coaster bot's top 10 roller coasters - 2023 

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People ask what the top coasters are, but not everyone asks how the top coasters are

I hope you get to do all the coasters you want to next summer and none of them are closed for renovation.

Right, where's Octonauts placing in his ten this year..

I’m happy to hear that you’ll get to experience Intimidator 305 next year, it’s my number 1 coaster, and the front row ride I got is what I consider to be the greatest moment of my entire life! The rest of my top 10 are: 2. Lightning Rod 3. Storm Chaser 4. Maverick 5. Mystic Timbers 6. El Toro 7. Fury 325 8. Millennium Force 9. Candymonium 10. Leviathan

Great list harry! Truly some world class rides on here! Definitely hope to see you at the parks next year- save me a seat next to you on i305😁

I always love the B roll shots you use in your videos, it always captures exactly what makes the thing special, also to capture & translate the size of very big stuff on camera & screen is difficult and it always looks as massive as it should

Solid list! It'll be interesting to see how much this list could change in just 12 months!!

1. Toutatis 2. Fénix 3. Untamed 4. Vogel Rok 5. Troy (6. Droomvlucht, technically a Rollercoaster) 6. Colossus Kampf der Giganten 7. Oziris 8. Joris en de Draak 9. Flug der Dämonen 10. De Vliegende Hollander Visiting Europa park and Phantasialand for the first time next week, so this list is gonna be very different after that :)

Being a Florida resident, I have very strong opinions on all FL coasters. The "in" thing to do is rank Velocicoaster #1 or #2, but in reality, it is more a top 6-7 coaster out there. You seem to put theming very high, and while theming does absolutely nothing to my rankings of a coaster, I understand it's your list. Still a great list, but Iron Gwazi is easily better than velocicoaster. I would even rank Mako over velocicoaster on certain days.

I love seeing your opinions on coasters as a European enthusiast. I hope to be able to hit some of the amazing coasters over there some day!

Looks like you’re a fan of RMC, have you been on Zadra at Energylandia? It’s insane!

My top 10 is made from European parks ( Germany, Poland, Spain, Belgium and Netherlands)+ BGT and islands of adventure. 1) Zadra 2) Velocicoaster 3) Iron Gwazi 4) RTH 5) Untamed (RMC) 6) Hyperion 7) Kondaa 8) Shambhala 9) F.L.Y. 10) Expedition geforce

My top 10 is 10. Twisted Cyclone 9. Candymonium 8. GhostRider 7. Mako 6. Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia) 5. Iron Gwazi 4. Skyrush 3. Cosmic Rewind 2. Velocicoaster 1. Wildcat’s Revenge

I would love to ride all of these some day. Right now my favourite coaster is montu.

I like how high you put Karnan, I feel like it’s layout is really underrated. It looks like a full package. Ireally hope to ride it one day. Here is my top 10 1. Steel Vengeance 2. Iron Gwazi 3. Twisted Timbers 4. Maverick 5. Lightning Rod 6. Fury 325 7. Intimidator 305 8. Copperhead Strike 9. Mystic Timbers 10. Magnum XL 200

Had a theme park bashing trip around Germany and Holland recently and went to all the big parks. I am very impressed with what they have over there. Lot's of good Mack, B&M, Intamin, Vekoma and Gerstlauer rides. Taron is great and so is F.L.Y. both at phantasialand. Loved, Europa Park in Germany and Eftling in Holland. Mack are halfway through building a new coaster for testing next year in Europa Park, called Tesla, that has a 4 abreast Intrasys stator system, (Most have 2, such as BlueFire), that looks like it will boost at least halfway around an inversion. Looks like it may be interesting when it opens. I really like Bluefire, despite it's age and my favourite coaster this year is Manta, at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. It is a 3 launch Intamin, with 4 inversions, one of which is a new element called a flip out. It also has the 0G hang inversion. It is a little more intense than Velocicoaster and has a load more airtime. It is low down but bangs in the forces from start to finish.

