Shambhala • Port Aventura

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Exceeded expectations (which were rather low despite its popularity, as I thought it would be very little more than the disappointing Silver Star). The location is outstanding, with that gorgeous color scheme, mixed up with the Dragon, and they both can be seen from almost every corner of the park. It looks impressive, especially when walking under it through the Himalayan area, and it's highly comfortable: really smooth, and great trains, providing freedom, comfort, nice views from every seat (thanks to the staggered seating). Although they fit perfectly for this sort of ride, perhaps those trains wouldn't do so well in a more intense, twisty coaster packed with laterals. However, in Shambhala they feel great, and enhance the already awesome experience of the ride. The first drop is one of the best I've ever ridden, and the airtime in the hills is way better than in Silver Star. Front rows provide more sustained floater, whereas the back ones offer stronger airtime at the drops. The speed hill gives some really strong airtime, great at every row, and, together with the drop, it's my favourite part of the ride. Overall, a magnificent coaster, with great airtimes, duration, comfort, look and drop, which didn't get repetitive nor boring as expected after more than ten rerides.

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What a flawless coaster. Night Rides are truly legendary, as it just feels like you're soaring over the entire park. The airtime on this coaster is really strong, borderline ejector on some hills, and that first drop feels like it lasts forever. In the front you even get some decent positives. It's the smoothest coaster I've ever experienced. What a masterpiece.

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Perfect ride all round. No complaints about any of it, maybe the operations could be a bit better but that's a park issue not a ride issue. Worth the trip to spain for

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Absolute god-tier floater and some decent positives but very little else. Night rides are an absolute highlight, that is the best time to ride this by a long shot, there is a part of me that wouldn't even bother during the day.

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God Tier B&M hyper, great first drop, tonnes of pristine floater and a near ejector speed hill also adds to a fantastic skyline in the park and is generally visually gorgeous.

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My favourite B&M Hyper-Coaster. Great Airtime and the Location and Look of the Coaster is incredible.

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This is difficult to rate for me, as it is obviously a high-quality flagship coaster, but nothing it does really excites me. The train design is great for a very open and exposed feeling, which the loose lap bars enhance that are safer than they feel. The views from the lift hill are fantastic and the Spanish climate also adds to the generally comfortable experience. Next in line is a pretty good drop accumulating a lot of speed, but then my problems with the ride begin. I was very excited to experience the floater hills everyone raves about, but I quickly realised I'm an ejector type of person. These hills do nothing for me but add at least a certain purpose to the gentle high-speed-cruising. The ampersand turnaround feels too long and the layout only got more of the same in store from then on. The "midcourse brake run" completely kills the coaster off too early and after each ride I was severely underwhelmed on the final brakes. I completely understand why people say they could sit on Shambhala all day, but for me I cannot only feel the comfort but also quite a lot of boredom. I would describe the ride feeling as gently bouncing on clouds, which this extremely smooth coaster does marvellously. It's just nothing I look for repeatedly in a coaster.

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Airtime machine! Great smooth coaster, first drop very dissapointing in the first row, preety good in the back, however it could be steeper. Rest of the track is a very pleasant ride.

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This ride is really fun, but not my type of ride as I am not a fan of floater airtime. The Ampersand is kind of forceless but the drop is really good and you get some ejector after the Ampersand.

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The mid break isnt good. The ride should have a Terrain Part at the end.

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Shambhala is just incredible. It has a lot of airtime, intensity and is very smooth. This ride never lets down and keeps a good pace until the end. Although it is not my number 1 anymore, it is still a masterpiece. Also, every airtime hill delivers strong airtime which is very rare. Due to portaventura’s awful operations. It suffers in capacity.

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Awesome.

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Don't get me wrong Shambhala is great but anything near the world's best? No way - Shambhala is smooth and fun with a great view, it has tons of airtime moments but they are all pretty weak and the ampersand turnaround is so dull and boring - completely kills the pacing and overall the whole coaster is such a shame. Intamin could have made something insane with it's budget!

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Loads of perfect floater airtime when sitting towards the middle of the train.

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Hugely fun ride with superb specifc elements; drops 1, 2, 4 and 5 are excellent, however the turnaround lacks force and there is a "lurch" mid-way around it. The ride is essentially over at the mid course brake run as it loses a lot of energy climbing back up the hill. The pacing issues aren't a big deal, but I think there are probably better examples of the genre dotted about.

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Masterpiece, lots and lots of floater, and some brilliant views out to sea.

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One of my all time favourites

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Excellent re-rideable hyper with addictive airtime.

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Its great, maybe a little overated

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One of my fav!

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Shambhala should be really good. Should. Plagued by PA's's miserable operations and overhyped as a tremendous airtime machine, Shambhala leaves something to be desired. Whilst there are some pops of airtime throughout the layout, they're somewhat underwhelming when ranked against over coasters of the same calibre.

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Only con is that I wish it was twice as long :D in reality its length is pretty standard.. But ahh you gotta love Shammy-B :D Air time Maaaachine!!! Love the restraints, if you can get them pretty loose then you're in for a really floaty time out your seat ;) The lift hill is impressive that you go up next to dragon kahn .. and then keep going ! The first drop is epic on the front for views and being pushed over, and on the back soo much fun being whipped over that hill! Love it in every seat ! The pace is awesome, splash down is cool.. its just soo much fun! I need to get back there to ride it over and over and over again ;) Love the 2x2 trains, you get great views from every seat. 5 out of 5 every time !

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This is a more modern version of a B&M Hyper compared to Silver Star in Europa-Park. If you like this kind of ride (long floater airtime hills, high-speed cruisin' with comfortable lapbars) this is one of the best you can ride. It also compares very well against the B&M Hypercoasters in the US.

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I found everything great, the first drop is without a doubt, one of the best in the world. My only complaint is that the ampersand turnaround isn't forceful when I expected it to be. It's still fun though

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