Tonnerre 2 Zeus • Parc Astérix

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I rode this coaster once in the morning around 11AM and I would have given it 3 or 3.5 stars if I had only got this one ride on it. I was seated in the middle which is the part of the train where the airtime is the weakest. I only got some mild floater on the series of airtime hills and it seemed to run kinda slow. I could especially feel how slow it was on the first turnaround and it was also the ride where I felt the roughness the most. It was brutal. I decided to make it the final ride of the day thinking I was going to get beaten up to death but after riding Trace du Hourra, I thought to myself, it can’t be worse and in fact I got a surprisingly pain free airtime filled ride in the front row. I felt the ejector airtime that this ride has to offer in all of its power. The train absolutely flew though the first turnaround and riding it at night gave a great sense of speed. The only shaky part for me was the pullout from the main drop. Overall a great wooden coaster and a definite top 3 in the park. Watch out for that tunnel, it is extremely loud. Update April 2023: My latest and only ride of the day was odd. It was in the very front and while the bottom of the first drop was pretty rough, the rest of the ride was pretty okay in terms of roughness. To be clear it is still rough but it’s not that bad. My issue is how little airtime there was yesterday compared to my previous rides. Mind you it was a lot later in the day but the great ejector airtime I praised last time was nowhere to be fount, replaced by floater airtime which didn’t do much to be honest. It is still fun but not quite as intense as I remember it being so for that reason I’m deducting .5 stars to my rating, bringing it down to a 3.5 star rating instead of a 4 star rating. Update May 2023: I rode this coaster twice today in row 10 and it was amazing. Much better than last time. The drop was amazing as always. It's a steep straight drop that delivers great airtime. A lot of the bigger drops had good ejector airtime and most of the hills had strong ejector or floater airtime. To top it all of, since it's a wooden coaster, it's different from anything else in the park and it has a lot of character. This can be a good and a bad thing, though, depending on who you ask. It has a feel unmatched by any other coaster in the park but there are some rattly bits. The pullout of the first drop is extremely shaky as always but everything else is fine in terms of discomfort. The are however some jarring spots but they are merely potholes so it's fine. Of course it is not glass smooth but it's tolerable as long as you don't get 2 rides back to back. Overall my 3rd favourite coaster at Parc Astérix. A great coaster that you don't want to miss out on. Update June 28th 2023: I had mixed feelings about this coaster today: On one hand, I got an amazing back row ride in the morning (probably 10:10 AM) but on the other hand, I got an unbearable ride at 6 PM, so it was my last ride of the day. Let's talk about my good ride first: I was in the back forward-facing row (Row 12) and it was great: the drop was awesome and delivered great airtime. The rattle on the subsequent pullout was definitely here, but it was ok. The drop off of the turnaround was great and the 90° wave turn was smooth and had great speed and visuals. Next up is the speed hill which delivered good floater airtime. The turnaround is fast but forgettable. The drop off of the turnaround is great in the back rows. The next section is the one that bothers me though. While the hills have airtime, they are the most brutally rough part of the ride, that might be because this is the only section that was never retracted. After more turns and airtime hills, you get into the tunnel. The sense of speed and sound alone make this a notable element. The twisted airtime hills both offer floater airtime. Overall, my first ride was a definite winner. I could not say the same thing about my second ride of the day, which was my last ride of the day. I was in the second row and the ride ops really stapled me this time around. That was bad enough, but the ride vibrated violently on every sigle element besides the recently retracked elements that use the Gravity Group's precut track. Those were smooth and enjoyable. Everything else was hell. Since my lapbar was extremely close to me, the rattle made it crush my ribs. I couldn't distinguish airtime from the ride's unbearable rattle. Two of my friends rode in the front row and loved it but this was the worst ride I've had on any version of this coaster. It might have been a one off ride, but it was dreadful. For that I'll reduce my rating from 4.5 stars to 3.5 stars. I also had to go back home with a horrible headache which is always nice. Update August 2023: Well, it's not getting its 4.5 stars back, or even 4 stars but I did enjoy it a bit more this time. My lap bar was pretty loose, so I did not suffer as much as I did back in June. The trains are actually really comfortable if a bit cramped, but that lap bar is just bizarre. It comes from the side and around your stomach, which can be really bothersome when you're stapled. The airtime on this ride was weak to non-existent. This ride does nothing besides rattling you around while you wait for it to end. The good: The 90° wave turn is quite floaty, and the speed hill delivers mild floater airtime. The first drop is still great. The bad: Everything else. The rattle is quite bad and the ride does nothing besides rattling you to hell and maybe throw in a weak floater airtime pop. The middle tries throwing in airtime but fails as the hills shuffle and don't do anything. The twisted hills at the end are fun but do nothing in terms of airtime. And the low to the ground turnarounds, final helix and pull out of the first drop: ow. They are the roughest part of the ride and downright brutal. People hate on Goudurix for being brutal, which it is but it has crushing positive Gs, and great pacing. It actually does something. Tonnerre 2 Zeus does nothing. It's just brutal. I wish this got RMC'd back in 2019 when the park invested into Tonnerre 2 Zeus. Having RMC Tonnerre de Zeus and Toutatis in the same park would have been awesome. But what we got is a rough and boring wooden coaster. At least its pacing is good. Update October 2023: This thing redeemed itself big time. Especially on my second ride in row 9. I got room with my lap bar, the first drop is excellent, so is every subsequent drop. The 90° wave turn might be my favorite part of the ride, it is floaty, almost giving a feeling of weightlessness. The speed hill offers a good pop of floater airtime, and the back to back hills later on deliver more sustained floater airtime. The final banked hills might actually be the weakest in terms of airtime. They don't do much of anything in my opinion. The ride is overall quite smooth for a wooden coaster. It has a shimmy, but nothing bad. It is amazing how this thing managed to impress me just a few months after my awful rides. I guess it's going up from 3.5 starts to 4 stars.

