Top 50 Roller Coaster Drops in the World

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  • Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
  • My favorite element on most roller coasters is the first drop. I love when a coaster features a large and/or intense plunge. In this video, I rank the top 50 drops I have experienced on the 1150 plus roller coasters I have ridden worldwide.
    Video Credits
    Aftershock Off-Ride (Airtime Thrills)- • Aftershock at Silverwo...
    Alpina Blitz Off-Ride (Coaster Hipster)- • Alpina Blitz - Niglola...
    Big Bad Wolf Off-Ride (Sean Flaharty)- • Big Bad Wolf - The Fin...
    Big Bad Wolf POV (Coaster Jeff)- • Big Bad Wolf at Busch ...
    Big Dipper Blackpool Off-Ride (Dylans Coaster Universe)- • Big Dipper Off Ride Fo...
    Big Dipper Blackpool POV (Sean Flaharty)- • POV of Big Dipper - Bl...
    Big Dipper Camden Off-Ride (zach_clarke)- • Big Dipper | Camden Pa...
    Big Dipper Camden Off-Ride & POV (CivilianSatellite)- • Camden Park - So Many ...
    Big One Off-Ride (Theme Park Worldwide)- • The Big One - Blackpoo...
    Blue Streak Off-Ride (ElToroRyan)- • We Went to Pennsylvani...
    Blue Streak POV (Coaster Toaster)- • Blue Streak - Conneaut...
    Cannibal Off-Ride (Coaster Thrills)- • Cannibal Cinematic Off...
    Cannibal POV (Coaster Thrills)- • Cannibal On-Ride POV L...
    Classic Coaster Off-Ride (Airtime Thrills)- • Classic Coaster at Was...
    Coaster POV (X COASTER)- • Coaster at PNE Playlan...
    Colossos Off-Ride (Theme Park Worldwide)- • Colossos - Kampf der G...
    Colossos POV (Sean Flaharty)- • POV of Colossos - Heid...
    Cyclops Off-Ride (Airtime Thrills)- • Cyclops at Mount Olymp...
    El Loco Off-Ride (Airtime Thrills)- • El Loco at Adventuredo...
    Flying Aces Off-Ride (07 Coasters)- • Flying Aces, Off Ride-...
    Flying Aces Off-Ride (Intamin)- • Intamin Wing Coaster "...
    Flying Aces POV (Intamin)- • Flying Aces: Ferrari W...
    Flying Dinosaur (ElToroRyan)- • The Flying Dinosaur Of...
    Formule 1 Off-Ride (Coaster Toaster)- • Formule 1 - Parc Saint...
    Formule 1 Off-Ride (www.ukrides.info)- • Formule 1 + POV @ParcS...
    Formule 1 POV (Theme Park Worldwide)- • Formule 1 Front Row On...
    Goliath POV (Six Flags New England)- • Goliath POV
    Intimidator 305 Off-Ride (ElToroRyan)- • Intimidator 305 Off-Ri...
    Intimidator 305 POV (Kings Dominion)- • Intimidator 305 POV in HD
    Iron Rattler POV (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)- • Six Flags Fiesta Texas...
    Karnan POV (Hansa-Park)- • Onride-Impressionen "D...
    Lightning Rod Off-Ride (Coaster Thrills)- • Lightning Rod Off-Ride...
    Oblivion Off-Ride (Coaster Focus via No Copyright Coasters)- • Oblivion - No Copyrigh...
    Oblivion POV (Alton Towers)- • Front seat of Oblivion...
    OzIris Off-Ride (Thomas Parkfan)- • Off-ride oziris au Par...
    OzIris POV (Coaster Hipster)- • NO COPYRIGHT OzIris - ...
    Phantom's Revenge POV (Kennywood)- • Phantom's Revenge POV ...
    Raven POV (Holiday World)- • The Raven Roller Coast...
    Thunder Dolphin Off-Ride (Max Thrills)- • Thunder Dolphin OFF-RI...
    Tonnerre de Zeus POV (Theme Park Worldwide)- • Tonnerre de Zeus Front...
    Tornado POV (Theme Park Worldwide)- • Tornado Front Row On R...
    X2 POV (Six Flags Magic Mountain)- • X2
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    Epic Drone Background Music by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Alioth- • Epic Drone Background ...

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  • @AirtimeProductions
    @AirtimeProductions 2 роки тому +65

    You don’t understand how excited I am to see how high Goliath at Great America is on this list! Also Maverick and Velocicoaster’s drops are extremely powerful

  • @CivilianSatellite
    @CivilianSatellite 2 роки тому +14

    Completely agreed on Iron Rattler at #1, what a genius move to restore the full height of the Rattler's drop while making it even wilder. Also shedding a tear for BBW's drop over the river, one of the coolest drops ever devised.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +2

      RMC outdid themselves with Iron Rattler's drop.

  • @KingJohnson1985
    @KingJohnson1985 11 місяців тому +6

    Seeing Kärnan coming in at rank2 makes me proud to have this phenomenal ride in my home park xD
    And i agree with you there, this drop is just incredible. perspectivewise as well as forcewise.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  11 місяців тому +1

      I love it!

