Comments on: Best of the Blog 2011 – The Crowd Pleasers

By: Guilherme

Guilherme — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:25:38 +0000

I think you should also compare Montu vs. Alpengeist. Or Hulk vs. V:TBC.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:18:20 +0000

Nice suggestions. I forgot about the hype around people wanting to compare El Toro to the New Texas Giant. Even though that's comparing a woodie to a steel coaster it is an interesting matchup.

By: Quil

Quil — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:48:30 +0000

I think that is possibly THE most requested roller coaster showdown ever.

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:45:20 +0000

Do a showdown vs cloned rides. Like Bizarro at SFGAd and Medusa at SFDK. or two Batmen, or two of basically any Vekoma. Some clones are better than others. Take the Gerstlauer Spinning coasters for example (Fairly Odd Coaster at Nick U vs. Spinning Dragons at WOF) Exact same ride, but the Nick U one is better due to proximity to the other rides.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:52:59 +0000

I also have one: El toro vs the voyage. Two of the best wooden coasters.

By: Guilherme

Guilherme — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:49:24 +0000

Roller coaster showdowns is my favorite topic to. I also like top 3 thursdays and reviews. I would like to see a el toro vs. new texas giant showdown. Some anothee ideas are sooperdooperlooper vs. mindbender and beast vs. The voyage.

By: Quil

Quil — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:50:28 +0000

I've got one: The Raven vs. The Legend.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:08:23 +0000

Thanks for the feedback guys. While that page and those posts get a good amount of traffic, they don't get the most. But, given your comments they may be a sort of gateway for some coaster fans.

I've had several people request a Cheetah Hunt vs. Maverick showdown, but I haven't ridden either. Like I said, I'll have to think of another one. Maybe an 'outside of the box' comparison. Hmmm…..

If you've got any showdown ideas based on what I've ridden (http://www.thecoastercritic.com/about/complete-ride-list), let me know!

I've been asked about theme park reviews too. I realized that I'm not really fully qualified to give true 'theme park reviews' as I really just stick to roller coasters when I go to parks. Now a coaster lineup review post might work, but I can't speak to flat rides, water rides, food, etc.

By: coasterer22

coasterer22 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:23:57 +0000

Same here. When I first found this blog, roller coaster showdowns was the first thing I went to. It's cool how you pit two very similar, yet very good coasters against each other. And CC, i've noticed that it's been a while since you've done a theme park review. I like the ones you have up there, and it'd be great to see more.

By: Quil

Quil — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:58:13 +0000

I don't know about every one else, but when I started reading this blog, the Roller Coaster Showdowns were realy the only thing that interested me. I probably would've read others posts too, but I was simply so intrested in the showdows that I never realy thought checking out the other posts. I obviously did, eventualy, but I went for a very long time with "Top Thrill Dragster vs. Kingda Ka" being practicaly the only post I ever read.