As a Michigan resident, it's a shame that Michigan's Adventure hasn't gotten a new coaster this millennium. That said, the park is a really nice family park visited mostly by locals and it fills that role very well. For the enthusiasts, we have Cedar Point, Kings Island, Canada's Wonderland, and SFGAm all within easy driving distance, so there's no shortage of big coasters nearby. That's likely a big part of why Michigan's Adventure doesn't get much investment; it already does what it needs to do well and there is already a fat portfolio of great parks nearby which are generally more accessible to the majority of people, 3/4 of which are other Cedar Fair parks.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

It’s a fair point, and I would absolutely bet that is a reason why they don’t get investments. But when it’s been 25 years, not 10, that’s just way too long

We're out of the Michigan's Adventures and SFAs now, finally onto the good stuff!

I think people kind of sleep on New Hampshire because it's out of the way for so many enthusiasts. Canobie Lake Park is effectively Metro Boston's home park (and definitely my home park) as you say, and Story Land absolutely put itself on the map for enthusiasts with Roar-O-Saurus, though it had been a charming theme park for families with young kids for a long time. Can't speak to Santa's Village because I never got up there--it sounds like they've got a couple of decent family coasters, and some seem to prefer it to Story Land as a kiddie park, but it's quite a drive. As for CT, I love Compounce and need to get down there again sometime. Boulder Dash had gotten so painfully rough the last time I rode it that I actually enjoyed Phobia Phear Coaster much more (I thought Phobia was great). But I hope the retracking they've been doing on Boulder Dash improves that situation at least a bit. And I want to try out the reborn Wildcat--I never dared ride it before, it had such a bad reputation. Their Vekoma Boomerang is even not bad.

@coaster365

25 күн бұрын

New Hampshire is great!! Also Santa’s Village is 😍😍😍 gorgeous (might be a video about that place soon 😉)

@ 1:31 Seattle, WA NEW amusement park: KINGS WONDERLAND!!!! Someone....MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!

@coaster365

Ай бұрын

I SO want a legitimate park near Seattle 😫, don’t hate that name haha

This video made me realize there was a ton of work that went into this series. Nice work!

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

A little bit 😅😂, thanks so much Devin ❤️

The sad part is that Silverwood is my home park, I live just across the border in Washington though 4 1/2 hr to the seattle area for meh but for Classic or 30 min for that line up and a new watercoaster opening this year there as well.

I was expecting my state to be on this video. I haven’t done Shivering Timbers but I have done the park’s other CCI.

You are getting more views than ever! Congratulations. I found your channel about a month after you started last year. You are a top notch coaster KZreadr. I still yhink you should make t shirts bc i want one!

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

😭😭😭, I know getting 1K on almost everything!! That means so much seriously ❤️ I’ll try to throw something together this summer!

Still on par with how I'd rank. You were very fair with my home state! But, I got to give a shameless plug to some of the best ride-ops running Matugani at Lost Island. 😂

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Had a great time there!! Good people to run into as well 😉

You forgot to mention the new coaster coming to Santa's Village in Jefferson NH this year!

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t forget, it was already an over 20min video, if I mention everything everywhere the video would be an hour long 😅

All-American Triple Loop has finally opened!

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

It has!! Don’t think I’ll get there this year though

@ThemeParkPlunge

2 ай бұрын

That ride is guaranteed grey out… like serious grey out lol

I would put Idaho ahead of Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Maryland. Silverwood is just that good. Especially their top 4. Glad that to see a certain state didn't get placed in the 21-30 slot and that the top ride carried it into at least the 11-20 spot.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

I actually debated those 4 quite heavily. My call to put Idaho below those was yes, it’s probably the best park of anywhere in those 4 states, but it’s Idaho’s ONLY park. So there’s not as many park/coaster options as there are in the other 3

Ya did my state dirty Bryant! That third hill on Classic Coaster by itself is better than anything Oklahoma has to offer, those rotten Sonics stealing sonuva guns!!!! 😉 Also, "Pew-wall-up" is how you pronounce Puyallup. - Gary

@coaster365

Ай бұрын

Oh my god I never made that WA-OK connection 💀, that’s actually wild 😂, my sincerest apologies haha ❤️

@CoastingwithCulture

Ай бұрын

It's all good. The bitter Seattle sports fan in me found the ordering a bit funny. Overall I think your list is pretty spot on! Maybe I would have shifted a few states around by a couple places, but I can't imagine someone watching this and thinking that the order you chose is way out of line. A fun series to watch! - Gary

@coaster365

Ай бұрын

@@CoastingwithCulture thank you so much Gary!!

