A decent and fun family coaster. Our only good memory from this atrociously operated Merlin disentertainment park. We visited during the pandemic so a...
A decent and fun family coaster. Our only good memory from this atrociously operated Merlin disentertainment park. We visited during the pandemic so all the attractions (which were open) had 2-3 hour long queue lines as they closed fast lanes just to make sure the crowd is not spread out more. The operators let us have multiple re-rides at the end of the day, so we left with a smile on our face despite we could only sit on the smiler once (3+ hour queue in that disgusting cattle pen waiting for an other disappointing gerstrattler) and only two rides on Wicker man (a super fun family GCI).
Can't imagine how amazing it was with the old launch. Still one of the biggest fun I had on any attraction, going backwards is really disorienting in ...
Can't imagine how amazing it was with the old launch. Still one of the biggest fun I had on any attraction, going backwards is really disorienting in the dark the first time you ride it, I just wish it was going up higher backwards on the spike.
Can't wait for the RMC treatment, if it ever comes. Disgusting piece of wooden pile, with insane laterals coming from how awful the track is. I litera...
Can't wait for the RMC treatment, if it ever comes. Disgusting piece of wooden pile, with insane laterals coming from how awful the track is. I literally felt like the train is drifting 1 meter sideways on every turn.
I don't get the hate, Ride to Rattlyness had more rattle at Plopsaland. The restraints are awful though, you need to brace yourself to avoid headbangi...
I don't get the hate, Ride to Rattlyness had more rattle at Plopsaland. The restraints are awful though, you need to brace yourself to avoid headbanging. The first drop is good and you feel like your brain is squashed like a lemon when going backwards in the loop.
What can I say... It was my #1 bucketlist rollercoaster. I drove 12 hours from my hometown to ride it after years of dreaming. It is an other amazing ...
What can I say... It was my #1 bucketlist rollercoaster. I drove 12 hours from my hometown to ride it after years of dreaming. It is an other amazing Gerstrattler coaster making your head hurt like being hit with a baseball bat after every single ride.
Also, the random row selection system... First time it's okay but after the fifth time being put in row 2 or 3 it's annoying as hell. Why I can't just wait out the row I want to sit on? I could sit on the front once because my friend swapped seats with me.
Other question. Does all German high school students have ADHD? They were beating up and bullying each other in the queue all the time, it was the spookiest element of the entire attraction. They were just as agressive as the rattle.
After a very, very disappointing first ride on our first day in the early morning, we gave it an other chance on our second day in Phantasialand in th...
After a very, very disappointing first ride on our first day in the early morning, we gave it an other chance on our second day in Phantasialand in the early afternoon and right before the park was closing. The difference between the early morning ride and the afternoon rides were night and day, it was like riding two different rides. It's not an intense coaster by any means, but it's really whippy and the sense of speed is awesome. I'm usually a back row person but this coaster is absolutely worth the wait for a front row ride. I've heard a lot about the second launch, how amazing it is, but it felt like nothing to be honest as the train already arrives here with some momentum. But the first launch ... WOW. It felt punchy and I could feel the forces pushing me back on my seat. It is a pure joyride. Loved it!
Also I need to mention how breathtaking the Klugheim area is, where the coaster is located in. I've never ever in my entire life seen anything this impressive. The rockwork looks like every individual stone was carved by hand, I'm sure that's not the case but still ... The coaster is twisting through the buildings and pathways and it's integrated so well with everything surrounding it. The station music is epic and sets your mood for the ride really well.
Update: I need to downgrade my rating because of the awful trim brakes at the final section. I truly hate them after multiple rides, they totally kill the pace, it could be a good finale without them.
Classic for a reason. It was quite a relaxing ride after spending the entire week riding rattlecoasters making my head hurt bad after each ride (talki...
Classic for a reason. It was quite a relaxing ride after spending the entire week riding rattlecoasters making my head hurt bad after each ride (talking about you Kärnan and Ride to sadness) and the airtime was amazing. Every single hill provided great and sustained ejectors, and despite the train had some rattle it was not causing any discomfort so I won't list it as a con. Also you can avoid in entirely if you take an odd numbered row (not a wheeled seat).
The first drop is also much better than the one on Kondaa in my opinion, I liked how the train tries to straighten itself when it reaches the bottom.
The setting is beautiful and the station and the abandoned photo boot makes you feel like you're at the end of the 80's (I know for most it is a con but for me it was nostalgic). Only 1 train operations, and not the fastest to be honest.
A really fun, smooth and enjoyable coaster. I don't understand the hate it gets, it definitely lacks high intensity - although two girls in my group f...
A really fun, smooth and enjoyable coaster. I don't understand the hate it gets, it definitely lacks high intensity - although two girls in my group felt quite dizzy riding it twice in a row - but the layout is really fun and the cameltop after the second launch is amazing. It's quite a long layout.
Update: I might get why people say it's not too intense: after riding many of the so called intense coasters in Europe I have a feeling people mix up intensity with discomfort, rattle and headbanging. As this coaster is smooth as butter, it's considered a tame experience, but riding it many times on my multiple visits to Energylandia, I find the inversions quite intense and it can make you feel dizzy after a few rides.
Is it me or it's really rattly as hell? Was riding it the first time today all day but had to take 15 min long beaks between each ride as it was so ra...
Is it me or it's really rattly as hell? Was riding it the first time today all day but had to take 15 min long beaks between each ride as it was so rattly and caused a headache every single time both on the front and on the back. Without the rattle it could be in my top 3 but I had enough of rollercoasters causing headache.
What a nice surprise. I was expecting a very uncomfortable ride but for me it was super comfortable, silky smooth, and I loved each element of it. The...
