I did it today and it blew my mind. I had no idea what it did except it was a launch coaster, so the spinning was very unexpected. We did single rider queue so I had no idea the main queue was well themed, might do it again tomorrow in the main queue this time. It was just incredible and surprising. I’m also 90% sure that’s what project horizon will be
@@LiftHillsandThrills I do hope capacity will improve from uncharted, but I think the public would love it. I also thing it aligns with what John’s said about PH
I love the theme of exploring the Aztec ruins and finding the lost gold. It reminds me of Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider. I think this ride is a great addition to the Far West area of the park, and it will appeal to both thrill seekers and adventure lovers. I’m very impressed by the technology and the animation of this ride. It seems very immersive and realistic. I would love to try it myself and see if I can solve the enigma. I think Disneyland Paris has some serious competition with this ride
Most anticipated vlog of the year for me. Fits into the Old West so well and the themeing looks stunning. Can't wait to get on it in Sept...sounds like a crazy ride experience with side ways launch!!.....now get your ass back on Shammy B and Red Force. 👍
So pleased they based it around the games and not the film. The queue line and exterior looks really well themed. Hopefully they will listen to feedback and install more lighting and theme in within the ride. Thanks for another honest video mate 👍🏻 Could we be getting something similar from Intamin for Project Horizon?!
100% but I don’t think the layout of PH will be as interesting / thrilling. Think it’ll be a more basic design but we rarely have good themed queues in the UK so maybe (just maybe) the theming and additions whilst on ride may actually be better than this
I'll plan a trip there next year then - especially as my wife, who puts up with my coaster riding, loves Shambhala lol.. but I trust your opinion more than others as we all know you never lie / mince your words! High praise for this indeed so happy to hear it. Didn't listen past sideways launches don't want to hear more haha, but you saying 'phenomenal' is enough for me to book a trip out there again!
@@LiftHillsandThrills Ahhh right okay. Okay good to know that. Can't be as bad as VR on galactica in 2016 though loool.. as long as the experience trumps that.
@@AudreyMealiff Awesome - before we went via Barcelona and saw Shammy and Dragon Khan from the train.. plane would be much better! Which side of the plane is best to sit on lol
@@robhaley5136 haha, brilliant! So as you land it's over to your left and ahead of you. We went last May (2022) flew from Ireland for our first visit and almost lost our minds seeing Shambhala and Red Force from the runway!! It was so cool, it brought home to us the sheer size. Reus is a small airport, but very close to Salou.
@@LiftHillsandThrills And I concur with your comment that Tom Holland and Nathan Drake have a baby and produced that animtronic- it's mad! I love the games, but avoided the movie. Tom Holland is not the man to play Drake! No WAY!!
Nice review guys! I'm going to be riding this some time in September, tend to visit Port Aventura every couple of years if I can, its such a great park!
@@LiftHillsandThrills I know pal...not good as at some point I am going to say the absolute soaking Is just not worth it anymore and stop even bothering with it..the soaking would not bother me if I was getting even a lets say 70% decent run through
@@LiftHillsandThrillsI agree it's almost as if they ran out of money but I think I would of preferred the outside to more simple so the theming could go on the actual ride instead
@@liamcollinson5695 I thought the same, some of the theming towards the station in the queueline starts to get lesser (Still great but lesser physical theming used and more the inclusion of shadows etc so they can skip on theming elements) I'd LOVE more to be added onboard the ride. You're meant to be exploring a Mayan temple not an empty warehouse
@@LiftHillsandThrills That's exciting! I was in the park last August but the people I went with (2 former friends) made us all go back to the hotel after we rode Red Force (we waited 3 hours in that line, and didn't do any other coasters), so I really want to go back. Especially now that Uncharted is open!
I think the same , cool experience , prefer the nathan drake of the videogames , i didnt like the movie. And yes the need like put more theming, more air or fire at the beggining like it was planned, but overall is a great family dark coaster.