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am I the only one who thinks the rattling makes it more fun? I rode it on the front and I honestly didn't expect that force 0_0 my hips hurt a bit after when I went back in the camper, but for the rest I honestly love this coaster, 3rd favorite coaster for me in Parc Àsterix!

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now since ive ridden it only backwards, ill only be talking about the backwards experience. so, the first drop is BONKERS and pretty steep for a woodie. the ride is pretty intense and has really comfy timberliner restraints. now to the cons. its REALLY rattly, maybe even more than goudurix. honestly it rattles so much that it isnt even enjoyable, where is RMC when we need them so much? its probably my only complaint about it, and WHY ARE THE HEADRESTS METAL????

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Tonnere 2 Zeus is a tough one to rate. Some laps where great, others just hurt. The ride starts off with a disappointing and shaky first drop but surprises with some fresh elements like the waveturn and offers some intense forces paired with more or less rattle. Backrow (backwards) is a must for me and somehow much smoother, straight (5/5), first and second to last row are also not too bad (4/5), just stay away from the middle rows (3/5).

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I love wooden coasters that have a bit of a rattle to them, however on Tonnerre 2 Zeus it is just too much. This thing runs on square wheels and it gives you a headache. Not enjoyable at all. I was hoping this ride wouldn't be that bad because of the recent retrack, but yeah this one just left me disappointed.

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It's so sad that the park spent money for retracking and the ride rattles so much, that you cannot enjoy it. Maybe this is due to the fact, that the wooden structure seems very fragile. The layout otherwise is quite good. Let RMC make a good coaster with the Ibox track and the park will have a third premium coaster.

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To everyone who said this should have been done by RMC: no. But to be fair I think the helix was the best part of the original Tonerre de Zeus and they sadly took it out. I wish that they altered more of the layout like steepening the drop or something. Timberline's trains are great, shame about Parc Asterix is that the capacity being average means the queue gets long very easily. Other thing is you need to take backpacks with you which means your belongings will take a beating. Backwards back row is a ton of fun! I dislike Fury at Bobbejaanland backwards but I found this to be far more entertaining considering you get backwards airtime, thumbs up to the Gravity Group!

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Front row: Good ride with nice airtime and a cool 90° banked turn but also a bit shaky but nothing too bad. Middle: Horrible! Don't know why but very uncomfortable and far less airtime. Backwards car: Amazing! Definitely the best seat good airtime and surprisingly comfortable. During my visit the back car was free you just had to wait a little extra which is definitely worth it.

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It is generally a nice rollercoaster. Though the ever appearing rattle, despite the retracking, makes it hard to ride it multiple times. It's safe to say RMC would have probably done a better job. Despite this the first drop is very nice for a wooden coaster, the queue line is very well themed and in general the ride is fun. The lap bars are just weird, but they don't bother me. The capacity is atrocious though.

it breaks the back but it remains good and fun.

