Went down Saturday morning, tried to hit it after I rope dropped dark coaster, they had ride ops hanging out on the stairs near the tea cups turning us away with the “maintenance is working on it speech” hit up Apollo a few times didn’t see any equipment or men on the tracks I assume it was a software/electrical error? Came back to Italy after lunch and still down, no ride ops just a sign of being down, around 2-3 the bgw app had been updated with closed for the day.
It closed later today and they were messing with the second set of stators on the swing launch
In general, most marketing claims never really matter unless it's a major record being broken. But the claim of "fastest multi launch coaster in the world" was sneakily worded from the beginning, as first iteration of this ride type (Soaring with Dragon) was always faster than Pantheon. Pantheon does, however, hold the record for "fastest top speed for a coaster with two fully separate sections of launch tracks" (see: 1) launch into the first inversion, then 2) the whole swing launch section). Doesn't flow off the tongue quite as well.
I just find it a fascinating subject. Like multi launch can either refers to how many times it Launches total or the total number of launch track sections.
Gross… to any skyrocket II Being compared to rides like TT2, Pantheon, or Velocicoaster I mean.
They also (correctly) advertised Pantheon as having four launches, which means they clearly count each launch in a swing launch separately.
Pretty sure the term "multiple" means more than one in common parlance. Fastest four launch coaster would be the correct ad for Pantheon.
Good point. Pantheon’s launch (or, I suppose, launches) actually may be my favorite of any launch coaster for that reason. There’s something so unexpected and fun about the sort of double-kick of launches you get each time you pass through the swing launch. It’s like you speed up, coast for a second, and then bam — you’re speeding up again.
I think both parks have some higher ups who definitely lurk on here. KD has even referenced Parkfans on at least 1 occasion. Possibly even some of the people who post on here could be.
