Flash Shift
Mega Poster
Just got my first cred of the year, a front row ride on Taron. Damn son that was some crazy ****.
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Dan Nguyen
Mega Poster
365. Revenge of the Mummy - I think this ride has a better coaster segment than its sister in Florida, but Florida has the much better overall ride. The ending definitely comes out of nowhere if you're not expecting it or are used to riding the Orlando version. The coaster segments are super fun and deliver some pretty surprising forces. I wasn't expecting to get a ton of floater. I'd imagine a back row ride would deliver better forces for sure. If they took the fun dialogue and the ending of the Orlando version and combined it with the coaster segments on the Hollywood version, you'd easily have the best dark ride coaster in the world. (sorry Guardians).
366. Flight of the Hippogriff - Its pretty fun. IDK if its the same layout as the Florida version but it feels about the same.
366. Flight of the Hippogriff - Its pretty fun. IDK if its the same layout as the Florida version but it feels about the same.
Flash Shift
Mega Poster
I am going to elaborate on this now I've finished my 2 days at Phantasialand.
Taron
The above says it all really, but this is a masterpiece in terms of atmosphere and theming. The layout is really good too, especially the second launch - my favourite part was actually just after this, where for a brief moment you get a full view above the ride before diving back in. There's some good speed moments as well as some pretty strong airtime, and it's definitely a front row ride. That said it's just not quite as good as Taiga in my opinion as both halves die out a bit (especially the trim on the hill near the end, that's tragic) and Taiga just has a more dynamic layout. Taron is really more about the combined package rather than being a ride of elements. I will give Taron the edge on the launches though - Taiga has great ones too, but Taron's are just better.
Raik
This is the most forgettable coaster here in my opinion. Maybe I'm just not that into these family boomeranges but it didn't have as many near miss elements as I expected unlike Taron. One and done.
Colorado Adventure
Holy **** this is ****ing carnage. Sit at or near the back and just go flying over the drops. Sitting by myself meant I was also sliding all over the place, and you have to take your bag on with you too! Long layout with lots of theming and awesome moments, I think the best part was after the second lift hill as there's this drop that goes into complete darkness and you just get ejected hard. Absolute chaos.
Black Mamba
I liked it more the second time when I wasn't at the back. It's not a bad coaster, but I found it to be not a patch on Nemesis in my experience. I think if I'd got a front row ride it would have been awesome but like Reborn you don't get to choose to queue for it. Still though, as negative as I sound about this, it's remarkably solid.
F.L.Y
This ride is Rookburgh and Rookburgh is this ride. The area is smaller than it appears in pictures but it's so detailed it doesn't even matter. The boarding system is absolutely genius, and I didn't even know there was a lift hill before the first launch! However, on my first ride I was at the back and it just felt positive G heavy and I didn't like it that much. I did eventually get a front row ride though and it was fantastic. You can more easily see the near miss elements which are really good and you actually get solid airtime. The second launch up the hill into the twisting drop at the front is the best part of the ride. My third and last ride ended up being at the back again, but it was a lot better than the first time. This ride feels so different from front to back that it's kind of hard to rate.
Crazy Bats
Only did this for the cred, I'd never done a VR coaster and it was wasn't particularly interesting. Definitely skip this if you're not going for the cred, I queued a while for it as well.
Winjas (Force)
Queues for Maurer Spinners seem to always be miserable, and this is no exception, though it is at least themed. It's got a lot of cool traits like the elevator lift, tilt track, and whatever the hell the drop track before the very end is, but it's really really short.
Winjas (Fear)
Yes I am counting this as a separate cred, and the only one I didn't get on the first day. Didn't queue as long as I did for Force the day before which is nice, and ironically this side has better forces than the side that is actually called force. It's also just better overall - better drops, better spinning, better airtime, and I'm pretty sure it's a longer ride too. Still, I wouldn't be in a hurry to revisit either side of Winjas if I did a revisit, especially with how slammed the park was both days.
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Flash Shift
Mega Poster
Oh wow I did get lucky though I did come back a few days ago at this point. Also not lucky because it was a Dutch (and I think either French or Belgian) national holiday meaning it was slammed and I put all my focus on the coasters and exploring the park and not on any of the other rides. Banging park though.
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Tonkso
Hyper Poster
So, Movie Park. An interesting little park that actually exceeded my expectations.
