Coaster Express Review, Parque Warner Madrid | World's Worst Roller Coaster! 

As much as I enjoy a good positive coaster review, there’s something satisfying about hearing a terrible coaster deservedly get ripped to shreds.

It's times like this that make me appreciate what a great job Holiday World does maintaining their woodies.

Brutally rough coasters like this make me appreciate how well places like Holiday World and Knoebels take such good care of their woodies.

I'm so happy to see a Coaster Express review ! Coaster fandom is very USA centric, with only really big parks from Europe and Japan getting a little bit of attention. Being based in Madrid I've always asked me how good or bad some of the rides here would rank against american coasters, because Coaster Express feels like a very very awful and brutal ride. It's so brutal that I've develop a strange masochist love for it. It's not about airtime or fun, it's just about being able to survive it. I don't even want it to be an RMC just because as a bad ride as it is, it's unique. Funny that people usually intimidated by Stunt falls, Batman or Superman end up feeling safer with that woodie and riding it . For anyone reading this, if you ever found yourself on the top of that lift hill, NEVER rest your back in the seat. Just lean forward. Trust me, it would hurt a lot less.

Being an Australian we don’t have wooden coasters (currently) and Coaster Express was my first wooden coaster and I tell everyone it was horrible, however everyone says ‘that’s what wooden coasters are about’.... I’m glad you made this video to make me feel my thoughts were warranted! Since then I’ve been on many other coasters but this one is burnt into my memory, that and Lost City of Gold Scream Coaster at Sunway Lagoon in Malaysia 😱

this is my home park and it’s a shame that this thing still exists, i remember i rode it a long time ago and couldn’t even process what was going on in the ride because of the back pain i was getting sadly i think parques reunidos would tear this thing apart before converting it to an rmc because not a single roller coaster has been added to this park since it opened in 2002 :( great news is that it’s confirmed that we’re getting a new intamin blitz coaster this year or the next :), i’m really excited to try that one out

If I can’t even see what’s happening in a POV, then I get the review so much more!

This coaster is just legitimately SCREAMING to be given the RMC treatment. Just imagine what RMC could do with the layout. This and Magnus Colossus look to be prime candidates for an RMC conversion, especially Magnus Colossus, because Terra Mitica can’t keep that ride SBNO forever, they have to at least do something with it.

I wonder how this would look like as an RMC

I'm the masochist that rode it three times. Hey, I had a fast pass and was bored of the 10 minute dispatches on Batman. Final ride was a night ride. Well away from the park in the dark, with the lights & revelry in the distance, I imagine this is what The Beast is like at night, only nowhere near this rough hopefully.

Son of Beast jackhammered so bad I felt my heart skip a beat in the second rose bowl… 😂. I rode it twice in 2005 and the second time was at close and maintenance was there to shut the ride down. When we pulled in our group was moaning and groaning about how bad the ride was and the maintenance guy gave me a smirk 😏 like he enjoyed our pain. 😂 It was the worst but most memorable rides. Don’t miss it but glad I got on.

This looks like Son of Beast at some parts and look at that it’s built by the same company RCCA

I'm Australian and the roughest coaster I have ever ridden is Gold Coaster at Dreamworld, and seeing what American enthusiasts call rough, I'm glad I became an enthusiast when I did so I could avoid these awful rides.

I heard that coaster express got a retrack recently, and that its smoother now. But that still doesnt make it less boring.

You see can the roughness in the POV footage.

I can't imagine that the Intamin trains help with the roughness. My impression is they are quite heavy compared to other wooden coaster trains, since they are designed for pre-fabs that have much stronger track and support structures. Using them on a traditional wooden coaster seems to have resulted in relentless jackhammering. Since this was built in 2002, I think they should've gotten a pre-fab if they wanted a massive wooden coaster, but anyone who goes with RCCA is trying to build on the cheap, so I doubt they could've afforded a pre-fab.

Yeah this would definitely be the perfect project for Rocky Mountain Construction. Son of Beast would have been a great idea as well but Kings Island chose not to do it because they were afraid that that ride received too much bad publicity. SO let's hope that doesn't happen with this coaster as well. For the record my least favorite coaster is the old Hurler at Kings Dominion. Thank goodness it became Twisted Timbers.

For bad coasters like Time Warp (if you like it, opinion respected), I usually just ride it once for the credit and never again. But if I was at Parque Warner Madrid, I would genuinely question riding this even if it meant missing out on a credit.

