Today I want to talk about what makes a Roller Coaster Blunder what it is. First I will describe what isn't considered a blunder, per se. For example, just because a coaster gets rough or jerky over time does not mean it is a blunder; it goes with the age of a coaster and when it was built. So you will NOT see coasters like Mean Streak and Corkscrew at Cedar Point, Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas, and Predator at Six Flags Darien Lake, for example, on this blog. Nor does a roller coaster that gets demolished because its service life has expired (i.e. Vortex at Kings Island) constitutes it being a blunder. Also prototypes of new kinds of coasters that eventually got torn down doesn't count (with some rare exceptions like Hypersonic XLC at Kings Dominion). In order for a roller coaster to be considered a blunder is when that coaster is plagued with issues from Day 1 or shortly after opening. I won't count those coasters that had issues the first day, but was fixed and was running fine afterwards. I mean the coasters that no matter how hard they tried to fix any issues would still run into problems. Also those coasters that was just too rough from the get-go like Drachen Fire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (That is coming soon). I hope this lets you understand what makes a roller coaster a blunder.