I think Volcicoaster is a good experience great theming and operations but it’s not as intense as I was expecting. It’s a good coaster and if I’m Orlando I’d always ride it but I don’t see it as a top 10 steel coaster level. Iron Gwazi is different that’s worth hotel by itself.

I'm glad you mentioned the thing about Velocicoaster being a coaster themed to being a coaster. This reminds me of California Screamin' at Disney's California Adventure. A lot of people said it had no theming but that means they missed the point. It was a steel launched coaster themed to being a classic boardwalk wooden coaster at an old California Boardwalk park. Velocicoaster is essentially the same. It's a coaster themed to being a coaster built on Isla Nublar that in the universe of the story is actually going through the real Velociraptor paddock. It's a bit meta but it makes sense.

My current top 10 (which will also probably change next summer since I'm hoping to get to sfga next year): 1. Steel Vengeance 2. Maverick 3. VelociCoaster 4. Wildcat's Revenge 5. Skyrush 6. Storm Runner 7. Fury 325 8. Millenium Force 9. Hagrid's MCMA 10. Candymonium

The Top Gun stall on Twisted Colossus in 6FMM is just *chefs kiss*, so with your love of the zero g stall on Wildfire, I heartily recommend. That and Ghost Rider at Knott's Berry Farm were the highlights of my trip to California, and both in my (unwritten) top 10

I need to get out to Europe. Taron, Helix, and Taiga all look like A++ launching roller coasters, but I am shocked that you haven't done El Toro, yet. It is very much the pride and joy of south jersey. It's aged a little, but that jawn throws you like no other.

I'm really glad you made it to Orlando this year. (I'm also really glad that I made it to Orlando this year.) If you're doing a big US tour, I imagine your top 10 will need some revision. Hope I can run into you for a part of it.

my top 11 is: 1. The Smiler 2. The Swarm 3. Nemesis Inferno 4. Galactica 5. SAW: the Ride 6. Colossus 7. Wicker Man 8. Stealth 9. Oblivion 10. Mandril Mayhem 11. Th13rteen thirteen and mandrill mayhem are tied for me so its top 11 instead of top 10

You saved the most terrifying video topic of all for halloween: personal opinions!!

I haven't done a proper coaster ranking list in years but glad to see that both yours and my recent trip to Florida changed things up. VelociCoaster also became my #1 and Iron Gwazi is probably in there as well along with I305, ArieForce One, Time Traveler, Fury, Twisted Timbers, Maverick, El Toro, Pantheon, Phoenix, Outlaw Run, Ravine Flyer II, Superman The Ride, Lightning Rod, and more in some order I've yet to really think about.

Nice list.... I sadly havent traveld to far for coasters yet, but this is my current list.... 1 FLY 1 Batman gotham city escape 2 Untamed 3 Taron 4 Goliath 5 BlackMamba 6 Woodan 7 Lost gravity 8 winjas 9 blue fire 10 Van helsings

Taron is still my number one. Could ride it in the dark and that is just crazy.

Followe by a turn, followed by an airtime hill, followed by a turn, followed by an airtime hill, this made me laugh 😂

Great list! This year definitely has been a blast of new coasters for me as well! Still planning on going to new parks, but my top 10 is as follows: 1. Iron Gwazi 2. Batman Gotham City Escape 3. VelociCoaster 4. El Toro 5. Shambhala 6. Mako 7. Nitro 8. Montu 9. Gold Striker 10. Cheetah Hunt

Here is my personal top 10 1. Velocicaoster (Universal Orlando) 2. Twisted Timbers (Kings Dominion) 3. Iron Gwazi (Busch Gardens Tampa) 4. Millennium Force (Cedar Point) 5. Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa) 6. Mako (Sea World Orlando) 7. Copperhead Strike (Carowinds) 8. Twisted Cyclone (Six Flags Over Georgia) 9. Maverick (Cedar Point) 10. Hangtime (Knotts Berry Farm) *I was not able to ride Fury 325 due to it being down and Steel Vengeance I rode before getting into coasters so all I remember is that it was long*

Untamed has some good laterals too the only force isn’t just airtime

I know I’m about a month late, but that was a fascinating list. My top ten would look a lot different since I haven’t been on a lot of those coasters yet since I live in America. I find it special that my 200th coaster was your #1!

