Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Defiance

below groundlift hill75ft110ftdrop102°beyond vertical2xupside down
POV
Ride it: front row POV
Front row
Front row
Front row
What riders love
  • As the train leaves the station and takes a right up the lift hill, you get amazing views of the surrounding mountains and Glenwood Springs below.
  • I highly recommend riding this in the front row, it makes the view and experience so much better. The view from the top is surreal!
  • The location alone is unbeatable.
  • I always love a good vertical lift hill, and the beyond vertical drop is epic!
  • You get great airtime on the beyond vertical drop.
  • The chainlift and first drop was awesome!
  • The first drop is very fun and the non-inverting loop and 2 inversions are whippy and forceful.
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Defiance front seat on-ride reverse ridercam 5K POV @60fps Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

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Defiance POV At Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

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Defiance Roller Coaster at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

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Defiance at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

Then you get a brief great off, then u get amazing airtime off the drop.

TBN Dusky Becnel

You get great airtime on the beyond vertical drop.

Tobin Billings

The first drop was the only part with airtime and it definitely doesn’t last.

Gavin

It’s a smooth ride, don’t get me wrong, but the transitions are pretty quick so I always recommend holding on, keeping your head back.

CoasterForce

It’s a cool enough ride to overcome some of that but the roughness really holds it back from being the star attraction it should be.

Nathan F

First drop is spectacular, non-inverting loop has wild whip, and the banana roll has strong positive G’s that unfortunately come with lots of headbanging.

Coaster Carl

The coaster seems short in duration, by it’s actually really satisfying and super intense!

Zach Payne

...Caverns was decently busy, some rides like Alpine Coaster, cave tours, and the zipline all had long lines, their crazier rides like Defiance, Canyon Flyer, and Giant Canyon Swing all had no lines.

caden

You can get off and right back on usually, at least when I went.

BingoDingo

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Specifications

75 ftHeight
75 Defiance 60 Cliffhanger
110 ftFirst drop
56 mphTop speed
Defiance56 Cliffhanger34 056 mph
102°Drop angle
2Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Great viewsHuge first drop

Criticised for

Too shortHead bangingUncomfortable restraintsWeak layout

Then you get a brief great off, then u get amazing airtime off the drop.

TBN Dusky Becnel, Captain Coaster review

First drop is spectacular, non-inverting loop has wild whip, and the banana roll has strong positive G’s that unfortunately come with lots of headbanging.

Coaster Carl, Captain Coaster review

I always love a good vertical lift hill, and the beyond vertical drop is epic!

Zach Payne, Captain Coaster review

I was expecting a park headliner out of this, but it was quite short, and so rough it killed the whole experience.

Holden M., Captain Coaster review

Like the coaster at New York New York in Vegas the view before the drop makes it

@gskittlez8885, review

Oh no I’m not getting on the big ride rollercoaster it’s going me sick and dizzy 🤒💀☠️💓 last year 😭

@ZyierLincoln-wy9xw, review

Planning your ride

History

July 1, 2022Opened

Built by Gerstlauer.

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Josh Miller, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The lift hill and first drop are awesome--on the…”; caden, rider review on Captain Coaster: “As the train leaves the station and takes a…”; Aubrienne and Jonah Hansen, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I highly recommend riding this in the front row,…”; Coaster Carl, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The location alone is unbeatable.”; Aubrienne and Jonah Hansen, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It’s crazy, you initially get the stomach-drop feeling and…”; Zach Payne, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I always love a good vertical lift hill, and…”; Tobin Billings, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get great airtime on the beyond vertical drop.”; patryk, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The chainlift and first drop was awesome!”; Zach Payne, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Defiance's layout has some really cool and quirky elements,…”; caden, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is very fun and the non-inverting…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: CoasterForce's front row POV, Defiance front seat on-ride reverse ridercam 5K POV @60fps Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.