If there is a coaster that is completely designed to my preferences, it may be Boulder Dash located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT.
To begin with, it is a very smooth riding woodie. Secondly, it has a number of intense moments of airtime located throughout the course. And thirdly, it is build on the side of a mountain. That is not a typo. The lift hill actually takes the train up the mountain where it turns and plunges down toward the lake. On many rides, that contain an awesome first drop, that is the highlight of the ride and little else occurs. That is only the beginning of Boulder Dash.
The specific ride I am thinking of occurred on the night of July 4th in 2008. Julia and myself had already celebrated her birthday the day before by riding the Coney Island Cyclone and driven up to CT. We used the late entry to get in 3 rides on Boulder Dash including our final ride of the night on the very front car with fireworks going off in the background. There are no lights anywhere on the coaster so you are simply flying through the very length ride in the middle of the woods. The front seat of the coaster is by far the best on the train with wind hitting you in the face. The ride seems so much faster, as do most coasters, when riding the front car due to the lack of wind resistance.
In conclusion, the terrain coaster with a well-run station crew placed a ride in the top 5 of my all time rides. I will never forget it.
