I would take the SkyRocket restraints any day over the Ride of Steel restraints. After a few rides at SFA, my shins were hurting all weekend. When I got to Tempesto a couple days later, the only pain I felt was the latent discomfort of the bruises.
I just rode Tigris for the first time 2 weeks ago (my first sky rocket II), and I definitely enjoyed it. The heartline roll is one of my favorite inversions, and the drop gave great ejector in the back row
I'm so thankful that I've got one of the good Sky Rocket 2s with no collars within a reasonable drive of home (Phobia Phear Coaster at Lake Compounce). Phobia's presentation is bare-bones compared to Sky Scream. But the nice thing about it is that it still seems to get very short lines for such a fun ride without the greatest capacity. In Phobia's case, I think the explanation is simply that even without the horror theming, it looks too scary for most of the crowd who go to Compounce. You can get a really good look at it from the line for Boulder Dash, and I've overheard people standing in line for Boulder Dash express unwillingness to ride anything like that--even though, to my mind, the ride they're about to ride is more intense. With these rides, the whippy laterals in the twists provide most of the intensity for me.
I hope future Sky Rocket trains eliminate the third row and make the seats more spacious similar to their earlier LIM coasters. Canada's Wonderland is potentially recieving a Premier coaster in 2025, so I hope the trains can be improved on that front
the age is just a suggestion. my son was 12 the first time he went in and was big enough. I asked an employee myself. it would just be for the creepy queue. age has nothing to do with height.
I personally dont like the queue, because it can get really annoying to wait up to an hour (in my experience) in the constant jumpscares and loud noises. I've also heard of people that really want to ride and meet the age and height requirements, but are too scared to enter the queue. Especially for a park owned by the plopsa group, I think its Just way too much. Just a scary theme would have been fine, but the jumpscares and noises ar just too much. (At least for me 🤷) Edit: The coaster itself is still fun, but I prefer other skyrocket 2 models like Tempesto
@@CanobieCoaster It's not the best queue for a Plopsa Park and the only reason you have to be 14 to ride it. But on the other side operators are told to only enforce the hight restriction, so age doesn't matter anyway. With the light in the queue and the missing sirene at the start, the effects are just defect for some reason. So it shouldn't stay like that.
The 14 year age restriction is actually not due to the scary theme, but a requirement put forth by the technical certification agency who does technical inspections and then says who can use a coaster. Supposedly the coaster has forces that can be harmful to a developing body.
@@VerticalLoop people use it all the time at Holiday Park too. My niece is 12 and rides on it every time we go. They have only asked her age once, when she was 10 and denied her access.
@@CanobieCoaster one of the German coaster enthuthiasts reported that at Sky Scrram the reason was some kind of force that can affect bone positioning for peopoe in growth. If I remember correctly it was due to the slow inversion at the top. But the German technical inspection agency is very cautious for everything. They also do our car inspections and make recommendations for safety, as a result you have to sit on a booster seat until you are 14 also or 1.5m tall. Which many don't abide by either.
I didn't mind the comfort collars, I rode all 5 in the US (2x2 car trains without collars, 3 with 3 car trains with collars). I preferred the back car main drop with the 3 train cars to be honest. The issue was the legroom, it almost killed me every time and I am 193cm remember or exactly 76 inches (I just clear a lot of Intamin's coasters by a hair), but I rode each one once and managed two front row rides on a 2 car model so had 6 rides in total lol. It would have been worth waiting for more rides if my legs were more comfy as the ride itself is my favourite of the cloned small footprint coasters. I don't understand how an American company like Premier can continually make small trains like this when Americans overall are not known as a short or small race. I don't get it. This is something I'd expect to see from a Chinese manufacturer, not an American one. I don't see the difference here between this and Phobia at Lake Compounce and Superman at SFDK which are both lap bars and 2 car trains. Is there another reason this one is the best? I guess I'll find out next year on my joint US/EU coaster trip, as definitely going to Holiday Park. Edit, Ok I see, the theming is why. Fair enough.
I feel like the Skyrocket II is a great concept that is let down by awful restraints. The collars don't really bother me (other than that it makes it somewhat difficult to actually sit down and get the restraint on), but as with almost any train with shin guards, the shin guards dig into my excessively-long legs and end up being painful. I think if you could put an Intamin or Mack OTSLB train on this track it would be amazing.
This coaster was not placed in your most recent video of worst 25 roller coasters in the world. Coast Rider at Knott's Berry Farm was placed there. But I heard you saying both rides have shin guards.
Definitely the best red premier skyrocket 2 at holiday park in Germany
Lol
I would take the SkyRocket restraints any day over the Ride of Steel restraints. After a few rides at SFA, my shins were hurting all weekend. When I got to Tempesto a couple days later, the only pain I felt was the latent discomfort of the bruises.
The shin guards on Ride of Steel are super stiff so I have to ride that one carefully.
I just rode Tigris for the first time 2 weeks ago (my first sky rocket II), and I definitely enjoyed it. The heartline roll is one of my favorite inversions, and the drop gave great ejector in the back row
Love the elements.
I love the theming on this ride
Me too.