Nice to see a list with Helix so high up. Even after all these years it's still up there in my S tier of coasters. RTH has grown on me since my last visit and i'm starting to understand why some people rank it so high. But not quite there for me yet. Maybe after another visit...

Really looking forward to this!

Just starting out as a thoosie in my mid fifties, and I’m in Oz, so I have a fair way to travel to get to European and American coasters. Have just visited Poland and the Netherlands though, so my top ten coasters actually ridden now consists of: 1. Hyperion Energylandia 2. Zadra Energylandia 3. DC Rivals Warners Movie World 4. Untamed Walibi Holland 5. Steel Taipan Dreamworld 6. Lost Gravity Walibi Holland 7. Abyssus Energylandia 8. Bush Beast, Australia’s Wonderland 9. Goliath Walibi Holland 10. Gold Coaster Dreamworld Really looking forward to riding Superman Escape, Leviathan and Green Lantern later this month!

I think Velocicoaster is comparable with Toutatis in Parc Asterix. However it doesn't have the theming I am sure toutatis have better elements.

Nice list!! can't wait for ride IG! Personally, Karnan is not that high for me. I mean, I LOVE this ride, but the fact that you can't choose your seat and it's quite shakey brings it quite down..

Florida Resident here, I gotta appreciate that you have two coasters from Florida on your list!

That's an awesome top 10! Got to visit Europe for the first time this summer and one of my highlights was taking 46 laps on Ride to Happiness! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your trip next summer!

Great video my man❤

I love Cosmic Rewind so much. I cry a little bit (tears of joy) every time I ride it

Great top 10! I voted on the Vote Coasters poll the other day. Out of my 87 credits, my top 10 is 1. Lightning Rod at Dollywood 2. Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion 3. Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure 4. Pantheon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg 5. Jurassic World: Velocicoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure 6. Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion 7. El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure 8. Jersey Devil Coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure 9. Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg 10. Candymonium at Hersheypark Cosmic Rewind is at #12. That ride is amazing. I can relate to how you feel about Untamed because Twisted Timbers is similar. I wish it had a better sense of speed, but it is fast paced I feel like maybe I should put Velocicoaster higher. I might eventually or when I reride it. Kingda Ka really blew me away, and I need more rides on Velocicoaster. I rode Pantheon more recently, so that could be part of why I rank it over Velocicoaster. I feel like Pantheon tries to be intense for most of the ride, whereas Velocicoaster's first half has some parts that aren't as intense. I love theming, but I generally don't let queue theming sway my opinion on the coaster itself. The on-ride theming is cool, but I'd rather have more intense elements than the theming on that first half. It took riding Lightning Rod like 5 times for it to become my number one. The front row night ride that I got was amazing. It was cool talking to you the other day.

VA local with I305 at my home park. It will definitely redefine a "intense" coaster for you

As far as I know, I have been to 3 parks in my entire life (SO FAR!). That being said, here's my current top 10 (I plan on more than doubling this next year) 1. Raging bull (SFGAm) 2. Comet (Great escape) 3. Batman: a ride (SFGAm) 4. Goliath (SFGAm) 5. Pantheon (BGW) 6. Griffon (BGW) 7. Verbolten (BGW) 8. X-Flight (SFGAm) 9. Apollo's Chariot (BGW) 10. American Eagle (SFGAm) it might be easy to see what my home park is here...

I’ve mostly stayed on the east coast of America but… 10. Millennium Force 9. Incredible Hulk 8. Magnum XL-200 7. Hagrid’s (long name) Motorbike Adventure 6. Twisted Cyclone 5. Velocicoaster 4. Lightning Rod 3. El Toro 2. Maverick 1. Iron Gwazi

Great vid

My top 3: 1 ArieForce One 2 Velocicoaster 3 Iron Gwazi If you're making a US trip anywhere near the Southeast, make sure and take a trip out to Fun Spot America Atlanta to ride Arie Force One if you haven't already!

