Most Reliable Ride at GA

by **Galvan** on August 28th, 2003, 6:20 pm

Now, we know Which ride holds the title for Least Reliable Ride at Great America cough::Dejavu::cough, But What Ride's holds the prestigious title of always seems to be running,never broken down etc etc.While This might seem obvious, Its not as easy as it seems.But the Title No doubt goes to Raging Bull. I have Never and i truely mean this, Never seen the Raging Bull, down for any period of time since it opened. Others feel free to dispute but Raging Bull gets my vote. Tell me what you think.

by **coastrcorey** on August 28th, 2003, 6:30 pm

I would say Raging Bull also, but there are also others that I've never seen down (well, maybe for 15 min. break-downs)... Demon, Whizzer, Iron Wolf, Batman, Viper. I have seen Raging Bull down though... The past 2 times I've gone it's been down right away in the morning (before it opens). The first time, me and my friend were in the station in line for front row, and a train got stuck on the lift (probably because of blocking violation since it was right at the top). Then the last time, we were right at the entrance (outside the line) and it was closed for about 45 minutes. There weren't any visible problems so I don't know what it could've been about.

by **coasterswimgurl12** on August 28th, 2003, 6:38 pm

id say Raging Bull.....but another ride i've rarely seen down is Giant Drop(does that count??)

by **Galvan** on August 28th, 2003, 6:41 pm

Of course it counts and actually i didnt think about GD..Viper and Demon and Whizzer have all had long break downs when i went a couple times this year so that why i said RB

by **SfGaMownz** on August 28th, 2003, 7:05 pm

I have seen every ride in the park breakdown at least once except.......DEMON. I know it has had a few but it is definiinitly the most reliable coaster in the park.

by **SFGA 11** on August 28th, 2003, 7:14 pm

Yea, I have to agree with you on that... Demon is a workhorse.

by **SFGAMan** on August 28th, 2003, 8:26 pm

Lets see. This season RB and Viper haven't been down for more than a day. Demon has, Batman has, and thats pretty much the really reliable ones. (coasters) So between RB and Viper, Id say Viper. Ive seen RB breakdown, never Viper.Note that I HAVE never seen Viper down. Maybe you guys did but not me.

by **Chitown** on August 28th, 2003, 8:31 pm

Since you are talking about rides and not just coasters, I would say the most reliable ride in the history of Great America is the Columbia Carousel.Ever since it opened with the park in 1976, I have never seen this ride down.

by **SIC COASTER** on August 28th, 2003, 8:40 pm

BATMAN! it can run in almost any weather. it ran on mothers day this year while every other coaster wasn't open in 40 mph winds and rain with out shuting down...you can always trust that ride being open

by **SFGAmDemon** on August 28th, 2003, 8:55 pm

What Ive seen Viper down for the hole day I was there

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

I have to agree with Chitown. I never spend a lot of time near the front but I still havent seen it down before.

by **coasterzak** on August 29th, 2003, 2:38 pm

Out of everything I've heard, I am going to have to say Raging Bull is the most reliable... and one of the more reliable coasters out there today. Those B&Ms sure are reliable!

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on August 30th, 2003, 8:05 am

I have only seen Raging Bull down twice this year, and Batman once, and they were only short breakdowns. I rarely ever see V2 down as well, but I have NEVER seen Viper down. So I would say Viper.

by **CoasterDave316** on August 30th, 2003, 1:36 pm

Out of all the coasters Batman is probably the most reliable, it proved to me on Mother's day how great of a ride it is. I can't remember the last day I was at the park and Batman was down the whole day, hell just seeing a downtime on Batman is rare.

by **tacoking1664** on August 30th, 2003, 3:00 pm

Id say RB. B&Ms ar VERY reliable.

by **RagingBullDude13** on August 30th, 2003, 4:35 pm

tacoking1664 wrote:Id say RB. B&Ms ar VERY reliable.

Yep

But I remember i went there late July this year and it rained a lot... and then V2 opened up when it was still raining... Just about everything else was closed and V2 was open during the rain... Are all impulses "waterproof" too? :lol:

by **zjohn1988** on August 30th, 2003, 7:28 pm

Viper. ive never seen it down.

ive seen Iron Wolf down once, American Eagle a few times, i got stuck on Demon for like a half hour, Raging Bull hasnt been running too good lately; :oops:

same thing with V2. Batman has been breakin down a few times. Superman too. :roll:

And of course! dejavu will never be the most reliable :evil:

by **Danrarbc64** on August 30th, 2003, 9:14 pm

Remember when Demon got stuck in a loop a few years ago?Viper and Batman are the two that I've seen. I was riding Viper a few years ago when it started raining. 10 rides in a row without leaving the station, thanks to people being too scared to get in line

Batman was also running in that rain. What was funny is one of the Giant Drop cars was stuck at the top after the rain started, I hope they weren't afraid of getting wet :lol:

by **zjohn1988** on August 30th, 2003, 9:25 pm

1996 right?

by **SfGaMownz** on August 30th, 2003, 9:54 pm

It was 1998.

by **Ilovthevu'** on September 27th, 2006, 3:27 pm

In my opinion, there are multiple reliable rides. These include Space Space Shuttle America, Columbia Carousel, Whirligig, Rue Le Dodge, East River Crawler, Hometown Fun Machine, Scenic Railway, Triple Play when it was open, Ricochet, and Chubasco (This was only down because of pukings.).

I have seen Condor once this year in the middle of the tower stop, and have seen it before. Don't even get me started with the roller coasters. Whizzer dies on the lift hill, Deja Vu is obvious, Demon also has died on the lift hill, Batman was having lift hill problems just like when it opened, Raging Bull seems to die on the lift hill maybe three times, and American Eagle Blue used to get stuck on the lift a lot a couple years ago, (I also was on it when it was broken.)

More are Ragin' Cajun just breaks (I don't know why because I don't ride it much at all.), King Chaos just has problems, Revolution The Ride tires cause a burning smell, Giant Drop in limited capacity now, Big Easy Balloons locks aren't great, The Orbit (I believe this has to do with the cars.), V2 LIM's die, Yankee Clipper I have seen down besides low staffing (I don't know why.), Superman on the lift, Iron Wolf on the lift, and Sky Trek is obvious.

by **RagingBullFan** on September 27th, 2006, 3:53 pm

The most reliable flat ride is Chubasco.
The most reliable coaster is Raging Bull.
Chubasco is the most reliable overall.
(For this year to date.)

by **Galvan** on September 27th, 2006, 4:03 pm

Way to bring back a topic about 3 years old.

by **RVD420** on September 27th, 2006, 5:00 pm

Hey it's a good topic and alot of new people can voice their opinions now.

I think the most reliable coaster would have to be Raging Bull
I think the most reliable flat ride would have to be East River Crawler.
I think the most reliable concession stand is the Nuts stand in HTS. :lol:

by **Trailblazer Tony** on September 27th, 2006, 5:38 pm

CoasterDave316 wrote:Out of all the coasters Batman is probably the most reliable, it proved to me on Mother's day how great of a ride it is. I can't remember the last day I was at the park and Batman was down the whole day, hell just seeing a downtime on Batman is rare.

I used to think this as well, until this year. Every single time i've gone this year, i've seen Batman experience downtime for at least one point in the day. I don't know why.

Anyways, i would probably say Raging Bull, Viper is normally pretty good as well.

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