Coaster reviews

Fun Ejectors Tear it down! Reliability

A great and rare Wild Mouse coaster! This coaster is weird from the get-go as the lift hill is tilted. The entire ride is pretty janky from the turns to the ejector airtime, to the weird banking at the end of the ride. This one is also one of the more intense coasters of it's kind as well. My only problem is the brakes are very sudden and rough. I just wish either Idlewild can take care of it, or they tear it down to put a new coaster there. Every time I go to Idlewild, it's always closed and ever since the Rollo Coaster has a weight limit, your best bet for fun without getting sick at the park (because the park has billions of spinning rides) is the Daniel Tiger ride.

Comfort Fun Smoothness Dead spots

This feels like a typical wooden coaster from the golden days but it's smoother (because it's made of steel), it's not very forceful but for a family ride... it doesn't need to be that way. I'm surprised on how smooth it is for it's age but yet the coaster next to it (Wild West Express) is the roughest steel coaster I've been on. It's also pretty enjoyable as the drops and the helix at the end are pretty fun. A classic Schwarzkopf being preserved (as those are more rare to find than Arrows).

First Drop Fun Ejectors Rattle Too short Dead spots

A decent indoor coaster, not a lot of effort to theming but I prefer a good ride over good theme. The turns are fun but I think the main focus is the ejector you get in the back car. You get whipped on that first drop. The rest of the ride is nothing special, and it's pretty bumpy. I prefer The Dark Knight Coaster because it is longer and the exit doesn't contradict to the dark theme.

Nice surprise! Intensity

Surprisingly intense for a family coaster. I rode this ride in the back and especially coming back to the station, the ride gets really intense in laterals. It's not super intense but I was kind of shocked for it to be that intense for a ride that small.

Pace Fun Intensity Pointless

A hidden gem in Hershey's line-up. This is my favorite Wild Mouse because not only is it intense, but it's also very smooth in the process. The turns and the hills/drops don't even have a single bump in them and the ride's pacing never lets up which is great for a Wild Mouse. These kind of coasters usually have a moment or two of pain but not this one. Extremely underrated but doesn't fit in HersheyPark's coaster line-up.

Location Fun Layout Headbanging

A true Arrow classic! The ride gets things off into a lift hill that takes a very long time. The coaster then does a straight down drop to the Rhine River before flying through a turn into the first vertical loop. The two loops on this coaster are very forceful, the hill before the mid-course brake run has a great pop of airtime and the majority of the ride is actually pretty smooth... until the tunnel. The tunnel holds what I call "The Helix Of Death", many people say it on other coasters... this is helix is what I define as a that term. This helix is nothing but pure headbanging torture. I'd say keep your head very still in order to not get beat up. The coaster itself is beautiful and enjoyable, probably my favorite Arrow (I haven't been on Magnum XL-200 or Tennessee Tornado by the time of this review).

Smoothness

Unusual to find an older style Vekoma ride with custom profiled track rather than standard elements. Consequently it rides pretty well for what it is. Skegness is a toilet, the park is literally built into a flea market, and had absolutely no desire to hang around for anything more than to bag a few credits and leave. Unless you are a desperate coaster counter don't bother.

Theming Rattle Discomfort Tear it down!

This is one of the reasons why I'd say good rides over good theming. This spinning wild mouse is extremely overrated, the ride itself is super painful throughout the turns and even the hills/drops feel like torture. The ride has very janky transitions (the double-up after the second drop) and the spinning almost goes too far to the point where you get sick. Thankfully I didn't get so dizzy to the point where I throw up but I can stomach the craziest rides. The theming is okay but the ride is awful. I'd gladly trade the Dark Knight Coaster at Great Adventure from this.

Smoothness Layout Dead spots

I am reviewing this side because I ride this side a lot. Probably one of my least favorite wooden coasters, not due to it being overly rough, but just how forceless it is. Sure it has a couple of airtime moments which is prominent in the back, but the rest of the ride feels like it does nothing. The racing aspect is pretty exciting, and the layout is unique (thus why I mentioned it) as it is a Mobius loop. If it wasn't for that and if the ride was much newer, I would've hated it now but for as it is... it's okay.

Lap Bar Fun Ejectors Too short Dead spots

Probably my favorite woodie at Kennywood. The ride starts out with a drop into a tunnel... decent laterals in there. The highlight of the ride is that double-down. You get powerful ejector airtime with only a railing-like restraint and a seatbelt, you just go flying out of your seat... you can even hear the train go off the tracks for a bit, it is insane! This is one of my favorite coaster moments. It is best experienced in the back row. Then it's literally the same as the first half but the final drop is bigger. The way up has that little jank that looking at the POVs made me a little nervous because it looks like there was a lot of G-Forces, it did feel like a bump. The ride is good because of this double-down, if it weren't for that... then I would've gave it a much lower score.