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Couple of bits.

http://www.ferrariworldabudhabi.com/en-gb/attractions/flying-aces-coming-soon.aspx

Flying Aces

It’s a new ride. It’s record breaking. It’s Flying Aces.

Our new rollercoaster is inspired by an epic story and simulates a real biplane flight featuring the world’s tallest loop, the steepest and fastest cable lift incline, 10 zero gravity airtime moments and a whole lot of incredible twists and turns.

What is this epic story? Flying Aces is inspired by Italy’s ‘ace of aces’ Count Francesco Baracca, a famous Italian aviator of the 1900’s who painted the Prancing Horse emblem, Cavallino logo, on his bi-plane.

Baracca’s mother was a big fan of Enzo Ferrari when he had begun his racing career, reporting many triumphs. She later asked Enzo to put her son’s logo on his car to bring him good luck, just like it did for her son.

And there you have it… The famous Ferrari logo was created


Also - http://www.ferrariworldabudhabi.com/en-gb/tickets/etihad-guest-flying-aces-preview-day.aspx

Etihad Guest Flying Aces Preview Day
We’re inviting all Etihad Guest members to try our brand-new roller coaster, Flying Aces, on 23rd February 2016! Simply present your Etihad Guest membership card at our Guest Services lobby between 11am – 1pm and a member of our team will take you to board the ride.

See you in the sky!


I'm surprised there's no videos leaking out, they have the internet in Abu Dhabi right?
 
Still not able to find any video, but here are some photos from last week's testing:

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Please tell me the propeller spins... :p That'd be so fab. <3
 
It looks a lot more drawn out than Skyrush, obviously, because it's so much bigger.

So, it doesn't look like it has quite the same pace to it as Skyrush, which just barrels round the whole thing cause it's so compact/short.

It still looks fantastic, but, better than Skyrush? Nah. But then Skyrush I feel was a complete accident that occurred when trying to squeeze in a Hyper Coaster to that space.
 
It doesn't look like the airtime will be as insane as Skyrush (it'll still have great airtime. It's just that Skyrush is bonkers). This on the other hand looks like more of a complete ride and possibly more intense laterals.

Looking forward to your review Dubaidave!
 
Looks quite neat! I haven't really ridden much of Intamin Hypers so far (only WH's Goliath, which is obviously quite different), so can't really know what to make out of the current footage. I didn't know it has an inversion, so something new from that video at least.
 
The ride looks bonkers!

Hersheypark asked Intamin for a seriously white-knuckle thrill ride, which is why Skyrush is so insane. I have a feeling that Ferrari world did not want something as crazy as Skyrush and that is probably the reason for the slightly slower pacing.
 
^Nope. I reread the Skyrush topic(I like reading old topics for fun), and it blasted through the course. Even at the 2 mph lift hill test. It was very relentless.

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Heres my report form the flying aces launch day.

Its quite word heavy so I will put the photos at the end so can go straight to them if you don't want to read the text.


I arrived at Ferrari world 45 minutes early which meant that are checking in at the media desk I was able to explore the rest of the park and check out the other two rollercoasters is which are still under construction.

Once the launch event time arrived we made our way over to the entrance to flying aces. There were several speeches and are short video before we were ushered outside to stand directly in front of flying aces.

First off this coaster is huge. Until you are stood right underneath it you don't really get a perspective on the size of the lift hill or the loop. Next there was a race between a Ferrari car and a replica biplane. And the coast it was sent round empty so we could see it.
We all went back inside again for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and then it was time to ride.

So this is my review of the whole ride experience from entrance to exit. I must say upfront I have never ridden Skyrush. So I won't be able to make any comparisons between the two rides.

As you enter the hanger that is the start of the queue line for flying aces it's becomes very apparent that a lot of time effort and money has been put into theme in this ride.

At the entrance there is a tester seat it then you enter through army barracks. I will let the photos the most of the talking however the queue is quite long and the theming is unbelievable. The main room of the queue line has a biplane crashed in a tree and a person stuck in a tree in a parachute both of which have projected faces. There is also an amazing effect in this room where the wall is painted with a scene and projected by planes fly overhead. The final room has a safety video again seemed to army barracks. You are then moved into a room with number doors and spots numbered 1 to 4 on the floor. At this point you still have not seen the rollercoaster itself. Once you have chosen your spots the doors open and you board the coaster straightaway.

The ride experience is amazing. I was in the left outside seat towards the back and the amount of airtime on hang time was unbelievable. The doors open and you are catapulted on for the lift and you got the lift very fast and over into the first drop it's extremely smooth with you don't feel the transition between the left and the drop. The drop twists around the right and the airtime is amazing. You then go straight into the noninverting loop as you reach the top of the loop it feels quite sedate however coming down the other side the in-line twist really makes you fly.
The rest of the ride is full of airtime even including the small bunny hop into the break run.

It's difficult for me to do this ride justice as I've never ridden anything like this before however I can say that it does not let up for one second and the speed with which you got the lift hill and get thrown around is genuinely frightening. I would say this is easily the most intense coaster I have ever been on. The ride experience is just out of this world. The overall theming of the queue line and even the exit corridor is stunning it's certainly marks and amazing step forward for Ferrari world Abu Dhabi. Compared to formula Rossa which is purely about the speed and the ride itself flying aces knocks spots of it.

The level of the theming on the ride matches the area around it where Italian theme and has been added to the parks corridors and walkways. I can't really say this is the best role of person I have ever ridden however it certainly up there in the top two or three ever as a ride experience.if you take into account the amazing theming of The queue as well then it's easily my number one ride.


The photos are in chronological order. starting with updates on some of the other rides then onto the flying aces launch event

Enjoy



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