    • @JaMi2310
      @JaMi2310 6 місяців тому

      It’s not that great! Not a Number 2 drop IMO

  • @Sam_Richins
    @Sam_Richins Рік тому +6

    Cannibal's drop gets me every freaking time. I've gotten easily into the hundreds on that one, and i still get a stomach dropping feeling of sacredness or just excitement every time. Plus, since it slows you down a little bit as you go from horizontal to beyond, you are absolutely hanging there. You are guaranteed to be out of your seat the whole drop, no matter where you sit.

  • @SkyrushFanboy
    @SkyrushFanboy 2 роки тому +18

    Skyrush, without question, has my favorite drop I've experienced.

  • @CoasterEverything
    @CoasterEverything Рік тому +5

    As a U.K. coaster enthusiast, seeing Oblivion on here genuinely made my day 😂! The drop is SO forceful and intense with phenomenal airtime!

  • @katashworth41
    @katashworth41 2 роки тому +10

    Naturally thrilled to have The Big One on here, especially as the drop is the most fun.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +2

      That drop is easily the best part of that ride.

    • @dannyj.246
      @dannyj.246 2 роки тому +3

      @@CanobieCoaster only good thing about the ride lol

  • @matthewsouthwell9653
    @matthewsouthwell9653 2 роки тому +12

    Also glad to see the Big Dipper on the list. That ride's drop is criminally underrated

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +3

      That ride caught me off guard.

    • @HD4amian
      @HD4amian 2 роки тому

      Why did they stop using the back car.. I mean the footage speaks for itself but why don't they remove it instead?

    • @timothywait9457
      @timothywait9457 Місяць тому

      matthewouthwell correct

  • @paulanderson5356
    @paulanderson5356 2 роки тому +2

    Love this list! Thanks so much for making it! The back seat on Rail Blazer is prime ejector airtime. Planning a trip to Fiesta Texas this spring with my son and we're so psyched for Iron Rattler! An honorable mention on my limited list would be Gold Striker's first drop.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      Gold Striker's first drop is definitely one of GCI's best.

  • @robertannable9584
    @robertannable9584 2 роки тому

    You're the man, brother!! Thanks for the videos

  • @ThemeParkAvenue
    @ThemeParkAvenue 2 роки тому +9

    My top pick is easily Millennium Force. It’s not just the view that makes it great, it’s the length and speed that make it my favorite. Also, I’m glad Thunder Dolphin is on the list!

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      The views of both with that airtime is amazing.

  • @randomlyappearing28
    @randomlyappearing28 2 роки тому +3

    I'm happy to see that my home-state coaster is #1

  • @edbrown2998
    @edbrown2998 2 роки тому +5

    I'm less bothered about ejector airtime than most enthusiasts so my list is probably a little different, but one first drop I love and that I think is a little underrated is Black Mamba at Phantasialand. I didn't fall in love with the coaster on my first visit, but I had multiple rides in the back row on my second trip there. I mean, I've been on bigger drops, but the fact you're dropping into a trench and for longer than expected, you get the feeling that you're dropping forever. And the speed you build up to carry you into the first loop is crazy, you can feel the blood rush to your feet. For that unexpected depth and speed of the drop, it definitely cracks my top 20 - if you're sat in the back.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +2

      Black Mamba is cool for all those near-misses and visuals.

  • @MathiHase
    @MathiHase 2 роки тому +1

    Boy, have I waited for that one :D

  • @First-Drop-Studios
    @First-Drop-Studios 11 місяців тому +3

    My favorite drop is definitely Fury. I love the feeling like it’s never going to end.

  • @coasterhockygamingboy9549
    @coasterhockygamingboy9549 2 роки тому +8

    Tornado at Bakken looks extremely underrated, especially that first drop you mentioned but the spinning looks more violent than any other spinning coaster.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +2

      The spinning on that one is intense at the start and end, but it mellows out in the middle.

  • @fundhund62
    @fundhund62 2 роки тому +3

    Having ridden all kinds of modern coasters from Kärnan and Geforce to RMC´s (definitely too few of those!), my favorite first drop of any coaster still remains the one on the transportable Schwarzkopf coaster "Thriller", which roamed around european fairs in the 1980´s and 90´s.
    It was just insane. The slender pre-drop section (the 125 feet felt like170 feet) combined with that twisting almost vertical drop is something no other coaster has come close to. For a fraction of a second, you hovered vertically in mid-air. Experiencing that in the last train was just awesome.
    I wish they would resurrect that drop (alongside the pre-drop section and maybe that first circular loop) on some future ride.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Those twisting drops on Schwarzkopfs are fantastic. I love the ones on Mindbender and Quimera.

  • @MaxThrills
    @MaxThrills 2 роки тому

    Awesome list!

