Colorado took a big hit when the original Elitch Gardens, which was actually further out in the periphery of the city, shut down. That was a wonderful park and it had a legendary coaster, Mr. Twister, the first big coaster I ever rode and probably way too much for me at the time! Knoebels' Twister and Elitch's Twister II are both attempted homages to it, but they're not duplicates of it. There was also a milder woodie named Wildcat.
Incredibly well done series overall! Rode the Coney Island Cyclone a couple weeks back and it's a gem. However, I closed down Six Flags NE riding Wicked Cyclone the other night and that is on a whole other level altogether. My sweet spot is hands up in the second to last row so I'm not on a wheel seat. As RMCs tend to run faster every time through the track, by the end of the night it was like they strapped a rocket to the back of the train, so that it RIPPED right through to the break run! It was already my #1 but now I can't throw enough superlatives at it. I was levitating off my seat nonstop in the wildest rides ever! (be sure to close the park riding this next time you're there!!!) Heading to Hershey next week to see if anything can unseat it, particularly late-night rides on Wildcat's Revenge! Thank you for being a part of my rebirth as a true roller coaster enthusiast!
@@coaster365 I just think it's an interesting fact that RMC's tend to pick up speed with every ride throughout the day. When I rode this one around 3:00 my random riding partner commented that it was running much faster than in the morning. By nightfall it was a whole different beast altogether, with all the cumulative speed gains. Too many people miss out on the true power of RMC's by riding them too early in the day. It goes from "warming up" to "heating up" and doesn't seem to have a ceiling, other than closing time resetting the process. Anybody who claims Wicked Cyclone crawls through the final lap doesn't understand what this coaster is capable of. Do you know if all the I-box RMC's keep getting faster with every ride, and if this quirk extends to their other offerings like the single-rails?
@@DZH22 coasters in general (and yeah, maybe more so RMC’s) do get faster as the track warms up, weather for sure plays a part too! But the exact reason for why is a math formula way beyond my head 😅
Wicked Cyclone was underrated for a long time but it seems like it's starting to get its due. I remember a lot of complaints about it slowing down on the third lap, but they seem to have done something about that around the first time I rode it. It opened at the same time as Twisted Colossus at SFMM and at the time, Twisted Colossus got all the attention, but many enthusiasts now rate Wicked Cyclone higher (maybe because Twisted Colossus rarely duels any more).
Mine too! All the significant coasters in MA are at Six Flags New England, but that's a couple hours' drive from here and Canobie is right up the road. Canobie's an overall better park, too, though its coasters are more minor (I love them anyway). The landscaping is pretty, it's clean, it's just more laid-back. The barbecue joint by the Dodgems has to be some of the best food I've ever had in an amusement park, including Disney parks. The biggest problem with the place is that there's clearly more demand for the waterpark than they really have capacity to serve, but you don't have to be a genius to guess that it's expanding into the old Canobie Corkscrew area. I've got to admit, though, SFNE's one-two punch is hard to beat--those two rides are still my favorite coasters in the world.
@@zachery4742 Eh. Mr Freeze is the only notable ride at SFStLnationally IMO. Batman would be more notable as a namtaB version but the one in Texas seems to run a bit more intense and a bit better overall. American Thunder is in the lower half of GCIs. SFStL is probably hurting the state for this listing more than it's helping. It could REALLY use a hyper or RMC'd Boss. I mean I'd love both but that's even more unrealistic. It'd be fun to see Chance get a new hyper out there - even seeing SFStL do it. I bet it'd be cheaper than a B&M. Imagine a big Lightning Run.
Wow, I figured my home state of Missouri would definitely be on this 11-20 list, even with Silver Dollar City! I do remember you really liking Worlds of Fun, so it helps to have that on the Missouri side in KC. I do anticipate we'll probably see Missouri around #10 or near that, but it's still awesome to see it so high!
You know Bryant, as a person with HUGE Idaho bias (my home and love) I was okay with it at 25 in the last video, I couldn’t think of states that were clearly worse, but then you started this one off with COLORADO?! No way is that better than Idaho! But regardless you crushed this one again, and I’ll begrudgingly accept your answers as the one true list.
