I've spent a lot of time in this region, here's my thoughts on my favorite coasters in each of the states I've ridden coasters in Maryland: batwing Penslyvania: wildcats revenge New Jersey: El toro Connecticut: wooden warrior (yes I liked it better than boulder dash) Mass: wicked cyclone NH: yankee cannonball Maine: excalibur Haven't ridden any coasters in WV, NY or VT
(I have a dream of doing a coaster vacation someday that would just be a tour of Pennsylvania. Or maybe separate tours for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania. The state honestly punches WAY above its weight for coasters. Many enthusiasts might rate Knoebels' Phoenix, or Kennywood's Phantom's Revenge, or Skyrush, or something else entirely as the best--it's amazing that this is the competition. Of the few coasters I've actually ridden in the state, the best would be Fahrenheit--if only the line to ride it weren't so brutal.)
Fahrenheit is a pretty underrated coaster, but definitely isn’t the best. Pennsylvania has a ton of amusement parks. The main ones would be Waldameer, Kennywood, Hersheypark, Knoebels, and Dorney. If only PA wasn’t so large. The drive between some of these parks is insane.
My favorite roller coaster in Connecticut is Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce. My favorite roller coaster in Maryland is Joker's Jinx at Six Flags America. My favorite roller coaster in Massachusetts is Superman: The Ride at Six Flags New England (Wicked Cyclone is a very close second). My favorite roller coaster in Pennsylvania is Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood (I haven't been to the other parks in the state yet).
(Maybe we should call the subject of this video "New England plus"? While I have been to Hersheypark, I haven't ridden most of the coasters that are currently there, so my experience is practically limited to New England proper, that is, ME-NH-VT-MA-CT-RI, and I haven't ridden any of the mountain coasters in VT. But here are my thoughts about that.) Boulder Dash has a great layout and an unusual use of terrain and setting, and I *want* to love it, but the last time I rode it, it had gotten so rough that it was kind of unpleasant. Since then, they've replaced parts of it with Titan Track which should help a bit, but not the parts that seemed the roughest to me. Go figure. I need to go try it again anyway. There are some other decent rides at Lake Compounce: a Sky Rocket II called Phobia Phear Coaster which is a lot of fun and was actually my favorite ride on that visit, an old woodie called Wildcat that used to be notorious for roughness but has reportedly been fixed (I need to try that one too), and a Boomerang that isn't too bad. Another noteworthy ride in Connecticut is a Gravity Group junior woodie at Quassy called Wooden Warrior, which I have not tried, but many love it. Wicked Cyclone is a masterpiece and I heartily agree with its place here as the best coaster in MA. It's my personal favorite coaster, period. I've never experienced the last lap being slow, so I think they did something to fix that problem. Mind you, I think Superman: The Ride is currently actually underrated by enthusiasts: it's a masterpiece too and Wicked Cyclone only beats it by a hair. But it does. NH is a genuinely hard choice. Roar-O-Saurus is a great ride, I've ridden it and I do love it, but I've heard it's gotten rougher in recent years (I rode it when it was almost new). Yankee Cannonball is a very smooth ride, but not super intense--it's a crowdpleaser though. I also have a sentimental attachment to Canobie's other major coaster, Untamed, a small Gerstlauer Eurofighter with some great theming. I think it's underrated and it actually may be my personal favorite ride in the state even though it's an off-the-shelf layout. But I realize this isn't a widely held opinion. Maine is NOT a hard choice. Excalibur was my most recent new cred and, God, I love that ride. It's really good and enthusiasts are sleeping on it. Since it's the only really major coaster in Maine, I doubt many people would disagree with its crown. I honestly enjoyed it more than Boulder Dash, though Boulder Dash is more awe-inspiring and SHOULD be the best woodie in the New England region, if only it gets the level of TLC it needs. What Excalibur actually reminds me of a bit is one half of Stampida, the CCI racing/dueling coaster at PortAventura in Spain. That ride probably was the inspiration for Hersheypark's Lightning Racer, but it's also a CCI, unlike Lightning Racer. But it has a twisty layout that combines airtime and laterals in a similar way, and if you took just one side of it and then made it a bit taller and more forceful, it'd be pretty close to Excalibur.
@@kingscoasters Sad story: There used to be several roller coasters in Delaware and MANY roller coasters in Rhode Island, but not any more! I think in both cases, the coming of the automobile really doomed them. There was just too much competition not far outside the state that was now accessible. There used to be a lot of small parks in Massachusetts too that just died--now Six Flags is basically the only thing going in the state, aside from some kiddie parks. Many of those parks were trolley parks, built at the ends of trolley lines to attract ridership on weekends. Of the Boston-area trolley parks, Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH is the only one left standing--and I think it's because they saw early on that they needed to adapt to the age of the car. The Yankee Cannonball was part of that transformation--it's a parking lot coaster and always was, at least once it was put up at Canobie.