  • @duditon1
    @duditon1 Рік тому +2

    Six flags discovery kingdom is my home park, glad to see joker on this list! Not enough people give it credit, still better than having no rmc, especially in a park with otherwise too intense coasters for most people. Also Maverick’s drop (and surely the stengel dive) in the back row killed my shoulders after more or less marathoning it for 6 rides in a little under two hours. I’ve ridden 91 coasters currently so I don’t have enough for a top 50 to make it a fair contest so to speak but both of these would be on there for me as well

  • @clairefunnell8481
    @clairefunnell8481 2 роки тому

    Hi from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦. Really enjoyed your list. All these coasters look awesome. I have a great love for woodies. I heard you mention Leviathan. Yay! Thank you. I haven't ridden it yet. When Wonderland opens this I'll ride it. I'm a bit scared of it , but I'll ride it.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Leviathan is a ton of fun and super smooth. If you enjoy Behemoth, you'll like Leviathan.

  • @fenyard2776
    @fenyard2776 2 роки тому +2

    Great list as usual !
    Some of my favourite first drop are Hyperion, EGF/Kondaa, OzIris/Monster (Gröna Lund) and Wodan !
    Small correction the 1.5 m limit for the back row on Alpina Blitz isn't due to the airtime but because the 2 seats at the back are made for large riders, so since the seats are "deeper" there will be too much room between the seat and the lap bar to allow a smaller rider :)

    • @katashworth41
      @katashworth41 2 роки тому

      Same on Icon, though I don’t know what’s happening now we have the spinning seats.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks for clarifying what the extra height limit was for! I had seen extra limits for certain seats on rides like Joris at Efteling and Cyclops at Mt. Olympus.

  • @erictallman5192
    @erictallman5192 2 роки тому +2

    Jokers drop finally gets recognition! I was shocked how violent it was when I went on it since it’s relatively small in height . Most underrated rmc for sure

  • @ryanfrieman733
    @ryanfrieman733 2 роки тому

    I love your footage of Skyrush from the road in front of it. I always wanted to drive back there.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks! I walked there from Hershey center.

  • @GreatBearProductions
    @GreatBearProductions 2 роки тому +2

    10:15
    I rode this coaster back in September of 2021 and the back car is still open. It's the last row that's closed off. And yes big dipper gives phenomenal airtime throughout the ride. It's seriously underrated!

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Good to hear! I know people who were there early in 2021 and found the entire back car off-limits.

  • @zacharygambler9306
    @zacharygambler9306 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video enjoyed watching. I would put Yukon striker and top thrill dragster on my list

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Yukon Striker and the other mega dive coasters just missed the list.

  • @edwardkirkland2022
    @edwardkirkland2022 8 місяців тому

    I’m so glad you have Camden Park’s Big Dipper on your list. I was fortunate enough to ride in the back seat in the late 80s. The only “warning” I had from a friend was, “You’ll love the second drop😈!” Needless to say I did!! It truly scared me on my first ride!

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  8 місяців тому +1

      That drop is shocking for a ride of that scale.

  • @pfschuyler
    @pfschuyler 2 роки тому +1

    Rode Iron Rattler a few weeks ago. It's a beautiful and memorable setting. I rode the front 2x and that was fun with the views, but the rear seat was twice as good. Instead of stalling you at the top like the front does, the rear seat unexpectedly just hurls you over the drop. It was awesome, I rode it 3x like that, a total blast.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Those drops in the back are amazing on Iron Rattler.

  • @sdc5914
    @sdc5914 2 роки тому +1

    Intersting list. Time traveler and El Toro are my top2 for 2 completely different reasons.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Love both those drops.

    • @sdc5914
      @sdc5914 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster haven't been on the OG single rails but can believe Stunt Pilot is either +/- a spot in that ranking. It was an amaaaaazing drop! Have you done it yet?

    • @noclosecoasters9903
      @noclosecoasters9903 2 роки тому +1

      @@sdc5914 Did stunt pilot and rail blazer both this summer, and I thought stunt pilot's drop in the back was slightly better

  • @Kittyhat
    @Kittyhat 2 роки тому

    Great list, I know it's stacked as hell but quick shoutout to Krypton Coaster in the front right (possibly the best coaster visual), Escape from Krypton, Tatsu, CP raptor, Banshee and Beast

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Superman has a cool drop too twisting down the quarry.

  • @FanThemePark
    @FanThemePark 2 роки тому +1

    Iron Rattler has my favorite drop too. So good!

  • @alantrotter2077
    @alantrotter2077 2 роки тому

    I've experienced 26 of the 50 on your list. For me Iron Rattler takes the top spot. The twisting drop with those trains. It is just awesome. After Iron Rattler these are the other great drops:
    X2- First drop
    Fury 325- First Drop
    Time Traveler- First Drop (In Back Row)
    El Toro- First Drop
    SkyRush- First Drop
    Cannibal- Frist Drop
    Orion- Frist Drop
    Millennium Force - First DRop
    GhostRider- Drop off mid course

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      All those drops are fantastic. GhostRider's 5th drop would have placed highly had I counted it.

