Is Viper as painful as it looks?

[bhslhs]

Hey everyone, I've been on a few arrow rides with the same types of trains and track as viper and the corkscrews on them are horrendous, i was wondering since i'm headed to magic mountain this summer is viper as rough as it looks because if its just like the other arrow rides it looks really rough because its much faster, or is it in a lot better shape than other arrow rides?

[ebl]

Viper can be hit or miss. I went a few years not riding it because it got too rough for me, but I had also been sick and lost a lot of weight, thus reducing my body's "padding" against it.

 

I have started riding it again and it really isn't that bad. In fact, I just rode it last Sunday and had a decent ride on it. What I do is to get the OTSR down as far as possible (but not so far as to not be able to breathe), and I sit up as straight in the seat as I can to get my head above the OTSR. That helps considerably, and my last dozen or so rides on Viper have been OK for the most part.

 

Hope that helps you. Have a great time at SFMM!

 

Eric

[CreditCrazy]

My first ride on Viper was in June, and it was great. Since then, I've ridden it several times and it's been good everytime (but lately it's been great!) I don't know about the roughness, there's a lot of rides other people say are rough and unenjoyable that I like, so people may disagree with me on Viper's smoothness, but I don't notice the roughness.

 

I've also been on other Arrow rides that I found rough (Canyon Blaster, Desperado, Demon, etc.) and Viper doesn't even come close to them.

[cfc]

I rode it in the front and thought it was OK--not too rough.

[Goliath513]

I have rode it a few times over the past few years. My first ride on it was in 2001 and I remember it being pretty good then. In 2006, it wasn't that enjoyable, but the following year, it was great! It's definitely better than some older Arrows (like CGA's Demon), but not as good as Loch Ness Monster.