“I don’t have a history of back issues but felt like I did” 🤣 🤣 😂

The roughest coaster I've ridden was not a woodie. It was Drachen Fire. We all know the story of Drachen Fire. And it wasn't so much jackhammering as just massive headbanging on all the transitions.

My roughest credit is probably The Beast. I rode it for the first time about six months ago. I knew it would be rough, but not that rough. Glad they’re re-tracking it now. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it for its setting and intensity.

If there's one woodie in the whole world that needs to be RMCd, it's this.

If Parque Warner Madrid decides to RMC this thing, they will have, no questions, the best top two of any park in the world. My sister is going to go to Spain to train to become a professional tennis player, so I can see myself visiting this park a lot in the next few years. My first visit will most likely be this year and I can't wait to ride Batman Gotham City Escape, but if Parque Warner Madrid RMCs this, they will end up with two top 5 coasters, something not even Cedar Point could boast. Joe Draves has proven himself to be just as capable as Alan Schilke, if not more, and an RMC Coaster Express could put current coaster greats like Steel Vengeance and Iron Gwazi to shame.

This was my first wooden coaster and I thought they were all like that. Made me terrified of wooden coasters.

I totally agree. I work as a roller coaster engineer and can not believe this machine is still running. I was on it this week and it is by far the most painful roller coaster I know of. Those vertical kicks are so brutal, they feel like they might break either the coaster or the rider. Definitely borderline unsafe. The ongoing draught in Spain doesnt help this in the least. Please dont go on this ride and Warner, please scrap this thing.

I remember riding Bandit in the early to mid-2000s and it was doing fine. Sometimes a but rough, but never horribly painful. But it got worse and worse over the years. And then I road Rolling Thunder at Six Flags Great Adventures in 2012 (basically right before its closer) and I literally almost started crying because of how painful it was. I was honestly worried my appendix would rupture. It was hooooorrrible! I think didn't even ride both sides, because I couldn't take it.

When I play Planet Coaster I try and remake wooden coasters as RMC’s but I’m not sure how this would look as an RMC

Great video, and holy wow that thing looks terrible! Personally, the worst coaster that I've ever ridden was Twist n Shout at Family Kingdom because of the immense pain that it caused and how there are 0 redeeming factors

You're a brave man riding that twice.

as a brazillian, your description of this felt eerily similar to montezum... yet this SOMEHOW looks even worse...

I also ridden two RCCAs, Son of Beast and Rattler. I'm one of those weirdos that liked SOB (even though it was rough). Now Rattler was horrid LOL.

I have only ridden one RCCA, the Rattler. Terrible, but I think Texas Giant was worse. I'm not sure on those, since it was so long ago that I rode them, once each, in my GP days. Great American Scream Machine at SFOG gave me the roughest, worst ride of my life, but my 2nd ride was fairly smooth. My least favorite coaster ever is Firebird, which is rough, and has guaranteed headbanging. I think that most of my roughest steel coasters are B&Ms. I can handle the bad transitions of Arrow and old Vekoma, but the B&M rattle kills me.

I believe this ride closed for a massive retracking, it will prob be better but it would still be boring with no fun elements. Good vid!

I have a strange fascination with rough wooden rides like predator, Montezum, Hercules, bandit, etc. I would really love to ride one of those, especially since I think ghostrider and apocalypse are simply too smooth, and I loved ghostrider pre-retrack But I’m not so sure I would like to go on this one, although I could see how this could be more of an endurance test than a pleasant ride, like a challenge to see if you can stand the roughness

I went today and despite the recent retracking some people mentioned, it was still extremely rough. Maybe not enough to hurt my back but I didn't care for a second ride. Honestly all coasters in Parque Warner - with maybe the exception of Batman - are very shaky.

Although with the reopening would you like to ride Coaster Express again, or no? or all the other roller coasters?

Coaster express was horrendous, one of the roughest rides I’ve ridden!

My parents got to ride Magnus Colossus at Terra Mítica during their first visits and they had a uncomfortable and rough ride. When Magnus Colossus was closed, the other rides and roller coasters at the park are open. They have a Vekoma SLC, a family coaster, a log flume, a Shoot the Chute, a dark interactive ride, a drop tower ride, and also in summer a carousel, a river rapids ride, etc.

