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 Review of Ride of Steel @ Darien Lake
2 Rating Posted by: daptwa on 10/10/2001 12:08:00 PM
After the first drop and initial turn on this ride it gets very boring. The helixs provide great speed but they are too long which makes them boring. There is also entirerly too much strait track. The airtime on the 3rd hill is incredible but after that the ride is too slow. I would say its not worth the time to wait but sadly enough this is the best ride in the park. Ride SROS at Six Flags New England instead.
 

Review Comments

MagnumMan on 1/21/2002 11:49:56 AM said:
Like i told someone else, SROS at SFNE has a completely different (and supposedly more thrilling) layout and style so how can you compare them anyway? (SROS at Six Flags Darien Lake is better, though)
daptwa on 2/14/2002 5:05:29 PM said:
What!!!! Of course you can compare them! The coaster are made by the same company,have the same trains and have the same name. If you liked SROS at Darien Lake there is absolutly NO way you can say you dont like SROS at SFNE better. Its bigger, faster, has more airtime, the layout is better, I could go on forever.It was also built a year later and Intamin fixed everything that is wrong with the one at Darien Lake and made a perfect coaster!!
daptwa on 2/15/2002 10:10:12 AM said:
Six Flag Darien Lake is a sad park. I know you woulld not expect them to have a better superman ride than NE. cmon now!!
Paul on 2/15/2002 10:42:34 AM said:
Yeah really!
MagnumMan on 2/24/2002 4:28:43 PM said:
1. Yes, I can say its better. 2. NOTHING is wrong with S:ROS at Darien Lake. It has the same troubles as any coaster, even SROS at SF New England. Who cares if New Englands SROS was built later anyway? Just because a coasters older doesnt mean its bad. Man, your talking like its the worst coaster on earth (which its not). Lighten Up!
daptwa on 2/24/2002 4:38:05 PM said:
No really you cant say the ride at SFDL is better. Truthfully there is no way way you can say it. You might think this an unreasonably comment but if you like SROS at SFDL there is NO WAY you can like that one better than the one at SFNE. I didnt mean anything was wrong with the functioning of the coaster. They improved the layout (NO STRAIGHT TRACK!!!) of the coaster when they built the one in New England.
MagnumMan on 3/5/2002 6:27:32 PM said:
Yeah, I gotta admit that the straight track at Darien Lakes S:ROS really is not needed (or wanted) and they did improve the layout adding some overbanked turns but thats not an improvement, parse (excuse the big word). There are no true similarities between the two. Its just like comparing Millenium Force to Superman: ROS at Darien Lake, (no contest) Millenium Force would win because, like you said, its layout is better and more thrilling. The main point of my argument is that even though New Englands has the same name, you really cant compare them because its not the same style. Automatically, people will look down on Darien Lakes Superman because its layout is, to many people, less thriling but to other people, coasters are awesome traditional too.
stocko182 on 3/5/2002 8:02:44 PM said:
the coaster desevres higher than a 7, it is still a pretty intense ride. The drop alone deserves a 10
mrceagle on 3/6/2002 9:01:53 AM said:
They had nothing in the way when they build the SROS at SFNE. SFDL was a park already and they had to compensate. I think they did a great job fitting it into the park. They cold have done more but without the long helixes the ride would be really short and people would be complaining about that.
MagnumMan on 3/7/2002 5:57:51 PM said:
I agree with both of you. Superman does deserve more than a 7 (which is awful) and yes, they did do a wonderful job fitting it into the park but if it was longer, it would have been even better, unfortunatly this guy doesnt think so.
daptwa on 3/15/2002 2:13:44 PM said:
I agree the drop to this ride is intense. That does doesnt say anything for the rest of the ride though. MagnumMan why do you not think these two coasters are comparable?? They are both hypers made by the same company. How arent they comparable??
MagnumMan on 3/15/2002 3:30:37 PM said:
Because they are in no way similar in layout traditionally. One example is that Darien Lakes has no overbanked turns. This takes the ride to a whole new level of thrill, one which Darien Lakes doesnt have so in other words they are not on the same level of design and thrills
daptwa on 3/25/2002 3:52:15 PM said:
MangnMan Do you think that Nitro and Appolos Chariot are comparable? Do you think tht Riddlers revenge is comparable to Mantis. If so, why arent these two coasters comparable?
smk on 3/25/2002 4:27:35 PM said:
no offense magnumman, but thats almost like saying you cant compare pepsi and coke
Paul on 3/25/2002 9:30:32 PM said:
Yeah..He has a point.
MagnumMan on 3/27/2002 7:57:56 PM said:
To daptwa,

