Ride of Steel Review, Six Flags Darien Lake Intamin Hyper Coaster | Intamin's Prototype Hyper
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Ride of Steel at Six Flags Darien Lake is the original Intamin hyper coaster. This is New York's tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster. This ride opened back in 1999 as Superman, but it lost the Man of Steel branding after Six Flags sold the park. This hyper coaster features a few good airtime hills, some large helixes, and a cool setting over the water. But how does it stack up to the newer hypers? Find out in this review!
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Ride of Steel Off-Ride (ElToroRyan)- • Ride of Steel Off-Ride...
Ride of Steel POV (Six Flags Darien Lake)- • Official Ride of Steel...
Superman Darien Lake (psyclonesteve)- • Superman Ride of Steel...
Superman POV (Six Flags America)- • SUPERMAN: Ride of Stee...
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Cyberpunk Gaming Electro by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / It Follows- • Cyberpunk Gaming Elect...
Keep up the good content. By far the best coaster channel on youtube
Thanks!
One thing I noticed with Intimin is the love to highlight the speed. And one of the best way to do it is to put you right down near the ground. And you see it in a lot of their coasters.
Especially on their older ones.
On the 2nd day, when the seatbelts were added, the trim was also added on the 2nd to last bunny hill. This was before said to be the steel rolling thunder hill.
Thanks for clarifying!
Nice review! It ran a lot more inconsistent this year, but when it’s running fast, it’s a great coaster
I was more than satisfied by my summer rides.
This is a little random, but I found the first helix on Superman at SFA was hitting a lot harder this year for some reason. In past years, I would never grey out at all there, but this year, it was a hard greyout to near blackout every single ride. I find it strange because it was harder than I ever grey out on I305
Interesting. Didn't make it down to that park this year.
This is a really excellent review. I really appreciate the effort you put into it. I’ve only written the version at Six Flags America once this past Labor Day and I really enjoyed it, and my only regret is that I did not have enough time to rewrite it. I’ve heard about the issue at Darien lake with one train ops and that is a shame because I feel like the park has great potential if they would just make a few adjustments to their operations. Hopefully someday I will be able to visit the park and ride this one
It's neat to see why the America one's layout is set-up how it is.
I'm glad that this ride led to the New England version being built, which I ride more than any other coaster. It's a shame that one wasn't cloned because it seems Intamin learned from the flaws with this version, taking out the dead spots and making the elements tighter and more forceful.
Hyperion sort of feels like the spiritual successor to SFNE's Superman with how the layout is set-up.
@@CanobieCoaster A lot of elements from the original Ride of Steel got repackaged into newer Intamin hypers and gigas. The ending airtime hills are similar to Superman The Ride, the large airtime hills between the helixes are similar to Millennium Force, and the turn immediately after the drop is similar to I-305.
Darien lake used to have two trains on this coaster. They used to have two on everything. The entire park has fallen into disrepair. The 90s and very early 2000s saw a bunch of expansion in all directions at the park. Nowadays the crowds are much smaller
It's a bummer their capacity has dwindled for their coasters.
The owners are too cheap to properly maintain anything so they cannibalize one train to use parts on the other. It'll be interesting to see what happens when they run out of parts to do that with because I highly doubt they'll invest in new parts or new trains.
Heck, just look at the state of Mind Eraser with its frankentrain. The seats are all miscolored because they used to be from separate trains, some of which (from what I understand) were taken from broken SLC trains the park purchased just to use for parts. These people have to rank among the cheapest owners in the industry that haven't gone out of business yet.
What an absolutely underated looking gem, especially as the first one. It may have some straight track here and there but don't forget how old this ride is. The airtime it does have is still really good floater on the camelback and strong sustained standing airtime at the end. Definitely a fun layout especially woth the setting over the water compared to SFAs. It could definitely be better but it's a great fir being the parks best.
For a prototype, it's excellent.
I love this vid. Ride of Steel has a great paint aesthetic, it reminds me of the nearby Buffalo Bills.
I would love to see a Flying Coaster that had the helixes plus the straight-away over the water. That incident about the man who was thrown off hurts my heart as it could have been prevented multiple times.
D-Lake is an underrated place to ride the rides. Great scenery. By far, the best coaster there, hands down.
That would be cool for a flyer.
I really enjoy this ride, but I’ll point out that the name is dumb. Without Superman, the term “Ride of Steel” just doesn’t make sense.
I really hope the name goes back to Superman.
I prefer the one at SF America. I like the secluded setting better, and it seems stronger to me, but Darien Lake's is still great. I got 6 rides on my half day at Darien Lake on an 80-degree June day, including a night ride. I'm one of the few that actually likes the straight track. It forces me to realize how amazing that sustained speed is, and it's a great prelude to one of the best airtime moments on any coaster. My only nitpick with the layout is the 2nd helix.
If the ride replaced that straight track and second helix, it would be near perfect.
This is definitely the best rollercoaster at Six Flags Darien Lake.
