Ravine Flyer II Review, Waldameer | Amazing Gravity Group Wooden Roller Coaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer is one of the best wooden roller coasters in the world. This Gravity Group wood coaster has an aggressive layout on a hillside that also passes over a highway. The planning for Ravine Flyer II began in the 1990s and it took almost 2 decades for the coaster to finally be built, but it was worth the wait!
Video Credits
Ravine Flyer II POV (Waldameer & Water World)- • Ravine Flyer 2
Background Music
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I'll say it for the 1000th time...so underrated! The coaster that started my channel! Amazing drop, great ejector pops and some of the best night rides I've experienced. I've been riding it since 2009, and It's only gotten better with age. I've never had to wait more than about 15 minutes for it.
I still need to get a night ride on it. I've never been there when the sun goes down.
This coaster reminded me why I love Gravity Group and why I wanted to get back on this coaster
I love this ride.
I'm glad you touched on how well Waldameer maintains this coaster.
They clearly care about their signature attraction and they keep it running like a dream.
Ravine Flyer II was a surprise hit for me back in 2017. I thought the airtime was great and the layout is original. Solid review! 👍
Thanks! The layout really makes the ride unique.
One of my favorites! I agree the ride really warms up.
Agreed!
Amen to the first half being outstanding.
It really is!
I rode this coaster this past weekend on my visit to Waldameer. Rode in the second car of the train. It was in the evening well after the coaster was warmed up...about an hour before park closing time. I know what you mean when you talked about the 2nd drop and airtime. Even with my lap bar and seat belt as tight as they could be I still got some decent floater airtime on the first drop and bunny hills... and mild ejector on the 2nd drop. When It was all over I came off the coaster smiling....& even gave a fist bump to one of the ride attendants.
It's a fantastic ride.
I just rode for the first time today. What a first half! Back row was my way to go.
Nice!
Better drop than Voyage, stronger air than Voyage. But I always say what you do, the second half sort of falls flat. Still an amazing ride. The blue train was running way stronger than red this summer.
I'm glad I rode in the blue train then! I wish the ride stayed down in the ravine longer to maintain its speed, but I realize the park only had so much space available and they did what they could to give the ride length.
Weirdly, I still got ejector in the second half, in both trains
Gotta ride it twice. Once for the view upfront and once for the airtime in back.
Absolutely!
Thanks for the review of one of my favorite coasters. It does slow down in the second half, but unfortunately they couldn't change the topography that the coaster sat on.
I know it was either end the ride early or have the loss of speed, but it's still a fantastic ride.
I loved Waldameer and this ride! I arrived after 4pm, so the ride was fully warmed up. Even with the late arrival, I got 15 rides in 3.5 hours, in addition to plenty of rides in the rest of the park. Ravine Flyer II is my kind of ride! I love a ride that is unique, gives great views, is aggressive, and has some good force to it. I don't even mind the parts where it loses its speed. It does crawl on the last couple elements, but so does El Toro. Ravine Flyer II is near perfection for what I like. I always rank rides based on how much I enjoy it, and I actually enjoyed this more than any other ride in Pennsylvania, and it's in my overall top 20.
I actually rank this coaster very close to El Toro. Both are amazing when they're at their best, but both have decent bits around their amazing parts. But the setting is one thing that separates Ravine Flyer II.
Baby Voyage. The first half is amazing.
Agreed!
The pacing slaps in the first half.
Agreed!
I’m gonna ride this soon
Enjoy!
i am so happy that this is my home park
It's a great anchor ride.
Building a coaster over a road seems ambitious for the 1920s. Glad this sequel didn't disappoint.
Ravine Flyer II is amazing.
Waldameer is my home park, and I consider myself an amateur historian especially when it comes to Waldameer. I believe that the roller coaster was there first, then either an existing footpath was turned into the road, or the road was put through virgin ravine. The support structure that can be seen in the few existing photos of Ravine Flyer was added to support the weight of the now suspended track.
AYO im your 10k sub man CONGRATS!
Thanks!
That drop really is underrated.
Agreed!
I actually rode it this year. And I am not a fan of the restraints. I got the ejector air time riding in the back. But with how the lap bar is positioned, my right thigh hit it pretty hard.
The PTC restraints can come down hard unless you hold onto the bar.
@@CanobieCoaster Yeah learned that the hard way. But it's still a great coaster.
Great use of terrain!
It sure is!
cool.
Yes
Only thing is i hate the PTC trains. Love everything else. Truly a world class wooden coaster and its only 2 hours from me in Pittsburgh. Id love to see it get millennium flyer trains from GCI but no way GCI puts their trains on a Gravity Group coaster. Timberliners are very heavy so thats why it doesn’t have them.
