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[2024] Voltron Nevera | Mack Stryker Coaster

Don't want to ruffle any feathers, but my feeling after riding Voltron was that 90% of the intensity was a result of the roughness, rather than the ride itself being particularly intense. The only exception to that is the final stretch following the MCBR, which is genuinely very intense and an absolute overload of positives - which in honesty I found too much.
 
On a scale of how would riders rate it for intensity from 1 being glass like smooth and 10 being rattly as hell?
Saw and Furious Baco are a 9.5/10, and Rita a 9, as after 1 ride I never want to go back same day. Smiler is a 7/10 as I'd never do back to back but I'd only re-ride AM v PM, not twice in the same part of the day if that makes sense.
 
Manchester1894 said:
On a scale of how would riders rate it for intensity from 1 being glass like smooth and 10 being rattly as hell?
Saw and Furious Baco are a 9.5/10, and Rita a 9, as after 1 ride I never want to go back same day. Smiler is a 7/10 as I'd never do back to back but I'd only re-ride AM v PM, not twice in the same part of the day if that makes sense.
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Of the two rides I had, and based on that scale, my first ride on it I would put at a 9.5 (on par with Saw, and much more of a rattle than Rita (more of a judder). The second ride however, probably a 4, still some shake there but nothing uncomfortable or that detracted from the experience.
 
I no longer put any stock in reports of a ride being rough or rattly, as enthusiasts these days would declare a bench to ‘have an uncomfortable rattle that might age badly’ if the person next to them broke wind. I can’t remember the last modern coaster (by a reputable manufacturer!) that I felt was made worse by not being perfectly smooth, especially with hard OTSRs now being virtually extinct.
 
D4n said:
The ride isn't rough.

Comparisons to Baco, Saw and Smiler are frankly bizarre.
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Not sure how you can definitively say that. There's clearly an issue with how consistently Voltron rides. If you don't think that is 'roughness' I'd be keen to know what you put that down to?

For context, Blue Fire, Wodan, Silver Star all absolutely glass smooth.
 
Is it time to dig out this old classic?
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To add to the melee... I have a high tolerance for rough rides and can tell the difference between 'rough' and 'intense', at least on my personal scale. Voltron is intense, almost inexplicably so within the generally less than extreme confines of Europa Park. I have, however, had at least one ride on it that was thoroughly, properly rough. Then I had another that was completely smooth, and probably the single greatest three minutes I've ever spent on a rollercoaster. And a third somewhere in the middle.
 
We're spoilt for smooth rides and lovely restraints these days, that said there has to be a bit of give with the intense rides and headaches are a risk of this hobby. I'll get to ride Voltron in the summer, but even rides I love sometimes give me a bad head unfortunatley. The fact people are going back to the ride says enough for me. If people did a one ride and never again it'd be more concerning
 
The issue most of us are talking around is that the ride is demonstrably inconsistent. That’s not a subjective thing based on one’s tolerance for roughness or mistaking intensity for roughness, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people (including me) who have had rides that are both perfectly smooth and others which are incredibly rough and bouncy.

I rode over four separate visits last year and nearly all of those rides were somewhere between very smooth and slightly rough. There were two occasions in all that time where the ride was significantly rougher than all the other rides. Both were on wing seats, on rows 3 and 4. On the other occasions I’ve ridden in those same positions, the experience was nowhere near as bad.

I think the conclusion to draw is that this is not just a seat position or train issue, but is also influenced by other factors such as temperature, train weighting, resonance etc. Thats’s why there are differing opinions, because people are experiencing different things.

It’s inconsistent.
 
I agree it’s inconsistent, but I don’t think its worst ride would be classed as rough. It is intense and I think that does throw a lot of people as it’s really rare in the modern era to get truly intense coasters.

Smiler is inconsistent and it’s worst rides are rough, Voltron it’s worst rides are shaky.

That said these things are subjective, I found Dragon Khan headache inducing and of a group of 6 of us visiting two came off with headaches and 4 loving the ride so you never know.
 
I like rough rides (Wild Mouse and Ulty were amazing despite being violent) and even within EP, Mir is not even close to smooth but great. The problem for Voltron is it's intense, which is good right up until you get a shaky ride and it goes from this is great to not as good. It's not SLC horrendous or SBF Visa Spinning Mouse OTSR awful.
 
Dave said:
I agree it’s inconsistent, but I don’t think its worst ride would be classed as rough. It is intense and I think that does throw a lot of people as it’s really rare in the modern era to get truly intense coasters.

Smiler is inconsistent and it’s worst rides are rough, Voltron it’s worst rides are shaky.

That said these things are subjective, I found Dragon Khan headache inducing and of a group of 6 of us visiting two came off with headaches and 4 loving the ride so you never know.
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best take so far.

rode it over 10 times in dec '24 and did 5 in a row with 1 of those being of the 'shaky' variety and still hopped back on. it was only after 5 that i was feeling a wee bit done in and i put that down to how intense it is rather than any roughness/shakiness.

and the dragon khan/furious baco combo put me out of action for the rest of the day.
 
I had 16 rides on my visit. Half were completely smooth, 7 had either a very tiny amount of rattle/wing seat vibration, no big deal. 1 was so bad (only ride in row 3) where I felt like I was in a washing machine on full spin cycle, just bouncing all of the time. I know the difference between intensity (which Voltron is up there) and just getting a really terrible ride - if someone not used to such coasters got that experience then that would put them off for sure.
 
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