Coaster reviews

First Drop Smoothness Disappointing! Airtimes

This ride could be, more to the point SHOULD be so much better than it is allowed to be. The first half is super solid. Zero complaints. Huge hills, tons of speed, smooth and the long sweeping helix turn around is excellent. Then and this a HUGE THEN, right where the real fun should begin they castrate this thing. Right as you are entering the series of bunny hills back the station there is a brake run. Fine, lots of great rides have brake runs in the middle. However, this one basically takes you to a stop and you enter the "airtime" hills a crawling pace. It is essentially a kiddie coaster from the brake run back to the station. Where this coaster should shine is on that return trip. It should be air followed by air followed by air--think Magnum, but they brake this so much it delivers absolutely nothing. It is a 205 foot tall, 75 MPH kiddie coaster. If they only would let it rip through the small hills on the way back it could literally have been one best coasters on the planet for the last 20+ years. As it is, it is a hugely wasted opportunity and a massive let down.

Airtimes Intensity Ejectors

My first ride, I wasn't 100% sold on its greatness. After a few back-to-back night rides, however, it launched its way up my favorite coasters of all time rankings. The air is crazy, ejector style. Literally on the border of downright frightening and/or painful. It isn't painful at all though. Truly on the edge of what our bodies can withstand and still enjoy. The most intense ejector air ever, by a wide, wide margin. Crazy fun. The launch up the hill is...interesting, not necessarily spectacular, just different--it does give a decent air pop over the top. Then the 90 degree banked turns at the top of the hills were truly disorienting--especially at night. Then the return trip home down the mountain. Truly epic. Air, then air, then air, then air again. The whole time you are getting faster and faster and more and more intense. Good times for sure. Great coaster for sure. Truly a world class thrill machine.

Pace Layout Duration

This was by far the longest line we waited in all day. It was about as long as I will tolerate to wait in. We had ridden everything else in the park except this--some many times. Was the hour-long wait worth it? In a word, absolutely. This is GCI at its best--just the way it should be. Fast, long, good air, and relentless. I loved the fact that it winds and twists through the wooden forest structure repeatedly. Great woody.

First Drop Fun Layout

Very fun coaster. The first drop is great, the extra few degrees really make a difference. The rest of the layout I felt was short but very strong. Each element delivered. I was on the edge seat and thought it rattled far too much for a brand new ride but it didn’t bother me too much. I heard the inside seat was butter smooth though so not sure what was up with that. Still a great ride.

Nice surprise! Fun Layout Capacity

By far the best of these types of spinning coasters I've ever ridden. I've been on a couple of the Six Flags ones (Pandemonium) but this one easily slays them all. Very thrilling spinning and it provides a nice long layout.

Fun

I’m sorry but WHY IS AN OVAL SO GOOD?!

Launch Intensity Too short

That Launch is such an intense rush! Loved it!

First Drop Inversions Intensity

It was a thrill from before you get to the lift all the way through to the very end! The layout and the theme of the coaster was amazing as well. Great Coaster!!!

Airtimes First Drop Hangtime

I have been to numerous parks around Europe and have always had a bit of a stigma around coasters in my home country of the UK so I expected this to be really good but not necessarily up there with my favourites. I came off the ride trying to justify not putting it as my number 1 coaster but I just couldn’t. You spend the whole time out of your seat, the ejector and sustained floater airtime is unbelievable and that outward banked inversion is just ridiculous. It’s topped Taron, Ride to Happiness and Shambhala and has become my new number 1 coaster

Headbanging

my back is still hurting a day later