Washington local, the city the Washington State Fair is in is pronounced like Pew-All-up. I agree that this area needs a good park. Honestly, if I was in charge, I would run the State Fair as a park from Spring to Fall with the Fair being an event hosted at the park

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Ha, thank you 😂. And yes I’d agree!!

@rct3isepic

2 ай бұрын

@@coaster365 that's exactly how PNE Playland runs. The fair just needs to add actual rides other than the small handful of permanent rides. Maybe a few off the shelf coasters, some good flat rides and you'd really have something

2:54 The majority of the Pacific Northwest's precipitation is from November through March, which is when the parks would be closed anyways.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

EXACTLY! Arguably one of the nicer summers of anywhere in the country!

I believe that Maryland at #21 marks the first appearance of a hyper-or-taller on this list. I wonder if the remaining 20 states each have a hyper-or-taller.

@alantrotter2077

2 ай бұрын

The answer to your question is no. At least one state doesn't have a hyper. Although it's top coaster may feel like a Hyper before it hits the spaghetti bowl part of the ride.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Definitely had me thinking! But no, Big Apple is at 203ft. tall for Nevada. And there’s also still a state where 100FT, is the tallest :)

@alantrotter2077

2 ай бұрын

@@coaster365 a state with 10 alpine coasters and a state with a famous yearly horse race are two more that come to mind. Side topic it would be interesting to see premier re profile some of the big apple coaster considering it is operating with premier trains. It would help a bad overall ride

Fun fact Hades has been retracked. The park just seems to do ZERO in house work on it so it just goes to… well… Hades very quickly. They also only pay for the barest minimum version of retracking they can. Don’t expect Gravity Group Prefab anytime soon.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Big time sad 😔, but yes I have heard that. I’d only accept the Prefab 😅

@Danrarbc

2 ай бұрын

@@coaster365 In a sane state safety regulations would have fixed these behaviors years ago. But best I can tell Wisconsin has essentially zero standards.

Your opinion about what state has the best pizza is on par with your coaster opinion about Nitro. Chicago style pizza tops the list. New York/New Jersey would also top you guys. But hey at least you beat Michigan and Detroit Style.....

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Chicago “pizza” is closed to lasagna than pizza 😝. New Haven is 🐐

@alantrotter2077

2 ай бұрын

@@coaster365 I don't know what type of noodles you are using on Lasagna, but proper Chicago style crust is nothing like Lasagna noodles. Chicago style pizza is the goat.

@brianmacdonald7297

2 ай бұрын

Friend, I don't want to tell you how to comment, but I would advise against arguing about pizza with our host. I've seen it live, and you ain't gonna budge his opinion. (Also, Nitro rocks.)

@alantrotter2077

2 ай бұрын

@@brianmacdonald7297 Not trying to change anyone's opinion but you can't compare Chicago style pizza to lasagna considering the difference between the crust and the lasagna noodle. That is just wrong. And yes I have had all the types that I stated in my post.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

@@brianmacdonald7297 omg Brian 😂😂😂

Boulder Dash... imo... is no longer a wooden coaster. It joins Lightning Rod as a Hybrid in my book

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Lightning Rod was completely retracked, Boulder Dash has not been

@Calakapepe

2 ай бұрын

@coaster365 So for me, LR is the traditional understanding of hybrid cause of wooden supports, like Steel Vengeance. . but like LR's previous state, having more than one small element of track being full steel rails, makes the track itself hybrid, though there are still definite wooden seconds.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

@@Calakapepe I guess semantically it make sense, but definitionally, I’d need it be full steel track before I’d say it wasn’t wooden

You had Michigan at 26 and it was also the 26th state to join the union.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Whattttt 🤯, I love that!

I wonder how high Maryland would place 20 years ago with all of those rides in SFA still being relatively new and still having Two Face. Wild One is one of the most underrated coasters in the country, crazy that it's like 70 years older than Roar, relocated and still better

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

Oh I’m sure wayyy higher. I never really realized just how much they got in that time, similar to Great Adventure

@matymil

2 ай бұрын

@@coaster365 yeah they got 6 rides in 4 years and then that was pretty much it. I remember back then telling people that it was actually the better park over Great Adventure (which seems crazy talk now) but this was before El Toro & Ka plus I used to go in the middle of the summer and never waited more than 15 mins for a ride (probably why they stopped getting investments 🙃)

Roar should be known as the only GCI you can ride with PTCs, not an RMC candidate.

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

They took Wildcat from you they can’t take this from you huh? 😝

@KIorio809

2 ай бұрын

Think outside the box. I know your experience was colored by TDR. But the uniqueness!

@coaster365

2 ай бұрын

@@KIorio809 I actually rode it way before that incident lmao, I didn’t go to Sesame Place 😛