Jurassic World VelociCoaster - General Discussion

[Frank Drackman]

The touchdown after the top hat I’m assuming? Yea.

I’m hoping the Team Member position will be enough that they don’t need to add the glass all along the waterfront, but we shall see.

Interesting (to me) in that the team member was there when I rode during the passholder preview. I sort of figured someone would always be in that area to keep the queue from that section.

 

[Stonecoldfreak1]

Can’t get the quote to work on mobile for some reason, but in regards to single rider at open, I used it this morning at 9 AM.

 

[HHN Maddux]

Two things.

1) The airtime you get in the back, especially on the drop, is INSANE.

2) The raptor animatronics in the queue and especially in the first launch tunnel look great.

 

[Alicia]

Two things.

1) The airtime you get in the back, especially on the drop, is INSANE.

2) The raptor animatronics in the queue and especially in the first launch tunnel look great.

The first launch scene uses four large screens to display the raptors. They aren’t physical figures.

 

[HHN Maddux]

The first launch scene uses four large screens to display the raptors. They aren’t physical figures.

Wait w h a t

Those are some damn good screens then. Went on it three times yesterday, never once noticed it was a projection.

 

[Alicia]

Wait w h a t

Those are some damn good screens then. Went on it three times yesterday, never once noticed it was a projection.

The fact that they're so vivid in daytime is pretty impressive. I don't like that if you're seated towards the center of the train you don't get a good look at the raptors in the cages though.

 

[Speed]

I just got a rollback… I guess life is complete

 

[NickC]

Did you actually roll backwards down the top hat? I've never seen what happens before it comes to a stop in launch two, but we were in the station and saw the relaunch from the monitors in the control booth. Watched them manually jog the train forwards and backwards a whole bunch of times before it finally relaunched. I'm super jealous, we were only two trains away from being on that one.

 

[Speed]

Did you actually roll backwards down the top hat? I've never seen what happens before it comes to a stop in launch two, but we were in the station and saw the relaunch from the monitors in the control booth. Watched them manually jog the train forwards and backwards a whole bunch of times before it finally relaunched. I'm super jealous, we were only two trains away from being on that one.

Haha yep I was on that train, not an exact rollback but we did stop, then rollback out of the 2nd launch and back into it

 

[WAJAS]

It's on the online park map now. Islands of Adventure (universalorlando.com)

 

[OrlandoGuy]

Finally got to ride this thing. I won’t repeat what everyone’s already said, it’s amazing and probably the best roller coaster in Florida, if not the US as a whole (although my park experience outside of the state is limited).

Couple things that surprised me even after reading so many reviews:
-Queue aesthetic is incredible and really sets the tone for an intense experience, which is hard to do for jaded adult theme park fans.
-The first launch scene is very cool and even a little scary…good enough show scene for me.
-Headchoppers in the first section are the first on any ride to make me say “oh crap” and duck down.
-The big drop really isn’t that intense, but sitting toward the back, it was kind of unnerving slowing down while twisting up vertically before being whipped over the top.
-Second favorite element was the criss-cross sort of thing as you spin around the bridge, which had a nice whip and some surprising airtime…first favorite was, of course, the final barrel roll.

I was honestly disappointed with Hagrid’s…I think it’s a great ride but doesn’t do roller coaster OR thematic storytelling particularly well (the whole > sum of its parts) but everything about Velocicoaster just clicks. I loved it.

 

[devinp267]

Anybody know what happened today?

 

[Clive]

Anybody know what happened today?

Could you be more specific?

 

[Yung1522]

Could you be more specific?

I think the ride was closed from probably 9am until 2pm today. That might be what they mean

 

[GAcoaster]

I know they just had their 1,000,000th rider! That's great throughput!

 

[JungleSkip]

Rode 3 times on Friday, 1 time in the front and 2 times in the back. Such an incredible experience from start to finish. The coaster doesn’t let up, which is the best thing you can say about a coaster. The paddock portion has much more airtime than I was expecting, and in the back of the train you really get whipped around in the curves. But the second half is some of the best 30-ish seconds of coaster out there. Incredible what this team fit into that spot. If I was Uni I’d be letting them design a replacement for Rockit ASAP.

Queue is also very nice. The AAs are crazy how articulated they are.

 

[dxwwf3]

Rode 3 times on Friday, 1 time in the front and 2 times in the back. Such an incredible experience from start to finish. The coaster doesn’t let up, which is the best thing you can say about a coaster. The paddock portion has much more airtime than I was expecting, and in the back of the train you really get whipped around in the curves. But the second half is some of the best 30-ish seconds of coaster out there. Incredible what this team fit into that spot. If I was Uni I’d be letting them design a replacement for Rockit ASAP.

Queue is also very nice. The AAs are crazy how articulated they are.

The beginning of the ride is wonderful, but you’re right. Those last 30 seconds or so (from the 2nd launch on) are as good as any coaster I’ve ever been on.

 

[Mad Dog]

Jeff Bezos spent many hundreds of millions to experience apx. 3 minutes of anti grav. airtime in very near space. He would have been better off to buy a ticket for Universal and ride Velocicoaster 6 or 7 times,
whose airtime total would be about the same...O:

 

[SkiBum]

Jeff Bezos spent many hundreds of millions to experience apx. 3 minutes of anti grav. airtime in very near space. He would have been better off to buy a ticket for Universal and ride Velocicoaster 6 or 7 times,
whose airtime total would be about the same...O:

And enjoyment factor much higher.

 

[Nico]