• World’s Worst Roller Coasters

  Written by The Coaster Critic 6 Comments
  Last Updated: February 13, 2007

  Roller Coasters at the Bottom of Mitch’s Poll
  It looks like I’m not alone in my disdain and disappointment for the Mean Streak at Cedar Point and the Predator at Darien Lake. Out of the 179 wooden roller coasters on Mitch’s Poll, Mean Streak ranked 171st and Predator ranked 173rd.

  Psyclone, which was recently removed from Six Flags Magic Mountain, came in at 178th, just missing the title of worst wooden roller coaster. That honor went to Great America’s Grizzly. Another coaster that has been in the news lately, Son of Beast, ranked a pitiful 176th. Maybe the removal of the loop by Cedar Fair will be a good move for the coaster. The lowest ranked steel coasters weren’t quite as interesting.

  One coaster of note was one of the few water coasters in existance. Dive to Atlantis, a water coaster at Mt. Olympus theme park, was ranked 334th out of 337. When I was at Mt. Olympus it was closed, but I have heard that the queue times were usually pretty long and the payoff wasn’t really there.

  What’s Your Take?
  Have you ridden any of these low ranking coasters? What are some of the worst roller coasters you’ve ever ridden? Leave a comment below.

  

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6 Comments

1. #1 mike says:
   July 8th, 2009 at 11:32 pm

   Rode Mean Streak early this season, my worst coaster experience ever. I had a splitting headache for the rest of the day, and felt very ill at the end of the ride. And I never have motion sickness problems. Huge dissapointment during my first trip tot he point

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2. #2 Matthew says:
   July 9th, 2009 at 8:32 am

   When i was a little kid, i went on this wooden coaster and im sorry i totally forgot the name of it, and it was terrible. I had a headache for the rest of the day. And i just hated the ride where your busy fighting of the pain instead of enjoying the ride

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3. #3 Etienne says:
   August 5th, 2009 at 7:23 pm

   I liked the mean streak. Maybe it’s beacause I hate having airtime without some BM- or Intamin-esque restrain firmly maintaining me on my seat, but still. It was cool, just, going around in that big wooden structure, with turns, dips, things like that… Let’s say I know how to appreciate non-extreme coasters…

   For the shaking, well, in the youghts of my coaster fan life, while I was fearing like pest any kind of airtime, I rode Vekoma’s serial murders… Uh, coasters, those with a load of headbagning, shaking, rattling, and all -ings…

   So yeah, a little time relaxing in a cozy seat.

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4. #4 caleb says:
   August 6th, 2009 at 4:17 am

   Son of Beast is actually great if you are in the very front seat. If not its hell. I didn’t think that Mean Streak was bad either. I would place both ahead of the Racer and Blue Streak.

   Collossus at SFMM is the worst woodie Ive been on. The trim breaks after every hill make for an extremely boring ride.

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5. #5 Mark says:
   April 6th, 2010 at 6:32 pm

   you are a freaking idiot, Mean Streak is one of the best wooden rides in the NA! son of beast 2 but not so much without the loop. you seroiusly cant rate coasters.

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6. #6 roger says:
   August 21st, 2010 at 12:07 am

   i just got back from cedar point and i can say without a doubt i still hate mean streak, its ridiculously rough to the point that its painful to ride. i rode the damn thing this past monday and here it is saturday now and im still in pain from it, if they’d just figure a way to smooth the ride out it’d probably be great. but as it sits now im surprised they havent been sued over any injuries connected to it. personally, id like to see it come down and have something better put in its place, woody or otherwise, just seems to be a huge waste of space considering you can walk right on to the thing now without waiting. it wouldnt hurt my feelings to see it go.

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