"Rocky Mountain Construction, How may I help you?" "Yes Im calling from Madrid. Id like to report a trainwreck......."

did you know that Bandit had the same trains as Coaster Express, luckily they replaced the trains with Premier Rides trains, probably the one that the Son of Beast had before the accident.

RCCA makes Dinn Corporation coasters look elite, not going to lie. It made Mean Streak look like an elite wood coaster. At least Mean Streak was more well-liked, and it actually made the top 10 wood coasters in its early years. RCCA is like taking people who worked in grocery stores and got 50s on their physics and engineering exams, and told them to design and build these roller coasters. I'm surprised some of their rides are still in existence, and I'm surprised you actually liked Bandit at Movie Park Germany :D But Bandit did get retracking last year I believe. This company was the epitome of just money seekers, and their roller coasters looked atrocious. The track work looked like it was designed by children, the transitions looked like they just needed extra space to cover in the layout, the wood was probably C-grade at best, and their layouts looked like everyone wanted to go on vacation early. And Intamin trains on this ride? Intamin's pre-fabricated wood coaster trains deserve a better ride. And I also think that because of the hot conditions, the wood is bound to be in worse conditions and not last very well. I know that happened with Gwazi at Busch Gardens.

It looks like a GCI after the first drop if they had wide turns like this

In 2022 Coaster Express has reopened since it was closed during the pandemic. I don't know if that reopening and recent retracking did make the ride better or worse. What do you think?

Much more than 15 years ago I had my last ride in Montezum at Hopi Hari (Brazil) and it was painful. The coaster didn't even have 10 years. I left with a bruise in my thigh from hitting the side of the seat/car. I can't imagine how it is today and I don't wanna find out. If you go to Google you will read people asking the park to close the ride, because some of them had injuries in the back/neck after riding it. But because it's the only real coaster (and only wooden coaster) in Brazil, it still standind.

Wasn't Rough When I Rode It But That "Layout" Is Abysmal

RCCA went out with a (head)bang

Would you like to ride this again, it has reopened in 2022 since it was closed in 2020 and 2021 for the pandemic?

I rode this a few weeks ago, and while it was a bit rough in places, I really didn't think it was so bad. Has it been re-tracked? There are two wooden coasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach worse than this. Grand National, for example, seems unsafe.

What do you think about Stunt Fall at Parque Warner Madrid with the original train and Goliath at Six Flags New England with the Premier train? both are Vekoma giant inverted boomerangs

I can tell this thing needs to be RMC badly I wonder how RMC doesn’t know about how rough this coaster is already

Once dispatched, the train passes through a section with views of the west section. Then makes a left turn to the lift hill. Once they reached the lift hill, it drops to a supersized helix. After the helix, it drops to a giant camelback. After the camelback, it goes to a giant turnaround to the right. The train then goes to another big helix, then there's a finale, a bunny hill and a turnaround, followed by another bunny hill and another turnaround. What do you think about the final bunny hills and turnarounds?

If you think Zeus is smooth, this has to be hellish.

What would you rate Coaster Express? a 1 out of 10?

Jackhammering is the one thing that I just can't tolerate. For me, the worst roller coaster I have ever ridden was Hurler at KD the year before it closed. It introduced a new type of jackhammering I had never experienced before, SIDEWAYS jackhammering on the turns. It had it all, up and down plus side to side jackhammering. Lots of really ear piercing metal on metal scraping sounds as well pot holes aplenty. That ride was pure torture. It felt like it had 20,000 feet of track for that ride.

How did RCCA build Coaster Express? Coaster Express was designed to... And how did they put the Intamin trains with T bars (used on prefabricated wood coasters) on the traditional wooden coaster?

Oh lord... Coaster express is horrible yes, but I'm glad you didn't ride Magnus Colossus at Terra Mitica. Trust me, I have been many many times on both of them and Magnus Colossus was WAY more painful that CE.

Every RCCA coaster has been noted for being rough and boring layouts from what I've read.

Was Thunderbolt at Luna Park rougher than Coaster Express? Expedition GeForce at Holiday Park also uses the T bars Was Thunderhawk at Michigan's Adventure rougher than Coaster Express? Was Furius Baco at Port Aventura rougher than Coaster Express? Was Wilde Beast at Canada's Wonderland rougher than Coaster Express?

"Grizzly, Wilde Beast and Mighty Canadian Minebuster? not good but smooth enough". Which "Grizzly" were you referring, Grizzly at Kings Dominion or Grizzly at California's Great America?

