CPSFMMCW Posted April 24, 2014 Posted April 24, 2014 Wow, the ride looks incredible. Could this potentially win for best new attraction 2014? Seems like it'll be a top 3, with banshee and goliath. Out of Banshee and Helix, for those who have ridden both(if any), which did you like more?
Frippeman Posted April 24, 2014 Posted April 24, 2014 Awesome photos and awesome footage! Thanks for sharing! As for Helix, does anybody know where the top speed is achieved? There are several fast moments in the ride. They say it is beneath the airtime hill right after the tophat (second launch) where Helix turns left into the s-curves.
The Yeti Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I certainly can tell this is not an American trip report, only 1 person I would even call overweight at all. Yet by your judgements I can tell you are American (as am I) because 7 of the people in those pictures were in fact overweight Great pictures, Hanno! Love the rider shots! I can't wait to say that to you again!
Loefet Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Just one question, for those who've ridden Helix: how does the second launch feel? It looks like it gains speed but then closer to the end it doesn't seem to be accelerating much (as it's quite long). So I wonder how the forces feel. The second launch feels better in the back since up front it feels like you are slowing down quite a bit until the launch kicks in, in the back there is no lag It's due to that the launch can't start until the train is all on the launch track. On the launch itself, the the speed up is all in the beginning, but since the track is pretty steep and the LSM units will keep the train at the final velocity once it's reached then you don't get any feeling of slowing down until you hit the top-hat.
rcjp Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 ^Oh, ok. Thanks. I had also considered that (the steepness thing) so I just wanted to know how it felt.
Meteornotes Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Wow, this ride looks amazing. Hopefully some day I can get back to this park. dt
The Westate Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I certainly can tell this is not an American trip report, only 1 person I would even call overweight at all. Yet by your judgements I can tell you are American (as am I) because 7 of the people in those pictures were in fact overweight Great pictures, Hanno! Love the rider shots! I can't wait to say that to you again! I'm totally pointing the finger at myself. I'm way overweight and have had to do the walk of shame more than once.
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 How intense are the launches? Is it more like Mr. Freeze/ Poltergeist or more like Maverick? Haven't been on a Mack launch coaster yet but the train seem to accelerate pretty slow.
Loefet Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Haven't been on either of those but they are really weak on Helix. Probably some of the weakest ones I have been on.
Gnome Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 The launches to me looked like what you would get on Speed the Ride or from I imagine Maverick or Cheetah hunt. The latter 2 of those 3 look to be similar to Helix in terms of experience, though I expect Helix to have the better overall. I will be very interested to see the opinions of this ride once the TPR vets get a chance to go on it. The first opinions seem to stack up against what I gauged the ride to be like after viewing the pov. Liseberg looks like they have a very well rounded and a very stellar coaster collection.
DrachenFire2 Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Is it just me, or do folks overseas get some really awesome roller coasters haha. Why can't we get a roller coaster with trains that have headlights & siding lights O_O Do you know how awesome that looks!! GEEZ! C'MON 'MERICA!
rcjp Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 ^Come on!!! You have no reason to complain about the coasters you have!
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Is it just me, or do folks overseas get some really awesome roller coasters haha. Why can't we get a roller coaster with trains that have headlights & siding lights O_O Do you know how awesome that looks!! GEEZ! C'MON 'MERICA!GateKeeper do, but not always working.
Kyle Coleman Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 With the opening of helix, is it safe to say the liseberg has one of the best ride for ride collections of coasters in the world?
Chleón Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 It was very unlucky that Helix did have some issues at the opening day. The whole day they were running alot of empty trains and the staff wasn't that good with filling the trains running even seats next to eachother empty. Not good when the line is more than 2 hours wich is alot to be at Liseberg. Anyway i guess they will do better when they have been running it for a while. Now to the ride... I was in heaven while flying through the track. Felt alot more intense than i thought it would but was suprised that it was shaking a lot! Not very smooth at all but i figured we got a train that arrived later and hasn't been doing as many laps as the first one. With the forces in the very back i wouldn't call it family friendly cause it was insane and more of an extreme coaster. Overall i am blown away by this coaster and i live 15 minutes from Liseberg so will have lots of rides this season and i am sure it will only get better as the trains and track get to know eachother a bit more. I am blessed having Lisebergbanan, Balder and Helix in my homepark
Swede Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Nice photos and video. I lived in Gothenburg as a kid and have some fond (and not so fond) memories of this park. This thread convinced me to go back again this year.
Swede Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Mmmm, late June cannot get here, fast enough! Are you going on the Scandi-tour? I found out about it (and this place) too late. I will however be back in Sweden late June after my first ever visit to the United States and Six Flags Great Adventure. Maybe I'll pop by Gothenburg the day you guys are there just to see some other coaster-fiends. Ps. Cobra at La Ronde, Montreal in your country Canada was my first ride on a stand-up coaster (and probably Intamin too). It used to be in Sweden untill it was sold in 1994.
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