What are the best and worst names for coasters

[tribar]

What Coasters have the best names and which ones have the worst/stupider names

GOOD
American Eagle
Apocalypse
Deja Vu
Tatsu
X2
Kingda Ka
El Toro
XLR 8 (In another way though this is a stupid name because when you say it fast its Accelerate. Good name for an Intamin Rocket Coaster bad name for an Arrow Suspended)
Disaster Transort (DISpatch mASTER TRANSPORT)
Magnum XL 200
Millennium Force
Top Thrill Dragster
Sheikra
Loch Ness Monster
Fahrenheit
Sooperdooperlooper
Roller Soaker
Steel Dragon 2000
Dodonpa
Eejanaika
Fujiyama
Fuwa Fuwa Osora No Dai-Bouken
Takabisha

BAD
Here are some dumb names. Some wouldn't be that dumb if they weren't used a million times.
Goliath (What is a Goliath even)
Wild Mouse
Corkscrew *
Cylcone*
Mantis
Wild Thing
Shockwave*
Boomerang*
Wild One
Lucy's Crabbie Cabbie
Vortex
Fly
Big or Little Dipper*
Sidewinder
Wildcat*
And the worst of all
HURLER

* Means its not a bad name but it's overrused

[BP317]

Goliath (What is a Goliath even)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath

Goliath (Hebrew: גָּלְיָת, Modern Golyat Tiberian Golyāṯ; Arabic: جالوت , Ǧālūt (Qur’anic term), جليات Ǧulyāt (Christian term)) known also as Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament). Described as a giant Philistine warrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel. The battle between them is described in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and, more briefly, in the Qur'an.

The purpose of the original story was to show David's identity as the true king of Israel.[1] Post-Classical Jewish traditions stressed Goliath's status as the representative of paganism, in contrast to David, the champion of the God of Israel. Christian tradition gave him a distinctively Christian twist, seeing in David's battle with Goliath the victory of God's King over the enemies of God's helpless people as a prefiguring of Jesus' victory over sin on the Cross and the Church's ongoing struggle against Satan.[2]

The first Goliath, the one at SFMM, actually is themed (sort of). It was supposed to have a lot more theming than it ended up with but a lot of it was cut off the projects budget when Premier bought Six Flags from Time Warner (like Raging Bull, the concept was designed in the Time Warner era but built in the Premier era so a lot of the themeing was cut). The other Goliath's don't have much of a purpose to the name other than to signify that they are big.

Personally I really like sophisticated and ambiguous names/themes that reference something that makes you want to do some research, like Kumba and Alpengeist for example, not that there is anything wrong a simpler or classic name. I also really like when the name brings attention to the theme that is made to intimidate you. Rides like Nemesis and Th1rt3en are pretty effective at this. I also think Kingda Ka and Tatsu are pretty sweet names that go along with the theme really well. Dueling Dragons before the Harry Potter re-theme, that was about as close to perfect as i've ever seen with how it was executed, it's too bad it rarely ever had a line for people to enjoy it.

[monsterfan99]

My favorite name of a coaster is still Judge Roy Scream.

[Ilovthevu']

This is my opinion only.

GOOD
Deja Vu
Mantis
Texas Giant
Mr. Freeze
Joker's Jinx
Superman Ultimate Flight
Superman Ride of Steel
Steel Venom
Vertical Velocity
Batwing
Vortex
Gold Rusher
Maverick
Raptor
Cheetah Chase
Scorpion
Space Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Expedition Everest
Two-Face: The Flip Side
Thunder Hawk
Viper
Riddler's Revenge
Dueling Dragons
Dragons Challenge (make sense with Harry Potter)
Incredible Hulk
Beast
Son of the Beast
Backlot Stunt Coaster
Mindbender
Georgia Scorcher
Flashback for a boomerang coaster
Runaway Mountain
La Vibora
Flight of Fear

BAD
Goliath
Mine Train (SFOT)
Magnum XL 200 - (Isn't that a condom, and an ice cream bar?)
Whizzer (even though I like the ride)
Wicked Twister
Firehawk
Millennium Force
Gemini
Blue Streak
Kumba
Hydra the Revenge
Talon
Sheikra (reminds me more of the singer, than the Sheikra animal thing)
Serial Thriller
Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket
Mind Eraser
Dominator
Mean Streak
Italian Job Stunt Track
The Villain
Corkscrew
Boomerang
Jester's Wild Ride (not a coaster, but anytime you say worst something, Jester's belongs in there!)
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For me, I like more SF coaster names because they tend to be themed to things like DC where as Cedar Fair doesn't have the properties (except Snoopy), and have to come up with so many non-themed names.

And if I want to buy a ride t-shirt, I'm not buying a Kumba shirt. If that ride was called something better, I probably would buy a shirt of that ride because that's one of my favorite B&Ms besides Batman the Ride, but a Kumba? So, what they name stuff, affects their merchandise sales too. And Dominator for an amusement park? Who thought of that? It went from Six Flags Batman Knight Flight to Dominator, and what I'm shocked is, is that they still call it Dominator at another park - Kings Dominion. A Great name to an Dreaded name! It's still a great ride, but horrible name.

[Coaster Justin]

Good Names? In My Opinion
- Firehawk
- Black Diamond
- Raptor
- 13
- Drachen Fire
- Desperado
- Stampede
- Silver Bullet (Not Meant to be a Pattern)
- EXT
- Romp, Bomp, A Stomp Coaster
- Rockin' Roller
- Ghost Chasers
- Jubilee Odyssey
- Mayan Mindbender
- Excalibur

Bad
- Sea Viper
- Flight Deck
- Steel Hawg
- Dare Devil Dive (Really? Green Lantern Would've Been Better)
- Power Trip Coaster
- Ednor
- Cop Car Chase (I Know it was a Rename at the last Minute but C'mon Really)
- Ride of Steel (I Know last minute, but really?)
- Zaturn
- Big Bad John
- Hundenprut (Translation: Dog Fart)