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Here is the one coaster, and what we think of it, at Astroland.
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The granddaddy of them all, the Cyclone was built in 1927, during the heyday of
roller coasters. While it has one of, if not the, steepest angles on its first
drop of all coasters and it is a pretty good coaster, it is not quite as
exciting as some of today's modern coasters. The first few drops are pretty
good, but the train loses a lot of speed on the turnarounds. The ride feels
longer than it actually is, probably because there are so many hills and
turnarounds. The seats are very heavily padded (more than any coaster we've
ever ridden), and the ride early in the day is so smooth, that one could see
how marathoning on this coaster would be fun. But a ride in the front is more
wild. You can really be thrown out of your seat when cresting hills. Then,
later in the day, the ride gets even rougher. In fact, by late afternoon, we
found this ride to be downright painful.
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The Break Dancer gets a special mention here on our roller coaster pages, even
though it's not a roller coaster. It is, however, an astounding ride. It's kind
of like a cross between the Scrambler and a spinning tea-cup ride, but it's
incredibly intense. This ride is so fast and furious, that we saw 4 people get
sick on the first 2 rides alone. Even though the ride operators could (and
did!) vary the control of the various spinning parts, they were trying hard not
to make people ill. They would start the ride and run it just for 30 seconds,
then ask if anyone wanted to get off. Also, they told the riders to raise their
hands if they wanted to get off anytime during the ride. Some riders took
advantage of this offer, and some stayed on a little too long. But if you can
stand it, this ride is breathtakingly wild fun.
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