I've always heard Timberliners are lighter than PTCs, which makes it a problem for them to complete layouts that weren't designed for them. I suspect Timberliners would struggle to make it back to the station considering how much speed this ride loses at the end.
I think a major solution to the slow second half that this park could consider is either to invest in some track work to shrink down some of the slower and more drawn out elements so that the ride better maintains its speed.
I think you still would burn speed going into the final brake because of the elevation change.
I’m going to try and get to this park soon
Hope you can! It's a nice park.
Hi, I'm making a video about the history of Gravity Group. I was wondering whether I would be able to use a few clips from this video within my own? I'd make sure to credit you at the end of the video and link to your one in the description. Many thanks - Harry
Sure! All my footage is copyright free! It's in a separate off-ride video if you want to pull it.
th-cam.com/video/pVJPsH6iMyU/w-d-xo.html
I also have Wooden Warrior, Mine Blower, and Voyage footage uploaded if needed. I haven't posted it yet, but I have Boardwalk Bullet, Oscar's Wacky Taxi, and Switchback video footage as well I could send if you shot me an email.
@@CanobieCoasterThanks for getting back to me, I've sent an email over to you :)
I could see myself coming to this park one day in the future. Maybe drive up there from Pittsburg and spend the night up there at the nearby Splash Lagoon Resort.
Ravine Flyer II is well worth the trip!
Just made the trip yesterday. About 2 hours and 20 minutes to get there from Pittsburgh. Nice park, not too big, or too small. Ravine Flyer II was really good. Better than the woodies at my home park (Kennywood), but rougher. Not a knock on it at all. I’ll give anyone riding it the same info a rider I met while up there gave me. Don’t try to hold on and brace yourself. You’ll get beat up 🤕. So raise those arms and let it take you. Hahahahaha
I agree with everything you said about it except I don't think it's insanely slow towards the end. And the pullout from the 90° turn gives the slightest airtime
It definitely isn't moving like it is at the start.
It was pretty rough for me (as of 2023) so I don't rank it in my top 100 like most people still a great ride thow
That's odd. It has always been smooth for me.
You say that you've seen it run two trains on a holiday weekend. Was that the Fourth of July?
Memorial Day weekend 2019
Awesome
It had to take many years to build this ride.
It was worth all the hassle.
I’m actually reviewing this ride, but this is the first ride that I feel like u didn’t describe the ride experience correctly, I mean the parts that u said are good were good and the parts that u said are bad were bad, and u described the pacing really well, but this ride doesn’t have ejector like u said, still rly good sustained stronger floater and flojector, but def not ejector, and u never rly talked about the laterals on this ride, mainly the turn after the first drop, the s hill thing after the first speed hill and the s hill towards the end, with that said still great review but my experience might have just been a bit different
The one major ejector moment is the first drop, but a few of the other pops are what I call ejector pops. The airtime isn't sustained, but it's very abrupt. I know others may classify that a bit differently. Looking forward to your review!
The only laterals that really stood out to me were the first part of the turnaround, but there definitely were some lesser laterals but I couldn't recall where all of them occurred.
I agree with Canobie Coaster on this one
@@CanobieCoaster having ridden storm chaser the week before, the drop isn’t exactly ejector, but I can see if u call it that, and yeah the other hills are sustained and abrupt I’ll explain it more in my review
@@CanobieCoaster and yeah the laterals are definitely on the lesser side but still impact the ride considerably
@@mr.rollercoasters yeah so that proves my point I see the ride differently, it’s not just like I rode it on a different day cuz u literally rode with me
Does the bridge have pedestrian walkways on either side of the going and returning tracks? IF not, how are the car vehicles endangered by loose objects?
The bridge does not have pedestrian walkways as it goes over the road. It's covered by a partially transparent blue tarp to prevent loose objects from hitting a car.
@@CanobieCoaster Thanks!
I enjoyed the flojector on this, but the second half’s pacing issues left me disappointed overall. Still a top 15 wood coaster tho
I agree the first half is elite and carries it.
Is the canobie review coming tomorrow.
I am probably going to wait until after the season ends for the park review so I can get more footage for it.
An hybrid coaster
Yes
the blue tarp looks tacky but the ride looks sweet
I think it was a cheap way to stop loose articles from hitting the road.
Ravine flyer 3>
No
Hey loved the video would be great to support each other’s channels
Thanks!
Canobie Coaster thank you so much I’ve subbed and looking forward to supporting you
@@disneyvacationlife5801 Thanks!
So this coaster is made by Gravity Group but is technically a CCI design?
It was going to be a CCI, but the delays led to the ride being redesigned and built by Gravity Group.