor drop and backwards section too for the heck of it. Always been an addicting ride for me tbh
November 22, 20168 yr comment_245323 1) Derren Brown's Ghost Train with a fully working Vive headset.2) Dragon Khan's zero-g roll.3) Saw's indoor drop.
November 27, 20168 yr comment_245442 1) Shockwaves zero-g roll 2) Ritas launch 3) Big ones first drop
November 28, 20168 yr comment_245475 I'm not happy about Vampire being considered a 'meh' attraction in general. The dive might be the highlight, but the whole thing remains great fun even in its current butchered state. Mine would have to be Th13teen's drop and reverse, which is a really great trick but follows a main coaster section which falls well below 'meh' into the actively bad category.
December 7, 20168 yr comment_245754 Rita's Launch is incredible but the rest of the ride is pretty poor and painful
December 8, 20168 yr comment_245771 First VR (when it works) + Suspended train on DBGT.The rest is average.
December 9, 20168 yr comment_245802 Catastrophe Canyon section on the Tram Tour ride. The banging noise on the Mad Hatter's Teacups when the door shuts The Jaws scene on the Hollywood Tour ride The facade and descent on Fairy Tale Castle at Liseberg
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