Coaster reviews

First Drop Theming Location Too short Capacity Pointless

I don't even remember when I last rode it before my ride on July 23rd 2022, the only thing I rembered was: The drop is good! This ended up being true, the drop is decent. The Backwards drop thing is alright but kinda pointless. The Speedhill after the drop is weak and I didn't feel any airtime. You actually get decently wet. It was great to get back on it again, I'll be back in like 10 years for my next ride, so unless you need the credit, I say skip this one. I gotta give it credit though for trapping other visits in it's queue to keep other rides away from high wait times.

First Drop Theming Pace Too short Harness

Wodan during the day is decent, but it is on a whole other level during the night, my night rides is what I am going to base this review on. For starters, the ride just looks massive and the presentation is phenomenal. The seats are really comfortable, however the restraints are in my opinion not the best, they are still better than S&S Skyrocket restraints though. The ride is very smooth, though I can't compare it to other woodies since this and Mammut at Tripsdrill are the only ones I've done. The out of control feel during the night, due to the pitch black nature is absolutely insane and the pacing of the ride is phenomenal and couldn't be any better. It shreds through the layout at a very high speed and it doesn't get dull, not even once. While it doesn't provide the most intense forces nor the greatest airtime, the pacing and out of control feel alone make this ride absolutely awesome and I can't wait to ride more GCI's in the future. Overall indeed a great coaster and currently my favorite at the Park. Update 2022: I rode it after it's partial retracking that Europapark does every year, additionally I rode it in a refurbished train. I don't exactly know what was included in the train refurbishment, but I know the seats were replaced/fixed. So I rode it and this ride was flying through it's course, the speed felt simply out of control. There were no signs of pacing issues, not even on the hill after the Station fly-by, quite the opposite actually. For the first time, I actually felt the Airtime on that hill which I never did before. It was already very smooth, but now it's even smoother. So this year judging by my rides mid-march, Wodan is running better than ever this year. Edit August: Yeah this coaster is downright insane this year.

Comfort Duration Dead spots

The GCI retracking has made this a smoother ride. It's a nice classic coaster, but it's lacking in the thrill department. I kept waiting for a moment that would make me say "wow," but it never happened.

Fun Smoothness Layout

Blue Fire is a really fun coaster that always gets hated on because it's not the most intense coaster. It doesn't need to be intense, it's super re-ridable and just so much fun. Decent launch, good inversions, some really forceful moments, overall a really well balanced layout. It will always be my emotional #1 since this coaster marked the start of my coaster enthusiast career. Every ride is consistent and it always just confirms why I love this coaster. Edit: On July 23rd 2022 the Park was open until Midnight and I was able to catch 2 trimless night-rides on it. These were the best rides I ever got, I now prefer it over Expedition Geforce.

Theming Nice surprise! Layout

Vliegende Hollander is kind of a Dark Ride, combined with a Roller Coaster and a Splash. It's not world top a any of those things but the combination really works. I prefer Poseidon at Europapark, but it's a good second. I will never go to the Efteling and not getting on this one. It's a unique and original ride. Great work from Efteling!

Launch Hangtime

Wow, Intamin knows how to make powerful launches. It's quite the shock to only need one launch to get through the elements having been on Sky Rocket IIs and Galeforce. But this one outclasses those, no doubt (in all aspects, not just the launch). Great whip on some of the elements, with hangtime on some others. Doing it forwards, and then backwards is a great gimmick. The spinning track is a great spectacle, and done quickly. Oh, and the lap bars are super comfortable. There is a noticeable rattle at points (think Fahrenheit’s cobra roll), but that doesn’t really take away from the experience.

First Drop Inversions Smoothness Layout

Not bad. Not great. This lands in the bottom half of inverts I've ridden. It's a decent experience, but most other inverts deliver a better layout of elements.

Inversions Launch Intensity

It’s insane how compact these spaghetti bowl coasters are and they pack a massive punch in that long layout. Great forceful launch, super intense and whippy inversions and some turns with some more great positives and laterals make this a ton of fun and it’s really relentless with no mcbr.

Airtimes Intensity Hangtime Too short

I pretty much like this as much as phobia and really didn’t think the comfort collars affected anything. Just a really intense and fun compact multi launched coaster from premier.

Airtimes Intensity Hangtime Too short

These Sky Rocket IIs are pretty fun with a nice swing launch, great airtime coming over the top and and the drop, some elite hangtime on the heart line roll and some great positive g’s throughout. Definitely a simple but fun coaster.