I finally got around to riding this coaster on 10/10/08. There wasn'.t much of a line, I waited about 20 minutes in total. The pre-show wasn'.t all that spectacular and I was a little bummed that you still have to wait after exiting the pre-show!
The ride itself was actually a bit better than I thought it would be. Most wild mouse coasters are fairly slow or have a lot of braking on them. This one seemed to have no brakes at all and the turns were taken really freakin'. fast! To the point where upon entering a turn I would think ".oh crap...". A couple of the dips were taken pretty fast as well, especially the big one 3/4 of the way through that had some serious air. My stomach actually dropped a bit on that particular dip. an amazing feat considering that it rarely happens on coasters like El Toro or Nitro.
The scenery was sub-par for the excpetion of the van with the stuff in the back. Most of the time the car would zoom by the props with barely any time to see it. I agree with bumprnugit that some strobes would have really helped this ride considering the effect that the camera flash had.
All in all it was a decent wild mouse. It'.s no replacement for the wonderful ball of steel that was the Chiller, but I guess it'.s something.
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