Predator at Six Flags Darien Lake
Titan trackbutter smooth except the ending

Six Flags Darien Lake, Darien Center, New York

Predator

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“Well paced with good airtime in the front.”

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What riders love
  • This thing has some amazing airtime. Most of it is ejector but you have to ride in the front for it.
  • its running faster and smoother than ever in the front and if you get some air time room, you can stand up on all the ejectors.
  • I am not too big so the lap-bar did not come down fully, and I get ejected on every hill.
  • With it being the oldest part, it so far has aged like fine wine. It’s steel, but it feels kind of like a smooth wooden coaster.
  • Predator can be a great coaster, as proven by the Titan track sections which are amazing and buttery smooth.
  • The Titan track sections are fantastic.
  • Shockingly well paced layout for a Dinn to go along with a nice balance of forces and an excellent location.
  • This thing hauls through its layout now and it gives some good airtime on the hills.
  • Has a pretty good layout with some fun airtime moments, and it's SO SMOOTH.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags Darien Lake

The rest of the coaster, while having some nice airtime hills, is still quite rough and left me with a headache after.

Matt Rappaport

I never thought I’d get airtime on this ride, but with the titan track, it goes faster than I think it was designed to so it gives good ejector on almost every hill.

Ben Hagelin

I heard it was one of the worst coasters in the world but I actually got some good airtime in the front row!

3kRaay

everywhere else is bad ejectors but in the front, you fly over them.

M P

It’s like a mix of, you know, floater and ejector air time.

Carter nl2

It has an airtime ccentric layout with some nice laterals and its ride experience significantly benefits from the several sections of Titan track that it has.

Coaster Adventures

It’s fun and rips at times yet it feels like the titan track makes it too smooth in a sense where I dont feel like a lot is happening.

Alex MeaLynk

Predator can be a great coaster, as proven by the Titan track sections which are amazing and buttery smooth.

Matt Rappaport

It looks like fun, but it’s way too painful and just unenjoyable.

Coaster Critic

Fun yet painful wooden coaster, first drop was not all that bad, mid cource had a ton of rattle, with about 200 feet of smooth new titian track.

Thomas Stabler

The titan track is now everything but the trip back to the station and because of that it absolutely hauls through a great layout.

Ben Hagelin

Well paced with good airtime in the front.

Eric Esty

its running faster and smoother than ever in the front and if you get some air time room, you can stand up on all the ejectors.

M P

This thing hauls through its layout now and it gives some good airtime on the hills.

Max Rivera

The result was a bumpy, sluggish, painful, terribly-paced ride.

Coaster Critic

I rode it and it is a solid 7/10 woodie, very fun however there are a few dead spots, hopefully in the future the ride gets Gravity Group precut reprofiling for those parts

@lightningboat

I once waited 8 minutes for them to dispatch a train and with one train operations with a long line waiting eight minutes for them to send out one train is in my opinion a bit ridiculous.

Carter nl2

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Specifications

95 ftHeight
208 Ride ofSteel 121 Viper 116 Boomerang 109 MindEraser 98 Tantrum 95 Predator
87 ftFirst drop
205 Ride ofSteel 87 Predator 75 Viper
50 mphTop speed
Ride of Steel73 Tantrum53 Predator50 Viper50 Mind Eraser50 Boomerang47 073 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Strong airtime

Criticised for

Rough or rattlyPainful or bruisingOverrated

there’s some good pops of air, but aside from the titan track it rides like any old dinn.

Ethan S., Captain Coaster review

I’ve ridden this many times and a few of the times the ride actually had a few good airtime moments and was relatively smooth but most of my rides on it do nothing and are very rough.

Carter Eckhart, Captain Coaster review

I got a ride with the titan track and I have to say it’s not my favorite experience because now it’s just a weird transition from typical wood rough ride to glass smooth and back but it’s inoffensive and fun.

David, Captain Coaster review

Has a pretty good layout with some fun airtime moments, and it’s SO SMOOTH.

roller rider, Captain Coaster review

The result was a bumpy, sluggish, painful, terribly-paced ride.

Coaster Critic, published review

Jackhammer rough on the wooden track, smooth but forceless on the titan track.

Nick Vilagi, Captain Coaster review

Planning your ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Darien Lake. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, coastercritic.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): Ben Hagelin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I never thought I'd get airtime on this ride,…”; Insane Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing has some amazing airtime. Most of it…”; M P, rider review on Captain Coaster: “its running faster and smoother than ever in the…”; 3kRaay, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I am not too big so the lap-bar did…”; Kyle Elvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The new tracking makes it butter smooth except the…”; Bubble Gaming, rider review on Captain Coaster: “With it being the oldest part, it so far…”; Matt Rappaport, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Predator can be a great coaster, as proven by…”; Tim H., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The Titan track sections are fantastic.”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Well paced with good airtime in the front. Plus…”; Bryan Bonafede, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Shockingly well paced layout for a Dinn to go…”; Max Rivera, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing hauls through its layout now and it…”; roller rider, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Has a pretty good layout with some fun airtime…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Carter nl2's back row POV, Predator Back Row POV 4K Six Flags Darien lake 2025 New Retrack- Hybrid Wooden Coaster (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.