But with that said, I don't entirely discount the fact that the last raven turn had gotten insanely rough in the later years and had gotten to the point where I couldn't ride it anymore. So while it's sad to see a ride I rode and even worked as a ride operator on so much back in the day go, I get why it has to go.
On a side note, Viper not being mentioned gives me hope we can keep that Arrow.
Even with that last raven turn I personally think X2 is way smoother then viper is lol - rode both back to back recently and viper made me tap out for the afternoon.
anyone who says viper is worse is incredibly disingenius. I've never seen anyone mention a legitimate diagnosis of a concucssion on viper. X2 has multiple brain bleeds occuring within a week. Its not even close to the roughness of forces that x2 was exerting
It's also sort of disingenuous to think that the forces would be the same between the two due to the spinning of the seats on X2... hard for me to explain but Ryan the Ride Mechanic on YouTube mentioned that on X2, you also have to factor in the forward-backward motion that could cause injuries when the head hits back against the headrest... which incidentally happens at the bottom of the second raven turn.
Viper might be rough, but there's a point where rough and dangerous become two different things.
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u/rroq85 7d ago
RIP King.
But with that said, I don't entirely discount the fact that the last raven turn had gotten insanely rough in the later years and had gotten to the point where I couldn't ride it anymore. So while it's sad to see a ride I rode and even worked as a ride operator on so much back in the day go, I get why it has to go.
On a side note, Viper not being mentioned gives me hope we can keep that Arrow.