Yes, most definitly. Nitro & Apollos Chariot. Riddlers Revenge and Mantis. Same trains. Same type. Most importantly, different names. Yes comparable. Like stated so many times, S:ROS at New England does not check to any of them except maybe for the trains.
MagnumMan on 3/27/2002 8:02:18 PM said:
To smk1800,

No im not. Where did you get that from? Of course you can compare them! Theyre both a brown, caffeinized, drink, also known as cola. Plus theyre even more comparable because they have a slightly different twing to them. In the case of the coasters, very different in layout, style, and track mod. (overbanked turns) Sorry for the edgy way i put it but thats how it had to be put.
MagnumMan on 3/27/2002 8:03:17 PM said:
To Coaster RD,

You see to always agree with the other person. Whats up with that? Let me guess, you dont like it either.
daptwa on 3/28/2002 11:46:29 AM said:
What does the name have to do with making these coasters NON-comparable?? That makes them even more comparable. Just the fact these are two steel coasters makes them comparable. Its not like youre comparing a wooden to a steel coaster.
smk on 3/28/2002 4:33:40 PM said:
thats ok magnumman, its just that it doesnt really make sense to me that they couldnt be compared, sorry... and i agree with daptwa that the fact they have the same name makes them even more comparable.
MagnumMan on 3/28/2002 8:56:47 PM said:
im perfectly okay with your opinion. i just cant stand it though when people totally hate a coaster just because they compare it to another. it takes the fun out of the whole experience. thats probably why he doesnt like S:ROS at Darien Lake
daptwa on 3/29/2002 5:43:39 PM said:
You know.... I respect that comment. My home park is SFNE and I ride SROS all the time. I rode the one at Darien Lake and truthfully its not even close to which one is better. However that altered my opinion about the one at DL because i had experienced a whole lot better in NE. So I probably did give my rating on that basis. It probably deserves an 8 ubt thats it. After the 2nd helix the train crawled into the station. there needs to be some more speed on those bunnies. I felt like the train was going to stall before I got back to the station.
MagnumMan on 3/29/2002 11:52:29 PM said:
Yeah, I do know what you mean by the train slows down. This is the truth, but for me it doesnt completely ruin the experience. Its great the SF New England is your home park so youve probably ridden Superman there just as much as I have, my Superman, here. Just like me, you and a lot of other people, we usually give other coasters the boot and ours the edge because weve ridden them so much. This is a common cause for big arguements to occur over them. We really should look at a coasters as its own unique creation so they can be appreciated for what one really is. I do have to admit, New Englands was a very nice coaster and it deserves a lot of praise, which it gets. Its sad my S:ROS doesnt because its at a small park. Hopefully, in the future, it will be more well known and looked at better than it is right now. Maybe, the fight weve had between the two coasters can be put to rest now...if you and the others want to...
daptwa on 4/1/2002 11:59:15 AM said:
Thats fine with me on that subject. The only thing I disagree with you on is the fact these two coasters are comparable. But other than that theres nothing else.
MagnumMan on 4/2/2002 5:11:01 PM said:
OK, disagree then. Thats your opinion. Since we settled the reason why you voted it so low, everythings fine now. So I guess we can dump the subject, if no one else has any opinions.
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