While Idaho does probably have the 2, if not 3, best coasters quality wise, at some point quantity does win out, which in this case, 24 vs. 9 in favor of CO, essentially my reasoning. Appreciate you though as always ❤️
I think you have the right 11 states in the top 11. Not sure about the order yet but you have the right states. I am one that thinks you have a little northeast bias as you stated. I find the restraints to be brutal on Superman and it isn’t in my top 50. Wicked cyclone also has its problems as I’m not a big fan of when a coaster just dies and my rides on it, the pacing on that third lap isn’t good. But the stuff before that is good enough for it to be in my top 50. But I would strongly prefer storm chaser to it. I would move mass behind Kentucky, SC, and NC. And yes Swamp Fox is really good.
I am probably in a very small minority, but I put Comet over Cyclone. I am biased since Great Escape is my home park, but I stand by it. I've always had a better time on Comet. New York's biggest problem in this race is that Great Adventure is NYC's park. It's in New Jersey, but everyone knows it's NYC's park. So as far as NY is concerned, they are doing great and don't need to up there game. Being from the way north of the state, I disagree, but just like most things in NYS, NYC rules and we take what's left.
Comet’s great!! Don’t think it’s that far off from Cyclone, nor that you’d be in a small minority. Totally get what you mean though, upstate NY always gets disrespected lol
Oh my sweet summer child...... Nnnoooooooooo 1. Ohio quantity and quality 2. Pennsylvania same as above 3. California several clones 4. Virginia lacking quantity 5. Florida same as above But we do agree on the same states. 😊
Colorado is in the top 20?!? From how I feel living here before watching this series, I'm stunned. I always joke that we're in the coaster doldrums. Lakeside is extremely bizarre and definitely not worth a visit with Cyclone SBNO. Elitch Gardens is in an extremely sad situation these days from a maintenance and quality of rides perspective. This park's best coaster argument is between a Vekoma SLC or a Vekoma Boomerang. Yes, it's that pathetic (the most interesting coaster is Sidewinder, an Arrow Shuttle Loop, but it has SBNO for a while now with nothing but empty promises to open). Elitch is supposedly going to have to move from its current location (which has absolutely no room to expand) due to the land being sold to a real estate developer. I'm really hoping they are saving their money to make the park a true destination after the move. I really need to get up to Glenwood this summer, maybe I'll feel less bad about my state if I do.
Glenwood is absolutely incredible, one of the most amazing parks in the country! Colorado got as high (lol) as it did because of its quantity, don’t forget you got a lottttt of alpine coasters too
No complaints from me, and I have a pretty good idea where my home will end up next week, so no problem there. I'll be That Guy and point out that the "you may never leave the borders of your state again" rule works against New York here. There are a ton of quality parks within a couple hours of NYC, but yes, if the borders were locked down, New York would be an unhappy coaster state.
Idk if I’d agree actually, at least compared to West Virginia. You HAVE to be in the NYC or Buffalo area to really be close to parks. Otherwise it’s a barren wasteland other than maybe Great Escape and La Ronde
@@coaster365 I agree that West Virginia is royally screwed (coaster-wise) if you lock down the borders. However, I'm not sure that "have to be close to NYC" is a huge detriment, because most of the state's population already is.
As someone who lived in both Colorado and Utah, I'm surprised Utah is higher than Colorado considering how contentious Lagoon is (although that's more for how they treat their animals than the rides themselves)!
Fire chaser Express is painful. Big Bear Mountain is a top 5 family coaster. I’d rather go To Great America than any park in NY, just because NY has 49 Coasters doesn’t put it over for me. Don’t sleep on Demon. The theme song slaps and the ride is super photogenic. Love Demon.
Yeah but when the quantity is almost double (plus still having some good coasters) of Illinois, it forced my hand IMO. Having multiple options of parks to go to vs. just one also helps in the rankings
Okay, real talk re: Kentucky. The Rumbler at Beech Bend is TERRIBLE. It used to be pretty good, but a lack of maintenance has made it ABSOLUTELY godawful. It is PAINFUL to ride. There's only one tolerable coaster at Beech Bend right now, and it's an unremarkable spinning wild mouse.
@@coaster365 Well, if you're planning on trying it next time you drive through, maybe ask someone how it's been that season before you drop by Beech Bend. (They also discontinued free drinks, which is a whole other ball of wax.)
