Even though it gets rougher with age, Vortex always gives a wild, out of control ride that I can't help but enjoy! It's nice to see one of the last Ar...
Even though it gets rougher with age, Vortex always gives a wild, out of control ride that I can't help but enjoy! It's nice to see one of the last Arrow suspended coasters still standing strong, and I hope it continues to stick around as one of the better rides in the park.
Update Feb. 2023: So I rode Avengers Assemble: Flight Force again yesterday. I came in talking trash about this coaster expecting the worst as my last...
Update Feb. 2023: So I rode Avengers Assemble: Flight Force again yesterday. I came in talking trash about this coaster expecting the worst as my last rides were pretty lackluster... and I actually enjoyed it the two times I went on it. The trasitions were pretty good with no huge headbanging issues and while the ride still had a slight rattle it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be. The launch is pretty great, the sea serpent element was intense and some of the turns actually offered some positive Gs as well. I still don't like the new theming as much as the old one but I'm getting used to it, so I'm not quite as mad as I was before. I don't know what happened in November, I must just have caught it on a bad day, overall I'm way more impressed by it this time, and I had some genuine good time on it. I'm giving it the 4 stars that I would have given it back when it was themed to Aerosmith.
Update July 2023: I rode this three times today in rows 6, 7 and 5. There were some good things and some bad things. First with the good things: the ride had short wait times even during busy hours. It seems as though Disney listened to the feedback and added some stars and more screens during the layout which is much appreciated. The ride still has a good airtime pop near the end. Now on to the bad things: The pre-show, while it looks great, breaks the line. There were tons of people accumulating in the short line after it which made it impossible for the ops to close the door. Not a deal breaker but pretty immersion breaking for first time riders. The line after that pre-show also seemed to move at a snail's pace. Before my third ride, I had to wait for a show to end outdoors. I don't know about you but I think doing that show right in front of a ride's entrance seems like a massive design flaw. This show was also recurrent and took place every 30 minutes it seems. On that same third ride (unlucky ride I guess), the left speaker crackled and it seems to be a train-wide issue. The layout itself has some intense moments and the rattle is tolerable but it has some dead spots (at least they're not in complete darkness now). I am not changing my rating as there were some improvements from last time but also some problems.
Update November 2023: Honestly, this ride is pretty smooth and forceful. It does bang your head around a little but if you clear the harness, you're gonna be fine. I marathoned this during my visit, clocking in 7 rides, which was actually my first time at only one of the two parks in years, I usually visit both but I don't regret spending my whole afternoon at Walt Disney Studios. Waits were non-existant too and they didn't even bother with the pre-show. Overall, it was the perfect setting to marathon it.
Update February 2024: Well, guess what, not only did I prefer it to Crush's Coaster, but it was better than ever and I even beat my record, I rode it 8 times, making it the coaster I probably rode the most in my entire life. It was pretty smooth too, the bootom of the Sea Serpent inversion didn't rattle this time, though I noticed that train 1 was the only train that gave a slightly rough ride, all of the other trains tracked smoothly but train 4 or 5 had grumpy speakers and I believe train 3 had restraint issues where they had to be manually unlocked. It's pretty intense all throughout which is why I prefer it to Crush's Coaster and the restraints are actually pretty freeing, the inversions actually give a slight feeling of weightlessness, lifting you out of your seat for a split second (especially the first inversion on the Sea Serpent roll). The more I ride Avengers, the more I like it, which cannot be said for Crush's Coaster.