My current top 10 for 2023 after visiting Fantasy island for the 1st time last week 1.Ride to Happiness Plopsaland 2.Sik Flamingo Land 3.Anubis the Ride Plopsaland 4.Saw the Ride Thorpe Park 5.The Smiler Alton Towers 6.Odyssey Fantasy Island 7.Kumali Flamingo Land 8.Rage Adventure Island 9.Millennium Fantasy Island 10.Colossus Thorpe Park

My top 10 (Keep in mind that I've only started counting them since last year or so and my only US park is Cedar Point where I wasn't able to ride every thing) 1. Steel Vengeance 2. Ride To Happiness 3. Maverick (If the restrains were modern Intamin lap bars this would probably be my nr.1) 4. Taron (I'm talking about these lap bars) 5. Untamed 6. Kondaa 7. Millennium Force 8. Colossos - Kampf der Giganten 9. F.L.Y. 10. Raptor

Havent managed very far yet, but heres my top 25: 1. Nemesis (defunct) 2. Wickerman 3. Nemesis Inferno 4. Swarm 5. Megafobia 6. Saw The Ride 7. Galactica 8. Smiler 9. Storm chaser 10. Stealth 11. Oblivian 12. Dragons Fury 13. Mandril Mayhem 14. Shockwave 15. Colossus 16. G-force (defunct) 17. Speed no limits 18. 13 19. Flight of the pterosaur 20. Cobra 21. Soinball Whizzer 22. Vampire 23. Rita 24. Velociraptor 25. Accelerator Edit: (i currently have 60 creds)

Love the ranking, and always love Vote Coasters!

Sounds like Sweden is the place to go. I should be visiting next year. 3 of our top 4 are similar to just shuffled around a bit. Rode Taron this year and I think it has a few stand out moments. Maybe not to the level of some others. It is my #15 which isn’t bad when your coaster count is 575.

Great list! I’m curious why you put Taron above FLY? From my experience FLY does everything Taron does but better. My list would be the following, going 1-10. F.L.Y. - Phantasialand Kondaa - Walibi Belgium Untamed - Walibi Holland Wildfire - Kolmarden Taron - Phantasialand Black Mamba - Phantasialand Fenix - Toverland Lost Gravity - Walibi Holland Goliath - Walibi Holland Pulsar - Walibi Belgium

Kärnan is an amazing coaster, but the lap bars literally hurt my legs every time. It was pretty rough when I rode it last september. It's almost a bit too aggressive? It's my nr. 12 coaster, so still near the top!

Is that a US road trip next year you're hinting at? Can't wait for the videos/podcasts from that!

His top one is actually flying fish at Thorpe park

actually very much same on Taron. With Phantasialand being my home park, I've ridden this thing so many times and it's great. But I miss actual standout moments. Some sequences are very nice (launch 2 -> zigzag -> overbank -> twisted airtime), but most of it is just twists and turns… I prefer Black Mamba for having actual elements and being a more forceful experience. And nostalgic reasons. I look very much forward to Toutatis, OzIris and Ride to Happiness in a few days, when I go on a trip with my family. Should throw around sum stuff in my top 10 ^^

Your #1 is perfect !!! I agree

Excellent list, but it's missing The Voyage, (which I haven't ridden yet) and Fury 325 and Steel Vengeance, which I have ridden. Then again: I haven't even ridden one coaster on this list yet, and I just came back from a 48 hour trip to Sunnyvale and Santa Clara to visit California's Great America for my 1st and last time for one 10 hour day exactly 3.5 hours ago. I visited Carowinds for my 1st time in mid April for 3 days and 4 hours of the next day I had to fly home in Surrey, a South Eastern Suburb of Vancouver B.C. I rode Fury 325 97 times! I also visited King's Island for my 1st time in four full 12 hour days in early June.