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Colorado took a big hit when the original Elitch Gardens, which was actually further out in the periphery of the city, shut down. That was a wonderful park and it had a legendary coaster, Mr. Twister, the first big coaster I ever rode and probably way too much for me at the time! Knoebels' Twister and Elitch's Twister II are both attempted homages to it, but they're not duplicates of it. There was also a milder woodie named Wildcat.
Incredibly well done series overall! Rode the Coney Island Cyclone a couple weeks back and it's a gem. However, I closed down Six Flags NE riding Wicked Cyclone the other night and that is on a whole other level altogether. My sweet spot is hands up in the second to last row so I'm not on a wheel seat. As RMCs tend to run faster every time through the track, by the end of the night it was like they strapped a rocket to the back of the train, so that it RIPPED right through to the break run! It was already my #1 but now I can't throw enough superlatives at it. I was levitating off my seat nonstop in the wildest rides ever! (be sure to close the park riding this next time you're there!!!) Heading to Hershey next week to see if anything can unseat it, particularly late-night rides on Wildcat's Revenge! Thank you for being a part of my rebirth as a true roller coaster enthusiast!
Thank you so much!! Oh you don’t need to explain Wicked Cyclone to me haha, there is no Coaster365 without it, forever my true zero coaster! 🧡💙
@@coaster365 I just think it's an interesting fact that RMC's tend to pick up speed with every ride throughout the day. When I rode this one around 3:00 my random riding partner commented that it was running much faster than in the morning. By nightfall it was a whole different beast altogether, with all the cumulative speed gains. Too many people miss out on the true power of RMC's by riding them too early in the day. It goes from "warming up" to "heating up" and doesn't seem to have a ceiling, other than closing time resetting the process. Anybody who claims Wicked Cyclone crawls through the final lap doesn't understand what this coaster is capable of. Do you know if all the I-box RMC's keep getting faster with every ride, and if this quirk extends to their other offerings like the single-rails?
@@DZH22 coasters in general (and yeah, maybe more so RMC’s) do get faster as the track warms up, weather for sure plays a part too! But the exact reason for why is a math formula way beyond my head 😅
Wicked Cyclone was underrated for a long time but it seems like it's starting to get its due. I remember a lot of complaints about it slowing down on the third lap, but they seem to have done something about that around the first time I rode it.
It opened at the same time as Twisted Colossus at SFMM and at the time, Twisted Colossus got all the attention, but many enthusiasts now rate Wicked Cyclone higher (maybe because Twisted Colossus rarely duels any more).
@@MattMcIrvin Wicked Cyclone is FAR superior to Twisted Colossus in my opinion
I’m from MA too but my home park is technically Canobie in NH, which I worked at for a season.
Yeah Canobie services way more people in MA than NH haha
Mine too! All the significant coasters in MA are at Six Flags New England, but that's a couple hours' drive from here and Canobie is right up the road. Canobie's an overall better park, too, though its coasters are more minor (I love them anyway). The landscaping is pretty, it's clean, it's just more laid-back. The barbecue joint by the Dodgems has to be some of the best food I've ever had in an amusement park, including Disney parks. The biggest problem with the place is that there's clearly more demand for the waterpark than they really have capacity to serve, but you don't have to be a genius to guess that it's expanding into the old Canobie Corkscrew area.
I've got to admit, though, SFNE's one-two punch is hard to beat--those two rides are still my favorite coasters in the world.
@@MattMcIrvin my major complaint with Canobie is it’s way too small to serve the area they’re trying to serve
10. Georgia
9. Indiana
8. Missouri
7. Virginia
6. New Jersey
5. Texas
4. Ohio
3. California
2. Florida
1. Pennsylvania
✍️✍️✍️
Glad to see my home state of Missouri make the top 10!
SDC gonna do some heavy lifting here.
@@Danrarbc true. But don’t sleep on Prowler and Mamba!
@@Danrarbc Prowler, Mamba, Patriot, Mr. Freeze, Zambezi Zinger, Batman, American Thunder, etc.
The rest of Missouri should not be slept on.
@@zachery4742 Eh. Mr Freeze is the only notable ride at SFStLnationally IMO. Batman would be more notable as a namtaB version but the one in Texas seems to run a bit more intense and a bit better overall. American Thunder is in the lower half of GCIs. SFStL is probably hurting the state for this listing more than it's helping.
It could REALLY use a hyper or RMC'd Boss. I mean I'd love both but that's even more unrealistic.
