Overhyped Rides

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A better way to rate overhyped is how you felt the first time riding it and not after a bunch of times when the novelty wore off and you know what to expect.

A few examples:
Volcano: Launch was hidden and a total surprise. Blew me away the first time.
I305: Insane intensity and my heart rate didn’t come down for about 10-15 minutes afterwards.
Millenium Force: This is tall and a steep naked lift. Speed is incredible.
Verbolten: Drop track surprise. Enough said.
Candymonium: Great first two hills, but meanders afterwards and is forceless. Somewhat overhyped.
 
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rswashdc said:
A better way to rate overhyped is how you felt the first time riding it and not after a bunch of times when the novelty wore off and you know what to expect.

A few examples:
Volcano: Launch was hidden and a total surprise. Blew me away the first time.
I305: Insane intensity and my heart rate didn’t come down for about 10-15 minutes afterwards.
Millenium Force: This is tall and a steep naked lift. Speed is incredible.
Verbolten: Drop track surprise. Enough said.
Candymonium: Great first two hills, but meanders afterwards and is forceless. Somewhat overhyped.
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I'm very glad you enjoy/ed those moments and have those memories and opinions.

@Ice Which version of Space Mountain?
 
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Noct said:
The Raven was this for me. I remember hearing so many people rave about it, and while it is a good ride, the expectations were made too high when I finally got to ride it and I was let down a bit. That 5th drop delivered though, for sure.
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I LOVE Raven. Did you get any night rides on it? It's a whole different beast. I was able to ride it 14 times in a row in the pitch black at their second Holiwood nights event and each ride kept getting better than the previous one.


Zachary said:
Also, Legend > Raven.
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Only if it was still running the Gerstlauer trains. It sucks with the PTCs.
 
warfelg said:
Sadly:
Volcano was one.
Phoenix at Knobles.
Any woodie at Kennywood.
TTD.
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I'll second Phoenix. I actually preferred Twister by a long shot during my first visit last summer.

Granted, Phoenix is still good but I found the airtime to be more of an uncomfortable slam opposed to the ejector you hear so much about.
 
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John said:
I'll second Phoenix. I actually preferred Twister by a long shot during my first visit last summer.

Granted, Phoenix is still good but I found the airtime to be more of an uncomfortable slam opposed to the ejector you hear so much about.
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Everyone agrees that Knoebels has one of the best wooden coasters in existence..... they just don't all agree which one that is.
 
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I’m happy to see Phoenix and Millennium Force in the thread. I like them both, but both are significantly overrated IMO.

I’ll add Texas Giant, original version. After so much hype I was thrilled to get there. It was good, not great. Best of the big wood coasters of its day, but Mean Streak and Hercules and neutered Rattler and friends were collectively a low bar. Day rides, night rides… not a world changer for me.

Boulder Dash was a bit overhyped for a long time, but I got some great rides on it so I kinda understand the fervor. Seems like you really have to draw a lucky straw to catch it in anything like top form.

Williams Grove Cyclone. This ride was overhyped in the sense that it was described as being merely rickety, slow, and painful, when in fact it was a skeleton-pulverizing piece of violently ricocheting, unremittingly traumatic, yet somehow also lumbering and thoroughly unexciting slapdash horseshit. The condition in which the ride was maintained and operated was an absolute tragedy. Had I not learned its history, I would have assumed it was built as a Great Depression-era business development exercise by a malevolent genius chiropractor and his trauma counseling pioneer friend. I’m glad I rode it because it gave me some solid stories, but no other good whatsoever came from the experience. It’s the only roller coaster I’ve ever ridden that had its braking system conspicuously fall apart while I was aboard. Fortunately the failure jammed up and slowed the train, rather than preventing it from stopping. Never rode it again.
 
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Man, I love Phoenix. Twister is great too, and totally different. They complement each other well. Overhyped for me is Twisted Timbers. It's fun but painful and for me not re-rideable at all. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy the first ride I have on it. The 2nd and 3rd if I stupidly try that aren't much fun for me. It would all be excellent if it weren't for those stupid painful bunny hops that aren't thrilling, they just hurt.
 
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halfabee said:
I’m happy to see Phoenix and Millennium Force in the thread. I like them both, but both are significantly overrated IMO.

I’ll add Texas Giant, original version. After so much hype I was thrilled to get there. It was good, not great. Best of the big wood coasters of its day, but Mean Streak and Hercules and neutered Rattler and friends were collectively a low bar. Day rides, night rides… not a world changer for me.

