I just love lots of hills on a coaster and that is what it gave me.

Rebel Yell was a decent racer. However, one side pulled away after the turnaround on each of my rides. Both ways were pretty rough. Forwards provided some really good air time and backwards had good air as well, but not as much. The ride doesnt look the best though.

Rebel Yell is a very fun coaster and the best ride at Paramount that I went on. Running alongside the back of the park, Rebel Yell looks badly in need of a new coat of paint. I have never had a wait for Rebel Yell thanks to its amazing capacity. Now I know Rebel Yell has two different sides, but I only went on the forwards side (still have not and probably wont try the backwards way because it looks way too intense for me). My favorite seat like always is the front. Rebel Yell was very good. The drops were fun and the ride seemed very fast to me. Also, the tunnel at the end is a nice touch. However, I have two complaints about Rebel Yell. One it was a tad jostly (if thats a word) at the bottom of the larger hills. It wasnt enough to ruin my ride certainly, but it was there. Also, the racing element wasnt nearly as good as the one I experienced on Lightning Racer a year before (trains finished quite a few seconds between each other). Still, I definitely like racing coasters better than the average coaster. Though often overshadowed by the newer steel coasters and two other wooden coasters, Rebel Yell still is a worthy ride and one of my favorites.

Rebel Yell is a fun racing coaster that is better than Lightning Racer in my opinion. Located in the back of the park in the Grove section, Rebel Yell is a classic wooden racing coaster built by PTC over 30 years ago. You can tell Rebel Yell is an old coaster because it could really use a new coat of paint. All the white paint is chipping and it just looks very ugly. Unlike Lightning Racer, Rebel Yell is a racing out and back coaster. Because of its high capacity (2 tracks and 2 train operation for each), Rebel Yell had an incredibly short wait all day. My wait wasnt longer than 1 train. Each train holds 30 riders. The difference between the tracks is that the left sides red trains face backwards, while the right side has blue trains facing forwards. While backwards provides a unique and fun experience, the roughness and rattling the coaster provided had me riding the forwards side more. I really cant say which seat I liked best because I only rode the front seat on the backwards side and only the back seats on the forwards side. After checking my lap bar and seat-belt restraint, Rebel Yell began. Both trains roll out of the station and approach the lift hill. Once at the top of the 85ft tall lift hill, the train plummeted down a good first drop giving back-seat riders some nice air-time. The drop feels wierd and is very thrilling on the backwards side. Following the superb first drop are a series of 4 bunny hills providing some floater air with rattling during the hills. Afterthat is a giant turn-around hill with a fun drop that provides another burst of air-time for back-seat riders. Then the train flew over a series of bunny hills that provided some pops of air-time with some jostling. At the end of the bunny hills is a fowl-smelling tunnel that has the brake run at the end, ending the ride. Overall, Rebel Yell is a fun wooden coaster that only has a serious apperance problem and there was more roughness than there should have been. With new paint and if its retracked like the Hurler, Rebel Yell would easily get a 9 or 10. I highly recommend Rebel Yell to those who enjoy racing wooden coasters or out and back wooden coasters.

The trains are close enough in spots that you can talk some smack to the other side, but the racing part wasnt terribly synchronized. One train often finished significantly ahead of the other, which detracts from the racing element. There is some good airtime and some dull spots. A pretty good ride.

My "10" rating might be inflated for sentimental reasons--it was my first "big" coaster and I must have ridden it 1000 times as a kid.

I havent visited in several years so I cant speak for its current operating condition, but in its prime it always had great speed and airtime.

I am dissapointed often with Rebel Yell because I find it lacking air. I know its old, but so is Wild One, and Wild One rocks. This is simply an average coaster to me. They actually do race sometimes which is fun and there is usually never a line. Dont skip it, because its a classic, but Grizzly is a much better coaster. And Grizz is a classic too

Edit-On July 15th I got one of the roughest rides ever on this in the backseat going forwards. Other seats werent all that rough. I felt backwards deserved more of a 4 though. It just didnt seem as fun and the first drop didnt seem as nice. I think the best drop on this is the one after the turn around as it has the most air.

I didnt get a chance to ride this one backwards, but forwards was still a good time. Rebel Yell is one of those coasters that is just plain fun. While I had hoped for more air, I still got some floaters here and there and possibly one spot of ejector air. For such an old woodie, the speed on Rebel Yell was great, and it didnt let up at all! Great fun, especially if you are a fan of lots of hills.

Oh hell yeah. Up and down and up and down the entire time. Like a hyper coaster on wood. But you know the lack of intensity in hyper coasters cuz theyre so smooth and relaxing. Thats not how it is on a wooden coaster. You go rumbling up and down and up and down like and out of control hyper coaster ride. Backwards is totally awesome and you get lots of airtime. Riding in the backseat of this coaster got me out of my seat real high.

A classic. Backwards is awesome with great airtime through the whole ride. Can you believe this was my first roller coaster that went up over 50 feet so i have loved this coater a while because this ride got me started on coasters.