Quite a few negative reviews and comments about Valravn going around. The restraints, like Yukon striker, are set to cause conversations for decades t...
Quite a few negative reviews and comments about Valravn going around. The restraints, like Yukon striker, are set to cause conversations for decades to come. They undoubtedly interfere with airtime-out-of-seat feeling. This is a problem, when the ride has two major drops and significant airtime pops throughout the route. The inversions are plenty smooth enough, but don't generate intensity; largely because they cannot snap roll with their size. Fun and superb build quality, but really doesn't do anything that Gatekeeper does better. Hold for the front row if at all possible for a much better experience. Not CP or B&M's finest hour; but certainly not a bad ride either.
Hmm, Rougarou. The conversion of Mantis has a few problems. The ride is relatively smooth on the back row; however, if you watch closely you can see s...
Hmm, Rougarou. The conversion of Mantis has a few problems. The ride is relatively smooth on the back row; however, if you watch closely you can see significant shuffling amongst the cars in front of you - by row 3 there must be at least an inch of side-shuffling. Now, it's true, I find the back rows of virtually all older B&M's smoother in the back row, but in Rougarou's case it means it pays to be very selective on seating. This is a shame, because what I found up to the mid course brake run is actually a pretty decent sitdown looper with some hints of Kumba going on. It's certainly more memorable than Mantis; which 13 years earlier I have largely erased from my memory. The transition into the MCB, however, and final block of the course through the corkscrew are bloody awful regardless of seat. The ride has already undergone some pretty severe surgery, perhaps, it needs some more to the latter half of the route to "fix" it. I do wonder if it's days are numbered. Ridership is low, queues were non-existent even with the park busy. Time will tell.
This is more or less the only B&M that was a once-only affair on the ECC 2006 trip. With just over 2 days in the park, this obviously didn't catch our...
This is more or less the only B&M that was a once-only affair on the ECC 2006 trip. With just over 2 days in the park, this obviously didn't catch our attention. I don't remember it being bad per se; just that there was far better calling our time everywhere else in the park. In another park; Mantis probably would have had a better reputation.
OTSR hides the fact that this is a big family coaster. View it that way, and it's actually pretty good. Raptor is only a few hundred meters away for y...
OTSR hides the fact that this is a big family coaster. View it that way, and it's actually pretty good. Raptor is only a few hundred meters away for your suspended G-fix!
I've been critical of wide B&M trains not being able to roll particularly snappily on loads of rides before. Gatekeeper (nearly) proves that theory wr...
I've been critical of wide B&M trains not being able to roll particularly snappily on loads of rides before. Gatekeeper (nearly) proves that theory wrong. It still rolls relatively slowly, but the positive G and fantastic location still make for a fun ride flirting on the edge of intensity. This is absolutely everything the Swarm failed to be. Major shout out to the CP maintenance crews; apparently the ride had completely stalled due to very heavy gusts the Saturday before we arrived; yet we were on it by the Monday and nobody would have known any different. I would suggest if the ride has any problem, it is the 7/8ths course brake; at which point the ride is basically over. The final drop and helix don't add anything, other than avoid a long straightaway at the point the ride has otherwise ran out of altitude and ideas.
Biased review again, due to being somewhat overweight! I'll blame it on the Poutine... The restraints had to be properly jammed in to get me on this o...
Biased review again, due to being somewhat overweight! I'll blame it on the Poutine... The restraints had to be properly jammed in to get me on this one, consequently very uncomfortable. If it weren't for that, I'd give a better rating.
My first looping coaster! Hopelessly biased rose tinted view of this ride... In reality I know it was just a minimal corkscrew. What the hell. Good me...
My first looping coaster! Hopelessly biased rose tinted view of this ride... In reality I know it was just a minimal corkscrew. What the hell. Good memories.
An absolutely phenomenal roller coaster. Really smooth, amazing airtime. The restraints are unique and leave you exposed in the best way. The airtime ...
An absolutely phenomenal roller coaster. Really smooth, amazing airtime. The restraints are unique and leave you exposed in the best way. The airtime is made so much better by this.
Ce coaster est un excellent ajout pour le parc ! Il a beau ne pas payer de mine, il reste assez intense une fois dedans pour du familial. La force de ...
Ce coaster est un excellent ajout pour le parc ! Il a beau ne pas payer de mine, il reste assez intense une fois dedans pour du familial. La force de ce coaster provient en parties de la manière dont on est installé. C'est original, et par conséquent, on n'appréhende pas le layout de la même manière. Le second launch est assez puissant et permet de passer le virage situé juste derrière de manière très rapide. Les G positifs sont présents, et le layout est relativement long. En somme une très bonne surprise, surtout pour un parc comme Le Pal. Son seul défaut à mon sens est l'absence complet d'airtime au niveau des bosses qui viennent complètement plomber le rythme...
Voila un coaster original lorsqu'on est pas habitué aux spinning. Ce coaster est très fun à rider. Le petit virage avant la drop permet de bien commen...
Voila un coaster original lorsqu'on est pas habitué aux spinning. Ce coaster est très fun à rider. Le petit virage avant la drop permet de bien commencer à spiner pendant cette dernière. Le layout est très bien construit et permet vraiment de tourner tout le long du ride. En somme, chaque ride sera différent du précédent. Malheureusement je trouve ce coaster un peu court, et il peut être un peu brutal au dernier rang. Certains aimerons ce dernier point, mais personnellement, j'ai trouvé ça un peu dommage. Il en reste tout de même un coaster à rider !
