Another big reason for why this ride has so much downtime is because of how hard it is to get parts from its manufacturer. Which fun fact: RMC had actually played a big part in creating the Skywarp model as well as producing much of the parts for the trains.
I spent a day at SWSD in October 2021 and I don't believe I even laid eyes on this ride. I knew it existed, but I did not expect it to be open. It's weird to see a video of yours, from a park I've been to, and recognize almost nothing.
I didn’t realize this thing was still standing and operating. I’m intrigued to try it someday. I did see Harley Quinn SBNO, but never got to ride that.
Honestly they should just scrap it and throw a flat ride in that spot instead. Swsd is in quite the dire need for a good flat anyway so maybe some kind of pendulum ride.
It seems like such a cool concept. If a more reliable manufacturer made it then it may be successful for small parks with it’s small footprint and lower price.
I busted out laughing when you said how often it broke down!! I agree it’s a fun ride that gets a lil too much hate, but I’m shocked they’re still running this ride on life support. If guests like you have to go out of their way to experience a supporting attraction, I don’t think that’s worth it. Maybe they’re thinking that plot of land couldn’t fit anything worthwhile, idk. I can’t think of another ride that has been THIS problematic and hasn’t been taken out back…
I actually ran into someone from Skyline while at the school I work at. I saw the shirt and immediately asked if they built Harley Quinn, and sure enough, it was them. I forgot they work with GCI sometimes, which is one county above me.
I always said that the purple figure 8 roller coaster wasn't going to last at Seaworld. I remember when they built and opened Tidal Twister back in 2019, and now here we are 4 years later with the possibility of it closing. Honestly, I don't understand why Seaworld decided to create the purple figure 8 ride, this was just a waste of their time and I'm glad that the park will be getting rid this nightmare. Tital Twister could have been better if it went over the Bayside building and into a Banked Turn, making the ride a little more exciting. Seaworld needs to get a new purple family roller coaster created by Zierer.
I'm soo lucky that I got to ride this when I went. That time, the park's website said it was closed so I didn't expect myself to get on it. But when I was in the park, I went ahead and came to check to see if it was open or not anyway. And as soon as I saw it ran with people, I was surprised and immediately ran to get in line to ride it. From my ride experience, it was ok. It was a little bit rough and it did have a bit of headbanging. It wasn't really painful though. I still did enjoy it for what it is. Ik some people don't count this a coaster and count it a flat ride instead. But since it's on RCDB, I'll be kind enough to consider it a powered coaster. But again, it's a powered coaster. And because I don't count powered coasters as credits, I'm still not going to put this in my coaster credit count.
I hate to use the rule of counting it as a credit, because it is on the database, but ultimately, that is the clincher for me. I would not argue with anybody who wants to count this as a flat ride. It does not exactly have the spirit of what a coaster is in my opinion, but it does check most if not all of the boxes. It is certainly more of a roller coaster than a Larson loop. At least I rode this once in early January 2020 and have not had the desire to ride it again, and every time I have been back to the park since it’s re-opening I have not seen it operating but I understand that it does sporadically operate at random times lately.
I’m kind of similar. I don’t expend any energy making rules for what is or isn’t a coaster. For me, if coaster-count calls it a coaster, I count it as one. It’s a lazy approach, but it’s consistent enough for me.
We have annual passes so we are there almost every week. We've only seen it actually operating once. It breaks down constantly. It's mostly closed, but when it IS open people are just waiting in line in hopes that it will actually run
Wow. You make me realize how lucky I was to ride it on my one visit. It was down for a while that day, but when it opened up I rode it, not realizing my luck, I guess.
I think Skyline has so much potential with these models if they could just perfect the maintenance and the operation system. I've never ridden any of their coasters, but I've heard that they're all pretty rough.
Among the downtime, when open, what do you think about the rides between the first Skyline Rides Skywarp, Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and Tidal Twister at SeaWorld San Diego?
I think people would have a better opinion on skyline coasters if they were installed at fec parks instead of setting the new coaster clock back for bigger parks
i got a chance to ride it just last tuesday and had no clue it was THIS unreliable, thankfully it was open and operating just fine when i went to its part of the park. personally really disliked it, unfortunately, because i do think it's a cool concept, but the ride felt slow, boring, and shaky, nothing really appealed to me
I had a horrible time on this ride. It’s just so uncomfortable, you always feel like you’re gonna fall out, but not in a good way… the restraints are terrible and it’s also really rough
I'd consider this a coaster, as well as Harley Quinn. But iv heard this ride in my has hangtime and hangtime that isn't necessarily comfortable. I di enjoy hangtime and that sustained -1 G head blood rush though.
I don't consider theses coasters. Their trains design is done in such a way that it is always under power from drive tires and never truly coasts to complete its cycle.
It's a flat ride. Basically a rip-off redesign of a Swiss Twist which was never considered a coaster. If the only thing it takes for a ride to be a roller coaster........a tilt-o-whirl is a roller coaster. the car has wheels and runs on rails powered by gravity.
