Visited on Saturday - Aquila is a great addition to the park, but despite its incredible look from the POVs, at the end of the day it's still a family coaster and expectations do need to be slightly adjusted because of that. The sense of speed is surprisingly quite better in the back than in the front, and as a matter of fact, everything about the ride is better in the back. There's only one moment where you come out of your seat, being on the outdoor turn that goes over the entrance (even that isn't guaranteed), but overall the ride was lacking a little in forces as it focused far more on the speed that it had. I don't there was a single element that I preferred up front - it is back all the way.
It's a ride that I can't really find out how exactly to word my thoughts on it. It's like Fonix - addictive and rerideable but at the same time fell slightly short of where I wanted it to be. I guess I'm in the wrong for expecting too much out of a family coaster, but the ratings across the board that it was getting made me set standards a little too high.
Aquila is incredibly well themed, the perfect addition to this park, and an awesome standout for the place, but whether it's really worth going that far out of the way for is a question to be answered. Perhaps it's good to tag on to a longer Polish trip, but maybe not a dedicated weekend towards riding it.
Ranking: #97 / 405
Rating: 7/10
Mandoria as a theme park is absolutely beautifully themed and finished off, it looks gorgeous everywhere you go, but at the end of the day it's designed for families with very young children and if theming alone isn't enough to cut it for you, or if you're not a dedicated credit seeker, then it's not for you. Visiting on a Saturday...
-Merkant was 65 minutes
-Mroczny Dwor (the indoor SBF spinner) was 30 minutes
-Carrara was 25 minutes
-Aquila was 30 minutes.
The place was busy, and the rides were clearly not designed to handle those crowds. My review may not be as strikingly positive as everyone else's but I cannot understate how incredibly well themed it is. It is finished off perfectly. Go and visit the park and tell me what the new ride is. I guarantee you wouldn't be able to tell, it all fits together so seamlessly.
But if you're going into Aquila, don't forget that it's a family coaster. The POVs make it look deceptively flawless, but don't forget that it's a family coaster. It won't pull heavy forces (or many at all as a matter of fact), there is no airtime outside of one weak moment that's very temperamental in itself, but its smoothness is unparalleled.
Something about this review makes me feel so unsatisfied, having to be the odd one out, the exception to all of the "it's perfect" reviews. It doesn't feel good saying it.
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