I don’t know why, but the track is ugly to me.
Maybe it’s the minimalist style to the cross braces, maybe it’s the full on triangles at the support connectors. Something about it isn’t pleasing.
I do hope “something” happens at the mid course. Losing all momentum to just slowly turn around in a cage kinda saps the ride. Especially when you consider that Mack’s biggest rival for this sort of ride is Intamin who have perfected the quick switch track.
I echo these thoughts exactly.
I think with RTH at Plopsa I mentioned the track looked like it had been put on a diet - Mack have started using a slightly different kind of crossed bracing where they're more spread out, the beams are thinner and the ends are pressed which makes the track more airy, but also look more clunky in comparison to old intamin/gerst track.
And as fab as this ride looks, the turntable section will surely destroy all the pacing? But this ride has already undergone several transformations throughout the development, we should hold out for the potential for something 'more' to happen here so that it doesn't simply feel like a slow turntable before the second half of the ride. Maybe a cool show element? That would be pretty rad if it distracted you from what's physically happening (at least somewhat).
Small things to pick on when the rest of it is looking flawless. So exciting seeing Europa get a properly wild looking ride.