Update December 2024: This coaster being your favorite at the park depends on what you’re looking for in a coaster. If you’re looking for a zippy ride that’s a bit more dynamic, then Crush’s Coaster might be more of your cup of tea. If you’re looking for inversions, storytelling and a punchy launch, Flight Force is your pick. I do not recommend riding it earlier in the day, as this is typically when its queue is at its longest, around the 30 minutes to 1 hour mark. It’s also when it’s cold. Even at 3PM, my ride in row 10 was absolutely forceless, aside from the sea serpent roll. It warmed up a lot later on and had some genuine force just two or so hours later. I recommend riding Crush’s Coaster first if you’re there at opening, or riding a few flat rides, dark rides, RC Racer or the Tower of Terror if you’re not at the park right on opening. For me, Tower of Terror remains the best overall ride at the park, with Flight Force being second. I enjoy its intensity paired with the nice sense of speed it gives from being indoors, as well as its relative smoothness. The trains are quite cramped, more so then your typical MK-1200 train, presumably because of the onboard audio and having to take your luggage with you. The theming is quite nice, though not having watched any Marvel movies I don’t feel particularly invoked in the ride’s story. One downside compared to Rock’n’Roller Coaster is that the on-board soundtrack is always the same. The ride crew was quite efficient whilst remaining pretty chill, however lots of cast members in the queue line weren’t doing much, and it just seemed as though they would have been better off operating other rides. Tower of Terror only had one or two people running an entire elevator, that includes seating assignment, line management, and ride operations. Flight Force was one of only three rides on the day of my visit where it seemed as though the ride crew was being efficient. The other two were Crush’s Coaster and Spider-Man WEB Slingers. Every other ride had a dreadful queue that moved at a snail’s pace and it just took ages for people to load in and have their restraints checked.
Update November 2022 [OUTDATED]: This to me was the worst coaster at the whole resort, it is rough, like the rattle felt way more pronounced than last last time and the headbanging... GOOD GOD, it was WORSE than on GOUDURIX, that's how bad it was. Heck, I even heard people say it was rough in Spiderman's queue. The theme is terrible, I can not wrap my head around how stupid it is, the Aerosmith theme fit this ride a lot better plus when you see what an amazing job Disney did with Guardians of the Galaxy, it is even more of a letdown. The ride felt faster than last time and the brakeruns didn't slow the train down so there aren't much dead spots but the launch felt forceless while even 3 months ago it was great. I mean Space Mountain's launch was better than this one and it's supposed to be the weaker one... I can not give this ride more than a 3/5 in its current state, it's just sad and I'm now of the opinion that this should get new trains as soon as possible. Just ride the other coasters of the resort like Crush's Coaster, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain and Indiana Jones, all of those are more enjoyable than whatever this is...
Orginal review [OUTDATED]: This coaster, when it was known as Rock’n’roller coaster starring Aerosmith would have gotten 4 stars. In terms of layout, it’s good, while I know it is a controversial opinion, I personally like spaghetti bowl coasters. I love the launch, and I find the sea serpent quite intense. The ride does have some dead spots with the brake runs but the corkscrew always catches me off guard and the final hill gives some airtime. The first time I rode it in 2017 it was smooth-ish and it felt the same after my re-rides in August 2019. I rode it again this year after its conversion as Avengers Assemble Flight Force and I have to say while the building looks nice from the outside, the queue was okay, the animatronic was good but it all goes down hill from there. The countdown screens are just TVs and the ride is mostly in complete darkness with just a few projections of Iron Man and Captain Marvel through the ride + the ride now has a nasty rattle. Thankfully it is still mostly free of headbanging but it is also how I noticed the rattle. Overall the 3 year retheme is lazy and looks cheap when you compare it to the extremely detailed Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, add to that the nasty rattle and this is what brings it down to 3 stars for me… They at least could have gotten the new vest Vekoma trains.
I loved it but it was so overhyped for me that I got off disappointed. It's still really amazing, not my favorite RMC though or even favorite coaster ...
I loved it but it was so overhyped for me that I got off disappointed. It's still really amazing, not my favorite RMC though or even favorite coaster at cedar point. The airtime was not as strong as I expected from what people had told me but still good. The lap bar was a bit heavy though.
I rode this years ago before I really liked coasters, and I remember really enjoying it even then. It had a really fun layout and a decent number of m...
I rode this years ago before I really liked coasters, and I remember really enjoying it even then. It had a really fun layout and a decent number of moments where it felt like I couldn't put my hands up without hitting the supports. Still a pretty basic wooden coaster though.
