- Feb 11, 2013
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Is Rockit a Success or Failure?
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They need to do a hulk style refurb with even bigger changes on this pronto. It has too much potential not to
As much as I dislike Rockit there are a few things that would make the gimmick of music on a coaster so much better, so in a refurb this is what I would want.
- A bettered themed queue and concept
- A different loading system, even if there has to be a line of trains stopped so you could choose before you load. For example. You are waiting at the air gates pre-boarding and there is a tablet or system in place to browse and choose songs with a countdown to let you know how much time you have left to browse and select. Thus no rushing when you sit down to ride.
- The biggest one, better songs, more variety. The ride chose way too many 2008-2009 hits and just presumed people would still want to hear those songs 8 years later.
- Nov 26, 2014
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Liberal use of nitroglycerin.
I HATE the theming. It fits no where. That entire front end needs a retheme but thats a different topic.
I'd like to see Rockit change to a Minions Coaster and that area change into a Minions Land. Unless Minions isn't deserving of a small land in itself.
- Feb 15, 2012
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Ripe Ride Rockit seems to annoy stand-by guests the most out of any attraction, it goes down frequently, has a bad load situation, and the ride is rough. Once Nintendo is open get rid of it.
Waiting in that line is the bane of my existence. Seriously the most obnoxious safety video in the entire world. Every single time I wait in line for it, it stops working for a good 10 minutes too, it's not just me either it's everybody I know. God this ride blows lol
Just they other day they had to cycle every RV empty until they let someone on. We were in the express queue for about half hour!
- Jul 18, 2008
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I hate the restraints. I would love to ride and breathe at the same time. Also, why haven't the songs been updated?
While I love the concept of Rockit, it was executed horrendously. First of all, the coaster itself is majorly flawed. It's only been open around seven years, yet it REQUIRES a Hulk-style refurb at this point in order to be rideable. The ride is simply painful. Why is it that Hulk, operating for 17 years, was still rideable, yet Rockit isn't? Yes, Hulk was getting rough, but nowhere near as migraine-inducing as Rockit. If it is redone, Uni should probably go with B&M for the replacement track. The second problem with the ride is that it's overall tacky as hell. This could fixed by simply dropping all of the tacky queue cartoons and replacing them with something more generic and less cringeworthy. /endrant.
Yesterday my music didn't work, the little screen actually showed a windows desktop lol
Could you find Minesweeper?
- Jun 29, 2013
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Lol, should have clicked on shutdown windows, see if it affects the ride, but then, I don't fancy being stuck myself lol
- Jul 18, 2008
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Lol, when I first boarded, the screen was the login to windows live menu box. Then I x'ed that out, a volume button appeared, put that on maximum (though there was no music on my ride), then went to start menu ... then the coaster started, it remained on windows, so I could have done anything I wanted lol, but it probably would have been hard using that little screen while being bounced around.
I said this in an earlier posts but it's now rare whenever I get to be in a seat where I can pick my music. I've been on this ride a hundred times without music and it really shows how awful the ride is alone. It's main gimmick makes it a billion times better
This was the first time I ever had it without music (I have had it where I could not select music, but never without) and I agree, it is definitely not the same.
