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Théma Situation Fun

This is an amazing family coaster, with top notch theming, a decently intense layout, and a massive fun factor.

Intensité Layout Longueur Vibrations

This ride surprised me in a good way. I didn't go in expecting much although I had read the reviews that suggested it was worth riding. But I rode this something like 7-8x over a three day stretch in August 2023 and my daughter and I kept coming back for more. This ride feels scary, in a good way. The ride has great intensity for a wooden coaster, you get solid airtime in multiple places, there are strong G's throughout the ride and it just feels super powerful throughout a pretty long layout. Even when looking at the layout from vantage points throughout the park, you don't get any sense for how long and fun this ride will be. Definitely the second best ride at Dollywood.

Théma Launch Fun

VelociCoaster is at my home park, Universal's Islands of Adventure but that isn't why it's my #1 coaster of all time. I just think this ride is near perfection. It's butter smooth, the two launches are great, especially the second one over the top hat, you get very strong G's on the banks over the bridges at the end of the ride and the mosaisaurus roll at the end of the ride might be the best single element on any coaster ever. Even the hard bank turn heading into the break run is great. And the great theming in the queue line makes the 45-90 minute wait somewhat bearable. I love this ride.

Situation Launch Fun Inversions Fiabilité

Lightning Rod is a great ride, no doubt. It's an RMC, so it almost automatically gets a 5 in my book. The setting for this ride is fantastic. The launch up the mountain, the backdrop and the theming are all fantastic. But I do feel this ride is a bit overrated. There are no inversions and I'm a big RMC inversion fan. The quad down is great and is better than the quad down on ArieForce One because it's more creative in its layout and isn't painful. But the ride is fairly short. I timed this ride at 70 seconds and with that ride time, I actually prefer the similarly long Twisted Cyclone because I like the elements on that ride a bit more. If this ride was about 25-30 seconds longer it would rate higher for me. Of the four RMC's I have ridden (Gwazi, ArieForce One, Twisted Cyclone), this is actually my least favorite, but because I'm a huge RMC fan, this is still in my top-10 coasters of all-time. I also got very lucky in that I went to Dollywood on a day when it was raining, so this was a walkup all day long and the cooler temperatures kept the launch from failing so I was able to ride this thing 10x in a single day and 14x over a three day stretch.

Fun Débit Inconfort

Not bad. Not great. Typical mouse layout. The quick turns were fun, but the little cars don't handle the hills and valleys smoothly. Slow loading process, too .

Airtimes Situation Fluidité Inconfort

I rode this coaster in rows 1, 11 and 3 and thought it was qute a good ride. Let me explain. It has a great setting that uses the terrain to its advantage, and it offers some great views. While the trains are quite similar to old Vekoma/Arrow trains that you find on Goudurix, Corkscrew (all of them), Viper or Avengers Assemble: Flight Force/ Rock'n'Roller Coaster, they are more like the older horse-collar restraints that were replaced, but still existed on stuff such as Flying Tiger (RIP). These sit way lower than the newer Vekoma restrants that can be uncomfortable. I'm 1m75 and I cleared the restraint. Now onto the layout. First of all, I live the multiple track styles and whonky looking turns where the spine doesn't move and the cross-ties just extend/lower. The pullouts are intense and most of the hills offer some good floater airtime up front, with the last one delivering a more powerful pop. Most of the transitions are smooth and the ride is quite smooth. Now onto the elephant in the room. The comical turn. It was alright. If you brace for it, you won't hit your head. This is a front row ride for me, though. I'm giving Red Falcon 3.5 stars.

Fun Intensité Ejectors

Simply amazing ride. It's so unique with the zig-zag split stacked lift hills and the giant double helix wrapping around the curving station. It's also set in a thick forest of trees so you sort of feel like it's built into the landscape. Probably my favorite wooden coaster.

Launch Fun Baffes

Impulse coasters are always a nice diversion. This one has the usual fun launches and hangtime. There was a bit of headbanging against the shoulder harness, though.

Inversions Vitesse Trop court

This was down when I went to Knotts in late 2021 so I had to do it on this trip. It’s really fun and that hanging over the drop gimmick is fucking awesome, but it is really brief.

First Drop Fun Ejectors

This is one of my favorites. It's just so much fun and I feel like I'm in a fighter jet doing crazy maneuvers. It's an incredible rush.