Do you like wooden or metal roller coasters better and why?

Question

Do you like wooden or metal roller coasters better and why?

Answer 1

I like them both but ever since I got a herniated disk in a little accident at work quite a few years back, I never rode one again because I was afraid I might get paralyzed again or irritate it but I miss the rides greatly.  They are both beautiful architecturally just to look at and I love photographing amusement parks and rides and though the metal ones are naturally faster and more wild and crazy, the old wooden ones are scarier to me, but just as fascinating.

Answer 2

Metal... 'cos they are faster than the Wooden

Answer 3

Oh definitely steel. Wooden coasters can't do the crazy things that steel coasters can do such as extremely high vertical drops, twists, loops, etc. Look at Millennium Force, Kingda Ka, Maverick, Wicked Twister, Raptor, Behemoth, Nitro, etc.. you won't see woodies built like those guys anytime soon =)

Although I will say that the Beast at Kings Island is a woodie definitely worth waiting in line for.

Answer 4

Wooden, because for me they seem much more rickety, so you are more likely to get hurt.   I like to be scared when I go on rides like that

Answer 5

steel metal wooden idc as long as there tons of fun then i'll ride

Answer 6

metal because they seem safer and they go much faster and higher than wooden

Answer 7

I prefer metal roller coasters because they are much smoother and they have the capability to do inversions.  Whenever I go on a wooden roller coaster I get shook around a lot causing my back and neck to hurt and I get a headache.  I also feel a lot safer in a metal coaster.

Answer 8

I like metal coasters because they can go much faster and go inverted and have corkscrews and such, whereas wooden can be fast, but it can only stay rightside up. I just like the *tossed around* feeling that metal coasters can give me, like X(2) at Six Flags Magic Mtn. No wooden coaster can give me that feeling.

Answer 9

I prefer the smooth ride of the steel, which also offer the many types of inversions.  Woodies are great as a nostalgic ride, but I often get too bounced around and suffer from whiplash.

Answer 10

metal because they seem safer and they go much faster and higher than wooden rollercoasters

Answer 11

The only thing i dont like about wooden roller coasters is that they give me headaches, but other than that i love them

Answer 12

I personally like metal roller coasters a lot better. Wooden roller coasters kind of hurt because they jerk you around so much. Metal roller coasters are much smoother of a ride and there is more of a variety of metal coasters.

Answer 13

I prefer metal roller coasters as I believe they are much safer & can go faster because they can pickup momentum much easier

Answer 14

metal because i feel much safer because on a wooden one i mean wat happens and the wood breaks every passenger will maybe get a injury

Answer 15

I like riding wooden coasters better cause its like a classic, but i feel safer on a metal cause there newer and usually a smoother ride.

Answer 16

i like metal roller coasters because i feel safe lol

the wooden ones are so rikety and bump and yeah they are

horrible!! e.g the wooden one at knots berry farm i

swear i nearly had a heart attack hahahaha.

Answer 17

Metal, they seems a lot smoother and futuristic.  The metal ones can do more, loops, corkscrews etc.  They also seem to be less prone to failure, but I could be wrong.