Rougarou ranking!

I do have to admit, I love Rougarou's layout. The drop is fun, and I love the dive loop. Everything pre-MCBR keeps speed really well. Then after the MCBR it feels like a totally different ride. There are some awesome transitions and corners. Two great coaster aspects in one ride!

I love the quick transitions as a floorless coaster. When it was Mantis, no thank you

Brendan, ride towards the back, you might tap your head once during the corkscrew. Riding towards the front is horrible on the headbanging.

Ride it again today and probably never will again. Just not all that fun. Fortunately there was no wait whatsoever.

I've only ridden Rougarou once and I thought the first half was great and after the MCBR it was a bit rough. Going to the park this week and will try it again...

Certainly better than Mantis though!!

Okay this is disturbing. I have a couple of friends that have heard through the grape vine that Rougarou is on the chopping block already. Has anyone else heard this? If these rumors are true, why can't they just remove an element that causes headbanging on people instead of the whole ride? Most of the time when people complain about Rougarou, it's after the mid-course brake run in the corkscrew. Please Cedar Point, don't remove this ride!

I can't say I've heard those rumors at all, and can't think of a reason they'd be true, so no need to worry, Shawn.

Well, that's a relief—I like Rougarou, plus I'd hate for Shawn to lose another one of his favorite rides.

I have not heard that rumor. I would be surprised if they took the ride out so quickly after the investment to convert it.

I hope I never become Shawn's favorite...

^ What are you referring to? Yourself or your favorite ride? If you're referring to you, I don't swing that way.

Mac just doesn't want to be removed from existence. :)

Which seems to be a trend.

This one is place number 9 out of all of Cedar Point's coasters, from best to worst.

So since nobody lately seems to like Rougarou, does that mean everyone is going to get their wish again for ride removal? Uuuggghh!

^ Total top 5 at the park for me, Shawn.

I ride Rougarou every time I go to the park. Sit in the front, preferably on the end. Lean forward and anticipate what's coming. Great ride.

Even back when it was still Mantis, I loved the ride. It was my 5th favorite at Cedar Point. I like it even more now, and it had a short line last year when I last visited (albeit, that was the final weekend before Halloweekends/Mean Streak Burial, so not a ton of people in the park at all), so that's also a plus.

It has a non-existent line all the time.

We could talk (bicker) for the next 17 pages about how line length is not equal to popularity, but let's please not. That said, I'd be very interested to see what ridership is like now and compare it to the last few seasons of Mantis. I really wish Cedar Point still published their ridership numbers.

PS, I adore Rougarou. Such a fun ride. Don't care for the color scheme, though. Wish they would have done something similar to Mako at Sea World. A dark blue and purple two-toned track with the teal supports would have looked so sharp and given the park a bit more variety instead of another red/orange. I know that there is a lot of blue too, but purple is completely absent from the coasters.

Cant you imagine this twisting over the lagoon?
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