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gab13by13

(32,776 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:25 PM Sep 2025

Scariest Roller Coaster Ride Ever - You Will Not Convince Me Otherwise

The coaster wasn't fast, wasn't loop d' loop, was an old coaster -

The Wild Mouse at Crystal Beach -

No way anyone is going to convince me otherwise. Riding in a car that is seemingly ready to go off the tracks but makes a 90 degree turn to stay on the tracks is one heart pounding ride.

Anyone else ride that coaster?

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Scariest Roller Coaster Ride Ever - You Will Not Convince Me Otherwise (Original Post) gab13by13 Sep 2025 OP
We had one of those at our local amusement park when I was a kid and yes, Marie Marie Sep 2025 #1
Wild Mouse at Geauga Lake blm Sep 2025 #2
Did the Wild Mouse at Geauga Lake and Kennywood. I liked it. debm55 Sep 2025 #3
Had one at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk years ago Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #4
I Rode A Wild Mouse At... ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #5
Had one at Riverview amusement park in Chicago. boonecreek Oct 2025 #6

Marie Marie

(11,521 posts)
1. We had one of those at our local amusement park when I was a kid and yes,
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:36 PM
Sep 2025

it DID fly off the track a couple of times before it was shut down. Wheels were set back on the car so it didn't turn until it appeared like it was going straight - right off the tracks. Scary as hell - I think I rode it once and that was enough.

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
4. Had one at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk years ago
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 05:29 PM
Sep 2025

Once was much more than enough, thank you.

ProfessorGAC

(77,280 posts)
5. I Rode A Wild Mouse At...
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 05:42 PM
Sep 2025

...Beech Bend park in Kentucky.
I think I was around 13.
The thing constantly felt like it was going to tip over edge on the 90 & hairpin turns at the top.
I had the exact same sensation you did.
My younger cousin (young girl at the time) was screaming nearly the whole 50 or so seconds of the ride.
The boy cousin just a little younger than me didn't scream, but he had to pry his hands off the hold bar & could barely catch his breath at ride's end.
It was a pretty intense ride.

boonecreek

(1,555 posts)
6. Had one at Riverview amusement park in Chicago.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 02:51 PM
Oct 2025

That initial series of switchbacks at the top was really scary.

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