Boulder Dash was a bit overhyped for a long time, but I got some great rides on it so I kinda understand the fervor. Seems like you really have to draw a lucky straw to catch it in anything like top form.

Williams Grove Cyclone. This ride was overhyped in the sense that it was described as being merely rickety, slow, and painful, when in fact it was a skeleton-pulverizing piece of violently ricocheting, unremittingly traumatic, yet somehow also lumbering and thoroughly unexciting slapdash horseshit. The condition in which the ride was maintained and operated was an absolute tragedy. Had I not learned its history, I would have assumed it was built as a Great Depression-era business development exercise by a malevolent genius chiropractor and his trauma counseling pioneer friend. I’m glad I rode it because it gave me some solid stories, but no other good whatsoever came from the experience. It’s the only roller coaster I’ve ever ridden that had its braking system conspicuously fall apart while I was aboard. Fortunately the failure jammed up and slowed the train, rather than preventing it from stopping. Never rode it again.
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I worked with someone who used to work at Williams Grove and had some great stories about that place. He told me they once sent someone to cut down a tree near the Cyclone while it was running. If the person had succeeded the tree would have crashed into the coaster (someone saw what was happening and stopped him). I also read an interview with someone who said it derailed while they were on it. The coaster is still standing (but not operating).
 
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EdK said:
I worked with someone who used to work at Williams Grove and had some great stories about that place. He told me they once sent someone to cut down a tree near the Cyclone while it was running. If the person had succeeded the tree would have crashed into the coaster (someone saw what was happening and stopped him). I also read an interview with someone who said it derailed while they were on it. The coaster is still standing (but not operating).
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That all sounds exactly like the Williams Grove I knew.

Cyclone is the only coaster I've ever seen that would sometimes undergo important repairs while people were literally, actually riding it. Saw that with my own eyes.

Overhyped by anyone who ever described it out loud without fighting elevated stress levels in their voice.
 
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Here's one I know will earn me some dislikes.

InvadR.

Yes, I know it's a meant to be a family coaster. But sometimes I think when enthusiasts talk about the ride, the line between "It's a great ride for a family coaster" and "It's a great ride" gets too blurred. I think a lot of people over-emphasize how good InvadR is because of they're surprised by the punch it packs for a family coaster. But it's still a family coaster.

The layout is short. The capacity sucks. The only really interesting parts about the ride are the first drop and the helix at the end. It's ugly and still completely unlandscaped five years after its debut.

I have nothing against family coasters and nothing against InvadR being a family coaster. I actually do agree that InvadR is a great family coaster. But it's not a great coaster in my opinion, and I believe some people overblow how good InvadR is because of the fact that it's an intense family coaster.

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Roller coaster: Space Mountain. It's not fun and I felt unsafe af. Also, it hurt. I just don't get it. Runner up: Skyrush.

Non-roller coaster: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. Never, ever again. Tear it down to the ground.
 
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BBW.

It was fun and swingy, but I never felt it deserved the adulation it got or the reverence it still receives. It was a good starter coaster, but it wasn’t, in my opinion, anything earth shattering.

*Ducks and runs*


Also, Space Mountain for all of the reasons already given.

And El Fucking Toro. It literally punched me in the stomach. It was somehow more painful than Drachen Fire. Not as evil as Mantis, though.
 
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Nicole said:
BBW.

It was fun and swingy, but I never felt it deserved the adulation it got or the reverence it still receives. It was a good starter coaster, but it wasn’t, in my opinion, anything earth shattering.

*Ducks and runs*


Also, Space Mountain for all of the reasons already given.

And El Fucking Toro. It literally punched my in the stomach. It was somehow more painful than Drachen Fire. Not as evil as Mantis, though.
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Agree on BBW - edit - I only visited the park once while BBW was around and all the employees (April 2003 - Music in the park) kept talking about how great BBW was. I ended up spending more time on Nessie (inter locking loops thrilled me to no end) and Apollo (Lancaster PAs closest hyper was Dorney and Steel Force is god awful.

Somewhat agree on El Toro. It’s gotten much worse as time goes on.

Also Space Mountain was my first coaster so I will not stand for the bashing of my credit #1.
 
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I was scared to go on Space Mountain Orlando as a kid and didn’t end up visiting until later on as an adult. By that time I had previously been on Space Mountain in Paris, which I thought was great, but the Orlando version didn’t do much for me. It was jerky and uncomfortable and just a really dated ride in general. The theming was good but I wouldn’t recommend anyone go out of their way to visit it.
 
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