It'd be fun to see Chance get a new hyper out there - even seeing SFStL do it. I bet it'd be cheaper than a B&M. Imagine a big Lightning Run.
@@Danrarbc I love American Thunder. And Boss is my first coaster, so it wins some nostalgia points for me.
Wow, I figured my home state of Missouri would definitely be on this 11-20 list, even with Silver Dollar City! I do remember you really liking Worlds of Fun, so it helps to have that on the Missouri side in KC. I do anticipate we'll probably see Missouri around #10 or near that, but it's still awesome to see it so high!
You may still be surprised yet!! 👀
@@coaster365 Interesting!!
You know Bryant, as a person with HUGE Idaho bias (my home and love) I was okay with it at 25 in the last video, I couldn’t think of states that were clearly worse, but then you started this one off with COLORADO?! No way is that better than Idaho!
But regardless you crushed this one again, and I’ll begrudgingly accept your answers as the one true list.
While Idaho does probably have the 2, if not 3, best coasters quality wise, at some point quantity does win out, which in this case, 24 vs. 9 in favor of CO, essentially my reasoning. Appreciate you though as always ❤️
@@coaster365 yeah that’s true, but Elitxh has to be like a negative 5 right?! 😂
@@devdevthrills 😂, I’ll reconsider the ranking whenever I go
Loving this series Bryant, would be cool to see more niche rankings in the future!
Absolutely will!! And thank you!!
I think you have the right 11 states in the top 11. Not sure about the order yet but you have the right states. I am one that thinks you have a little northeast bias as you stated. I find the restraints to be brutal on Superman and it isn’t in my top 50. Wicked cyclone also has its problems as I’m not a big fan of when a coaster just dies and my rides on it, the pacing on that third lap isn’t good. But the stuff before that is good enough for it to be in my top 50. But I would strongly prefer storm chaser to it. I would move mass behind Kentucky, SC, and NC. And yes Swamp Fox is really good.
You wouldn’t believe the cross outs I have on my little sticky note for 17-14 of those 4 states 😂, so I for sure respect that!
I am probably in a very small minority, but I put Comet over Cyclone. I am biased since Great Escape is my home park, but I stand by it. I've always had a better time on Comet.
New York's biggest problem in this race is that Great Adventure is NYC's park. It's in New Jersey, but everyone knows it's NYC's park. So as far as NY is concerned, they are doing great and don't need to up there game.
Being from the way north of the state, I disagree, but just like most things in NYS, NYC rules and we take what's left.
Comet’s great!! Don’t think it’s that far off from Cyclone, nor that you’d be in a small minority. Totally get what you mean though, upstate NY always gets disrespected lol
1. Florida
2. California
3. Pennsylvania
4. Ohio
5. Virginia
Oh my sweet summer child...... Nnnoooooooooo
1. Ohio quantity and quality
2. Pennsylvania same as above
3. California several clones
4. Virginia lacking quantity
5. Florida same as above
But we do agree on the same states. 😊
@@FAFO4wisdomthere is no way Florida, California, and Pennsylvania aren’t the top three sorry. Ohio will be top 5 but not top 3 and definitely not 1.
@@AFCompany I said what I said
Crazy that the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, TN area has more mountain coasters than the entire state of Colorado.
It’s WILD. They just keep building them!
As a Tennessean I like seeing my state so high, and yes the mountain coaster capital of the world is right here, it’s honestly ridiculous.
Right?! They could make their own legit park of just those things 😂
Colorado is in the top 20?!? From how I feel living here before watching this series, I'm stunned. I always joke that we're in the coaster doldrums. Lakeside is extremely bizarre and definitely not worth a visit with Cyclone SBNO. Elitch Gardens is in an extremely sad situation these days from a maintenance and quality of rides perspective. This park's best coaster argument is between a Vekoma SLC or a Vekoma Boomerang. Yes, it's that pathetic (the most interesting coaster is Sidewinder, an Arrow Shuttle Loop, but it has SBNO for a while now with nothing but empty promises to open). Elitch is supposedly going to have to move from its current location (which has absolutely no room to expand) due to the land being sold to a real estate developer. I'm really hoping they are saving their money to make the park a true destination after the move. I really need to get up to Glenwood this summer, maybe I'll feel less bad about my state if I do.