Thank goodness you didn’t have to wait 6 HOURS for this! Lucky you - and crap opening times too - why on earth did they decide park opens at 10am let’s not open uncharted until 12pm and close it at 6:30pm - slow dispatches, multiple breakdowns (I can understand that since it’s a brand new ride) but my goodness it was the must un organised worst opening I have ever witnessed - Intamin have done a smashing job and that finale is absolutely superb but too many dark spaces for my liking - think my view would change if we didn’t have to wait 6 hours to ride it - 3 and a half hours outside in the boiling sun and then a further two and a half in the building itself - not much fun 😢
Is that how long the queue was today??!?! Holy sh**!! Yeah the dark spaces are a real shame as the queueline sets the bar so damn high! Sorry you had to go through that, I've had a few people say today has been a bit manic at the park!
@@LiftHillsandThrills yeah it was stupidly long and no indication that there was a further two and a half hour wait inside the building too - again it’s by no means a bad ride experience I loved every second of it hats off completely to Intamin they should be really proud of themselves and same for the IP and Sony but as a whole I think for a €25 million euro investment, it really hasn’t shown much to justify that cost - hopefully things might change in the future with more theming added through the ride experience itself!
@@jbush____2769 Intamin are an expensive company so that ride would be a very large chunk of that but absolutely agree with you regarding ride experience
Thought the ride experience itself was very good but the visual effects inside were complete rubbish, you could clearly see the screens the helicopter drop being the worse of all. Needless to say I only did it the one, far better rides in Portaventura.
Well… you see… the thing is… it’s in Spain 😂 jokes aside they should alternate between Spanish and English as most of the signs etc are a blend of both
Not allowed to film and the ones who could film it’s too dark in there anyways, the park are releasing a POV soon and we will post then. Disliking this post about disliking 😂
A huge thanks to Portaventura for inviting us out to review this on my movie site and covering it with video content on Lift Hills and Thrills 🎉
what is your movie site mate?
@@JackLowry Back to the Movies 😊
incredible details on the theming. The Queue looks amazing when it fits into Old West nicely.
@@racheljackson4428 it really does fit in ever so well
I did it today and it blew my mind. I had no idea what it did except it was a launch coaster, so the spinning was very unexpected. We did single rider queue so I had no idea the main queue was well themed, might do it again tomorrow in the main queue this time. It was just incredible and surprising. I’m also 90% sure that’s what project horizon will be
You're definitely on the right tracks with Project Horizon, it'll be very similar in terms of ride experience
@@LiftHillsandThrills I do hope capacity will improve from uncharted, but I think the public would love it. I also thing it aligns with what John’s said about PH
I love the theme of exploring the Aztec ruins and finding the lost gold. It reminds me of Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider. I think this ride is a great addition to the Far West area of the park, and it will appeal to both thrill seekers and adventure lovers. I’m very impressed by the technology and the animation of this ride. It seems very immersive and realistic. I would love to try it myself and see if I can solve the enigma. I think Disneyland Paris has some serious competition with this ride
That’s quite the summary! Wholeheartedly agree I just wish they would add a few more visuals whilst on the ride itself
@@LiftHillsandThrills yep, but at least it's more the Emperor at SeaWorld San Diego
Most anticipated vlog of the year for me. Fits into the Old West so well and the themeing looks stunning. Can't wait to get on it in Sept...sounds like a crazy ride experience with side ways launch!!.....now get your ass back on Shammy B and Red Force. 👍
Haha yes sir! We did sir! Back row sir!
Great Vlog and honest review. We are big fans of the games, so will have to check this out :)
Look forward to hearing your thoughts on it when you guys go and do it!
Incredible!!!As Simple as that!!!
🙏 appreciate you watching
So pleased they based it around the games and not the film. The queue line and exterior looks really well themed. Hopefully they will listen to feedback and install more lighting and theme in within the ride. Thanks for another honest video mate 👍🏻
Could we be getting something similar from Intamin for Project Horizon?!
100% but I don’t think the layout of PH will be as interesting / thrilling. Think it’ll be a more basic design but we rarely have good themed queues in the UK so maybe (just maybe) the theming and additions whilst on ride may actually be better than this
I'll plan a trip there next year then - especially as my wife, who puts up with my coaster riding, loves Shambhala lol.. but I trust your opinion more than others as we all know you never lie / mince your words! High praise for this indeed so happy to hear it. Didn't listen past sideways launches don't want to hear more haha, but you saying 'phenomenal' is enough for me to book a trip out there again!
