Walibi World - 04/05/11

[Lofty]

Hey all,

I know this is SO delayed, but here's my PTR of Walibi World from the 4th May. Yeah, firstly, sorry about the little logo in the corner, these exact images went up to Flickr straight away and instead of using two batches of the same image, I just put these on there. Actual review of the coasters at the end;

After the easiest transport known to man, me and my Dad arrived at Walibi at around 11/11.30am? The park was busy already as it was one of their public holidays, just my **** luck..

We then headed straight for, yeah, you guessed it, Goliath. The worrying thing was, we hadn't saw it testing since we got there and walked over to it, so as people who've been before know, it takes around 5 solid minutes to walk over there? But, luckily, as we got closer, I heard screaming and saw people flying over the bunny hop's, so my excitement started to grow!

Yes, that is a camera somebody has lost, all point and LOL at them;

The Airtime <3

We then headed over to Robin Hood. Ugh:

Anyway, enough of that piece of ****, we then had dinner and just walked around the park, getting the other credzzzzzz out the way. Firstly, El Condor, then Rattle Snake & then finally Speed of Sound.

Station theming <3

We finally decided to head back to Goliath, we had rode back-row to start the day off, so we though front-row would be a good last ride to the day. My word, it was!

To finish off the day, we had a meeting with some of the management of the park and they shown us around one of their Scare Attractions, which was fab of them.

But yeah, here's my verdict on the park;

I loved the place, I do genuinely think people are to harsh on the park, for some unknown reason, maybe because they had a bad day there some time? But, still, the park was heaving, I still enjoyed it. The theming in the areas is pretty nice, although some of it just doesn't blend as much as it could do, it reminds me very much of Thorpe in that way. The staff all seemed really friendly and nice, some of the general public tried to queue jump a few times, but after hassling them, they eased off.

Goliath: Goliath is actually amazing. For anybody that hasn't rode it, take your time out to visit the park, it's worth doing solely for Goliath. I can't exactly say, sit here, sit there, yes, you've obviously got Front/Back Row seats that are the most intense in terms of airtime, but still, anywhere is good. Back Row down the first drop actually made me scream, a little, but still. I didn't think it would be as powerful as it was. The last 3 bunny hops are just so intense. If you leave a little gap in the restraints, you'll adore it, your arse doesn't touch the seat all the way over. Loved the ride. So much.

Robin Hood: Boring. Every day it's shufflin'. It's just ****, moving on...

El Condor: Ugh. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain & PAIN. 'Nuff said.

Rattlesnake: Just a little Tivoli piece of crap, nothing else is said about it really.

Speed of Sound: Loved it. It was my first ever boomerang. Luckily, this has the new trains & on-board music, that no matter what people say, enhances the ride. It was actually really smooth, great fun, intense & well worth a ride. It should also be noted, that when getting in the queue, if you head to your left, which is the single rider queue, you can get into the station and jump under the bars without being seen by any of the staff, it happened a LOT when we was there. Just a heads-up

Anyway, thanks for Reading my PTR. Amsterdam is the next one, Inc. The Dungeons!

 

[Martyn B]

Nice report. I take it as you didn't mention it, Xpress was still closed?

I'm thinking of going here in October, so its nice to finally here a good review.

 

[Lofty]

Yeah, sadly Xpress is SBNO

Yeah, I'm going in October too, the 16th and 17th I think it is, or around that date, it's their Halloween Fright Night events. Trust me, from what I've been told off the park, it's worth going for. The park is REALLY easy to get to as well. If you haven't done it already, I'll explain it below;

Train from Schiphol > Amersfoort then from Amersoort > Harderwijk. Go out of the station, make a left, towards the busses, get the Walibi Express straight to the park.

It's great, I really enjoyed the park. The food is also fantastic. Another pointer, Goliath is the furthest coaster to get to, it's really complicated. You head straight past the ferris wheel, turn left, follow the path past Robin Hood and the Space Shot, pass Go-Karts and you'll finally get to it. It's a bit of a strange layout to a park, I have to admit.

 

[Martyn B]

Thanks for the transport advice, though I will be driving! :lol:

 

[Ben]

Yeah, sadly Xpress is SBNO

<3

 

[Gavin]

I do genuinely think people are to harsh on the park, for some unknown reason, maybe because they had a bad day there some time?

