Negative-G 2012 Road Trip Day Two: Darien Lake Theme Park Page Eight

Darien Lake Theme Park
Corfu, New York
Negative-G 2012 Road Trip
May 25, 2012
Page Eight

Darien Lake's one wooden coaster is the Predator.

The Predator Roller Coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park, Corfu, New York

I wasn't really looking forward to riding Predator as it is a Summers/Dinn designed and built coaster and their rides either beat the crap out of me or bore me to death. Predator's layout looked pretty fun with plenty of hills for airtime so my guess was that it'd beat me to death.

Darien Lake Theme Park, Corfu, New York

Hey don't those trains look familiar? Predator has a couple of the Voyage from Holiday World's old trains. Instead of repainting them Darien Lake just changed the logo on the front of the train.

Darien Lake Theme Park, Corfu, New York

Predator's first drop started out smooth and then about half the way down the hill the potholes began and they didn't stop until we got back into the station. It was the worst ride of the trip but not because of the rides painful roughness but because the two people riding in the front seat.