Update March 2025: I got to ride Goudurix three times with its new trains on pre-opening day. I think the comfort with the new seats is way better, and generally the ride is a bit smoother, but it out...
Update March 2025: I got to ride Goudurix three times with its new trains on pre-opening day. I think the comfort with the new seats is way better, and generally the ride is a bit smoother, but it outlines the really bad moments (aka the exit of the butterfly and the entry and exit of the batwing). These weren't just bad because of the old trains (I honestly think that the new ones track worse on these sections), they're just bad point blank. The butterfly's exit is fine further towards the front of the train, but absolutely sucks in the back. Lean forwards to avoid a yank there. The batwing is bad in the front and back, with the entry being worse in the back, and the exit being worse in the front. It's best in the middle. The drop maybe has less airtime than before? It honestly felt nearly identical to what it was before. The hill after the loop has less airtime, though. The fact that new trains only slightly improve the ride experience shines a light on the state of Goudurix's track, and its uncertain future at the park. The new trains are also heavier, and already run faster than the only ones did in the summer, so it has me worried that they'll wear the track faster. Another change is the addition of row numbers. I'm honestly not against having assigned rows for this ride, because it probably makes it easier for operators to stay organised with the Filotomatix queue.
Update November/December 2024: Goudurix was only running a single train for the winter season, and now we know why, it was to get an overhaul for the 2025 season. With that said, I still enjoyed the coaster despite the restraints it used to have. The inversions are forceful and the pacing is actually really good. You just had to brace for some bad transitions, which you'll probably still have to do, but other than that the layout is one of Vekoma's best pre 2000s layouts. It's great to see the park fixing the most obvious issue with this ride. It's also a fun night ride, with colored lights.
Update June 2024: Goudurix is actually criminally overhated. It has great forces, and relentless layout and, if you lean back, doesn't even bang your head on the transitions, except for those on the batwing. It does rattle a bit but it's mostly fine except that batwing. A retrack of that inversion is honestly all that the ride needs. And for those who call this coaster "Goudumalaucrâne", I did not come off of this ride with a headache after 10 rides in a day, 9 of them being consecutive rides (basically a marathon). For contrast, Voltron gave me a soaring headache after two rides with 50 minutes of wait in between. As for my previous speculation about the logo being removed from the trains, it was just to replace the worn logos with shiny new ones for the park's 35th anniversary, which look quite nice.
Update March 2024: One ride in the front row and this did my head in in a way that Indiana Jones didn't do after two rides. It was honestly way rougher than I remembered. It was intense, sure, but uncomfortable. The trains don't have the Parc Astérix logo on them anymore and there is some new test paint on part of the first corkscrew. Maybe they're selling the current trains to another park? If that means they are buying new trains while giving the current ones away (potentially to go on a less intense and smaller Vekoma looper), I'm all for it because the current trains are what causes all the pain. And that layout is awesome. Just not with those trains. Also just so you know for now: The better of the two trains is the one with the old Vekoma logo on the back of the first row of each car (somehow). If you see a new Vekoma logo, brace for impact.
Update August 2023: My first ride was just the usual Goudurix ride. You ride in defensive mode and you're fine. That was towards the back. The front row was honestly miserable. The train shuffled violently on basically each track piece and the headbanging was atrocious. Every time the track changes direction, it bangs your head like a pinball machine. My Tonnerre 2 Zeus ride was a bit worse but this was still very bad. At least the loop was smooth, intense and enjoyable and the following hill had a bit of airtime in the front. Everything else is just bad. Please get new trains.