I'm so thankful that I've got one of the good Sky Rocket 2s with no collars within a reasonable drive of home (Phobia Phear Coaster at Lake Compounce). Phobia's presentation is bare-bones compared to Sky Scream. But the nice thing about it is that it still seems to get very short lines for such a fun ride without the greatest capacity. In Phobia's case, I think the explanation is simply that even without the horror theming, it looks too scary for most of the crowd who go to Compounce. You can get a really good look at it from the line for Boulder Dash, and I've overheard people standing in line for Boulder Dash express unwillingness to ride anything like that--even though, to my mind, the ride they're about to ride is more intense.
With these rides, the whippy laterals in the twists provide most of the intensity for me.
Phobia rides similarly, just without the theming this one has.
Very freaky ride, that inversion up top is one of the only coaster elements that has made me grab my restraints 😂
I love the hangtime.
I hope future Sky Rocket trains eliminate the third row and make the seats more spacious similar to their earlier LIM coasters. Canada's Wonderland is potentially recieving a Premier coaster in 2025, so I hope the trains can be improved on that front
I'm fine with a third row if they can fix the foot room issue.
the age is just a suggestion. my son was 12 the first time he went in and was big enough. I asked an employee myself. it would just be for the creepy queue. age has nothing to do with height.
I'm glad they let him ride if the queue didn't bother him.
I personally dont like the queue, because it can get really annoying to wait up to an hour (in my experience) in the constant jumpscares and loud noises. I've also heard of people that really want to ride and meet the age and height requirements, but are too scared to enter the queue. Especially for a park owned by the plopsa group, I think its Just way too much. Just a scary theme would have been fine, but the jumpscares and noises ar just too much. (At least for me 🤷)
Edit: The coaster itself is still fun, but I prefer other skyrocket 2 models like Tempesto
I've never seen crowds like that. Mayne they could do the horror effects at specific times as a compromise?
@@CanobieCoasteror better yet, offer a second queue that bypasses the scare maze
@@CanobieCoaster It's not the best queue for a Plopsa Park and the only reason you have to be 14 to ride it. But on the other side operators are told to only enforce the hight restriction, so age doesn't matter anyway.
With the light in the queue and the missing sirene at the start, the effects are just defect for some reason. So it shouldn't stay like that.
The 14 year age restriction is actually not due to the scary theme, but a requirement put forth by the technical certification agency who does technical inspections and then says who can use a coaster. Supposedly the coaster has forces that can be harmful to a developing body.
Never seen it enforced tho
I'm stunned this ride has forces deemed crazier than GeForce.
I rode a sky rocket 2 at 11 years of age and as of currently I have had no negative repercussions lol
@@VerticalLoop people use it all the time at Holiday Park too. My niece is 12 and rides on it every time we go. They have only asked her age once, when she was 10 and denied her access.
@@CanobieCoaster one of the German coaster enthuthiasts reported that at Sky Scrram the reason was some kind of force that can affect bone positioning for peopoe in growth. If I remember correctly it was due to the slow inversion at the top.
But the German technical inspection agency is very cautious for everything. They also do our car inspections and make recommendations for safety, as a result you have to sit on a booster seat until you are 14 also or 1.5m tall. Which many don't abide by either.
Saudi Arabia got an travelling sky rocket 2 called sky loop it has been to Riyadh winter wonderland and Blouevard world
I've seen videos of that one.
I didn't mind the comfort collars, I rode all 5 in the US (2x2 car trains without collars, 3 with 3 car trains with collars). I preferred the back car main drop with the 3 train cars to be honest.
The issue was the legroom, it almost killed me every time and I am 193cm remember or exactly 76 inches (I just clear a lot of Intamin's coasters by a hair), but I rode each one once and managed two front row rides on a 2 car model so had 6 rides in total lol. It would have been worth waiting for more rides if my legs were more comfy as the ride itself is my favourite of the cloned small footprint coasters. I don't understand how an American company like Premier can continually make small trains like this when Americans overall are not known as a short or small race. I don't get it. This is something I'd expect to see from a Chinese manufacturer, not an American one.
I don't see the difference here between this and Phobia at Lake Compounce and Superman at SFDK which are both lap bars and 2 car trains. Is there another reason this one is the best? I guess I'll find out next year on my joint US/EU coaster trip, as definitely going to Holiday Park.
Edit, Ok I see, the theming is why. Fair enough.
I hope Premier can improve their trains since they do well in nearly every other area.
I feel like the Skyrocket II is a great concept that is let down by awful restraints. The collars don't really bother me (other than that it makes it somewhat difficult to actually sit down and get the restraint on), but as with almost any train with shin guards, the shin guards dig into my excessively-long legs and end up being painful. I think if you could put an Intamin or Mack OTSLB train on this track it would be amazing.
I'd love to see Premier re-engineer their trains. Their tracking and layouts are good.
There is one version of the Sky Rocket II that has two trains with two cars in Saudi Arabia.
I know it can run multiple trains with a turntable.
@@CanobieCoaster it’s actually owned by a British company called the mellors group
nice
Thanks
Imo the best one its drakko the flying beast the only thing its operations are a bit slow
That's a bummer when rides have slow ops.
@@CanobieCoastertrue
Are we possibly getting a EGF rereview? :0
Probably not since my thoughts are the same.
This coaster was not placed in your most recent video of worst 25 roller coasters in the world. Coast Rider at Knott's Berry Farm was placed there. But I heard you saying both rides have shin guards.
Coast Rider's shin guards are worse.
I absolutely despise the trains of this coaster
They're awkward, but fine in most rows.