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Last Cred Review

Gold Rusher - SFMM

Just went to SFMM yesterday to finish getting all their creds. I only wanted to review this one because I actually had a really fun time on it. The line was… there was no line. We walked on, and all of the seats were empty, so we chose the back. My non-thoosie friend told me that it’s a crazy ride if you don’t hold on. And believe me.. it was. The double lap bar had at least seven inches between my thigh. There are many sudden airtime moments, and one of the most recognized one is that double down. You get FLUNG out of your seat, and that probably gave more -gs than twisted colossus (don’t believe me there’s a chance I’m wrong).

Magic Flyer - SFMM

+1

Speedy Gonzales hot racer - SFMM

+1
 
After a first time trip to Parc Asterix :

Toutatis - Just as I expected, I absolutely loved this one. That backwards launch proved to be absolutely relentless with some extremely powerful ejector airtime (a feeling that I've not really had on any other coaster before besides Ice Breaker). The trim-brake on the top hat didn't actually ruin the experience for me at all. Yes, it would have been nice to fly over the top hat and get some airtime, but the feeling of hang-time instead was a rather pleasant surprise and allowed you to appreciate the views up there a little longer! Overall, great layout and punchy launches with some good theming in areas! 10/10.

OzIris - I had heard great things about this invert, so had pretty high expectations. First off, that drop! Easily the best first drop on any invert I've ridden (especially when on the back row). Now, the rest of the layout...hmm...slightly underwhelming. All the B&M inverts I had ridden before this were all relatively intense and had whippy inversions. OzIris however, felt like all of it's elements were more drawn out which lead to a less intense ride experience for me. Don't get me wrong, I still loved how it felt super floaty in some parts and I did feel like the layout was unique compared to other inverts, but maybe I was just expecting an old-school B&M invert instead.

Tonnerre 2 Zeus - This coaster certainly has a reputation, and most of it seems pretty negative! That may be why I was pleasantly surprised by my rides on it. Yes, it's not smooth at all 🤣. It's not jolty at all, but just extremely rattily, which I quite enjoyed and felt added to the overall fun and intensity of this coaster. There's some pretty sweet moments of airtime on this one (a lot of them were unexpected). The restraints also didn't bother me in the slightest, though I could see how they may be uncomfortable on some riders. Really enjoyed Zeus, and it was a solid #2 at the park for me.

Goudirix - Again, another one that had a pretty bad reputation! Whilst I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Zeus, I still found myself wondering where all the hate comes from. The trains and restraints were absolutely fine (though I do understand they were recently upgraded). the layout had some pretty funky elements and whilst the transitions might not have been the smoothest, I found them to be really forceful, especially on the batwing. I must admit though, I think the park could do with knocking it down and replacing it with a lovely new-gen Vekoma like Lech as it does feel quite dated.

Pegase Express - This was such a fun family coaster! The first half was decent, with some nice floaty moments of airtime. But the backwards section was were it got really good! Loved those whippy left-right moments on the return journey to the station.

Trace Du Hourra - I've never really been bothered about these Mack Bobsled models as the only one I've ridden (Avalanche, BPB) was just too short and underwhelming for my liking. This one was a pleasant surprise however! The turns were extremely forceful and the layout was much longer than I excepted! I also loved how this one weaves through some rockwork. Super fun coaster!

Vol D'Icare - Break-run-the ride I called this one. All I can really say about Vol D'Icare is that it does a whole lot of nothing 🤣 Time for this one to go too I feel.

SOS Tournevis - Just a bog standard kids coaster....had to get the credit 🤣
 
Snoo said:
Since we have a bunch of those threads reviewing movies or songs or whatever, I figured we could do the same for the last or one of the more recent creds you've been on. Always nice, especially considering many of us may not ride a ton of new creds at a time.

Mystic Timbers
After two years, I finally got on Timbers at Kings Island. Don't know what took me so long but you know. @Hyde and I rode it first in the front then the back and man, that thing threw you around. Definitely a fun and unique GCI in comparison to others. Airtime is great and the night ride is something to behold. I just need to ride it during the day to get a full feel. Also, the shed is stupid, but it's really nothing but a block brake so I'm not to fussed. Better then just sitting there.
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Phew, my last cred was the Frank'n Coaster last fall. It's on the roof of a Burger King overlooking Niagara Falls. 2/10. Painful and left me quite frankly dazed for 20 minutes. The entrance and exit are both staircases in the dark. There's an air whoosh jumpscare on the way out. Fun to say you've been on it though!
 
Three from today (Junker was technically the last). I'll try to follow up with a proper trip report, but may take me a week or two to get to that.

Junker
I've heard good things about this, and I was pleasantly surprised. Punchy launch, solid airtime and a stall built before stalls were all the rage - very impressed! The train made a noise like it had a flat spot on the wheel, but couldn't feel a thing, and one train ops was dire, but overall very impressed and I can see why people like it.

Pitts Special
Shame the same can't be said for this. Decent airtime and layout, but lumpy, jolty, terrible shaping and, again, one train ops. Definitely only a looker. Just as I though my conceptions about Gerstlauer might be misplaced (see Junker, above), they reminded me why I can't yet take them seriously.

Thunderbird
This is mostly on me for being fairly blind to this, but blimey this is good. It's smooth (for a woodie, no jackhammering or shuddering or any of that stuff that can plague these), has a great layout and is very very enjoyable. Only gripe (aside, again, from the one train ops - albeit marginally more forgivable on a train that seats more than 8) was the stupid brake run where they've installed magnetic brakes but the slope is so shallow and there are no kicker wheels, which means the crawl out of the brakes into the station takes longer than the rest of the ride. Otherwise, fantastic!

PowerPark was great, all things considered. Their ops need looking at (I'll explain more on my trip report), but it's in a lovely location, a decent selection of coasters and felt very relaxed.
 
Tornado
For some reason I was expecting this to be a janky, but it was actually surprisingly good! Famous for its heartline rolls, and they actually deliver pretty well. It was smooth, had some decent forces and my only real criticism is that it seems to hemorrhage speed somehow. But I'm glad I've finally managed to tick it off - one of those creds I saw as a young enthusiast and was so intrigued by. Not quite "bucket list", but something bucket list-adjacent for sure.
 
Hyperia - Thorpe Park

Finally got back to Thorpe to ride Hyperia, after last visiting the week after it first (briefly) opened. Rode it on the 24th which was it's first birthday and all the ride staff were wearing gold party hats, which I thought was a nice touch (and the only actually gold thing on the ride...). This was also my 50th coaster in the UK! Review below, as copied from my post in the Top 10 thread.


The airtime on this is incredible, firmly out of my seat through most of the layout. The outerbanked turn/inversion turnaround thing is brilliant, between that or the stall afterwards for my favourite moments. Would probably be in my top 3 if it was longer and didnt have the "splashdown" trim brake interrupting the flow. Everything after that is still great with good airtime, just needs a bit more layout instead of that trim.
 
Last one from this trip.

Taiga
I don't think this is any particularly unusual opinion, but this ride is brilliant. The pacing, layout, forces and setting are all brilliant. The sequence after the top hat into the corner after the Immelmann is an almost perfect set of elements. A top 0.5% coaster for sure, maybe even top 0.1%. Bravo Intamin and Linnanmäki, bravo.

Rest of the park is rather nice too, albeit Taiga is the only thing that's genuinely top tier.
 
Tower Coaster - Zip World Tower
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Sweet powered coaster, you get three goes and as long as you are under 170kg you can go as a pair. It seemed to get faster each go and is just a fun ride with a great view.
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Also not to far away is a nice collection of waterfalls if you have time where you can walk behind one 😊
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