Theme Park Worldwide - Top 25 Coasters

[Naazon]

 

DC Rivals comes in at #18

 

[makour]

motocoaster should've been number one

[themagician]

Their full list:

1: Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point

2: The Voyage - Holiday World

3: Fury 325 - Carowinds

4: Zadra - Energylandia

5: The Ride to Happiness - Plopsaland De Panne

6: Top Thrill 2 - Cedar Point

7: Formula Rossa - Ferrari World

8: Hakugei - Nagashima Spa Land

9: VelociCoaster - Islands of Adventure

10: Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

11: ArieForce One - Fun Spot America

12: Eejanaika - Fuji Q Highland 

13: Maverick - Cedar Point

14: Shambhala - PortAventura Park

15: Taron - Phantasialand Phantasialand

16: Hypatia - Thorpe Park

17: Wildcats Revenge - Hershey Park

18: DC Rivals Hypercoaster - Movie World

19: Wildfire - Kolmården Wildlife Park

20: Helix - Liseberg

21: Untamed - Walibi Holland 

22: Flying Aces - Ferrari World

23: Pantheon - Busch Gardens Williamsburg

24: X2 - Six Flags Magic Mountain

25: Wodan - Europa Park

HM: Kingda Ka - Six Flags Great Adventure

[downunder]

I've only been on 10 on the list. Iron Gwazi is my #1 (at night, back row, my gosh). Always interesting to see others impressions of rides. I'd love to check out the other 15 I haven't been on.

Edited Saturday at 09:10 AM by downunder

[aaronm]

Having been on 17 of 25, I don’t have any comment on individual rankings but these are all excellent coasters. DC Rivals backwards row remains something else in my book and is unlike any other coaster experience, easily the best coaster gimmick I’ve ever tried and still a treat despite the price tag.

[Naazon]

Yeah I've only been on 18: DC Rivals Hypercoaster - Movie World and 12: Eejanaika - Fuji Q Highland so can't really comment either, but Eejanaika is a wild coaster, and very impressive.

[downunder]

Eejanaika must be wild, being a larger version of X2 (which always blows me away). 

Voyage I never got any good rides on. Rode it a lot; front, back, middle. Turnaround used to be super rough. Unfortunately, I didn't know enough about coasters at the time to try it more at night, which might have been a different experience.

[New display name]

On 22/02/2025 at 8:32 PM, aaronm said:

Having been on 17 of 25, I don’t have any comment on individual rankings but these are all excellent coasters. DC Rivals backwards row remains something else in my book and is unlike any other coaster experience, easily the best coaster gimmick I’ve ever tried and still a treat despite the price tag.

DC would rank higher if you didn't have to pay to turn a good coaster into a great coaster.  After the inverted loop, the pacing of the ride lets it down.

[TBoy]

3 hours ago, Naazon said:

but Eejanaika is a wild coaster, and very impressive.

Looking at it it does look very intense: I would want to ride it when I go to Japan but unfortunately I am going with family and cannot go their myself (only renting one car) and they don't want it to be just about theme parks (looking at going to Tokyo Disney/DisneySea for three days and Universal for one/two)

[Naazon]

9 minutes ago, TBoy said:

Looking at it it does look very intense: I would want to ride it when I go to Japan but unfortunately I am going with family and cannot go their myself (only renting one car) and they don't want it to be just about theme parks (looking at going to Tokyo Disney/DisneySea for three days and Universal for one/two)

There is public transport options if it means that much to you

[TBoy]

1 minute ago, Naazon said:

There is public transport options if it means that much to you

Yes, but I want to be with family on this trip: I would already be getting new credits at Disney/Universal anyway so it isn't a big deal if I miss out on that, I can always come back alone and get them. Plus we may be using public transport to travel down from Tokyo to Osaka rather than a rental, so we don't want to get too lost with one going one way and the others going the other just for a credit.

[downunder]

I thought X2 was amazing, so if EJ is X2 plussed (or even squared) it would be amazing.

It's interesting how RMC dominates the chart (followed by Intamin), gotta love RMC's reclamation projects (and their new coasters).

[aaronm]

Eejanaiaka is definitely the best of the 4D coasters, followed by Dinoconda which is still fun but not quite as intense.

X2 I just find rough, even on an inside seat it is basically a car accident simulator.