The top half of the park consists of the worst SLC we've ridden and a Woodie so desperate for retracking or perhaps the RMC treatment it's laughable. Now that's out of the way...
Studio Tour. A really fun multi-dimensional coaster for all the family. Not particularly extreme by any standard but a complete, polished experience. This was actually a close second for my park favourite. The scenes are really well designed, the 'tricks' land well and it's clearly a park favourite. I really did enjoy it.
Van Helsing. Whilst it isn't the best of its kind, it's fun, a little brutal at points but we felt like this is the cheque Thorpe's Walking Dead writes but fails to cash... It broke down on our second ride so the 10 minutes sat on the brake run weren't appreciated. On that note, parkwide break downs seemed to be on the Merlin scale, which was disappointing.
Star Trek, brilliant. But too short. Park, awesome swing launch, favourite, but too short.
The top half of the park consists of the worst SLC we've ridden and a Woodie so desperate for retracking or perhaps the RMC treatment it's laughable. Now that's out of the way...
Studio Tour. A really fun multi-dimensional coaster for all the family. Not particularly extreme by any standard but a complete, polished experience. This was actually a close second for my park favourite. The scenes are really well designed, the 'tricks' land well and it's clearly a park favourite. I really did enjoy it.
Van Helsing. Whilst it isn't the best of its kind, it's fun, a little brutal at points but we felt like this is the cheque Thorpe's Walking Dead writes but fails to cash... It broke down on our second ride so the 10 minutes sat on the brake run weren't appreciated. On that note, parkwide break downs seemed to be on the Merlin scale, which was disappointing.
Star Trek, brilliant. But too short. Park, awesome swing launch, favourite, but too short.
Thekingin64
Strata Poster
Monkey Mayhem, WMSP: JASSM, not much else to say. They were running it with minimal trims though, and with an unbalanced car each time which produced some wonderful spinning at times. Kept breaking down all day though so wouldn't be surprised if it's replaced soon.
Park as a whole has improved a lot since my last visit. Safari was fantastic, zoo section has expanded a lot. Theme park section still a little rough around the edges but felt a lot cleaner and less like a temporary fairground.
Park as a whole has improved a lot since my last visit. Safari was fantastic, zoo section has expanded a lot. Theme park section still a little rough around the edges but felt a lot cleaner and less like a temporary fairground.
Dan Nguyen
Mega Poster
Popped into Magic Mountain before park close to score a few rides in before tomorrow. The park was fairly busy so I wasn't able to ride as much.
367. Goliath - I'm always a fan of these twister layouts and Goliath is no exception. Titan is slightly better because of the extra helix, but Goliath is nothing to scoff at either. The layout is pretty interesting because its not the standard out and back layout most hypers go for.
368. Twisted Colossus - I had to choose between running to Scream and knocking that out, heading to the back of the park or hopping in line for Colossus before park close. I made the right choice. Operations were pretty quick and the crew was trying their best to get as many duels in as possible. I ended up dueling twice. The dueling definitely adds a bit of extra spice to the layout making it way more interesting. I understand that dueling doesn't always happen so I felt pretty lucky.
367. Goliath - I'm always a fan of these twister layouts and Goliath is no exception. Titan is slightly better because of the extra helix, but Goliath is nothing to scoff at either. The layout is pretty interesting because its not the standard out and back layout most hypers go for.
368. Twisted Colossus - I had to choose between running to Scream and knocking that out, heading to the back of the park or hopping in line for Colossus before park close. I made the right choice. Operations were pretty quick and the crew was trying their best to get as many duels in as possible. I ended up dueling twice. The dueling definitely adds a bit of extra spice to the layout making it way more interesting. I understand that dueling doesn't always happen so I felt pretty lucky.
Howie
Donkey in a hat
Yoy - Walibi Holand.
Grr... so frustrating, I really wanted to like this but sadly, it just doesn't deliver.
Let's talk about the good stuff first. Number 1 - it looks fab. The blue and green track combo really pops, it's filled up a big, vacant plot of land on the park and joined up a previously very laborious horseshoe-shaped park layout. Watching the two trains dance and duel with each other is truly a visual feast.
Number 2 - both rides have really good layouts, no complaints here at all. Despite being marketed as 'chill', the blue side is still pretty intense with some good moments of airtime and strong positive g's. The green 'thrill' side offers more of the same, possibly a bit more forceful and with the obvious addition of six inversions, but more or less a similar ride experience.