Not-so-fun fact: RCCA does not have a single coaster in the top 1000 of captain coaster’s poll, and coaster express is the worst of them

Usually, do you like the Intamin T bar restraints? But what happens with it in Coaster Express? Why did they install the Intamin steel and prefabricated trains and bars on a traditional rough track wooden coaster?

Do you think A full gci titan can save this ride?

This easily sounds like the worst coaster ever, and I thought I have experienced some rough ones! 🤕

The roughest in my opinion is Grand National at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It was so brutal. I rode it in 2019, & by the time I got off, I was convinced I had bruised by butt. However some people say that ride is good.

Coaster Express opened at Parque Warner Madrid in 2001, 2002 or 2003?

Finally there is one guy who tells the truth :) This coaster is the worst of the worse :D From beginning to end, pure hell.

For you, was Mind Eraser at Six Flags America rougher or more painful than coaster express?

As much as I love old school wooden coasters, I'd been fine if all the rcca ones collapsed.

We need a full documentary on RCCA vs. CCI.

What means "I have an extreme tolerance for rough wooden roller coasters, I can tolerate almost any wooden roller coaster as long as doesn't bash your head. Hades 360? Amazing Predator and Zeus? Great Grizzly, Wilde Beast and Mighty Canadian Minebuster? Not good but smooth enough Bandit? Bumpy but ridable but I finally hit my limit with Coaster Express"

I have Bandit in my Homepark, the other RCCA here in Europe. I salute to my spanish Pain-Brothers and Sisters

How does that thing not tear itself apart from the forces involved? 😅 From the POV it seems inevitable that it should be shooting 2x4's in all directions.

Terra Mítica also reopened in 2022 since it was closed during the pandemic

What means that a coaster gives a 4 out of 10? And a 3 out of 10?

I like how you didn't even put the question mark like usual, like there's no debate this is the worst rollercoaster

What means, "and like mean streak, this coaster also has a mean streak"?

Was Limit at Heide Park rougher than Coaster Express?

Coaster Express **NEEEEEDS** to be renovated by RMC.

What means "my shock to see a giant twister that looked like a smaller Son of Beast minus the loop"?

It looks like it gives no airtime except those last bunny hills

RMC which it stands for (in my book) R- Really M- My C- Care! RMC really is my care for wooden coasters.

Roughest rollercoaster I have ever ridden was Hercules at Dorney park in the back row. It gave me two days of migraines and my back went out for a week too, really put a damper on the trip.

There are several scattered, what means?

I rode this yesterday and I must say… I‘m absolutely speechless. I have not ridden a lot of intense coasters as I‘ve only been on like 20 coasters that are considered “thrilling“. This coaster was absolutely abysmal. The helix made you bounce like a jackhammer while the turns slammed you to the side like a semi truck. Worst coaster I‘ve been on and it‘s my first woodie

What means that a park is out of the way?

Its my home park and i hate it a lot. One day I rode it 3 times in a row and finished with a headache all the day. We always want a RMC conversion but the company behind Parque Warner seems like dont mind at all. The last addition to the park was 10 years ago. Im sorry for all the people that had experienced this monster. If you go, take the privilage of not riding it.

What means that a coaster gives a 0?

Lol - great video. Can’t believe you rode it twice. 😂

Coaster Express, when opened in 2002, it was designed to...

Some people think other wooden coasters found to be rougher or more painful than Coaster Express

They might have to remove coaster express and replace it with something else like how son of beast at kings island got removed and replaced by banshee

Your least favorite coaster was Bandit at Movie Park Germany?

The roughest roller coaster I’ve been on is the wild mouse at Blackpool pleasure beach the first drop really hurts your tummy and the drops are painful.

What means that a coaster gives a 5 out of 10?

I really wish one of the GIANT woodies was modified with better wood track. Just want one 200 ft wood coaster.

Kinda late, but I was unlucky enough to ride it, and to add insult to injury the only free seats were the ones on the back. I've never experienced such pain in my life, and to this day it's still the worst roller coaster i've ridden.

A new roller coaster was being built at Parque Warner Madrid

Me agreeing with this video Also me liking it a lot 😅

Went on it today. PAIN. My back is hurting. I was hoping the ride finish ASAP, Felt soooo long. Been on more than 30 coasters, and that was my first woodie coaster and probably the last. 0 out of 10 for me too.

Your least favorite coaster was Green Lantern at Six Flags Great Adventure?