Achterbahn Rezensionen

Airtimes Schoßbügel Intensität

With my home park being Great Escape and me being a big fan of Comet, I expected Phoenix to be phenomenal. It is. While it was running one train ops, the dispatches were incredible. Less than 30 second dispatches. Kudos to the ride ops for preventing the line to be an hour. The longest I waited was around 35 minutes. The beginning tunnel isn’t really a thematic element, but it is intriguing nevertheless. Lift hill is relatively quick, just like comet’s. Before getting into the actual layout, I want to acknowledge the absolute best restraints I’ve seen on any coaster. There’s a buzz bars, a foot above your lap, with no seatbelt and a really small seat divider. The forces are exemplified for this reason. First drop is pretty good, but nothing noteworthy. The turnarounds, especially towards the end, provide good laterals, although Twister takes the crown for the best laterals in the park. The airtime is absolutely amazing and is the real star of the show. Airtime hill after airtime hill, including a double up and double down, provide airtime that is inconceivably good. Towards the end, the buzz bar causes you to be essentially standing up because of how much airtime. True masterpiece of a ride. I’m so glad this is still in operation considering it was a relocation. I’m a huge fan of PTC, and this is the magnum opus.

Airtimes First Drop Spaß

A steady as-they-go B&M hyper that lands somewhere between enjoyable and excitable...but not on the same level as Leviathan across the park, which probably hurts it's standing amongst riders. Add in that it's a bit all-too-familiar to other B&M hypers and lacks a truly defining moment or element and you get something that is really good, not great.. Zipping along the water was pretty cool and there's nothing bad about this ride...but it’s a distant #2 or #3 in the park from my view.

A pretty underwhelming looping arrow…cool statue out front is about all the good I could find on this one.

Somehow this was even worse than mine buster…I felt like I was in a car accident after riding this…sore everywhere. Just awful…

Awful ride, extremely rough, uncomfortable, and the helix at the end made me nauseous.

Standort Enttäuschend!

I’ve always wanted to like arrow suspended coasters more than I actually have. The Big Bad Wolf was my first and despite the hype and nostalgia, it never did it for me. Vortex is an old version without hype or nostalgia…I found it clunky and forceless. I think the two 6 year olds in front of me loved it…so it’s worth keeping around for that reason alone…but it was pretty pointless otherwise.

Airtimes First Drop Intensität Rütteln Dead spots

I'll start with negatives - when I rode for the first time in 2023 the turnaround was brutally rough. I can take a bit of wooden coaster shuffle, this was far worse than that. The return track and speed hill did nothing and felt like straight track. Other than that, absolute masterpiece. The first drop, camelbacks, and Rolling Thunder hill are quite possibly the best airtime moments on the planet. The switchbacks are awesome and don't get talked about enough. The star of Great Adventure and one that I hope sticks around for a long long time.

Thematisierung Layout Dauer

The first drop of Raptor is really good. The inversions are quite forceful and there is some good airtime on this coaster. The layout feels really long for a wing coaster with some beautiful theming. I personally preferred the right side over the left side and fore me is the front row the best row, because of the views from the lifthill and the theming which has some near misses.

Thematisierung Standort Spaß Unangenehm

Though not that comfortable, it's a well paced and well themed mine train with a cool setting and ending.

Inversionen Layout Rütteln Enttäuschend! Intensität

Banshee is my least favorite invert. It has no whip in its inversions, and the moments of intensity are ruined by stange jackhammering that I've never experienced on any other invert. The beautiful paint, theming, and layout make this such a shame.