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I tend to go to SFOG 15-20 times a year, if not more. One thing that has eluded me almost everytime I go is Deja Vu, a coaster that in three years of opperation, I have ridden exactly 3 times. Once per year, when I log dozens upon dozens of rides on other coasters. My most recent ride was two months ago when the parks maintenence department made a mistake and fixed the darned thing. Looking back from atop the Mind Bender : "Deja Vu is open? Do I need a new perscription???" I headed over in hopes of riding it for the first time in a year and a half. Anyway, it took me an excruciating hour for me to get on the coaster. I know that shuttle coasters tend to have low capacities, but in an hour they might have had 10 circuits. 10 in an hour! This was a slow example, but whenever it is open the line is slow and long. The ride itself is between awesome and phenomenal, I love cobra rolls on Inverts, and the vertical lifts on this thing are sweet. Unlike its traditional sit-down production-model partner Boomerang, Vekoma raised the bar, and this beast has a 150 foot+ vertical drop, rushing through the station at slightly more than 65mph, the fastest speed in the park. The super cobra roll is sweet, as is the huge vertical loop, and what makes it even better, is doing it in reverse. A reverse vertical drop and going through the inversions is one of the most intense experiences on a coaster, and it really makes the Vu an incredible ride.Unfortunately, it is rarely open and often has a line that moves at a snails crawl, so it is hard for me to give it a 9 like I would. Instead, I will stick with my original rating of 8, because it is one intense ride, but I just dont get to experience it all that often.
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