The lift hill of Viper at Darien Lake
121 ft up Pulled up by a chain

Six Flags Darien Lake, Darien Center, New York

Viper

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What riders love
  • The inversions are great, the final helix is excellent, and the coaster feels like a classic.
  • The inversions are fun, especially the batwing, it's intense.
  • the corkscrews have float and laterals and the helix thats underground is fun and a suprise.
  • One of best arrow loopers, First drop in the back seat is literally out of this world.
  • Sit in the back and you will get insane ejector on the first drop.
  • There's something special about this ride and I really hope they keep this classic going in perpetuity.
  • a pristine example of a custom arrow looper.
  • One of the best remaining Arrow loopers.
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2018 Viper Roller Coaster On Ride Front Seat HD POV Darien Lake

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags Darien Lake

If the ride is running really fast you can even get airtime coming into the MCBR and final brake run.

Carter Eckhart

the corkscrews have float and laterals and the helix thats underground is fun and a suprise.

Liight .

You get HARD ejector towards the back on the first drop.

Mr. Roller Coasters

I love the sound of the lift hills, the airtime on many of the drops, the forces in those tight loops, slow corkscrews, & I’m a sucker for batwings.

@OklahomaCoasterFan

...darien lake was my home park until last year, post Covid it has ran insane, great burst of ejector on the first drop, insane whip on the batwing and positives in places I’ve never felt before,...

@MillenniumForceMan

The "headbanging" is more of a single neck chop both entering and in the middle of the batwing, but otherwise the coaster is pretty smooth.

Emma

The ride is also butter smooth with only 1 or 2 awkward transitions.

Carter Eckhart

Fun inversions and a great first drop, but the transitions into some of those inversions are jarring, but makes for a decent time nonetheless.

Matt Rappaport

It’s intense and decently long, but the transitions are bad and the ride is very uncomfortable and I spent most of it just bracing for more head banging.

Shark Bite

It’s literally awful- the seats are SO uncomfortable, viper roll makes you grey out, it’s very janky and the lift is also super slow.

Vivian Williams

The vertical loop gives great positives and the batwing gives great whip going into it followed by crushing positives.

Carter Eckhart

The loop is pretty forceful and the corkscrews aren’t pure misery.

Bubble Gaming

The helix is intense and you get flashed by the cameras while you enter the tunnel for an awesome experience.

Mr. Roller Coasters

You then rip through a very forceful vertical loop.

Canobie Coaster

It legit tries to kill you.

3kRaay

Anyone over 12 should love this coaster, nice and smooth and fast, with no bad after effects!

@wsbill14224

Only negative about it is the break run about halfway through that brings the train to a crawl before going into some of the later elements.

Austin L.

Then you hit the mid-course brake run and you will be slowed down mightily to a near-crawl.

Canobie Coaster

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Specifications

121 ftHeight
208 Ride ofSteel 121 Viper 116 Boomerang 109 MindEraser 98 Tantrum 95 Predator
75 ftFirst drop
205 Ride ofSteel 87 Predator 75 Viper
50 mphTop speed
Ride of Steel73 Tantrum53 Viper50 Predator50 Mind Eraser50 Boomerang47 073 mph
5Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Rider favouriteSmooth rideGreat inversions

Criticised for

Head bangingPainful or bruising

rides smooth, and only minor headbanging issues in the transitions.

Ethan S., Captain Coaster review

It’s literally awful- the seats are SO uncomfortable, viper roll makes you grey out, it’s very janky and the lift is also super slow.

Vivian Williams, Captain Coaster review

Fun inversions and a great first drop, but the transitions into some of those inversions are jarring, but makes for a decent time nonetheless.

Matt Rappaport, Captain Coaster review

the ejector on the drop is awesome and the batwing and loop have amazing forces.

Liight ., Captain Coaster review

It’s intense and decently long, but the transitions are bad and the ride is very uncomfortable and I spent most of it just bracing for more head banging.

Shark Bite, Captain Coaster review

It is rough, especially the batwing which is downright painful.

Bubble Gaming, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Entrance to the Viper roller coaster in Darien Lake Theme Park Resort
T. Rowe, CC BY 2.0

1 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History

May 1982Opened

A custom looping coaster, built by Arrow, designed by Ron Toomer.

$6.5 millionTo build

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, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Zotdragon at en.wikipedia (Later version(s) were uploaded by FlyingToaster, Iain at en.wikipedia.) (CC BY-SA 3.0), T. Rowe (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The vertical loop gives great positives and the batwing…”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are great, the final helix is excellent,…”; 3kRaay, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are fun, especially the batwing, it's intense.”; Liight ., rider review on Captain Coaster: “the corkscrews have float and laterals and the helix…”; Mr. Roller Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get HARD ejector towards the back on the…”; M P, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of best arrow loopers, First drop in the…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Sit in the back and you will get insane…”; Alex MeaLynk, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing rips through the layout!”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There's something special about this ride and I really…”; Ethan S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “a pristine example of a custom arrow looper.”; Emma, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of the best remaining Arrow loopers.”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Michael Stutzman's back row POV, Viper at Darien Lake Back Seat POV 2.7k 60fps (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.