Lightning POV - Vekoma Launch coaster at Furuvik 

Vekoma is slowly moving from the most hated to becoming one of the holy trio

​@@annekedebruyn7797 I personally think they are the best they are perfecting every model even though I haven't ridden any yet I think they are easily rivalling the top companies with their versatility and smooth coasters

@@Themepark_Mania lol “I think they are the best “ “I haven’t ridden any yet” What a joke those statements are together. And no Vekoma isn’t remotely close to Intamin or RMC and only a psycho would suggest otherwise lol. Making 35 family coasters per year doesn’t match the top dogs. vekoma has very few top tier thrill coasters and those few are nowhere near the best Intamins or RMCs. Maybe let people who actually ride them come up with those opinions lol.

@@annekedebruyn7797 not even close. Mack is closer to the holy trio then Vekoma.

@@gibiati8295 nice gatekeeping. Also, never said they were. I said they are slowly making progress towards that.

It is super fun, even for people for normally prefer faster and more extreme coasters.

For us the first lap was faster. 😊 all five times. It felt like it almost would stop on the second lap at a curve at the top.

Interesting! I hade the same feeling on my rides - before opening and during opening weekend - but on the first lap. Maybe they have tweaked the launches since then. Looking forward to try it again.

Well spoken! And getting some rides on them gives at least me even more life

Haha, yes. It has a really nice whoooooosing sound

Us too!

I hope it lives up to the expectations!

Indeed! It is amazing how they have managed to push the boundries of not only larger coasters like Fonix and Lech but also family coasters like this

Vekoma really did a great job!

The POV is mounted but I got a few rides afterwards. It is a really fun coaster! Not as intense or fast as Juvelen but I can't think of a single coaster that is better when it comes to allowing riders with a hight of only 1 meter.

like your mom!

@@coasters4life388 wow you're so funny, I bet you're laughing in your gross smelly room at how funny you are. Your mom and dad must be so proud you made a funny yo mama joke. I can die peacefully now after having seen that incredible joke.

Tack! En riktigt bra berg och dalbana!

Thank you! Yep, that is a mystery to me as well :- ) But I guess I don't post often enough and mostly cover a remote corner of the world. But I am really happy for the ones I got!

@@FABHadventures can you do project exodus at thorpe park please

Give it a few months and it will be a striking combo of green grass, the black track and the red and white station. I really like how they left many boulders nearby the track during construction.

BBM is in one of the most popular parks in the world... and this is a so far rather unknown swedish park. But it is fun to see that this coaster is getting a lot of attention and I am certain we will se clones of it in many parks in the future.

One of the best family coasters every built!

I wouldn’t say this resembles an RMC in any way, but opinions are subjective. Cheetah Hunt and Verbolten are two examples of fairly intense family coasters which predate RMC’s major impact on the industry. Verbolten was built before RMC even made their first hybrid coaster.

Thank you! I agree, the track looks really good. The color scheme is very clean with a red and white station together with the black track

Luckily they have hired some new people since them :- ) And I would love to try Great Nor'Easter since it is supposed to be rather good

Me too!

Happy you like it! And I totally agree, it is a really great little coaster

Yes, it features an LIM launch. It is the same modell and track as BBM.

Yes, Vekoma vent with LIMs on both Lightning and Big Bear Mountain. It apparently fit their current track and train design better.

@@FABHadventuresnice doesn’t say it on RCDB, glad to know that it is, Thanks! Hope to see more of them!

@SunshineStateCoasters Really hope so to! Lightning one of the best family coasters I have tried and people really seen to like BBM. Vekoma has developed a great new modell with their family launch coasters!

they are using LIM gen 2, it apparently fixes the problems with LIM. This allows the trains to be much lighter and less power to be used i think.

This saturday - 3rd of June

@@FABHadventures very nice! Hopefully i can ride it soon

Looks great! But it also sooooo far way :- )

Not too bad at all on either opening day or last Sunday when I visited. The lines were never longer than approx 15 minutes. Furuvik is not a big park and offers other rides and coasters.

Yes it is

Probably just a matter of time...

Kanske :- ) Får se vad som händer då och vad jag hinner med.

Haha, and why not a forth one! :- )

The line moved quite fast opening night... But it is not a very big park so its capacity will probably be fine most days. And they always have the option of just doning one lap rides.

Same modell and many similar elements. And two laps… but yeah still shorter than BBM which is a impressive long coaster

You and me?

@@FABHadventures ye

Well, atleast we stay young by riding coasters

What? Nope.

Because it looks awesome?

When you order Big Bear Mountain from wish…

2nd launch is faster. It looks fun!

It’s a family coaster.

So is Big Bear Mountain same model and manufacturer too, so it’s a fair comparison

​@@stephenboshears4832 Yeah but you should also known in what park Big bear is and where Lighting is

Not every ride can be a steel vengeance or kingda ka. There are also little kids who want to try there first steps in coasters

The POV is shot a few weeks before opening. Lots of grass and plants were added before it was opened to the public.