Glenwood is absolutely incredible, one of the most amazing parks in the country! Colorado got as high (lol) as it did because of its quantity, don’t forget you got a lottttt of alpine coasters too
No complaints from me, and I have a pretty good idea where my home will end up next week, so no problem there. I'll be That Guy and point out that the "you may never leave the borders of your state again" rule works against New York here. There are a ton of quality parks within a couple hours of NYC, but yes, if the borders were locked down, New York would be an unhappy coaster state.
Idk if I’d agree actually, at least compared to West Virginia. You HAVE to be in the NYC or Buffalo area to really be close to parks. Otherwise it’s a barren wasteland other than maybe Great Escape and La Ronde
@@coaster365 I agree that West Virginia is royally screwed (coaster-wise) if you lock down the borders. However, I'm not sure that "have to be close to NYC" is a huge detriment, because most of the state's population already is.
@@brianmacdonald7297 lmao, very true 😂
Man, you really made me nervous when you showed Orion during the beginning of the video 😅
Always gotta tease… by showing coasters from states that won’t be in that specific video 🤪
very excited about the top 10 and very interested in what you will say the best is.
Probably gonna be Pennsylvania, if I had to guess
Fury325 is incredible.
TOP tier!
@@coaster365 A front row ride at night on this beast is soooo good. The sense of speed is UNPARALLELED (given that I have 50 credits)
As someone who lived in both Colorado and Utah, I'm surprised Utah is higher than Colorado considering how contentious Lagoon is (although that's more for how they treat their animals than the rides themselves)!
Yeahhh I’ve heard about that 😬. But solely for coasters, Lagoon just seems to have better overall rides than anything Colorado has
Haven't finished the video, paused at the announcement of NY. It's so low because the quantity is high but oh man is the quality shit
Yeahhhhhh, I mean that’s still strong, but it’s for sure one of those states that you will think had some better quality
Fire chaser Express is painful. Big Bear Mountain is a top 5 family coaster. I’d rather go
To Great America than any park in NY, just because NY has 49
Coasters doesn’t put it over for me. Don’t sleep on Demon. The theme song slaps and the ride is super photogenic. Love Demon.
Yeah but when the quantity is almost double (plus still having some good coasters) of Illinois, it forced my hand IMO. Having multiple options of parks to go to vs. just one also helps in the rankings
@@coaster365 It's your channel your OP, but the great news is I can comment mine lol It's all good!
@@ThemeParkPlungewill always respect others opinions!
This is the first time IN has been ranked in the top 10 for anything other than agriculture or basketball
😂😂😂
The only issue I had with Intimidator’s location in the park is that Dale was from North Carolina.
I never realized that.. so true!! Wonder what that would’ve done to Fury’s layout had Intimidator been placed where Fury is
“The good coasters of Kentucky are really good” while showing a picture of T3. 🤣
RIP the 🐐 🤣
Also worth noting you got screwed so badly by the Bobsled retrack. Just killing an absolute gem of a ride #Biased
From Seabreeze? It was still fun!!
Okay, real talk re: Kentucky. The Rumbler at Beech Bend is TERRIBLE. It used to be pretty good, but a lack of maintenance has made it ABSOLUTELY godawful. It is PAINFUL to ride. There's only one tolerable coaster at Beech Bend right now, and it's an unremarkable spinning wild mouse.
Ugh that’s sad to hear!! I actually haven’t personally experienced it myself
@@coaster365 Well, if you're planning on trying it next time you drive through, maybe ask someone how it's been that season before you drop by Beech Bend.
(They also discontinued free drinks, which is a whole other ball of wax.)
You were way to nice to Colorado. Honestly. Elitch gardens used to be so much better, before they moved it.
They have a high quantity!! Glenwood and their alpine coasters offset Elitch/Lakeside haha
Thunderhead gave me a thundering headache
Did you ride it recently?
@@coaster365 no it was June 2021 I think
@@cosmiceclipse7131 it’s running much MUCH better now. Recent track work has it being one of the best wooden coasters in the country period
Are you going to ride Primordial?
At some point, absolutely!! Probably not until next year though
4:50 what does tlc mean?
“Tender loving care”
There is no chance Florida, California, and Pennsylvania aren’t the top 3.
I can definitely say those states will indeed be in the Top 10 😄