Coaster reviews

I rode this multiple times when it was the Rat. What excellent theming. It stank. Like an actual sewer. And it was scary. And the ride was all crazy f...

I rode this multiple times when it was the Rat. What excellent theming. It stank. Like an actual sewer. And it was scary. And the ride was all crazy flying around in the dark. I loved it!

110 min wait for hippogriff. Express got me straight on row 10/11. Way better than my memory of Orlando. Drop fun, and helix has little bit of force. ...

110 min wait for hippogriff. Express got me straight on row 10/11. Way better than my memory of Orlando. Drop fun, and helix has little bit of force. Still too short to recommend even a walk-on. I mean crazily short. Express here is much more preferential than in Orlando, where we waited 25 mins with Express and were furious at how poor it was.

Jurassic Flyers has a very good ride mechanism: a powered coaster which can spin and provides an excellent family level experience. The aviary is a go...

Jurassic Flyers has a very good ride mechanism: a powered coaster which can spin and provides an excellent family level experience. The aviary is a good palace for it, and the interactions with the mountain are good. However it is totally let down by terrible lack of themeing. The first part is over and very close to a steel walkway. This takes away any possible vertigo. Then you loop an empty animal enclosure, then empty rock tunnels. There are alcoves for animatronics, or even still models, or these days even modern screens. But they are empty. The walkways could be camouflaged or removed (presumably not, due to safety). Massive missed opportunity compared to Athur which was a real surprise at Europapark and a sleeper hit. It was one of our favourite rides even though we had no idea who Arthur or his minimoys were. I had read about the Flyers theming defect and tried to approach this optimistically given our positive view on Arthur. But it was every bit as bad, or worse than I’d read. Could be best family coaster at universal if done properly (Hagrids is too thrilling for a family coaster). Sadly, given its popularity (120 mins standard wait) I see no sign that Universal will have any incentive to fulfil its potential. Disney would do better. Would be a great ride system for monsters inc door themed coaster…

This is probably a personal issue, but my God I have never gotten more nauseous on a coaster. One ride took me out for the rest of the day, I was bani...

This is probably a personal issue, but my God I have never gotten more nauseous on a coaster. One ride took me out for the rest of the day, I was banished to sipping water and staring at the ground to keep my stomach together.