Comments on: Great American Scream Machine | Coaster Reviews

By: Joey Till

Joey Till — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:26:35 +0000

Wow, When i rode i found it to be maybe my favorite Arrow Looping Coaster! Its to slow IMO to hurt you, the loops dont usually hurt you, and the rest of the ride was so slow you got good hang time. Im going to Six Flags Magic Mountian and am excited for the Viper because i hope its like how this one used to be.

By: CoasterFreak118

CoasterFreak118 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:24:52 +0000

ive ridden it as bizarro 5 times and its extremely rough and painfull thankfully not as much as rolling thunder which is like being the things inside a maracca and being shaken all day

By: CoasterFreak118

CoasterFreak118 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:19:19 +0000

unfortunatly i only got to ride this coaster once but i have to completely disagree with you. I rode GASM in summer of 09 and i thought it was a pretty good ride. the inversions were awesome and i didnt think it was as rough as you're saying and i sat in the back row which is usually the roughest on arrows. really the only bad part of the ride was the minute long lift and the small cars that kept you immobile. i also rode GASM's sister coaster Viper at Magic Mountain which i thought was a little rougher than GASM and on that i sat in the front so i think with Viper, GASM, and Shockwave the three arrow mega loopers might have some wierd thing with the trains that make the front rougher than the back, but that is just my opinion. otherwise i thought GASM was a great ride and i was really sad to find out it was gone i probably would have given it at least a 6.5 out of ten if i were you.

By: Quil

Quil — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:19:12 +0000

I'm sorry if this sounds rude in any way, but I laughed after reading this comment. I don't think that you're wrong in saying it's rough, but just a few minutes before posting this you also posted another comment on the Hurler review about how it was fun even though it was a little rough. I'm assuming you like woodies, right?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:52:28 +0000

I hated GASM! It was the roughest, worst roller coaster I ever rode…except maybe the other one at GA…Sidewinder I think it was? That was definately rough too! El Toro is the best now I think…for a wooden roller coaster, it is SO smooth…and SO fast!

By: Linaskye

Linaskye — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:08:05 +0000

Frank, GASM was one of the biggest baddest loopers I had ever ridden when I was younger. I always told my friends I wouldn't do taller drops than 120 feet, and so my friends lied and told me they didn't know its height. Then as we get all strapped in, I asked the guy checking restraints how tall it was, and he said about 155 feet. Then he waved goodbye to ms as we sxited the station, laughing his butt off at my deer-in-headlights expression. GASM ended up being my fave ride at the park. Fast forward 10 or so years later to the present, having ridden nearly 100'coasters (still haven't hit that big benchmark), I went back on GASM because I thought it would be a fantastic nostalgic moment. GASM was so rough though and its restraints so ill fitting for my body type that not only did I literally shoot out the side of the restraint and had to duck back under it, but I got off the ride with such a headache that I threw up and had to leave the park. Sad as I was for GASM to go, I really think it was time for it to be taken down. It was dangerous and brutal.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:32:12 +0000

Even though Scream Machine was an older and rough ride it I'd one that I will greatly miss; iIt was the first upside down/looping coaster that I ever went on! I agree that the landscaping and setting seem stark, but it seemed so open to me so you can see all the loops and inversions! It was taken down a few months ago and Chang from Kentucky kingdom is being installed in it's place and will be rebranded as the Green Lantern to add to the superhero coaster list (Superman, Batman, Dark Knight, Bizzarro)

By: Quil

Quil — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:17:27 +0000

What do you mean by that, JaMeS?

By: JaMeS

JaMeS — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:47:43 +0000

i saw an ad for toyota on hulu with this as the main purpose

By: jon

jon — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:09:44 +0000

i was so upset when i found out this ride was to be demolished. I went to the park the week they closed it and wondered why it was closed. Went on the Great Adventure history forum and found out the awful truth! Every time i went to great adventure, i would ride this coaster because i knew, someday, it would be gone. I will miss this ride, it was a classic but great adventure will install a new coaster to take its place