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This is kind of a mixed bag for me: Some parts are really smooth (for example the banked airtime hill), others have a rattle which is noticable but far away from uncomfortable. Layout is quite good, it has some nice airtime moments, is pretty long and versatile, and the tunnels are a neat gimmick. According to the name, this might be one of the loudest coasters I have ever encountered, the trains make a high-pitched metallic noise when on the lift hill and running with greater speed. Personally, I am not a big fan of the trains - they look ugly and the lap bars are not the best. To sum it all up, Tonneure 2 Zeus is a solid and fun coaster on par with Pegase Express, but does not come close to Oziris and Toutatis.

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wow! i had heard some not great things about how it was running this year, so i went in with low expectations. after riding in the backwards seat, i was thoroughly impressed! so many fun pops of air, and the layout just keeps going. excellent trains too.

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The only time it was actually run riding it was in the last row (backwards) because there I felt airtime. But not in the rows in the middle

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I had a front row and back row ride on this first thing in the morning, and then a late in the day front row ride. I really enjoyed the first front row ride, but was expecting to have more airtime on the back, although that wasn't the case. It just felt like there was no airtime.. I know I probably shouldn't compare to Wodan at Europa park but that's one of the only other similar rides I've done so all I have to compare really and on Wodan on the front you really get pushed over every hill by the rest of the train.. on this that didn't happen! It was quite disappointing actually. The pacing and the speed felt good which I think is what made it fun. I loved the super banked turn, that was fun and a nice surprise! Although I hated the tunnel, why is the audio so loud! It's awful on ride and very annoying the queue line too. I realise this isn't a fault of the ride but more of the park, but that is seriously not a ride you should be allowed to take bags on ! I had a smallish backpack which was quite light and literally had to wrap the strap around my foot, put my foot on the strap and hold onto the other strap aswell and it was still floating up between my legs! Very dangerous in my opinion and took away from the ride experience because I was worried about dropping it. Crazy actually that they let you take bags on that, and surprising there aren't more incidents. Why can't they just have the same baggage system as on the other rides?! I like that the queue line goes really under the coaster.

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I don’t know what happened with this one. Tonnerre 2 Zeus isn’t a terrible ride by any means, but it’s not what I’ve come to expect from Gravity Group. The airtime is okay, but the rest of the layout doesn’t do much in terms of forces and rattles the whole time. I was really looking forward to this ride but, unfortunately, it was really disappointing.

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Good first drop but overall found the rattle and discomfort a bit much for me. Train could also have been more comfortable. Line was very long despite being there on a quiet weekday.

Comfort Intensity

Very intense and thrilling ride! Feels like a constant battle between the rough track and the super comfortable train seats. The backwards ride is worth waiting for. The train's rattle sound is also very unique.

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Nice violent and long wooden coaster. It might rattle but its not too uncomfortable and is part of the experience. The layout is fun and full of variety. Also a nice surprise is the reversed back seat (no extra line or payment), go try it out

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Very rattly ride, woodens arent my taste for sure

Duration Disappointing! Discomfort Pointless

I liked this coaster much more before the re-track. It's a realy pointless coaster now...

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Its better than Tonnerre De Zeus before the retrack but its still a very heavy ride with some rattle moments.

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This is a weird mix of intensity, airtime, great layout, long coaster, good pacing, combined with a lot of rattle, roughness and slightly too small trains for a 6 foot tall guy with a backpack he needs to take on the train. Came off liking it but with a headache.

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Amazing layout, especially with the sideways airtime hill, but the retrack and new trains do not help the smoothness of the ride whatsoever. It used to be a good coaster but now it’s just decent, and the old version is better. Worth the ride but impossible to marathon, and always has an extensive line (at least 90 mins) for a mediocre experience.

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Tonnerre 2 Zeus is one of the reasons why I go to Parc Asterix. The ride is fantastic. Good theming, too. I don't give it five starts, because of the waiting time. You have to wait a long time to get on it.

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I've ridden Tonnerre de Zeus before and the new retrack and new elements didn't make it much better, it's a bit better but overall the new elements are pretty weak. First drop is still good in the back, the 90° banked turn doesn't do much which imo is sad, all the hills on the ride gave floater at best expect the ones after the tunnel, and talking about that tunnel, wow my eardrums almost exploded of the loudness. The 2 off axis hills after it do pull some nice flowjector airtime, sadly the ride is still extremely rough, which is a shame, they spent 7 million on this... for maybe 2 million more we could saw an worldclass RMC.

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