  • @gtrlyfe1012
    @gtrlyfe1012 10 місяців тому

    I’m happy to see el toro high up there, one of my favorite experiences on any coaster was that first drop for the first time, caught me off guard being up front and not knowing what to hold on to!! I haven’t been on nearly as many coasters as you have, but I feel like I agree with most of your takes, but I couldn’t agree on Jersey Devil coaster being higher than Intimidator 305. Great adventure is my home park so I’m bias, but even I admit 305 is out of this world, just my opinion.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  10 місяців тому +1

      El Toro's drop is incredible. I simply love the whip in the back row on Devil.

  • @matheuscastello6554
    @matheuscastello6554 2 роки тому +1

    i haven't ridden many but i'll have to go with x2, facing down the floor at the drop is completely insane, and a very deserved second place to toro, which has an absolutely insane drop on forces alone

  • @OklahomaCoasterFan
    @OklahomaCoasterFan 2 роки тому

    If that's true about Big Dipper at Camden Park, I'm so glad I got to experience the back car in June last year. The very back row was still closed, but I was able to ride in the other 2 rows of that back car.
    I love seeing my baby in your # 1 spot! That & X2 are my 2 favorites.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      I heard the back car entirely was closed for a while. The very back row has been closed since the start of time.

  • @chargedonpc9989
    @chargedonpc9989 2 роки тому

    My favorite drops I have been on are the top hat on Gale Force and the dive on Griffon. How long does it take you to make a video like this? it's awesome that you can upload these huge lists so frequently.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      The top 50 lists take longer than the others since I need to accumulate the footage and it's longer.

  • @bjeurn2273
    @bjeurn2273 2 роки тому +23

    I really like the first drop on Kondaa. It's like the one on Expedition Geforce, but the drop and the airtime is a little bit more sustained. I guess you haven't ridden it because its not on the list? :p

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +15

      I missed Kondaa due to the flooding.

    • @sverrel5384
      @sverrel5384 2 роки тому +2

      @@CanobieCoaster It's a very strong layout. I'm very happy that it's in my home park. If you have the change to ride it, you have to do it! It's an amazing coaster

    • @KuRo88
      @KuRo88 2 роки тому +4

      Can't confirm, sadly. It's a bit smaller than Expedition Geforce, and a bit less steep. Twists 3° more though. And feels more tame to me.. Maybe because it was cold. Or the lifthill is a bit slower. Was still one of the best drops for me though. Would still give 10/10

    • @bjeurn2273
      @bjeurn2273 2 роки тому

      @@KuRo88 i really tought there was something that made Kondaa's drop "bigger" or better on some way. but it could be me. haven't done expedition geforce yet so you are a more reliable source of info on this one haha

  • @andrewiscool719
    @andrewiscool719 2 роки тому +4

    I love first drops. My favorite so far is El Toro

  • @maxhagenauer24
    @maxhagenauer24 2 роки тому

    I absolutely agree the first drop is the absolutely best part on 90% of coasters. Sometimes, I rode coasters just for the first cause it's so good like Raging Bull for example. It is what truly makes the coaster, the element where it gets its max speed that is used for the rest of the layout. Some of the best first drops I experienced are Goliath at Great America, Millennium Force, and Raging Bull. The thing is all drops on rides are usually their best part but different. Some drops are just normal medium sized drops like on an arrow corkscrew. Some are drops that last so long, you think it will never end like on Gigas. Some have a very quick but stupidly insane pop of ejector airtime like Raging Bull in the back. And some are sustained floater or ejector the entire way down like RMCs or B&M Hypers. This may sound unpopular but I much prefer a lift hill and drop over a launch.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I love launches too if they follow it with a top hat with airtime.

  • @matthewsouthwell9653
    @matthewsouthwell9653 2 роки тому +4

    The Big One's drop feels like a car crash. And not in a good way 😬

    • @katashworth41
      @katashworth41 2 роки тому +1

      I have been in a (low speed) car crash before going on The Big One, I preferred the latter.

    • @andrewiscool719
      @andrewiscool719 2 роки тому

      @@katashworth41 lol

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I didn't find it uncomfortable in 2017.

  • @Higupon
    @Higupon 2 роки тому

    I love the love for Camden Park's sketch machine. That drop is worth the $20 admission alone

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I agree, except I think I paid less than $10 for their twilight ticket lol

    • @Higupon
      @Higupon 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster lucky man. i only get to go in the mornings/afternoons when i visit my folks

  • @AdrenalineLegends
    @AdrenalineLegends 9 місяців тому

    hi cannobie, great video as usual! just a quick question: Do you prefer the b&m gigas or the intamins? I prefer the B&Ms

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  9 місяців тому

      I can't pick a specific manufacturer, but Fury is my favorite giga.

    • @AdrenalineLegends
      @AdrenalineLegends 9 місяців тому

      same@@CanobieCoaster

  • @bongsau89
    @bongsau89 10 місяців тому

    Kondaa at Walibi Belgium also has a pretty insane first drop in the back row. Getting pulled violently to the right whilst being flung out of your seat is WILD

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  10 місяців тому

      Love that coaster and drop! I rode it after making this list.

