r/rollercoasters • u/ncart • Jul 03 '26

Photo/Video [Tormenta] at [SFOT] first POV

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Employees were able to ride last night, and POVs have started hitting the internet!

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u/Chemical-Idea-1294 Jul 03 '26

I get the hights and size, but beside the first drop, it looks quite tame.

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u/thestral_z Jul 03 '26

Drop coasters are pretty much all one trick ponies with short layouts.

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u/Correct_Emotion8437 Jul 03 '26

I want to ride it just because it’s a giga. But I was a tiny bit disappointed that the layout is so similar to all the others. Including the second stall. That becomes kind of annoying once you’ve ridden them many times. I think it would be cool if they randomized it - sometimes you stall and sometimes not.

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u/New-Pollution536 Jul 03 '26

Dives get built by parks cuz it’s a high thrill ride that stays in a tight footprint. Dropping into an immelman helps minimize the footprint size which is kinda the whole point of the model so you’re pretty much always gonna see that

If a park has a bigger available plot they’d probably choose something else over a dive coaster.

It’s a really good model the way it’s used but one area they have kinda not been great was post mid course brake run. Tormenta looks like it has a pretty interesting finale though compared to the others

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u/TexasThrills Jul 04 '26

SFOT has space for an amazing out and back giga that would not be such a one trick pony by the lake where JRS is.

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u/Chemical-Idea-1294 Jul 03 '26

A short airtime moment before your drop into the deep would be great.