Number 3 - the duelling aspect is executed brilliantly, a marvellous bit of engineering right there. Whichever side you're on, a lot of the experience comes from trying to keep your eye on the other train as it twists and dives over, under and around you. The timings are just exquisite. Good stuff.
Now then, the bad stuff, the elephant in the room in fact: what the hell is with that rattle? Holy crap, it's like... really bad. I'm no engineer, but it feels to me like there's somehow a fundamental design flaw in the trains. Essentially, each car is nothing more than a tiny little wheel bogie with piddley little shopping trolley wheels, a piece of metal plate welded over it and a chair bolted on top. It's so flimsy you can rock it from side to side as you climb aboard in the loading station. Not a nice, cushioned rocking that would absorb any forces either, it clunks, loudly, from side to side, moving a good inch either way, almost as if something wasn't bolted down properly. Naturally, this loose, rocking motion translates to a rough ride. I mean, how could it not?
Although some reviewers have claimed it's not that noticeable on-ride and doesn't detract too much from the experience, for me at least it was a dealbreaker.
Had one ride on each side and didn't feel the need or the urge to ride them again. 2 and done.
In other news, Eat My Dust is a solid but unremarkable family cred, Goliath is showing it's age in terms of layout design but still rides really well and Untamed , my word... Untamed - still one of the top 5 coasters in Europe for me, I'll take it over Taron, Zadra, Wildfire, Kondaa etc.. Bloody love it, I do. My favourite of the 'medium' sized RMC's.
Here are some pictures from the day:
Mat getting his 500th cred on Goliath.
Grr... so frustrating, I really wanted to like this but sadly, it just doesn't deliver.
Let's talk about the good stuff first. Number 1 - it looks fab. The blue and green track combo really pops, it's filled up a big, vacant plot of land on the park and joined up a previously very laborious horseshoe-shaped park layout. Watching the two trains dance and duel with each other is truly a visual feast.
Number 2 - both rides have really good layouts, no complaints here at all. Despite being marketed as 'chill', the blue side is still pretty intense with some good moments of airtime and strong positive g's. The green 'thrill' side offers more of the same, possibly a bit more forceful and with the obvious addition of six inversions, but more or less a similar ride experience.
Number 3 - the duelling aspect is executed brilliantly, a marvellous bit of engineering right there. Whichever side you're on, a lot of the experience comes from trying to keep your eye on the other train as it twists and dives over, under and around you. The timings are just exquisite. Good stuff.
Now then, the bad stuff, the elephant in the room in fact: what the hell is with that rattle? Holy crap, it's like... really bad. I'm no engineer, but it feels to me like there's somehow a fundamental design flaw in the trains. Essentially, each car is nothing more than a tiny little wheel bogie with piddley little shopping trolley wheels, a piece of metal plate welded over it and a chair bolted on top. It's so flimsy you can rock it from side to side as you climb aboard in the loading station. Not a nice, cushioned rocking that would absorb any forces either, it clunks, loudly, from side to side, moving a good inch either way, almost as if something wasn't bolted down properly. Naturally, this loose, rocking motion translates to a rough ride. I mean, how could it not?
Although some reviewers have claimed it's not that noticeable on-ride and doesn't detract too much from the experience, for me at least it was a dealbreaker.
Had one ride on each side and didn't feel the need or the urge to ride them again. 2 and done.
In other news, Eat My Dust is a solid but unremarkable family cred, Goliath is showing it's age in terms of layout design but still rides really well and Untamed , my word... Untamed - still one of the top 5 coasters in Europe for me, I'll take it over Taron, Zadra, Wildfire, Kondaa etc.. Bloody love it, I do. My favourite of the 'medium' sized RMC's.
Here are some pictures from the day:
Mat getting his 500th cred on Goliath.
Ahhhh, @Howie! What a team photo <3 <3.
@DelPiero, @witchfinder, @chainedbanana, @Libby_Liz & @MouseAT
@DelPiero, @witchfinder, @chainedbanana, @Libby_Liz & @MouseAT
Dan Nguyen
Mega Poster
382. Xcelerator - This ride has a really cool gimmick in the launch into the top hat, but after that it sorta just meanders to the brakes. Not a bad first hydraulic launch coaster though. The launch basically punches you in the stomach and you get a really fun pop of airtime at the top of the top hat. It would be nice to have a more substantial layout though.