I'm not sure how it compares with the other best coasters in New York (Boulder Dash and Phobia: Phear coaster)
New York is really not a good state for rollercoasters because of the parks in nearby states (Six Flags Great Adventure, Hersheypark).
They still should've gotten a B&M.
My favorite in New York is the Cyclone.
Actually ride of steel is a pretty good name because superman is often called man of steel.
It's just awkward without the Superman part.
I definitely preferred this to Superman at SFA. The restraints and setting make a world of a difference. I actually enjoy the roughness on older Intamins, it’s not enough to give me a headache and it makes the ride feel a little more exciting.
I don't think the shake helps, but it's not enough to hurt the ride for me.
Wow, at around 9:58, I can see (back middle part of the frame) sway gently back and forth. Kind of cool.
Wow!
I really like Ride of Steel. I love the speed sensation. It's smooth and I love how it's a long ride. Underrated coaster. I just wish Darien Lake ops were better. 3 people in front of me in a row takes about 20 minutes to get through... Pretty bad. As a result I only got 2 total rides on this thing in the morn before it broke down later for the rest of the day.
This ride could really use a 2nd train.
What do you think about the shin guards on Superman at Six Flags America and the shin guards on Coast Rider at Knott's Berry Farm?
The Coast Rider ones are awful. The Superman ones are tolerable if you dip your legs back.
What is your career I would love to travel and ride coasters like you do how can I accomplish this ?
Mechanical engineer
First!!!! Keep up the great content!
Thanks!
Loved this ride more than New England or America's Superman coasters. The ejector is so much better than the other 2. The one at America is awful.
I much prefer New England's myself.
The ride previously had the mentioned altered tbars. when a new train was ordered for 2015 however the restraints were changed to t bars again strangely. 0 complaints here though
Thanks for clarifying!
Can you please explain the difference between a camelback and a bunny hill? I can't do amusement parks anymore, but I'm still fascinated with the various rides, and I've enjoyed your videos very much.
I consider camelbacks larger airtime hills while bunny hills are smaller ones.
Was Ride of Steel at Six Flags Darien Lake the best coaster you've ridden in New York? Canobie Coaster, what do you think?
I prefer Cyclone.
When I was there it was in the middle was reserved for fast lane, either 5-6 or 7-8. I kept track in Logride but I guess I didn't save my seats. Predator was the same, only Tantrum, Viper and maybe Motocoaster let you pick your seat
Interesting, this past year, I got row 2, the 2nd from back car, and 2 middle seats using my membership skips on Ride of Steel.
@@CanobieCoaster I was out the in July to hit this and Seabreeze
I have ridden both and this one is definitely the superior one. Better setting and better trains
America's setting shines at night.
@@CanobieCoaster I don't want to stay near downtown Baltimore and DC at night
The original T bars were so awesome. U used to have to hold on for your life at the end in the hops.
Wow!
The only thing I don’t like about the back row is when you hit the brake run coming off the last bunny hill. It throws you int to lap bar
It definitely does.
This video was great and informative, BUT what about block zones? What are they? How do they work? Why do they work? Explain in great detail how the block zones work on this ride... BLOCKZONES!!!!
See ElToroRyan for that.
What speed does ride of steel reach?
What speed does predator reach?
RCDB will have those.
Ride of Steel is 73 mph
Predator is 50 mph
Any idea when it got new trains? Did they order 2 trains? Or just 1?
They got just 1 new train a few years ago.
As a local and someone who calls this park home (45 minutes away) it will forever and always bug me that people still call this “Superman.” Guess that’s just my inner theme park nerd.
I have to think Darien Lake will change it back.
Last trim was added because thats where they ejections were
Was it also related to braking issues?
Bruh just looking at ride of steel is how its straight track goes over the lake while six flags americas goes over a field…REALLY INTAMIN??
I would also like it to get a new color scheme where it will have the same blue supports color repainted…but instead the track would be a silver color and the trains can look like bullets
And also…can anybody tell me if this park is usually crowded on Saturdays??
I think the biggest issue is that the coasters only run one train. That can make the lines move slow most days. I imagine this queue could easily be an hour on Saturdays.
Behemoth is higher. I l7ke this ride too. Nice.
I prefer Behemoth.
Does Darien Lake have any single rider lines?
Not that I saw.
I still think Six Flags should buy 6 new trains from Intamin for their hypers, 2 for each and make Darien Lake's ride Super again
I'd say 5. The new one at Darien is good. They just need a 2nd.
Canobie Coaster said:
I prefer Cyclone.
If I ask you, why?
I have a whole review, but it has incredible lats and great airtime with a minimal restraint.
The third hill has the BEST airtime.
It's fantastic.
:24 holy fuck that wobble of the track
I imagine that's why Intamin went with thicker spines on their later hypers.
viper line is always 10x longer
Haven't seen that in my visits.
Viper is nearly always a walk on
Just.
So.
Under.
Rated.
I think it's very good, especially considering the hypers that came before it.
fast
Yes
Second
Nice!