Ride experience as far as layout track etc and queue line, amazing. Just the black empty spaces ruins the full scope of what the immersion should be
@@LiftHillsandThrills Ahhh right okay. Okay good to know that. Can't be as bad as VR on galactica in 2016 though loool.. as long as the experience trumps that.
Fly into Reus if you can get a handy flight, you can see Shambhala as you land!! It's soooo cool!
@@AudreyMealiff Awesome - before we went via Barcelona and saw Shammy and Dragon Khan from the train.. plane would be much better! Which side of the plane is best to sit on lol
@@robhaley5136 haha, brilliant! So as you land it's over to your left and ahead of you. We went last May (2022) flew from Ireland for our first visit and almost lost our minds seeing Shambhala and Red Force from the runway!! It was so cool, it brought home to us the sheer size. Reus is a small airport, but very close to Salou.
Commenting before I even get past your intro cos I'm drooling with anticipation!!!!! 😂
😂😂😂
@@LiftHillsandThrills And I concur with your comment that Tom Holland and Nathan Drake have a baby and produced that animtronic- it's mad! I love the games, but avoided the movie. Tom Holland is not the man to play Drake! No WAY!!
@@AudreyMealiff Love Tom but that entire film was a casting disaster
@@LiftHillsandThrills Yep, I agree. Tom was great as Spidermam but he's no Nathan. Wahlberg would have been better, though 15 years younger.
@@AudreyMealiff Agreed or even Nathan Fillion
I thought that music was in the background until it ended perfectly at the end of the video 🤣🤣
It was in the background haha perfect timing
Nice review guys! I'm going to be riding this some time in September, tend to visit Port Aventura every couple of years if I can, its such a great park!
Appreciate you watching man!
@LiftHillsandThrills looks like I'll be going sooner than September. Just booked 5 days in Salou with the bf, off Tuesday 😅 can't bloody wait man!
@@ThemeParkLuke Enjoy man! Lemme know what you think when you go
That's a panamar sir, not a trilby 😆 Absolutely fantastic episode, great atmosphere in the queue line. On the list of places to visit.
Damn my hat noob skills have been exposed
Cool
Thank you!
Sounds just like my latest ride on valhalla a couple of weeks ago with all the dark spaces
Valhalla is really hit and miss… such a shame really that people are getting different experiences every single time
@@LiftHillsandThrills I know pal...not good as at some point I am going to say the absolute soaking Is just not worth it anymore and stop even bothering with it..the soaking would not bother me if I was getting even a lets say 70% decent run through
@@timduncan9745 When it’s fully working it’s just beautiful but if you’re half arsing it 99% of the season it seems a little redundant
wow I really can't wait to try this out !! Its such a shame there's dark spaces they can do so much more it sounds amazing though
Yeah, it’s a shame as the queue line was spectacular and then the ride had elements of that theming in the beginning then it just vanished
@@LiftHillsandThrills such a shame !!
@@LiftHillsandThrillsI agree it's almost as if they ran out of money but I think I would of preferred the outside to more simple so the theming could go on the actual ride instead
@@liamcollinson5695 I thought the same, some of the theming towards the station in the queueline starts to get lesser (Still great but lesser physical theming used and more the inclusion of shadows etc so they can skip on theming elements) I'd LOVE more to be added onboard the ride. You're meant to be exploring a Mayan temple not an empty warehouse
Looks great 😍 Shame about the dead space parts though but at least the ride experience sounds consistent.
Yeah the ride itself (train and track) is a great experience. Just needs to amp up the whole empty warehouse vibe it’s got going on right now
Looks like a better opening than ghost train.
Just a bit eh 😂😂
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Great review for a great ride big question is would you love to see this style of coaster in the U.K.?
We’re already getting one… but it’ll be done half arsed as per usual
@@LiftHillsandThrills alton towers ?
What is a lateral drop please?
Basically just another name for a sideways drop
Thanks for the video. Only one question: There are "single ride" or "single queue?
I believe it’s a single rider queue
Do you know the best time to go with less crowds and whether to buy tickets on the gate etc
Unfortunately I don’t but I’d highly recommend an express pass as they’ve been a godsend this trip
Never thought I’d see a Nathan Drake animatronic.
