Coaster reviews

First Drop Pace Intensity Rattle

OK, so I'm weird with rattle. Everyone talks about how smooth Orion is, but I found that it rattled in a very specific way that makes my head hurt very quickly. Combined with its very positive-G-heavy layout, I was never able to really enjoy it. This is pretty much the same way I felt about Apollo's Chariot after riding that. The crazy thing is that while everyone says how smooth this is, everyone talks about Diamondback's rattle. And it does rattle, but I can still enjoy riding it in any row. Granted, I never did get lucky enough to get a front-row ride on Orion, but I still don't understand it. If it didn't make my head hurt, I could easily see it making my top 10 because of its excellent pacing and good layout.

First Drop Pace Intensity

The twisted first drop is a wild start to a wild ride full of quick, intense bursts of ejector airtime and lots of strong laterals. The pace is excellent and it doesn't let up even for a second until you slam into the final brake run. It rides about as smoothly as you could expect for a wood coaster this intense. I don't have much negative to say about this, but the only reason it didn't score higher is because I tend to prefer more elegant, graceful airtime such as that on most B&M hypercoasters. I did enjoy this though, and each re-ride left me liking it a bit more. I also loved the rhythmic "pff-ka-klunk" sound the brakes make as it pulls into the much-hyped shed much more than I probably should have. The only thing I have to complain about here is the lift hill, which is very jerky, loud, and has lots of torque flutter.

Fun Too short

one of the best rollercoasters in the world in my opinion. surprised its so ranked so low. not the most intense, but in terms of fun and smoothness, and fun. its up there

Harness

id say its a world class rollercoaster. similar to flying dinosaur in universal japan

First Drop

great coaster, its starting to get old.

Intensity Rattle

world class coaster due to its intensity. the most intense ive ever ridden. because of the rotating chairs, on the first drop, you drop facing downwards as if you were falling from the sky face first

Comfort Fun Smoothness

world class rollercoaster. fun, smooth, feeling of 0 g at one point from the twisting motion

Intensity Smoothness Too short Reliability

great ride, very similar to tatsu in magic mountain. very intense ride, but not at the highest levels of intensity. a bit short. unreliable, long line

Airtimes Pace Duration

Super fun in the back row if you don't mind getting thrown around a bit (as expected with woodies), great airtime, whippy and surprisingly long ride.

Rattle

nausea, stop and go, jolty