Comments on: Georgia Scorcher @ Six Flags Over Georgia | Coaster Reviews

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:40:22 +0000

In my opinion, the Georgia Scorcher is a really good standing coaster. It is one out of three standing coasters that I have ridden including the brand new Green Lantern at Great Adventure and the even newer Apocalypse at SFA. Looking at the track layout of those two before I rode them, I expected them to be 10 times better than Scorcher. But the fact is that those coasters gave me the same experience that you found on the Ninja which caused you to rate it so lowly- my head was banged back and forth inside the harness. This dissapointed me greatly but I did realize that the Scorcher at my home park wasn’t that bad. It may be short but at least it isn’t painful. Also, I am going to be visiting SFoT, SFFT, SFMM, and SFDK next summer. Has anyone ridden any standing roller coasters at these parks? And do you experience the same pain that I mentioned above on them? Because I have not yet ridden an amazing standing coaster.

By: John

John — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:13:28 +0000

I too love stand ups and wish B&M was still making them. To me flying coasters have an infinitely more awkward and uncomfortable riding position. And I think your theory about why so many people dislike stand ups is probably very accurate. I disagree on your drawbacks to Scorcher, though. I actually think it's compact size adds to it's intensity (granted, it's not BTR intense). I also think the heavy banking into corkscrew into figure 8 is a solid finale. Scorcher is actually my favorite coaster in the park after Goliath and Mind Bender. I'm always happy when I come across a fellow enthusiast who also loves stand ups! We're a rare breed lol.

In the grand scheme of B&M stand ups I'd rank them Riddler's Revenge > Georgia Scorcher > Green Lantern (it was Chang when I rode it) > Vortex (Carowinds) > Mantis > Apocalypse (Iron Wolf when I rode it) > Vortex (CGA).

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:59:17 +0000

I love stand up coasters and don't know so many hate them. Scorcher is a great ride but it has two drawbacks; it's too short, and it really kinda fizzles out at the end. The first loop is awesome. It's basically "Green Lantern Jr.", a smaller, shorter, less intense version.

Now, I have a theory as to why so many people find stand ups uncomfortable. Twice on Scorcher, while I was sorta squatting to connect the seatbelt, the ride operator locked the seats. If I didn't say "Hey! I'm not standing!" I would've had to do the ride locked in an awkward position that I imagine would be painful. I have a sneaking suspicion that something like this may be going on; people think they're 'standing up' properly when in fact they're standing less than fully erect. If you're not standing up perfectly straight when the seats are locked you're screwed. If you tell the operator your seat's too low they will unlock it and allow you to stand properly. The shoulder restraints on these rides are designed to lock in place over a full range of heights (from the very short to the very tall) so if you feel like you have a bicycle seat shoved up your ass or like your shoulders are being painfully compressed you were not standing correctly when they locked the seats in place.

I think Scorcher, Lantern, and Riddler are some of the most comfortable coasters I've ever been on, and I have friends that range in height from barely 5' to over 6' and who range in weight from about 150 to 270 and they all agree with me on that, so I'm not buying the idea that you have to be a certain height or weight to feel comfy on these (and the seat/row is irrelevant).

I hope at least one standup coaster hater reads this, gives them another try standing properly and says "Holy Crap! You were right, That was awesome!

By: Coaster Queen

Coaster Queen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:41:59 +0000

My husband and I rode this coaster in the summer of 2010 and enjoyed it quite a bit. We have found that many of the stand up coasters seem to be head-bangers, with all of the inversions. This coaster, however, was quite enjoyable without boxing our ears. A good ride!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:11:56 +0000

It was one of my first roller coasters (The great american scream machine being my first) I sat in the middle and was scared out of my mind. The bump going down the hill ruined it, but the twisted tracks made it hard to see what was coming next, which was terrifying but exciting at the same time. It wasn't at all painful, but I guess being young is apart of that. My parents will not ride another wooden coaster!

By: L.J.

L.J. — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:13:42 +0000

Dude this ride is so much fun!! My favorite in the park (closely seconded by Goliath) I've never noticed any leg pain at all on the ride and I've been ridin it for many years now in all different seats. But I am only 5'7" so that may mean something

By: Dillon

Dillon — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:35:49 +0000

fun but not fantastic

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:59:35 +0000

I still remember my painful experience on Iron Wolf and was wondering, to any and all stand-up riders, is there a positive difference between the IW trains and later B&M stand-ups. I ask for reference for I'm heading up in the direction of Mantis later this year.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:20:29 +0000

B&M got the math right on Georgia Scorcher, the best designed of any of their stand up coasters.

The Scorcher has good airtime in the back seat, nice direction changes and a heavily banked hill that has a great transition into the corkscrew and then a short sharp drop.

It's unfortunate no one ordered another stand up after that one. Perhaps parks don't like the slow loading of the stand up trains versus the much easier and faster loading of the B&M hypercoasters. I suspect the stand up trains have a lot more maintenance issues due to their complexity.

A large version of Scorcher (the quality of its design plus the giant loops of Riddler) would be the best of all possible worlds for a stand up coaster.

I've been on 5 of the 7 B&M stand ups. I haven't been on Chang / Green Lantern or Carowinds Vortex. Riddler is generally my favorite but the ride I just had on it was the worst I've experienced (it is in single train mode for winter rehab and the train still in service needs some repair). Lots of head banging.

Vortex at California's Great America could be melted down and recycled – that is the only B&M I've experienced that I think should be torn down. The corkscrew is especially bad. A ride on this would sour opinions about stand up coasters, it was even worse than Kings Dominion's Shockwave "TOGO" coaster.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:42:38 +0000

Rode Scorcher back in 2005 when I wasn't as hardcore a coaster junkie as I am now where I remember every detail. The few things I remember about Scorcher was that the first drop was surprisingly good, and that I liked Batman the Ride considerably more. Still is a very good first ride for the park though.

Speaking of straight drops vs. swooping, I wonder why B&M doesn't go with the straight drop a bit more? To me it makes an average ride so much better!