A wooden roller coaster that stalls on the lift hill shouldn’t be a selling point, but Bob Addison came back from Idaho convinced it is. His 5,470 kilometre father-son road trip to Silverwood Theme Park turned into a full ranking of wood versus steel, and gives anyone chasing their next ride somewhere new to point the car.
He walks through why an eighty-year-old wooden coaster still pulls air out of your seat, which loud, turn-less ride to skip entirely, and how tunnels change a coaster after dark. He also covers the park’s new water slide and the timing trick that cuts the crowds and the cost.
If you’ve ever planned a trip around a single ride, or debated whether a coaster’s flaws are actually its best feature, this one is for you.
Topics: wooden coasters, Silverwood Theme Park, amusement park, road trip, Idaho
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Originally aired on2026-08-18