Well it is pretty hard to decide which rollercoasters in your top 3 like iron gwazi, ride to happiness and velocicoaster is the best one. Not the best top 3 for having iron gwazi at number 3, ride to happiness at number 2 and velocicoaster at number 1 but it's your opinion. And that's fine. I can agree with it.

Not surprised Velocicoaster made number 1 spot it's the best coaster I have been on wish I got to ride more

Nice top, Zadra is in your top 15-10 ?

A very decent top 10 overall. I need to update my coaster list on your site. I’m close to 1000 credits. The only part of your list that is very far back on mine is Taron. I think it’s a weak coaster with an amazing setting

Cedar points Wild Mouse opened this year, can't wait to see where you rank it...

Karnan is great, but its soo rough… And I did not get the front. Rode it 8 times😅

Hi, when you went to Florida did you do anything other thn the theme parks? Anything you'd recommend? I'm thinking of going and it would b nice to have something to break up the theme park visits.

👍Will any Pennsylvania parks be included in your 2024 USA trip?

EDIT: Nevermind, someone else asked that question already and you did in fact not have the opportunity to ride FLY yet. Didn't realize this video was "old" (by youtube's standards) as it had been recommended to me just now :D Original Comment: Very good list, but I am honestly suprised that Phantasialand's F.L.Y. didn't make it in the top 10 at all. The theming and especially integration into the surrounding place surpass Taron (imo at least), it is a very unique experience, it has inversions AND memorable elements. Didn't you get to ride it when you visited Phantasialand or what made you perosnally prefer Taron over FLY? PS: This is in no way meant in a "you are wrong" kind of way, especially as I prefer Taron over FLY too. Just curiosity, as it seemed to check many if not all the boxes.

surprised by not a single invert but I like the list and don't find it disagreeable

I have to get on some European coasters....That being said, I personally rank Iron Gwazi over Velocicoaster due to the intensity. Velocicoaster, however, is such a complete and fantastic experience that I could see anyone giving it top billing😊

I haven't ridden your top 3 i know i know i should have ridden at least ride to happiness since its so close to me. I'm glad you said that a couple of my top coasters aren't the ones you ridden yet. to be honest steel vengeance was a big dissapointment as was excellerator but that might just be me. Don't get me wrong they are both in me top 20 of best coasters ever but Steel venganges is around top 5 now intimidator 305 is really good my second favorite steel one and el toro is me second favorite woody if you lijke intesetiy it will be youre nr 1.

I have to agree with your top 3 being in my top 3….just not in the same order.

Guys let’s get droomvlucht above steel vengeance, I know we can do this

Velocicoaster Is My Number One

Ate

Octonauts better be in top 10. Also don’t forget to vote!!!

Karnan is amazing and I hope I ride it again one day

around 13:50 it feels like something got skipped, you said "and then enters boost mode" but then didn't describe the second half of Velocicoaster

13:52 Click Analyze to begin

All your opinion ofcourse, which is totally fine, but would you really call Taron's second launch forgettable? Honestly just curious if that's actually the case, because it's my very favourite element on any roller coaster, period.

Where is hagrids??

Thank you for having unpopular opinions and being proud of them

Balder @ cosmic rewind

Where's the wacky worm

Looks like the chapters disagree with you on the top 3 lol

In the pre-ride video for velocicoaster the keyboard on the right is clearly unplugged with the usb cable dangling on the floor. 0/10 unrideable.

Why was F.L.Y. not on the list :(

I like the silly accent :)

Damn I'm early lol.

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cool! shocked to see balder so high, but interesting. you seem to have a similar taste in coasters to me, with just everything like theming, airtime, and just fun factor. about to do vote coasters too!

I love Iron Gwazi and man I’m blessed that and Velocicoaster are in the same state that I get to ride over and over again. Love it Also glad you had fun on your Florida trip

Legends say “a turn followed by an airtime hill” is still playing to this day