Bam! Done! It takes some serious dedication to do what I've just done to ride this bloody thing! Work was fairly quiet this afternoon and they owed me a couple of hours for staying until a ridiculous time on Friday night! So I took the opportunity today and headed up for a couple of hours. I left work at 2:30, was at the park by 4:20 after catching 2 taxis and a train! And was in the queue for the thing by 4:30 and then on the ride by 6!
Spoilers ahead!
The area
The ride area is impressive. The scale of the ride is seen from the moment you walk under the entrance archway and into the queue line! It's a massive metallic mess of black and yellow! It's in your face, vibrant, noisy and has one of the most catchiest soundtracks going! Ha ha ha ha ha ha
When you get into the queue you have no idea which way to look as it's just a mess going on over your head! You also end up shouting to your friends for the duration of the queue, but I have to say, it really does move!
The station
Is the biggest let down of the whole thing. It's bland and point blank as minimal as they could get away with! I don't understand the weird 3D projection images. The highlight is a man occasionally yelling SMILE down your ear!
The bag drop is in a very stupid place as well.
You then go from being in a dark space to a massive open space with lots of light. I do love the uniform for the staff though! It's fabulous! And hence today I went again in my stripey jeans and smiley top!
The indoor section
I loved the blinding lights that come on as you go down. The drop is powerful and the inversion fun! As furie said you still do feel like you are upside down when you're not! I would say they probably could have done something a little better with the lighting and darkness like making it all flashey and smiley! A bit like in the game tbh!
The first section
So up the lift we go. We were lucky and got one that dueled, but today it did seem like it wasn't quite as well synced as it could've been! Around the drop you go and then it really is just inversion after inversion after inversion! Did I mention inversions at all?
It's fast, it's not the most forceful, but it certainly keeps you smiling as it isn't noticeably rough.
When we stopped on the bottom of the vertical lift you really do feel a little dizzy and not knowing which way is up! A very good thing there!
The second section
Is more or less the same as the first section. Inversion after inversion. You barely notice the Marmaliser as you're just going far too quickly to notice any of it! The airtime hill is fab and then when you think you've avoided the dreaded curse of the Gerstlauer as up until this point it's certainly not rough. The second part of the cobra roll comes along and that's it! Gerstlauer's true colours there! It's rough, it's banging and that continues through the corkscrew and then the last corkscrew as well! It's a little bit violent! I dread to think what this is going to be like by the end of season considering this is only the 3rd day its been open and it's already banging like that!
The end
As you exit up the rainbow stairs (what the significance of this is, I don't know) and through the narrow hypnotising corridors you really are still smiling and complaining about how it nearly rode so well! Those corridors are really what they could've done with the indoor tunnels to make it fab!
Overall
It's a very good solid ride, people are going to love it! I do really like it, but fail to see a really good stand out feature from it! It's a shame about inversion 12, 13 and 14 as that really lets the ride down! But what can you expect from a Gerstlauer really?!
A really good addition to the park but not up there with Nemesis and Oblivion! Does keep you smiling for a while though!
Spoilers ahead!
The area
The ride area is impressive. The scale of the ride is seen from the moment you walk under the entrance archway and into the queue line! It's a massive metallic mess of black and yellow! It's in your face, vibrant, noisy and has one of the most catchiest soundtracks going! Ha ha ha ha ha ha
When you get into the queue you have no idea which way to look as it's just a mess going on over your head! You also end up shouting to your friends for the duration of the queue, but I have to say, it really does move!
The station
Is the biggest let down of the whole thing. It's bland and point blank as minimal as they could get away with! I don't understand the weird 3D projection images. The highlight is a man occasionally yelling SMILE down your ear!
The bag drop is in a very stupid place as well.
You then go from being in a dark space to a massive open space with lots of light. I do love the uniform for the staff though! It's fabulous! And hence today I went again in my stripey jeans and smiley top!
The indoor section
I loved the blinding lights that come on as you go down. The drop is powerful and the inversion fun! As furie said you still do feel like you are upside down when you're not! I would say they probably could have done something a little better with the lighting and darkness like making it all flashey and smiley! A bit like in the game tbh!
The first section
So up the lift we go. We were lucky and got one that dueled, but today it did seem like it wasn't quite as well synced as it could've been! Around the drop you go and then it really is just inversion after inversion after inversion! Did I mention inversions at all?
It's fast, it's not the most forceful, but it certainly keeps you smiling as it isn't noticeably rough.
When we stopped on the bottom of the vertical lift you really do feel a little dizzy and not knowing which way is up! A very good thing there!
The second section
Is more or less the same as the first section. Inversion after inversion. You barely notice the Marmaliser as you're just going far too quickly to notice any of it! The airtime hill is fab and then when you think you've avoided the dreaded curse of the Gerstlauer as up until this point it's certainly not rough. The second part of the cobra roll comes along and that's it! Gerstlauer's true colours there! It's rough, it's banging and that continues through the corkscrew and then the last corkscrew as well! It's a little bit violent! I dread to think what this is going to be like by the end of season considering this is only the 3rd day its been open and it's already banging like that!
The end
As you exit up the rainbow stairs (what the significance of this is, I don't know) and through the narrow hypnotising corridors you really are still smiling and complaining about how it nearly rode so well! Those corridors are really what they could've done with the indoor tunnels to make it fab!
Overall
It's a very good solid ride, people are going to love it! I do really like it, but fail to see a really good stand out feature from it! It's a shame about inversion 12, 13 and 14 as that really lets the ride down! But what can you expect from a Gerstlauer really?!
A really good addition to the park but not up there with Nemesis and Oblivion! Does keep you smiling for a while though!