Alastair said:
I think you're going a little overboard with the Big One comparisons. Be honest, the layout of that is at least 1000% more exciting than the Big One. Heck, any coaster with more than forceless, triangle hills after the first drop is more exciting than it.
Not really, it was more an example than anything, what exactly looks more exciting about that drop than The Big One? Yet it's claiming steepest/fastest etc etc, yet in reality what happens after it? It goes through a tunnel... check.
It was the only example I could think of where to me, it just looks like a smaller version of it with a couple of inversions, but because it's steel tracked onto a wooden frame it justifies hoopla lol!
I am not saying they're bad, I'd like to ride one, but to me, this one in particular looks like a steel coaster with a wooden frame, so little has it kept of what makes a wooden coaster's character.