Managed to ride this yesterday. Also was walk on most of the day surrounding the frequent short breakdowns.
While I miss Duel, I agree it needed the refurb. I like this version and love that they got the Trommel working properly again . However, there is a lot of dead spots with no theming. Most noticeable being immediately after the trommel and the dark section soon after where you're supposed to be following Emily's voice. they've also noticeably sped the cars up so it passes through a lot of the scenes too quickly to really take it all in and/or for any storyline to be taken in, IMO would be much better if they kept it to Duel's speed. Much like duel, I'll ride if passing but wouldn't make any special trip for it.