The one and only Lightning Rod. After over 240 rides across every single operating version of it, It is still my all-time favorite! The launch, airt...
The one and only Lightning Rod. After over 240 rides across every single operating version of it, It is still my all-time favorite! The launch, airtime, pacing, and theme are all fantastic!
The launch has a surprisingly high acceleration for being a Disney ride. The first two inversions taken in almost complete darkness are exciting. The ...
The launch has a surprisingly high acceleration for being a Disney ride. The first two inversions taken in almost complete darkness are exciting. The rest of the ride is a generic spaghetti bowl in low light. The theming is great at the station and launch section, but is just okay in the main ride building. There are multiple dead spots, mostly attributed to what appears to be two mid course brake runs! I have no idea why Disney needed more than one block sections in the main part of the ride. This roller coaster always operates with 4 trains, but the ride isn't nearly long enough to put more than 2 trains between the launch and unload station, even with Disney's crazy fast 40 second dispatches.
I've waited almost a year for riding Zadra, which was opened a week after my previous visit in Energylandia. My expectations were very high and realit...
I've waited almost a year for riding Zadra, which was opened a week after my previous visit in Energylandia. My expectations were very high and reality, unfortunately, does not match them in all aspects. Visually beautiful, Zadra is located in Dragon Zone - area which looks much better then every other park zone due to its theming. The atmosphere of medieval village disappears however in ridiculously long queue line, which has no theming at all. After beautiful Hyperion station and overall presence of Dragon Zone it is a bit disappointing. Finally I'm in the train - OMG, the restrains are so uncomfortable! Lap bars have additional shin guards, which caused giant bruises on my legs after only 3 rides. Ride experience? After extremely noisy chain lift the drop comes - very good in last row (nice ejector), ok in the middle rows. After the drop, train reaches its top speed of 121 km/h and maintain great pace till the end. After twisted top hat the Zero-G stall comes - one of 2 best moments of the rides, which looks spectacular from the outside. Couple of turns and second best moment comes - great right turn immediately followed by sharp left - masterpiece! Shortly after you reach great ejector hill, followed by second inversion. Last section is close to the ground and to the structure of Zadra, with the final, third inversion and... ouch, painful, hard brakes at the end. The train has enough speed for further 200m of track, which is unfortunately missing. Overall, awesome ride, with extremely high G-forces, very intense with great pacing, but also with couple of drawbacks: uncomfortable restrains, brutal brakes and lack of theming. So which one is better: Zadra or Hyperion? They are different, so it is difficult to compare them, both have pros and cons, but let me put it this way: every time I'm in Hyperion waiting for departure, I'm excited and scared a little bit. And I love this feeling. On Zadra, I felt this only once, before the first ride.
1.5 star for the ride, awful plastic alien theming which surprisingly is quite attractive for children, but this roller coaster is so uncomfortable th...
1.5 star for the ride, awful plastic alien theming which surprisingly is quite attractive for children, but this roller coaster is so uncomfortable that at the end only one star from me.
Worse than Draken, better than every other kid coaster in Energylandia, Happy Loops is suffering from lack of cheap, colorful plastic mushrooms and ot...
Worse than Draken, better than every other kid coaster in Energylandia, Happy Loops is suffering from lack of cheap, colorful plastic mushrooms and other decoration, which makes it less attractive for children.
0.5 star from me for the ride experience (absolutely dreadful), but children were delighted with colorful, cheap, plastic theming. Hence, another 0.5 ...
0.5 star from me for the ride experience (absolutely dreadful), but children were delighted with colorful, cheap, plastic theming. Hence, another 0.5 star totalled to 1 star for the whole ride. It is a mystery for me why Energuś is classified as kid coaster, while Frutti Loop as family one by Energylandia.
Although the track layout seems to be more interesting than on her bigger brother Energuś (even though it is shorter and lower), the ride was not as c...
Although the track layout seems to be more interesting than on her bigger brother Energuś (even though it is shorter and lower), the ride was not as comfortable as on Energuś, which is quite disappointing, given the smoothness of other Vekoma coasters in Energylandia.
