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My first El Loco exceeded my expectations for it. It’s a smooth ride with lots of cool hangtime, and the last inversion blew me away. While a ride wit...

My first El Loco exceeded my expectations for it. It’s a smooth ride with lots of cool hangtime, and the last inversion blew me away. While a ride with those weird shoulder harnesses was never going to rank incredibly highly for me, I was more than satisfied with the experience.

Cute family wooden coaster with some solid floater moments made excellent by the buzz bar restraint. The first drop, while lacking air, has a very coo...

Cute family wooden coaster with some solid floater moments made excellent by the buzz bar restraint. The first drop, while lacking air, has a very cool lateral slam in the back row. The ending helix is fun with progressive sustained laterals, too.

The queue and area are so lovely, miles beyond what other regional parks are putting out. The ride is surprisingly dynamic and provides the park’s fir...

The queue and area are so lovely, miles beyond what other regional parks are putting out. The ride is surprisingly dynamic and provides the park’s first proper family coaster. Absolute home run in my opinion.

The way these newer RMCs absolutely rip through their layout is insane. It feels like this ride doesn’t slow down at all after the first inversion. Th...

The way these newer RMCs absolutely rip through their layout is insane. It feels like this ride doesn’t slow down at all after the first inversion. The big airtime hill is great, the double down combines airtime and laterals wonderfully, and I love the third inversion. My biggest issue with the ride is the layout feels repetitive, especially in the second half. Overall though, it absolutely stands out as a solid #2 at the park, and it elevates Hersheypark’s lineup to a relevance it hasn’t seen in nearly a decade.

How Holiday World and B&M managed to make a wing coaster this good is beyond me. The launch kicks harder than nearly any other LSM, and the elements h...

How Holiday World and B&M managed to make a wing coaster this good is beyond me. The launch kicks harder than nearly any other LSM, and the elements hit harder than those on other wings. If all the B&M Wing Coasters were like this, I wouldn't mind the model.

The original behind the "coaster in the dark" trope. People definitely give this ride a lot of slack due to its classic status, and I am one of those ...

The original behind the "coaster in the dark" trope. People definitely give this ride a lot of slack due to its classic status, and I am one of those people. Feels a lot faster than it is, due in part to how janky it is. There's no ride system quite like the one on this ride. Both sides share largely the same pros and cons, but I very slightly prefer Omega to Alpha. On Omega, I prefer the front to the back. This is because of some seriously strong pops that try to forcefully remove you from you seat, which you feel the hardest in the front.

The original behind the "coaster in the dark" trope. People definitely give this ride a lot of slack due to its classic status, and I am one of those ...

The original behind the "coaster in the dark" trope. People definitely give this ride a lot of slack due to its classic status, and I am one of those people. Feels a lot faster than it is, due in part to how janky it is. There's no ride system quite like the one on this ride. Both sides share largely the same pros and cons, but I very slightly prefer Omega to Alpha. On alpha, I prefer the back row to the front, as in the middle third of the ride there a few drops that hit very hard in the back.

The theming in the queue is so bad that it’s an active detractor from the ride. The theming on the actual ride is visually appealing, though, and it’s...

The theming in the queue is so bad that it’s an active detractor from the ride. The theming on the actual ride is visually appealing, though, and it’s smooth with a good launch. As a coaster, I enjoy it. It’s got nice forces. As a themed attraction/experience, I don’t like it at all. The pacing is all out of whack and the ride can’t decide what it wants to be. It’s probably better if you are a fan of the movies.

i loved seeing the voyage trains on this. there's some good pops of air, but aside from the titan track it rides like any old dinn. which is to say, b...

i loved seeing the voyage trains on this. there's some good pops of air, but aside from the titan track it rides like any old dinn. which is to say, bad. it's almost jarring to go from "shopping cart on a cobblestone street" to glass smooth and back again.

a pristine example of a custom arrow looper. rides smooth, and only minor headbanging issues in the transitions. could honestly imagine it rode simila...

a pristine example of a custom arrow looper. rides smooth, and only minor headbanging issues in the transitions. could honestly imagine it rode similarly in 1982, which isn't something i think often of arrows.

great layout and amazing use of terrain. i just recently came back here to get some evening rides on ravine flyer, and i was blown away by the view at...

great layout and amazing use of terrain. i just recently came back here to get some evening rides on ravine flyer, and i was blown away by the view at sunset. most gorgeous breathtaking location for a coaster ever.

sketchy old thing. has one or two solid moments of air, but you immediately get rattled to death. it's not awful but really not worth more than one ri...

sketchy old thing. has one or two solid moments of air, but you immediately get rattled to death. it's not awful but really not worth more than one ride.

don't let the people claiming this thing has crazy airtime fool you. it throws you a bit, which is admittedly neat with no restraint, but it's nowhere...

don't let the people claiming this thing has crazy airtime fool you. it throws you a bit, which is admittedly neat with no restraint, but it's nowhere near the level of something like phoenix. you don't ride leap the dips for airtime, you ride it because it's a living fossil. keep your expectations for the actual ride experience low and you'll come out pleasantly surprised like i did.

What a weird little thing! Lots of funky forces with negatives, positives, and laterals all present. I love what this ride does in such a small plot....

What a weird little thing! Lots of funky forces with negatives, positives, and laterals all present. I love what this ride does in such a small plot. S&S vests aren't great, and it still has some tracking issues. I want to see more of these things pop up.

This ride really shines with the new restraints. The airtime feels better, the trains are easier to get in and out of, and the height requirement can ...

This ride really shines with the new restraints. The airtime feels better, the trains are easier to get in and out of, and the height requirement can finally be 48" again. Definitely a contender for most improved coaster of 2023. The ride is so much more enjoyable now that the airtime doesn't hurt. The launch is still pitiful, though.

This ride used to be a great example of a modern gravity group layout, showcasing their consistently great pacing and airtime. It had a bad rattle bef...

This ride used to be a great example of a modern gravity group layout, showcasing their consistently great pacing and airtime. It had a bad rattle before, but it was consistent and predictable. Now, this ride is all over the place. The RMC sections are freakishly smooth, but the transitions in and out of the new steel are back-breakingly rough. Just these huge jolts out of nowhere. It bleeds speed because of this, which you can really feel in the second half. It's a shame, because it used to rip all the way through the layout. The last RMC section is weird. It pulls odd laterals and just sort of weirded me out. It wasn't like that before. Mine Blower is a ride that I've always loved despite its flaws, and that hasn't changed. I like it a little less now due to the changed pacing though. I think this is the only coaster I'll ever put both "Smoothness" and "Rattle" on.

Worth riding at least once for the novelty. You can tell Knoebels really cares for this ride, which shows in the fact that they actually can get it op...

Worth riding at least once for the novelty. You can tell Knoebels really cares for this ride, which shows in the fact that they actually can get it operating once in a while. Not particularly intense, but it's the best bobsled out of the four I’ve done. Capacity is awful at 3-6 people per car, but the operators do their best with sub-minute dispatches which give the ride an hourly capacity in the low hundreds.