What a nice surprise. I was expecting a very uncomfortable ride but for me it was super comfortable, silky smooth, and I loved each element of it. The airtime is crazy when it reaches the top at the first time, I felt like the train would launch me to the orbit if there were no restraints. The station building is also very well themed and cool, but can be quite dark at when you reach the queue line. I'm only sad it didn't do two laps.
Kind of sick of people writing "cue line". Dear god...
Colossal rattlef*ck. Gerstrattler would be jealous. Backwards facing seats removed, so we did the last row facing forwards unfortunately. It was a big...
Colossal rattlef*ck. Gerstrattler would be jealous. Backwards facing seats removed, so we did the last row facing forwards unfortunately. It was a big mistake. Operations are atrocious, they don't even check the filotomatrix queue and lots of people are queue jumping.
I was not far from throwing up after riding this thing, literally. The layout is super boring and the coaster is really slow but what you see on VR sc...
I was not far from throwing up after riding this thing, literally. The layout is super boring and the coaster is really slow but what you see on VR screen is really fast, it made me feel really disoriented and motion sick. If the video was matching the real experience, it may have been a different ride experience but I never felt this sick after a rollercoaster.
I just don't get it. It was awful as hell. Probably the 3+ hours queuing didn't help, as we couldn't buy fast passes after the lockdown (yeah, makes s...
I just don't get it. It was awful as hell. Probably the 3+ hours queuing didn't help, as we couldn't buy fast passes after the lockdown (yeah, makes sense to cram more people in the same queue instead of letting them to split and use a fast pass. Idiots).
I used to love this ride, it was my favourite in the park. However, it just got worse and worse over the years and it became an unbearable, rattly, he...
I used to love this ride, it was my favourite in the park. However, it just got worse and worse over the years and it became an unbearable, rattly, headbanging crap which always causes a strong headache, every single time I ride it. It has some amazing elements, some great surprises, I just can't enjoy it anymore due to the discomfort.
The lifthill brings you to the top very fast, and the first drop and the first half of the layout is simply amazing. The turnback is the best I ever e...
The lifthill brings you to the top very fast, and the first drop and the first half of the layout is simply amazing. The turnback is the best I ever experienced. The second half didn't do it for me, I don't really like low-to-the ground, twisty layouts with strong laterals but at least the last small hill has some airtime. Amazing both on the front and back rows, not rattly at all BUT I had my last ride in the middle of the train and that was the worst experience I ever had on a coaster. It was THAT different. Anyways, the first half is good enough to be one of the best experiences I ever had. Still prefer Zadra for the pacing but it's near perfect.
The structure looks absolutely gorgeous. The first drop is amazing with the headchopper. Had some night rides, some rides in heavy rain both at the fr...
The structure looks absolutely gorgeous. The first drop is amazing with the headchopper. Had some night rides, some rides in heavy rain both at the front and at the back rows (where you can not even open your eyes when it rains) and were laughing off my butt every single time riding this masterpiece, it was that much fun. I felt pure joy and came off with a smile on my face. The only ride I did not like that much was one in the middle with an almost empty train, it felt much less intense. My first RMC and I can't wait to try more and more on my next trips.
We stayed at hotel Charles Lindbergh in the Rookburgh area, where this coaster is located. This entire section of the park feels like you are in a com...
We stayed at hotel Charles Lindbergh in the Rookburgh area, where this coaster is located. This entire section of the park feels like you are in a computer game or an animated film. The sunshafts, the smoke effects, the materials used for the buildings, the track and the colour scheme makes you feel like you are not in a real environment. It is unbelievable.
The coaster itself is okay. It won't ever be my favourite coaster, but as an experience, including the theming, the amazing station, the loading of the train is super unique and the ride itself is world class. I'm sure the ride is super safe but first I felt like I will fall out of the harness and I was holding on for my life and praying to survive. The second time I rode it I was in a much more relaxed state and it was a completely different experience, I had a lot of fun. I had a few more rides and all of them were pure fun except the last one which I did right after Crazy bats (that terrible coaster made me feel really sick) and I was way too dizzy to enjoy it at all.
AMAZING, unbelievable, twisty, greyout inducing first drop. Super re-ridable. I was craving for some more airtime but the first drop and the fun facto...
AMAZING, unbelievable, twisty, greyout inducing first drop. Super re-ridable. I was craving for some more airtime but the first drop and the fun factor makes it something you just want to keep riding all day. We did it all afternoon with my little brother, I definitely recommend buying the unlimited (actually valid for 999 rides) fastpass and coming to this park only for this coaster. I don't understand how this piece of art ended up here. The coaster is built on the lakeside and it looks gorgeous. Definitely a backrow ride, much more intense there, but the view of the first drop is something worth checking in the first row too.
A beautifully themed, fun family coaster. It was pure fun, without any intense parts, but the coaster hauls through the layout really fast. Visited du...
A beautifully themed, fun family coaster. It was pure fun, without any intense parts, but the coaster hauls through the layout really fast. Visited during the covid nonsense so there was no way to buy fast passes, the queue times were insane, so only rode it two times.
Lech coaster makes this family park worth visiting anyways, so I recommend riding this abomination despite the rating I gave it, because of this: the ...
Lech coaster makes this family park worth visiting anyways, so I recommend riding this abomination despite the rating I gave it, because of this: the last carriage of the train has two backrow seats. Riding through the 2 loops sitting backwards was probably the most intense thing I've ever experienced in my life. It was very disorienting and I felt like I will throw up my entire stomach, not just it's content. Thankfully I did not feel sick after the train passed the loops but it was a very unique experience. After that it's a dead ride. Pointless, slow, stupid. I don't understand why they did not do anything more interesting after such an intense first section.
