Six Flags Quiddiya

[Matt N]

The thing with Falcon’s is that its prime sensation is seemingly sense of speed, which I don’t think ever comes across very well on POVs.

Unlike something like an RMC, where you can see the airtime and imagine it to a degree, I think the sensation of going at well over 100mph for a sustained period of time is hard to imagine without experiencing it first-hand. The only overly comparable ride in this sense is Formula Rossa, and even that is a lot shorter.

 

[dave___]

The thing with Falcon’s is that its prime sensation is seemingly sense of speed, which I don’t think ever comes across very well on POVs.

Unlike something like an RMC, where you can see the airtime and imagine it to a degree, I think the sensation of going at well over 100mph for a sustained period of time is hard to imagine without experiencing it first-hand. The only overly comparable ride in this sense is Formula Rossa, and even that is a lot shorter.

My car can in theory do 155mph, I’ve driven at a sustained 100 and that felt quite fast enough to me with being fully enclosed. I can’t imagine what 155 with an exposed head/body is like which is why I have to go and see what this thing is all about. It’s morbid curiosity as much as anything else

 

[Bowser]

The thing with Falcon’s is that its prime sensation is seemingly sense of speed, which I don’t think ever comes across very well on POVs.

Unlike something like an RMC, where you can see the airtime and imagine it to a degree, I think the sensation of going at well over 100mph for a sustained period of time is hard to imagine without experiencing it first-hand. The only overly comparable ride in this sense is Formula Rossa, and even that is a lot shorter.

I think it's more than that too. There's the downward launch, from an already great height and speed, the incredible location on a literal cliff, the slow drop off said cliff, the launch up the cliff, the unprecedented heights reached... a POV can't really convey these experiences.

Literally everyone is coming off it flabbergasted. Whether or not it's everyones favourite, there can be no doubt it is one of the most incredible rollercoasters ever built. The only people doubting it so far are those who aren't riding it.

 

[gclough79]

The thing with Falcon’s is that its prime sensation is seemingly sense of speed, which I don’t think ever comes across very well on POVs.

Unlike something like an RMC, where you can see the airtime and imagine it to a degree, I think the sensation of going at well over 100mph for a sustained period of time is hard to imagine without experiencing it first-hand. The only overly comparable ride in this sense is Formula Rossa, and even that is a lot shorter.

Having ridden it myself I can tell you first hand that it's USP's are it's absolutely ridiculous sense of speed and height and of course using physically massive geological structures which give you a unique sense of exposure and scale that isn't found on anything else.

You could have a relatively tame coaster but build it on the edge of a 600ft cliff face and it changes the experience entirely....now imagine that but this time you're dropping off the cliff.

I'm still not sure if I'd put it ahead of Steel Vengeance for me, something about that ride just feels incredibly unhinged and slightly violent which I love but it's a very very close second place and way more of a unique coaster experience.

 

[Bowser]

This isn't technically Six Flags related but i thought people might find it interesting.

The proposed Dragon Ball Z theme park for the area announced last year will actually be part of a larger Anime theme park and it looks to be gigantic!

The "resort core" area to the right of it is Six Flags, AquaArabia and the F1 course so the new park will be larger than all of them combined.

“Walt Disney Company transformed the most famous cartoon films into a park named Disneyland and achieved dazzling success, and the Qiddiya Company plans to transform the most famous animes into parks in the city of Qiddiya, for the first time in the world under the name "Anime World," one of them being a Dragon Ball park.It is expected that Anime World will become one of the most famous destinations in the region, with several parks along with 14 hotels inspired by anime and a total area for the parks and residential complexes and facilities of about 12 km²”
Here's a reminded of the DragonBall Z announcement:


From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYvQSoxrgW8

 

[dave___]

The amount of residential space there, they really are building up Qiddiya to be a new city aren't they. If nothing else at least you can say they aren't doing half measures.

Hopefully it doesn't end up all being pie in the sky like that stupid Neom line-building arcology.

 

[RicketyCricket]

The amount of residential space there, they really are building up Qiddiya to be a new city aren't they. If nothing else at least you can say they aren't doing half measures.

Hopefully it doesn't end up all being pie in the sky like that stupid Neom line-building arcology.

Meanwhile we have Milton Keynes.