Sooo, Velocicoaster has seemingly been having a lot of issues recently? I went to UOR over the weekend and on Saturday, the ride was down from around 9:30am to 4:30pm, and when it reopened, it was only running two trains with the output of if it were four trains. I was stalking the app all day for a chance to ride, and despite rushing over as soon as it seemed to go back up, the line was already posted at 180 minutes. We attempted to wait but had only moved about 50-100 feet in 40 minutes as Express was backed up, so we ended up leaving for the day.
On Sunday, it still seemed to be operating with two trains but was at least up for more of the day. Unfortunately, it was raining in the morning so my party didn't want to risk a thunderstorm emptying the line, and we waited until around 4:30pm to get in line again. After 15 minutes, downtime began, and after 15 more, the line emptied and the ride closed for the day at around 5:00pm.
Now, this is just my two-day experience, and part of our bad luck was self-inflicted by not attempting to ride Velocicoaster earlier on Sunday. I've heard Friday and today were also problematic but I can't verify those myself. Still, it sucks that in my first major UOR trip since 2018, I was unable to ride one of the biggest new E-tickets due to the ride being down for approximately half of the park's operating hours across two days, and operating at half capacity when it was working. (FWIW, I was able to do all of the other attractions that opened since 2018 without any issue, including multiple issue-free rides on Hagrid's thanks to the free express from Velocicoaster downtime.) The tl:dr of it though: is this a new, consistent issue, or did I just get hit with exceptionally bad luck on my trip? I hadn't heard of Velocicoaster having Rise or Hagrids-type issues but I also wasn't following the forums when it first opened so I don't know for sure.