Slinky Dog Dash rider experience and comments

[LAKid53]

Question for those who have ridden. Is there a sudden, bladder jarring stop before pulling into the unloading area, as there is on Thunder Mountain?

 

[21stamps]

No, not even close. It might be about 45 degrees.

Thanks! Call me crazy but I like to experience rides in person, not from watching YouTube videos, but I do like to hear from people who have experienced it.

 

[durangojim]

Will be going on it in 3 weeks, is it best to ride in the front like R&R or back like BTM?

 

[rocketraccoon]

Got a chance to ride it today, and it's more thrilling than I'd thought it'd be! It's a fun coaster throughout with some pretty neat elements. Didn't get a chance to see the track lighting though, but it seems really nice.

 

[rocketraccoon]

Question for those who have ridden. Is there a sudden, bladder jarring stop before pulling into the unloading area, as there is on Thunder Mountain?

I didn't notice anything like that, no. It's pretty smooth throughout.

 

[JenniferS]

Will be going on it in 3 weeks, is it best to ride in the front like R&R or back like BTM?

Every review I’ve read said the ride is way better in the back.

 

[21stamps]

Every review I’ve read said the ride is way better in the back.

Isn’t that true on every coaster?

 

[durangojim]

Isn’t that true on every coaster?

I think for Rock n Rollercoaster sitting in the front is best because you accelerate so quickly and maintain that speed throughout the ride. And there’s no one in front of you to block the view.

 

[mrerk]

Question for those who have ridden. Is there a sudden, bladder jarring stop before pulling into the unloading area, as there is on Thunder Mountain?

Very smooth ride, no jarring stop.

 

[21stamps]

I think for Rock n Rollercoaster sitting in the front is best because you accelerate so quickly and maintain that speed throughout the ride. And there’s no one in front of you to block the view.

Agree.
I always love the very last seat on all rides, and the very front seat on most rides.

 

[mrerk]

Every review I’ve read said the ride is way better in the back.

We were pretty much dead center. I agree the back would probably be better.

 

[mrerk]

I think for Rock n Rollercoaster sitting in the front is best because you accelerate so quickly and maintain that speed throughout the ride. And there’s no one in front of you to block the view.

I feel like you get thrown around in the back. There are times when you are in the front that you can feel them waiting for the back to clear a certain point.

 

[No Name]

I think for Rock n Rollercoaster sitting in the front is best because you accelerate so quickly and maintain that speed throughout the ride. And there’s no one in front of you to block the view.

You accelerate at the same speed if you're in the front or back. Because the whole thing is connected obviously. If there are no chain lifts the front or back doesn't make that large a thrill difference. On a ride like Thunder Mountain it certainly does.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Rode the ride twice. Both times the wait time was posted at 145 minutes, yet i've only waited 35 minutes the first ride and 27 minutes the second time. My sister, 10 y/o, really enjoyed the ride and was the reason we went a second time. As for my personal opinion, maybe I just had low expectations, but the ride did surprise me a bit. It goes faster than it looks and it has a certain kick to it in parts that's unsuspecting.

However, it did not feel longer than SDMT like some have said. Wheezy at the end of the ride is a nice touch. Overall it's a fun coaster and provides an alternative for those not willing/not tall enough to ride RNRC.

Side note: The fans in the Slinky queue did not help to actually make it cooler however, save for portable fans right at the load platform that were blasting. This had me sweating from heat in there after 10PM. I can't imagine being in that line in the heat of the day.

 

[ToTBellHop]

You accelerate at the same speed if you're in the front or back. Because the whole thing is connected obviously. If there are no chain lifts the front or back doesn't make that large a thrill difference. On a ride like Thunder Mountain it certainly does.

That’s not really true. In any ride with hills, the back of the train gets pulled over the crest of each hill as the center of the train descends the drop, providing airtime which many view as thrilling. RNRC doesn’t have any major hills, does it?

 

[LAKid53]

I feel like you get thrown around in the back. There are times when you are in the front that you can feel them waiting for the back to clear a certain point.

I rode in the last row. I was battered and bruised. Decided I wasn't going to ride RnR again after that.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I rode in the last row. I was battered and bruised. Decided I wasn't going to ride RnR again after that.

Yes. For the same reason as I discussed above, the back on RnRC gets "pulled" out of the corkscrew elements of the cobra roll and the corkscrew itself. But unlike Big Thunder, it doesn't provide airtime. It provides whiplash and brain tissue death. Yay.

 

[righttrack]

It looks amazing at night! They need more rides like these in places just like this.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You accelerate at the same speed if you're in the front or back. Because the whole thing is connected obviously. If there are no chain lifts the front or back doesn't make that large a thrill difference. On a ride like Thunder Mountain it certainly does.

As a coaster goes up and down hills and through other elements it and accelerated and decelerate. Going over a hill, it decelerates until it's center of mass crests the hill. If you're in the front, you're over the hill and heading down at the slowest speed. Once the train start accelerating, the back is starting to crest the hill. Thus, the front and back experience that hill at different speeds.

 

[No Name]

That’s not really true. In any ride with hills, the back of the train gets pulled over the crest of each hill as the center of the train descends the drop, providing airtime which many view as thrilling. RNRC doesn’t have any major hills, does it?

As a coaster goes up and down hills and through other elements it and accelerated and decelerate. Going over a hill, it decelerates until it's center of mass crests the hill. If you're in the front, you're over the hill and heading down at the slowest speed. Once the train start accelerating, the back is starting to crest the hill. Thus, the front and back experience that hill at different speeds.

That is all true and good, but I don't know where you got the false idea that I said there's no thrill difference. The poster I replied to was talking about the launch as an argument that the front is more thrilling, which in no way made sense. And the thrill difference is in fact relatively insignificant on a ride like RnRC compared to one such as BTMR. Not nonexistent, just relatively insignificant.