  • @extrakubik4123
    @extrakubik4123 Рік тому +1

    Idk why but i love The Smiler inverted drop on 2nd part of The ride. Also really good one have Oblivion and Oblivion gardaland, Nemesis it feels like The drop is not too fast BUT its already fast BUT after that Corkscrew you go into that intense helix where you speed and you are really fast then. Also Hyperion and Zadra have legendary drops

  • @Daniel_Coasters
    @Daniel_Coasters 2 роки тому

    Nice!

  • @CEWThree
    @CEWThree 2 роки тому +1

    At least the Iron Rattler quarry drop gets a shout-out, even if it doesn't qualify. That drop is BANANAS.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I put it on par with the first drops on most RMCs, which is insane for a drop that late in a ride.

  • @Loglen
    @Loglen 2 роки тому

    Riding Der Schwur des Kärnan I got caught completely offguard by that first drop, it was incredible. Still one of, if not the best coaster I've ever ridden.

  • @MrPatrickbuit
    @MrPatrickbuit 2 місяці тому

    One of my favourite drops ever was Tonnere 2 Zeus in the backwards car. It's such a shame that it's gone now. After that it's definitely Ride to Happiness. Just incredible ejector air in the back seat. Karnan's, Kondaa's and Ispeed's are also amazing.

  • @StamfordBridge
    @StamfordBridge 2 роки тому +3

    For me, Fury is number one, and Toro is number two, but I enjoyed your list. Some great first drops not in your top fifty: Twisted Timbers, Storm Chaser, Cornball Express, and Renegade.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I really like the barrel roll drops on the RMCs, but I view those more as inversions than traditional drops. They're some of my favorite inversions though. I honestly find Renegade's drop- while unique- a little overrated.

    • @samuelahoffman
      @samuelahoffman 2 роки тому

      Fury at night 🤤

  • @UpstopThrills
    @UpstopThrills 2 роки тому +2

    I only have 36 credits, but X2’s drop is the best thing I’ve experienced

  • @moomoo991
    @moomoo991 14 днів тому

    Re-rode oblivion for the first time in nearly 20 years and it still packs that wallop. One trick pony yes, but what a trick

  • @bendixonmusic7149
    @bendixonmusic7149 Рік тому

    Great list, I’d be really interested to know where you’d place Kondaa’s first drop after having ridden it?

  • @derisleybrittain
    @derisleybrittain 2 роки тому

    Superb footage 💖💖💖💖💖💖💃💃💃💃👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

  • @mateoalvira3514
    @mateoalvira3514 Рік тому +1

    At PortAventura, what do you think about the first drop on Stampida and the first drop on Shambhala?

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому

      The first drop on Shambhala is exceptional. The one on Stampida is spoiled by the trim.

  • @madtownchris
    @madtownchris 2 роки тому +1

    Great choices! My list is very similar +/- a ride and ranking here and there. Did you ever ride the original Riverside Cyclone prior to 2002? The first drop/banked turn/drop sequence was an elite moment. Even if you don't consider the opening act a single element, the other large drops offered sharp and abrupt ejector airtime in the back rows.
    In 1999, Intamin opened their first Mega Coaster @ SFDL. The first (and several other) drops on S:RoS felt shocking at the time since the abrupt, glass-smooth and sustained ejector airtime outshined the ride's peers (Magnum, Morgans, Apollo/RB). The same comment applies to the SFA ride and superior SFNE model. The OG Intamin Mega Coasters deserve recognition.
    Skull Mountain. Back row, friendly restraints. You know what I mean.
    Windstorm Coasters. Isn't the insane drop the ride's largest? If not for this list, then definitely a contender for "Best drop under 50'.
    Hypersonic XLC- That ride...was something noteworthy. I have not ridden the Japanese peer.
    OG Togo Ultra Twister- feels like the car is being yanked down the drop, likely because the restraints feel like they are filled with concrete. Imagine a bowling ball being dropped down an over-waxed vertical drop-capsule slide.
    Fahrenheit- Better than or equal to Maverick and all the Gerstlauer Euro Fighters/Infinity Coasters.
    Shellraiser & Takabisha are noticeably better than the average Gerstlauer beyond-vertical drop coaster. While a half-point below, the two large drops on Mystery Mine are still wild and better than most.
    I love the Arrow Launch Loop coasters. Both drops seem ridiculous since the yank on the drops in both directions (back car better for the forward drop and front car better for the backward drop) is unexpected and really fun. I similarly rank the back car of Arrow looping coasters with straight drops such as Lochness Monster, Viper, Vortex (RIP), Dragon Fire, even the Loop/Corkscrews.
    Thank you for the fun discussion and excellent content!

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      I didn't ride the old Cyclone until 2007 when it had already been extensively modified. The windstorms have awesome drops too. Very forceful. I like the Intamin ones you mentioned too.

