Loops on rock n roller coaster?

[joviacdan]

OK - How many loops are actually on the ride? I've been on the ride about 20 times, and I SWEAR there are only 2 inversions on the ride: There's the full loop right after the launch, and then there's a corkscrew right before the end.

However, every review of the ride you read, it says there are 3 inversions.

Am I going crazy?

 

[NemoRocks78]

There are 3 in all. There's the roll over, which is two inversions, and a corkscrew, which is one inversion. That adds up to 3!

 

[andre85]

Good deal, I'm not alone. I must have experienced this ride close to 40 times now (20 during our first trip since it opened) and I too only recall the initial loop, then the corkscrew. And as you mentioned, everything I've read indicates there are three inversions. Very odd.

Edit: Well, NemoRocks78 just made sense of it all.

 

[marni1971]

Yep... 3. After the initial launch you enter the first loop. This is immiediatley followed by the 2nd loop (no straight track inbetween). Then a little later the corkscrew. Having the 2 loops one after the other kind of hides the double inversion here - I didn`t notice it for until I researched it!

 

[Lee]

The first inversion is not a regular vertical loop.
It is a "rollover loop".
Think of it as half loop-half corkscrew-half corkscrew- half loop.

Here is the layout. Easy to see.

 

[Becky]

Originally posted by Lee
The first inversion is not a regular vertical loop.
It is a "rollover loop".
Think of it as half loop-half corkscrew-half corkscrew- half loop.

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Huh?

I've only road RnR once and I kept asking when we were going to go upside down. I was told we did but I must have been in the Twilight Zone because I just didn't feel inverted at any point:veryconfu

 

[marni1971]

Originally posted by Lee:

"The first inversion is not a regular vertical loop.
It is a "rollover loop".
Think of it as half loop-half corkscrew-half corkscrew- half loop."

THATS the way to describe it!

 

[ogryn]

Goes from Launch, along the straight track, straight up into inversion 1.

Credit to the RCDB for the photo, and the photographer named.

 

[kurros]

Yeah, it is not technically a full loop. That is why Disney promotes California Adventure's Screamin' as their first coaster with a loop. Or maybe they just dont think indoor coasters count.

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

Originally posted by kurros
Yeah, it is not technically a full loop. That is why Disney promotes California Adventure's Screamin' as their first coaster with a loop. Or maybe they just dont think indoor coasters count.

They promote that because it's the first at the Disneyland Resort:animwink:

 

[imagineer99]

Originally posted by ogryn
Goes from Launch, along the straight track, straight up into inversion 1.

Credit to the RCDB for the photo, and the photographer named.

I was going to post this very same picture...but you beat me to it!

 

[sum41914]

The first inversion is called a sea serpent. I build a recreation sort of out of knex. then later on there is the corkscrew.

 

[Lee]

B&M calls it a "sea serpent" on their coasters.
Vekoma calls it a "rollover loop".

 

[AndyS2992]

- now Batman: The Ride will be my first coaster with a full loop and I'm scared to go on

Did you really need to resurrect a 14 year old thread for that?

 

[KBLovedDisney]

- now Batman: The Ride will be my first coaster with a full loop and I'm scared to go on

You'll be fine. They aren't bad. They just look scary.

 

[marni1971]

Check the date of the OP.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

You literally just bumped a thread that's older than me...

 

[KBLovedDisney]

You literally just bumped a thread that's older than me...

You're <14? But your bio says 35...

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Saw that coming lol. I use 10/1/82 as my birthday for everything

Edit: Uh Oh i've been discovered

 

[Nemo14]

I miss @Lee.