I have never seen a map of New England that big
I've spent a lot of time in this region, here's my thoughts on my favorite coasters in each of the states I've ridden coasters in
Maryland: batwing
Penslyvania: wildcats revenge
New Jersey: El toro
Connecticut: wooden warrior (yes I liked it better than boulder dash)
Mass: wicked cyclone
NH: yankee cannonball
Maine: excalibur
Haven't ridden any coasters in WV, NY or VT
Hope you get that ride on el toro someday homie, it’s life changing
(I have a dream of doing a coaster vacation someday that would just be a tour of Pennsylvania. Or maybe separate tours for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania. The state honestly punches WAY above its weight for coasters. Many enthusiasts might rate Knoebels' Phoenix, or Kennywood's Phantom's Revenge, or Skyrush, or something else entirely as the best--it's amazing that this is the competition. Of the few coasters I've actually ridden in the state, the best would be Fahrenheit--if only the line to ride it weren't so brutal.)
Fahrenheit is a pretty underrated coaster, but definitely isn’t the best. Pennsylvania has a ton of amusement parks. The main ones would be Waldameer, Kennywood, Hersheypark, Knoebels, and Dorney. If only PA wasn’t so large. The drive between some of these parks is insane.
NOT THE BEAST SLANDER AT 3:53 I got one ride in the front row 30 minute after the park closed and it was absolutely magical sooo much fun
My favorite roller coaster in Connecticut is Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce.
My favorite roller coaster in Maryland is Joker's Jinx at Six Flags America.
My favorite roller coaster in Massachusetts is Superman: The Ride at Six Flags New England (Wicked Cyclone is a very close second).
My favorite roller coaster in Pennsylvania is Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood (I haven't been to the other parks in the state yet).
(Maybe we should call the subject of this video "New England plus"? While I have been to Hersheypark, I haven't ridden most of the coasters that are currently there, so my experience is practically limited to New England proper, that is, ME-NH-VT-MA-CT-RI, and I haven't ridden any of the mountain coasters in VT. But here are my thoughts about that.)
Boulder Dash has a great layout and an unusual use of terrain and setting, and I *want* to love it, but the last time I rode it, it had gotten so rough that it was kind of unpleasant. Since then, they've replaced parts of it with Titan Track which should help a bit, but not the parts that seemed the roughest to me. Go figure. I need to go try it again anyway.
There are some other decent rides at Lake Compounce: a Sky Rocket II called Phobia Phear Coaster which is a lot of fun and was actually my favorite ride on that visit, an old woodie called Wildcat that used to be notorious for roughness but has reportedly been fixed (I need to try that one too), and a Boomerang that isn't too bad. Another noteworthy ride in Connecticut is a Gravity Group junior woodie at Quassy called Wooden Warrior, which I have not tried, but many love it.
Wicked Cyclone is a masterpiece and I heartily agree with its place here as the best coaster in MA. It's my personal favorite coaster, period. I've never experienced the last lap being slow, so I think they did something to fix that problem. Mind you, I think Superman: The Ride is currently actually underrated by enthusiasts: it's a masterpiece too and Wicked Cyclone only beats it by a hair. But it does.
NH is a genuinely hard choice. Roar-O-Saurus is a great ride, I've ridden it and I do love it, but I've heard it's gotten rougher in recent years (I rode it when it was almost new). Yankee Cannonball is a very smooth ride, but not super intense--it's a crowdpleaser though. I also have a sentimental attachment to Canobie's other major coaster, Untamed, a small Gerstlauer Eurofighter with some great theming. I think it's underrated and it actually may be my personal favorite ride in the state even though it's an off-the-shelf layout. But I realize this isn't a widely held opinion.
Maine is NOT a hard choice. Excalibur was my most recent new cred and, God, I love that ride. It's really good and enthusiasts are sleeping on it. Since it's the only really major coaster in Maine, I doubt many people would disagree with its crown. I honestly enjoyed it more than Boulder Dash, though Boulder Dash is more awe-inspiring and SHOULD be the best woodie in the New England region, if only it gets the level of TLC it needs.
What Excalibur actually reminds me of a bit is one half of Stampida, the CCI racing/dueling coaster at PortAventura in Spain. That ride probably was the inspiration for Hersheypark's Lightning Racer, but it's also a CCI, unlike Lightning Racer. But it has a twisty layout that combines airtime and laterals in a similar way, and if you took just one side of it and then made it a bit taller and more forceful, it'd be pretty close to Excalibur.
Strange you mentioned Bobcat but completely ignored the Comet (in the same park) and the granddaddy of all coasters, the Coney Island Cyclone.
i forgot about the cyclone while making that video
Hat happened to Delaware
theres no coasters in delaware so i decided to leave it off, along with rhode island
@@kingscoasterswell I know that I’m never moving there anytime soon😂
@@kingscoasters Sad story: There used to be several roller coasters in Delaware and MANY roller coasters in Rhode Island, but not any more!
I think in both cases, the coming of the automobile really doomed them. There was just too much competition not far outside the state that was now accessible. There used to be a lot of small parks in Massachusetts too that just died--now Six Flags is basically the only thing going in the state, aside from some kiddie parks.
Many of those parks were trolley parks, built at the ends of trolley lines to attract ridership on weekends. Of the Boston-area trolley parks, Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH is the only one left standing--and I think it's because they saw early on that they needed to adapt to the age of the car. The Yankee Cannonball was part of that transformation--it's a parking lot coaster and always was, at least once it was put up at Canobie.
@@kingscoastersWe might not have any coasters of our own, but we are within driving distance of many great coasters