  • @VillasByrne
    @VillasByrne 2 роки тому +1

    17:14, but if you tske it backwards, then someone will take it forwards as well?
    Really enjoyed the list! Some of my favourites are Kärnan, Shambhala, Lost Gravity and Tornado

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      At minimum you take the drop sideways. You then continue rotating forwards or backwards. On Ride to Happiness, it is possible- but rare- for the rotation to stall so you face forwards for the entire drop.

    • @VillasByrne
      @VillasByrne 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster Oh that make sense now! Thanks

  • @XboxgeorgebeanRollercoasters
    @XboxgeorgebeanRollercoasters Рік тому +1

    It is criminal that Big Boom isn't on this list.

  • @weedle4736
    @weedle4736 2 роки тому

    IRAT also has my favorite drop too. I sometimes grey out at the bottom with it’s wild burst of g forces.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      The rapid application of positives down there is great.

  • @paulwarsewa4558
    @paulwarsewa4558 2 роки тому

    You included almost anything on this list I would have as well. Two things though: I personally would rate Hyperion higher. It combines Hyper height with good views and a sharpness that felt almost beyond vertical in the way it ejects you mid-drop. Also, have you ridden Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland? That first drop was amazing as well, especially in the back row, left wing seat. You go into it with quite some speed from the fast lift hill, the crest is very sharp and the 180° turn is extremely narrow, yanking you downwards with incredible force. This combination of laterals and ejector airtime makes it one of the best first drops in my books. People can complain about their launches all they want, but Mack really know how to bring the ejector.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      I did enjoy Lost Gravity's drop. It just missed the list.

    • @ATLSloan
      @ATLSloan 2 роки тому +1

      Totally agree about rating Hyperion higher. Honestly feels like a giga drop in length, but more powerful. And it has a tunnel at the bottom with stupid strong positives into the pullout over what I think is the best camelback hill in the world. Freaking loved Hyperion

  • @crb9228
    @crb9228 2 роки тому

    I am very glad that the Rattler was #1 on this list. I love Fiesta Texas as a native Texan

  • @lampshades120
    @lampshades120 2 роки тому

    My favorite might be Big Boom at Nasu Highland because I have never feared for my life so much on a first drop so violent

  • @perwollaffe5559
    @perwollaffe5559 2 роки тому +1

    Kärnan is definitely my favourite...
    Its great...

  • @prismatic4396
    @prismatic4396 2 роки тому +1

    my favourite drop by far is on dc rivals, and its even more insane going backwards

  • @DSoto-nf8je
    @DSoto-nf8je 2 роки тому +1

    Are you planning of doing a top inversions video?

  • @user-ec7rb9rm4y
    @user-ec7rb9rm4y 2 місяці тому

    See in RCDB: Cyclops at Mt. Olympus. I saw photos and videos of the ride when it had buzz bars, and I saw photos and videos of it with the individual ratcheting lap bars. I don't mind the restraint change.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 місяці тому

      I would have preferred the more open buzz bars.

  • @bigc1280
    @bigc1280 2 роки тому +1

    I really thought Magnum xl 200 would be on this. That 1st drop is something else

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      The view is amazing, but the sensations can't compete with these 50.

  • @liamfielding1875
    @liamfielding1875 2 роки тому

    Did you ride big one in the very back row? Imo it gives pretty decent floater/mild ejector

  • @nickthepetrock403
    @nickthepetrock403 2 роки тому +1

    Very happy to see joker on here

  • @skyguyismyguyr12turn
    @skyguyismyguyr12turn 2 роки тому

    May you please make the top 10 coasters in PA as your next video, or will you do it tomorrow?

  • @mateoalvira3514
    @mateoalvira3514 Рік тому

    Expedition GeForce at Holiday Park uses those Intamin T bars, do you like those bars in all coasters that use them?

  • @Nick_J_
    @Nick_J_ 2 роки тому

    Fahrenheit has an underrated drop. It has awesome ejector in the back. Honestly it might be my second favorite drop, behind El Toro (also in the back.)

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      It's similar to the Gerstlauer ones.

    • @Nick_J_
      @Nick_J_ 2 роки тому +1

      @@CanobieCoaster Compared to the Gerstlauers I have been on, it feels much more intense in terms of airtime, and longer as well

  • @chrisogrady28
    @chrisogrady28 6 місяців тому

    11:01 now that is one of the best photos I've ever seen holy shit the kid getting bodyslammed by his dad 😂

  • @KuRo88
    @KuRo88 2 роки тому +1

    I personally like Expedition GeForce's first drop more than Kärnans. At least feeling wise. And I doubt there is a coaster out there with a better feeling drop - maybe yet. EGF has this bank in the drop that whips you to the right and then a little bit back to the left after the twist, and somehow that little detail makes it the best drop in the world for me. It doesn't look like much in pictures and videos, but the feeling it gives you is insane.
    I talk about feeling, because there may be better ones when putting visuals into account.. Like maybe Wildfire for example. Just like the coasters itself.. If I just judge by plain ride experience, EGF is still nr1 steel (+non hybrid) for me. But considering visuals, theming etc theres way better coasters.. Ride experience + theming or visuals, Taron for example. Or Velocicoaster

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      I agree EGF has more laterals, but the added height and indoor setting elevates Karnan for me.

