I love the sounds the brakes make when trains enter and exit the station.

@CanobieCoaster

5 ай бұрын

Me too.

I loved how I forgot to take my cap off before riding this and it falling off after the ride picked up speed after the chainlift. Overall, this is a fun ride and it can get quite crazy at points.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Oh my!

The location of the maintenance track really hits the layout bad. Good off ride footage but that’s about it. If you like trim breaks and arrow anti rollbacks then this is your ride 😂

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

The pacing really suffers.

I think the coaster you would ride the most while going again to the park is a hyper coaster with drops and camelbacks. Canobie Coaster would say: It's exceptional. The drops and camelbacks offer copious amounts of floater airtime plus a stomach dropping sensation. The pullout from the first drop and far turnaround offer great positive Gs. It also offers stunning views of the sea and mountains, not only on the lift hill but on the rest of the ride. What about the smoothness or the roughness? A) It is super smooth, not any shake or rattle. It is one of the most rerideable coasters in the world. B) It is mostly smooth, some valleys do have some shimmying though but overall tolerable. C) It is bumpy, especially further back in the train.

@CanobieCoaster

10 ай бұрын

A

I was on this ride but somehow i completly forgot that it even existed. You just unlocked some deep memories for me haha.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could.

This was not really on my radar as a ride to ride when I went to PortAventura, but I rode it as a palate-cleanser between Shambhala and Dragon Khan. It's a really good family ride! it goes on for an impressively long time and I particularly love the swooping dropping turn after the third lift. My first roller coaster ever was an Arrow mine train, but it was one of the shortest and tamest ones, maybe the shortest one? (Trailblazer at Hersheypark). It's fun to ride a good long one. It caused me some navigation trouble early in the day, though: the path down to it looks like it might be a through route to the rest of the park, but it is not.

@MattMcIrvin

Жыл бұрын

...their "Mini Mine Trains" were shorter, but I think Trailblazer may have been the shortest full-size Mine Train.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a nice family coaster for the park.

Who on earth even is this psyclonesteve guy?? He seems to have every coaster POV ever!

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

He was a coaster enthusiast. Unfortunately, he passed away due to a brain tumor and his family still runs the channel in his memory.

@overdramaticpan

Жыл бұрын

@@CanobieCoaster Oh :(

@overdramaticpan

Жыл бұрын

My condolences to him and his family :(

When i rode it is REALY didn’t like it, its so wierd with 3 Cain lifts after the 2nd lift you go down once then into a brake run and another Cain lift??? And its pain full

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

That middle part isn't all that good.

This ride generally runs 3-4 trains, even in less busy days. In those days, the trains often run 2 laps on the course.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

It definitely has the layout to support that many trains at once.

I’ve ridden this and quite honestly can’t remember it. I’ve only been to the park once, but I can vividly remember my rides on Dragon Khan, Furious Baco and Shambhala.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

It's not one of their top rides, but it's good for families.

I think it looks like alot of fun.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

It's decent.

like the looping version.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Which one?

@jtwoolley

Жыл бұрын

@@CanobieCoaster both

I find it quite surprising how this is Europe's only Arrow Mine Train, Arrow is almost all in America though so it makes sense in a way. I usually prefer these Arrow ones to Vekomas as they are rougher in a sense that brings more enjoyment and definitely more intense.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

It makes sense why there are more Vekoma ones given their proximity.

@MattMcIrvin

Жыл бұрын

I think Arrow died not too far into the era when European parks would even be considering them as a possibility. It's strange to think of new Arrow Mine Trains even still being a thing at the time PortAventura opened, simultaneous with rides like Dragon Khan, but it was right at the tail end of that period.

What do you think about all Arrow mine train coasters you've ridden in the world? Do you think they were all tolerable?

@CanobieCoaster

9 ай бұрын

A few have some rough transitions.

Would you like to go again to PortAventura?

@CanobieCoaster

10 ай бұрын

Yes

Is Candymonium at Hersheypark your favorite Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster in the world? I'm referring to Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coasters, excluding gigas.

@CanobieCoaster

10 ай бұрын

No, I prefer Shambhala

Which trim brakes do you like less, the ones on the straightaway before the turn into the third lift hill on el Diablo, or the ones on the first drop on Stampida?

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Probably Stampida's.

What do you think are the most intense mine train coasters you’ve ridden (top 3)?

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Hard to say. That's not what the model goes for.

Would you like to go to PortAventura again? If I ask you that, Canobie Coaster would say: Yes. If I ask you: But would you get to ride El Diablo the most?

@CanobieCoaster

10 ай бұрын

I usually ride El Diablo once per visit.

I think mack powered minetrains are better tbh because they can keep doing more turns and elements without having to hurt the pacing

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

I prefer this to the powered coasters. Better forces.

@UwePieper

Жыл бұрын

Powered "coasters" are something completely different and no competition for a good mine train.

@TheOfficialSmudgy

Жыл бұрын

@@CanobieCoaster Better pacing, still great forces- example? The Runaway Minetrain at Alton Towers

@TheOfficialSmudgy

Жыл бұрын

@@UwePieper Actually most powered coasters are minetrains, and they are a lot better than the janky arrow minetrains with poor pacing, they maintain constant speeds and still get good forces.

Canobie Coaster would say: Unfortunately, this is not the best paced mine train. The three lift hills really break up the experience. I like the first and final third, but that middle section truly feels like filler. The ride is among the smoother Arrow mine trains. You still have a few less than perfect transitions, but the ride in general tracks much better, which makes sense considering it was one of the newer ones. So what would I rate El Diablo?

@CanobieCoaster

4 ай бұрын

See the review.

This ride really has a lot going for it, but also a lot of terrible things. As someone who's quite tall and a bit bigger, the restraints and seats were terrible. Had no leg room at all and all the terrible transitions really hurt my back with the hard formed backs. If they put different trains on this thing with padded seats and restraints, it would make a huge difference.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

That's a bummer!

@DamiendeBeus

Жыл бұрын

@@CanobieCoaster it's a fun ride, but I feel like a lot of rides in Port Aventura are build for smaller shorter people. As a Dutch person I'm not one of those and just too tall and big for them. 😅

I repeat, best ejector right After the station in very back row, mabye next time you will feel it

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

I tried it in the back in both 2017 and 2022, but I didn't get that.

This thing is just plain ridiculous. Janky transitions. And a lot of lifthills and boring rather slow turns. The best parts are the start and finish in the visible area around the station. The part with the log flume is slow and weird, the maintenance part is really laughable. If you look at the mine trains Vekoma built around this time (Walibi Belgium and Phantasialand!!!)... Wow... This is so incredible. So laughable. So just plain bad. I kind of like it 🙈😀

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

I agree the Vekoma ones tend to be better.

@MattMcIrvin

Жыл бұрын

Vekoma was operating on a whole other level, I think with the intention of making higher-thrill rides. Compare this with other Arrow Mine Trains and it's a really good one.

@UwePieper

Жыл бұрын

@@MattMcIrvin As this is coaster is in Europe there's basically no other Arrow Mine Train around. 🤷‍♂

Too much stop & go imo and it is on the rough side... apart from the visuals not much to take from.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

I didn't find it rough. Pacing isn't good though.

It’s a decent family ride, but the pacing is horrible.

@CanobieCoaster

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the lifts really hurt the pacing.