Hmmmm, see I had a pretty good day there when I went, but I still don't see the park as anything special at all. It's not awful (though there are some really **** ty areas), just incredibly mediocre.

Goliath is really good, no arguments there. I thought the middle bit was a bit dead though to be honest. Brilliant first drop and second hill, strong finish, dead(ish) middle.

I actually quite liked Robin Hood as well. The main thing that ruined it was the restraints. There were a couple of moments of really good airtime, but when your thighs are getting raped they're not a lot of fun unfortunately.

Did you try out the madhouse? I thought it was pretty good. Not the best example of the ride type, but far from the worst.

There's nothing else there of any real note though to be honest. Speed of Sound is good for a Boomerang, but that's about the extent of it. I've got nothing against boomerangs, but the addition of a sound system isn't enough to get me excited about riding one.

 

[Lofty]

Yeah, sadly Xpress is SBNO

<3

Ugh, Go Die. Tyra Banks.

I do genuinely think people are to harsh on the park, for some unknown reason, maybe because they had a bad day there some time?

Hmmmm, see I had a pretty good day there when I went, but I still don't see the park as anything special at all. It's not awful (though there are some really **** ty areas), just incredibly mediocre.

Goliath is really good, no arguments there. I thought the middle bit was a bit dead though to be honest. Brilliant first drop and second hill, strong finish, dead(ish) middle.

I actually quite liked Robin Hood as well. The main thing that ruined it was the restraints. There were a couple of moments of really good airtime, but when your thighs are getting raped they're not a lot of fun unfortunately.

Did you try out the madhouse? I thought it was pretty good. Not the best example of the ride type, but far from the worst.

There's nothing else there of any real note though to be honest. Speed of Sound is good for a Boomerang, but that's about the extent of it. I've got nothing against boomerangs, but the addition of a sound system isn't enough to get me excited about riding one.

I kind of agree with you about Goliath's middle, slightly, the further back in the train you go, the more the ride dies towards the middle, front row, it's actually ok I though, you still get slight, (VERY slight) air on the "S Hills".

I sadly never tried the Madhouse, it was packed that day and to be honest, that Mad House had a HUGE queue so I never bothered with it.

Maybe you can explain this to me, what on actual EARTH is with the batching system to Robin Hood? It's TERRIBLE. Where they split the queue up, it get's so un-organised. Surely doing a conventional queue isn't as bad as that?!

As I said in the review, it's my first Boomerang I've been on, so I don't know what to expect when it comes to the experience, but the restraints weren't painful, at all, the on-board system works great I though, especially if you tie it in with the elements of the ride. So yeah, that's where I was a coming from in terms of Speed of Sound.

The park does have to tatty areas I have to admit, the main one has thankfully just been converted, the Italy section looked TERRIBLE from photos. All as the park needs now is the FULL Re-theme to the WAB theme in my opinion. It's not worth promoting a new product (Music Battle) or park like this if you're not going to go full-out at it. I personally think the park is screaming out in some areas for a little TLC, yet, it doesn't hinder on the actual park experience in my opinion

 

[peep]

I'm one of the 'haters' of this park. We could have had an awesome day at the park, the weather was alright, the park was dead but if the park doesn't have good rides then you can't really enjoy your day fully. I don't understand the mass hysteria over Goliath, yeah the first drop and the air time hills are good but the layout is just boring and why do we circle a tree of silence? Oh and yeah, totally agree about the SLC of pain and Robin Hood, evil contraptions.

I also agree about the food, probably the best thing we found in the park bar the bumper cars. They freshly made an entire Italian dish right in front of us, was epic. Where did you eat?

 

[Tony]

Great PTR! Goliath does sounds and look awesome . Definitely want to visit this park sometime in the near future solely for Goliath!

It's a shame Xpress is SBNO, anyone know why? Hopefully it won't be SBNO as long as that Boomerang . It's a shame though, when they finally start doing up areas of the park with this new music battle theme and re-open and retheme the Boomerang, then they remove a coaster and make another SBNO....

 

[iveL]

Nice pics :--D

I've made a video of Walibi Holland but I can't start a new topic? Why not?