  • @owengohr6311
    @owengohr6311 2 роки тому

    I rode Iron Rattler for the first time a few weeks ago and the drop was absolutely insane

  • @MattMcIrvin
    @MattMcIrvin 2 роки тому

    Some good ones not covered here:
    - Superman: The Ride at SFNE. Good powerful hyper drop into a tunnel.
    - Loch Ness Monster at BGW. This was much more impressive 35 years ago than it probably seems now. But I love the visuals of dropping into the river valley.
    - Drachen Fire at BGW. This was an infamously flawed coaster, but putting a corkscrew inversion high up in the first drop was insane brilliance, to the extent that Steel Curtain pays intentional homage to it (albeit with a different inversion).
    - Mr. Twister at Elitch Gardens (original). Elsewhere I mentioned the first curving mini-drop that sent you screaming around a high turnaround with vicious laterals threatening to pitch you over the edge. But after that was the big drop, which plunged you into a narrow chasm in the ride structure with a scary headchopper at the bottom. This was the first big coaster drop I ever experienced.
    - Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce. The curving first drop isn't what this ride is known for. But it's a first taste of the crazy shooting-through-the-forest visuals that the entire first half of the coaster delivers, and you hit maximum speed at the bottom going past the station.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      I prefer the drop on the older Superman hypers than SFNE's since the airtime is more sustained on that one. Boulder Dash's first drop certainly has a cool setting.

  • @curlyoleary8680
    @curlyoleary8680 2 роки тому

    This might be a very hot take but every time I ride Great Bear at Hershey park I get blown away by the first little drop / helix. It’s definitely not the biggest on the ride so wouldn’t count for this list but that might honestly be my favorite drop of all time if it even counts as one

  • @george5924
    @george5924 2 роки тому

    Icon Blackpool Pleasure Beach has an AMAZING top hat exit on the back row! (I still prefer The Big One's, but that's me)

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I need to ride that one.

    • @george5924
      @george5924 2 роки тому +1

      @@CanobieCoaster it's being retracked at the moment - it's my favourite wooden coaster in the UK.

  • @mitchellries256
    @mitchellries256 2 роки тому

    I personally would've put Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Titan at Six Flags Over Texas, Superman: The Ride at Six Flags New England and Yukon Striker at Canada's Wonderland on the list. I haven't ridden Yukon Striker yet but after riding those first three, I found the speed acquired while going down the drop into those underground tunnels where you think for a second that you're not going to fit through them is very exciting. I also haven't ridden Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure but I have ridden Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point and found the 400 ft plunge down that spiral drop to be unique from anything else I experienced.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I like Yukon Striker a lot. That and the other dives just missed. The Superman hypers have a quick pop, but I prefer if it were more sustained.

    • @clairefunnell8481
      @clairefunnell8481 2 роки тому

      Hi from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦. Yukon Striker is a fantastic ride. You get dangled over the drop. Its so fast and smooth. The only dive with a loop. . I would have included Yukon too.

  • @petersoncooper7292
    @petersoncooper7292 8 місяців тому

    Respect for iron rattler at 1. It’s crazy. The trains have no handle or anything to hold onto either. Scariest drop

  • @user-dv9fl5bd4r
    @user-dv9fl5bd4r 9 місяців тому

    T express' first drop in the very back, when the coaster is warmed up, is far and away my #1, it feels like skyrush's first drop only more intense and with better restraints. It is still to this day the only airtime moment that ever had me seeing stars, I have marathoned skyrush in the back and it doesn't compare for me.

  • @cheffren7011
    @cheffren7011 2 роки тому

    My favorite first drop is the one on Colossos. It just gave me that weird feeling in my stomach that I love on rollercoasters. Kondaa would be second and Kârnan third. I just prefer straight drops over twitsed drops.

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 6 місяців тому

    Canobie Coaster would say:
    Number 44: Cyclops at Mt. Olympus. Oddly the final drop on this ride is the largest, but it packs a wallop. It offers some forceful ejector airtime in the back car. I wish this ride still had the buzz bars and if it did...

  • @Dubsicle
    @Dubsicle 2 роки тому

    Parc Saint Paul .. few people lost their lives there .. ever doing a Top10/15 or 20 accidents? :)
    Ontopic : ever been to Japan or done Gravity Max .. that's a next level first drop !

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      I have not been on Gravity Max, but I want to. I probably wouldn't make a top 10-20 coaster accidents video since that would be a pretty dark/sad one to make.

    • @Dubsicle
      @Dubsicle 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster I get you .. its never good or top, if people lose their life over an attraction ..