Got a real Tom Holland / Nathan blend. It’s unusual.
I know its based off the movie... but did they seriously believe the movie version was better than the actual video games?
It’s got more video game connections on ride. Animated characters etc the animatronic is definitely movie linked
Could we please get a pov of the ride?
The park should be releasing one soon. It was too dark (other than two screens) to see anything anyways so hopefully the park release a lit one soon.
I'm wondering - is this the same coaster type as Escape From Gringotts?
Yes
I’ve just landed. Yes! Aha
@@LiftHillsandThrills That's exciting! I was in the park last August but the people I went with (2 former friends) made us all go back to the hotel after we rode Red Force (we waited 3 hours in that line, and didn't do any other coasters), so I really want to go back. Especially now that Uncharted is open!
I think the same , cool experience , prefer the nathan drake of the videogames , i didnt like the movie. And yes the need like put more theming, more air or fire at the beggining like it was planned, but overall is a great family dark coaster.
Definitely needs something more whilst on the ride, it felt almost Merlin in its execution 😬
Well done for get rid of the groovy gang this channel will take off now
It’s going to take off with or without them. I’m here 😉 😂
@@LiftHillsandThrills good luck with the channel just don't let the groovy gang come back
@@mrdutch6430 Oh they’ll be back! 😂 debating setting up a separate Vale page to be honest
Set one up and call it the groovy gang on tour 😎
@@mrdutch6430 You'd be their biggest fan! Just come up to them at a Vale game and call them the groovy gang, I can't wait to see what happens hahaha
They spent all the budget on the queue 😢
It certainly seems that way. The ride wasn’t cheap either so it seems they just kinda… ran out of $$
I recognize your experience guide in front of you! Can't miss that bald head!
There was only three English theme park pages here! Repping 🇬🇧 aha
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Thank goodness you didn’t have to wait 6 HOURS for this! Lucky you - and crap opening times too - why on earth did they decide park opens at 10am let’s not open uncharted until 12pm and close it at 6:30pm - slow dispatches, multiple breakdowns (I can understand that since it’s a brand new ride) but my goodness it was the must un organised worst opening I have ever witnessed - Intamin have done a smashing job and that finale is absolutely superb but too many dark spaces for my liking - think my view would change if we didn’t have to wait 6 hours to ride it - 3 and a half hours outside in the boiling sun and then a further two and a half in the building itself - not much fun 😢
Is that how long the queue was today??!?! Holy sh**!! Yeah the dark spaces are a real shame as the queueline sets the bar so damn high! Sorry you had to go through that, I've had a few people say today has been a bit manic at the park!
@@LiftHillsandThrills yeah it was stupidly long and no indication that there was a further two and a half hour wait inside the building too - again it’s by no means a bad ride experience I loved every second of it hats off completely to Intamin they should be really proud of themselves and same for the IP and Sony but as a whole I think for a €25 million euro investment, it really hasn’t shown much to justify that cost - hopefully things might change in the future with more theming added through the ride experience itself!
@@jbush____2769 Intamin are an expensive company so that ride would be a very large chunk of that but absolutely agree with you regarding ride experience
The Tom Holland Animatronic 😂
We asked, it wasn’t intended to look like Tom Holland just a similar resemblance
i do feel like the visuals are so important for dark rides, at least for me…. do you think it could be added or is this it?
Nice - big Uncharted fan. No excuse for a Spanish Nathan Drake though...😅 Enjoy the sun
Haha right?! It’s bad enough Tom Holland ruined the character let alone this version 😂
Thought the ride experience itself was very good but the visual effects inside were complete rubbish, you could clearly see the screens the helicopter drop being the worse of all. Needless to say I only did it the one, far better rides in Portaventura.
Agreed. Ride is great but the surroundings are poor
Hate that the ride is modelled at the horrible movie instead of the games....
The animations on-ride are all video game animated which is a silver lining
goddam everything is spanish, why not english
Well… you see… the thing is… it’s in Spain 😂 jokes aside they should alternate between Spanish and English as most of the signs etc are a blend of both
Why didn't you show the actual ride? Dislike.
Not allowed to film and the ones who could film it’s too dark in there anyways, the park are releasing a POV soon and we will post then. Disliking this post about disliking 😂