Shaggy_Dog_
TS Member
Tornado at Bakken.
Had my first visits to both Tivoli Gardens and Bakken and of course Tornado was the most interesting cred. I’ve been fascinated by this one since I first saw the reactions to it of riders in vlogs and heard of how this “insane” spinning coaster had a legendary Boost mode. I’d also heard about its super fast lift hill, crazy first drop, and the vicious restraints. And you know what, it’s true. All of it.
It’s hard to describe the ride experience in words because truth be told it’s all but of a blur. You’ve seen the videos and you think you know what to expect but the sheer sensation of what happens takes your breath away. After going up the rapid lift hill you feel as though you are being flung *violently* in to the modest drop and and the ride seems to want to remove your head from your shoulders. It’s not actually a launched but it sure feels similar to one, it really is as insane as they say it is. The restraints are awful on your shoulders and it almost becomes a test to see if you can keep your soft neck away from the razor like hard straps inches away from it as you bobble around the track. There’s a brief respite of a second or two in the middle of the run where you are just spinning before violently dropping down in to the second half of the ride. And when you come in to the break run the experience isn’t quite over as with four in the car you’ll carry on spinning and spinning for what seems like ages.
It’s hard to know what to make of it because it’s such a full-on balls to the wall experience but you feel as though you are battling against not only the sheer insanity of the ride but also the insanity of the restraints. It’s one of the most unique credits you’ll ever do, put it that way. And what’s more, after riding it six times or so the operator asked me “If I’d like to try it a little faster?”. My eyes lit up when it heard that, legendary boost mode unlocked! I’d read that they had stopped doing that recently so it was certainly a pleasant surprise. Sadly though I only rode it as a single rider (as my daughter wasn’t sure about it) so I didn’t get the full spinning experience on my own in the car but it most definitely had more of a kick to it. What a pity that Intamin never made any more coasters of this kind as with a redesigned restraint system they would truly be something absolutely phenomenal rather than just crazily fantastic.
Had my first visits to both Tivoli Gardens and Bakken and of course Tornado was the most interesting cred. I’ve been fascinated by this one since I first saw the reactions to it of riders in vlogs and heard of how this “insane” spinning coaster had a legendary Boost mode. I’d also heard about its super fast lift hill, crazy first drop, and the vicious restraints. And you know what, it’s true. All of it.
It’s hard to describe the ride experience in words because truth be told it’s all but of a blur. You’ve seen the videos and you think you know what to expect but the sheer sensation of what happens takes your breath away. After going up the rapid lift hill you feel as though you are being flung *violently* in to the modest drop and and the ride seems to want to remove your head from your shoulders. It’s not actually a launched but it sure feels similar to one, it really is as insane as they say it is. The restraints are awful on your shoulders and it almost becomes a test to see if you can keep your soft neck away from the razor like hard straps inches away from it as you bobble around the track. There’s a brief respite of a second or two in the middle of the run where you are just spinning before violently dropping down in to the second half of the ride. And when you come in to the break run the experience isn’t quite over as with four in the car you’ll carry on spinning and spinning for what seems like ages.
It’s hard to know what to make of it because it’s such a full-on balls to the wall experience but you feel as though you are battling against not only the sheer insanity of the ride but also the insanity of the restraints. It’s one of the most unique credits you’ll ever do, put it that way. And what’s more, after riding it six times or so the operator asked me “If I’d like to try it a little faster?”. My eyes lit up when it heard that, legendary boost mode unlocked! I’d read that they had stopped doing that recently so it was certainly a pleasant surprise. Sadly though I only rode it as a single rider (as my daughter wasn’t sure about it) so I didn’t get the full spinning experience on my own in the car but it most definitely had more of a kick to it. What a pity that Intamin never made any more coasters of this kind as with a redesigned restraint system they would truly be something absolutely phenomenal rather than just crazily fantastic.
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