  • @nintendude0701
    @nintendude0701 Рік тому

    I grew up going to Great Adventure
    No matter how many coasters I’ve ridden with crazy drops, even those HIGHER on this list like GeForce and Rattler, no drop is more utterly terrifying than El Toro’s first drop.
    Drops can be graceful or forceful, but El Toro’s drop feels downright deadly, especially when it is violently careening towards a headchopper.
    I have ridden it hundreds of times, and I still suck air in my teeth over the first drop in the back as well as over the “rolling thunder” hill 😬

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому +1

      El Toro's drop is still one of the best.

    • @nintendude0701
      @nintendude0701 Рік тому

      @@CanobieCoaster agreed. I hope they go through with the retrack and it opens again running just as good!

  • @doggo1200
    @doggo1200 19 днів тому

    I don’t have much experience but the Mack hypercoaster named flash (at china) and hypercoaster (at turkey) has a great drop too
    You get airtime dropping and while you are at air it suddenly turns left and gives laterals.

  • @katashworth41
    @katashworth41 2 роки тому

    I much prefer the double down on the Grand National to the Big Dipper, but it’s not a bad choice. Naturally when I was a kid and they both had buzz bars 💯

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      My favorite drop on Grand National was that evil dip before one of the far turnarounds.

    • @katashworth41
      @katashworth41 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster I can’t complain about that choice.

    • @katashworth41
      @katashworth41 2 роки тому

      If you do come over for Halloween the Pleasure Beach is open late then as well and the view of the illuminations down the front is pretty nice

  • @chuck4714
    @chuck4714 2 роки тому

    Nice

  • @babyfaceadrian1894
    @babyfaceadrian1894 2 роки тому

    I got a sunset ride on maverick in the middle of June when it was like 100 degrees and I got back row and way to much on room on the restraints and it was the strongest moment of airtime I experienced more Then the bunny hills on magnum

  • @mikus6088
    @mikus6088 2 роки тому +1

    Incredible Hulk's launched corkscrew drop is my favorite drop

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I love that element, but I didn't consider that for this list. You'll see that inversion in my inversion list though.

  • @djsugarc1075
    @djsugarc1075 2 роки тому

    thanks for shouting out raging bull’s drop as its own unique experience

  • @ole0693
    @ole0693 2 роки тому

    My favorite drop have schwur des Kärnan. But I like the Intamin drops too.

  • @dylanpalmer6857
    @dylanpalmer6857 2 роки тому

    What are your thought on the rmc barrel roll drops?

  • @Jb-vq7dj
    @Jb-vq7dj 2 роки тому

    I think the drop on dragster/ka should be atleast in the top 20, its incredible and I get ejecter and laterals the whole way down every time with the great restraints

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I mostly get laterals, but amazing laterals.

  • @rickycontreras2766
    @rickycontreras2766 2 роки тому

    Bro the best drop I ever experienced was perilous plunge at Knotts berry farm so when the ride closes after a few years I was devastated

  • @Interfacement
    @Interfacement 9 місяців тому

    The first drop on Hyperia at Thorpe Park looks like it has the potential to be a top 5 first drop in the world.

  • @zacharygambler9306
    @zacharygambler9306 2 роки тому

    Would love to see top 50 favorite inversions

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      That should be out this week.

    • @zacharygambler9306
      @zacharygambler9306 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster sweet
      I enjoy your longer tops during my commute 😊

  • @sandraweilbrenner67
    @sandraweilbrenner67 2 роки тому

    Yay for El loco my home ride ( adventuresome ) I can sit for hours and watch the reaction videos on tornado at bakken , they are hilarious , that is why the camera is where it is

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +1

      That drop on Tornado is shockingly violent for a ride of that size.

    • @sandraweilbrenner67
      @sandraweilbrenner67 2 роки тому

      @@CanobieCoaster the camera footage from the ride of the reactions are priceless

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 6 місяців тому

    Canobie Coaster would say:
    Number 44: Cyclops at Mt. Olympus. Oddly the final drop on this ride is the largest, but it packs a wallop. It offers some forceful ejector airtime in the back car.
    If I tell you, there were some videos taken with the buzz bars and some videos taken with the individual ratcheting lap bars, do you know the year they replaced the buzz bars with the individual lap bars, and the reasons why?

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  5 місяців тому

      I don't remember the exact year off the top of my head, but it was for safety reasons so people couldn't stand up.

  • @theruleoffire
    @theruleoffire 2 роки тому

    IIIII LOOOOOVE HEARING "THIS INATMIN..hyper.. " "this intamin..giga.." "this intamin launch" "this intamin spinning" INTAMIN INTAMIN INTAMIN>. ugh would make a good drinking game.. lol.... bout to get it tattooed on me.. would make a good story. lol. "this intamin Tattoo" lmao...

  • @pplushe
    @pplushe 2 роки тому

    What about the Medusa Steel Coaster first drop with an inversion? That’s my favorite..!

  • @mateoalvira3514
    @mateoalvira3514 Рік тому

    Do you like the Intamin T bars in all coasters in the world that use them?