Very wet water coaster/ride (but luckily your shoes are spared and remain mostly dry, take notes Intamin!). It has an impressive height and overall si...
Very wet water coaster/ride (but luckily your shoes are spared and remain mostly dry, take notes Intamin!). It has an impressive height and overall size to it, with the light blue splash zone being quite eye catching! The drops do however lack some airtime, making this mostly a ride to cool down on. The large boats also ensure an usually shorter wait than on Poseidon.
It wasn't as rough as I thought, which doesn't change that fact that you should absolutely brace during that first coaster section! The restraint is q...
It wasn't as rough as I thought, which doesn't change that fact that you should absolutely brace during that first coaster section! The restraint is quite close to your legs and you can easily bash them from the rattle. The second drop however is great, better than the one on Atlantica Supersplash and also less wet, which is a nice bonus. With good duration and theming, it still remains a staple of Europa Park!
After being increasingly fascinated by this ride prior to my visit to Copenhagen I can happily say that this coaster easily lived up to my expectation...
After being increasingly fascinated by this ride prior to my visit to Copenhagen I can happily say that this coaster easily lived up to my expectations! If any ride in Europe can be the definition of a roller coaster, this is the one! It looks beautiful, especially at night, features small details about it's history at the entrance, but you won't be looking at all that for long with the capacity this thing usually operates with. The trains greet you with their minimalistic restrains and cosy padded back- and siderests (and the notoriously unpadded bench you sit on).
You start with an incredibly smooth and quick cable lift hill with a few seconds to enjoy the surroundings. What follows can be seen on video's, but has to be experienced. The middle seats give a very fun almost floating sensation, getting close to airtime depending on the brake operator. A nice first encounter with the ride that is quite approachable and can make almost everyone fall in love with roller coasters!
But what really sets this ride apart is a ride in the back row. It varies by operator, but expect to feel the train in front of you to dive deeper than expected into every drop whilst the slowly building airtime culminates in you flinging an exhilarating amount up out of the seat. It's not ejector airtime like on modern coasters, it builds very gradually and before you know it you crash down back into your seat, but the uniqueness of floating up in such an unrestricted manner made this the most laugh inducing ride I've experienced that no modern coaster could match. An especially mad flight over those last hills on my final ride was the most out of control I felt on a ride, a moment I will never forget!
Oh, and the turns also give some janky and bumpy laterals, but to be fair, the only thing you do on those is try to predict how fast you're going to plummet down the following drops, or as is the case with the final turns, how quickly you'll be able to hop onboard your next train...
Probably in less than 10 minutes!
10/10
about as mid as they get, throws your face through the OTR but has a good loop
the backwards gimmick is terrifying the first time, but fine afterward...
about as mid as they get, throws your face through the OTR but has a good loop
the backwards gimmick is terrifying the first time, but fine afterwards
