Ice Breaker (SWO)

[joelbryant11]

Excite

 

[shiekra38]

There she goes!

 

[ragerunner]

Ice Breaker running the full course.

 

[Scott W.]

Another angle:


This is getting some amount of hate online. This legit looks like a lot of fun.

The small humps in the initial launch are going to give some great pops of air.

 

[WillQ92]

Another angle:


This is getting some amount of hate online. This legit looks like a lot of fun.

The small humps in the initial launch are going to give some great pops of air.

Completely unfounded hate at that. It's absurd.

It looks whippy AF over that top hat and first airtime hill.

 

[GAcoaster]

 

[Disneyhead]

Jurassic World Compycoaster!

 

[shiekra38]

Another angle:


This is getting some amount of hate online. This legit looks like a lot of fun.

The small humps in the initial launch are going to give some great pops of air.

Yes, I too hate new rides that only replace restaurant patios

 

[Scott W.]

Yes, I too hate new rides that only replace restaurant patios

Patios are essential in these covid times!

 

[shiekra38]

I swear @RollermanDan has a bed at Universal and SeaWorld and just chooses which park to sleep at every night

 

[WillQ92]

My only gripe with Ice Breaker is the fact that someone decided that this coaster without inversions needed the dreaded comfort collars.

 

[joelbryant11]

The little pops of airtime are going to be so fun

 

[GAcoaster]

My only gripe with Ice Breaker is the fact that someone decided that this coaster without inversions needed the dreaded comfort collars.

If every rider was 5'8" and 150 pounds they could easily get away with lap bar only, but the collar expedites loading, secures a wider range of body sizes, and reassures parents of kids just able to fit on the ride. I hate them, but it really does make it faster and easier to load the ride and more friendly to a wider array of body types.

 

[Magic Feather]

If every rider was 5'8" and 150 pounds they could easily get away with lap bar only, but the collar expedites loading, secures a wider range of body sizes, and reassures parents of kids just able to fit on the ride. I hate them, but it really does make it faster and easier to load the ride and more friendly to a wider array of body types.

The collar doesn’t expedite loading; in fact, it slows it significantly. For those unfamiliar with Premier Comfort Collars, they aren’t standard over the should restraint, it’s effectively a limp set of straps that attach to the lap bar after the lap bar is pulled down. Unfortunately, many guests don’t see it, and sit back onto the comfort collar, and then ops have the awkwardly maneuver it in front of them.

 

[HandsomePete]

As far as over-the-shoulder restraints go, and I think calling it a restraint is a stretch, the comfort collar is by far the worst from a load/unload perspective. I would even go as far as saying it's ergonomically unsafe as you have to hold it up while you twist to sit down in the really tight Premier train.

 

[shiekra38]

The little pops of airtime are going to be so fun

Yeah, I don't think people are giving it credit

It's going to be a fun little airtime machine

Then once people are brave enough, they can take on the real airtime coaster in the park

 

[shiekra38]

Cool aerial view of IB full circuit testing

Side note: I do wish this had some ice theming around the coaster and maybe a near miss theming element

But whatevs

 

[Frank Drackman]

they sure can bend steel these days!

 

[GAcoaster]

Sign is up and the former Mango Joe's is now Altitude Burgers, and supposed to re-open tomorrow with a new menu:

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

Hope they put a few more of those burgs around the launch area