I was able to attend media day as well, sorry it took a little bit to circle back to the forum.
I've got 11 rides under my belt now. Only one of them was in row 1, and that was for my RPOV, so I definitely need another ride or two in the front without a giant camera in my face before I say what row is my favorite
I don't want to talk too much about the theming since it's still a work in progress. I definitely enjoyed what was there though. Something I noticed that I forgot to mention in my video was that there are some flood lights below station level that have some kind of program for when a train is dispatched, I thought that was a nice touch. John confirmed audio for the lift is coming.
coasterfanatic wrote:It’s not going to be any different than X Flight. It’s the nature of a ride that has seats that aren’t over the track. Im not worried. If it bothers you, sit in the middle seats.
I think coasterfanatic hit it on the nose pretty well. X-Flight is a great comparison. I will say, I had some rides in row 3 far left seat that were pretty jarring and worse than X-Flight. But then I had some rides in row 2 second to right seat that pleasantly surprised me compared to those row 3 left seat rides. Those rides were better than X-Flight in my opinion. Middle is generally good.
As for forces... the drop is fantastic. Immelmann was a little forgetful, maybe because (almost) every single dive has it. The forces weren't any different than any other dive Immelmann in my opinion. Maybe I would appreciate it more in the front row for the views with demon. The dive loop is pretty good. Some float at the apex, and the exit might have the best positive g's on the ride. The "Wrath Roll" as I have dubbed it was fantastic. The laterals are fantastic, even sitting in the middle. Something that was a little bit of a let down was the swooping turn afterwards. I was anticipating more g's. The 4th inversion has some float, a little more than the dive loop. The transition into the 5th inversion and the 5th inversion itself was probably the biggest surprise of the ride for me. It's a bit hard to describe... it's like tug of war and your opponent just quickly overwhelms your team and you get yanked forward super quickly. It's like the train is accelerating quickly through the inversion even though it's probably not getting much faster at all. But at the same time it has good float. Hard to describe but pleasantly surprised and a top 3 moment of the ride for me alongside the drop and Wrath Roll. Unfortunately this is followed by the letdown for the ride for me, the s bend turn. I was hoping for some airtime and I didn't really find it there. Plus at the apex of the element is the biggest shuffle of the ride. It's kinda like Wrath's Iron Menace moment. Even in the middle you will feel it. Not rough or painful though. The turn into the s-bend is good, the turn out of the s-bend was solid.
I never hit the brakes once thinking the ride was short. Each ride I understand the ride more and like it even more. A great addition and I'm excited to see the final product when they have all the theming in place. Like Dave (who I met for the first time, that was so cool!) I'd be happy to answer any questions the best I can.
(if that what they'll even do)
