2024’s Most Cutting Edge Roller Coaster - The Incredible Complexity of Voltron Nevera

Voltron Nevera looks like the best new roller coaster to open world-wide in 2024! In this video, we explore how cutting edge I believe this coaster is!

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Video Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:13 - Background & Stats
04:24 - Trains, Capacity, & Block Zones
11:42 - Block Zone Complexity
16:14 - Moving Track Segments
18:30 - Other Great Features
20:02 - Conclusion

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[ochyt]

Where a normal rollercoaster ends at the first brake run, mack just said "Why not add a swing launch and double the ride time" I love them

[gabet]

There is no one I’d rather explain to me the complexity of Voltrons block zones

[simonklaiber]

13:20 That is actually not just a Technician but the Voltron Project Lead Patrick Marx

[SkeledroMan]

Right now voltron is only running 6 of its 7 trains. They are rotating one train out at a time to send back to mack's warehouse to have its stabilisers fitted. They didn't have time to fit all the stabilisers inside the bogies if they wanted the ride to open on time, but it's nice to see they're doing it now. That's why roughness varies so much between trains right now.

Also, with only 6 trains the operators very often manage to exceed the theoretical throughput of the ride. With 6 trains the theoretical throughput should be 1300pph, but they can manage 1400pph quite consistently, sometimes even more. When all 7 trains are on track at once, the operators think they'll be able to hit 1750 or 1800pph, maybe even a bit more. That probably won't happen before the end of this month though.

Apart from the first 3 days, it hasn't had too much downtime. And when it does, it usually doesn't take much longer than 15-20 minutes to fix, if that. The valley block being able to reset with riders in it saves a lot of time.

[CoasterObsessed]

Crazy how the most complex 2024 coaster has been doing fine while Hyperia and TT2 are having serious issues…

[painfulBasterd]

When i was in Queue for Voltron last Week i said to my wife "i hope ElToroRyan is making a video about this Coaster, he will have a field day with all those Blockzones!"
And then comes 9:08 which got me a good laugh :D
Thanks for the awesome Video!

[benm]

Mack Rides have been absolutely killing it these last 10 years or so. I can't wait to see what they cook up next

[FunkAndFluff]

As soon as I recognized how many of the blocks on Voltron don't use brakes, I was studying intensely as heck. This thing's a marvel and your enthusiasm is contagious, Ryan.

[MidcourseDiscourse]

I love that Mack rides modern design language is pretty much what we all made out of K’nex coaster models back in the day 😂

[DigitalDan]

Loved this video, Voltron is a masterpiece 😍

[thimok]

Ever since EP dropped the animation POV of Voltron months ago, I had a gut feeling that 2nd launch was actually a hidden block as well, especially if you consider the delta time between blocks. Nobody really believed it back then. It's a really smart block!

[CoasterTopia]

A couple more things in regards to this amazing piece of technology:
- In case of a breakdown the ride should be mostly selfsufficient to reset itself, for example from the launch before the stall. It should all go (almost) automatically with the operstor just having to keep oversight.
- I think the ride system also prefers to not stack on the Brake 2 block as you mentioned that is high up in the air, because when the final brake is fully occupied with 2 trains i think it just wont launch from the turntable in normal operation.
- If you look at 12:48 you can see on the turntable itself, on the right side of the track, an arrow that shows in which direction the turntable will travel that cycle
- 19:04 ofcourse the lockers will be free, try and get away with upcharged lockers in Europe 😂 I wish you the best of luck...

[KolMan]

I think my favorite element is the boarding status indicator lights, which while adding a layer of clarity to boarding still manage to look at home aesthetically on the train and look really cool

[pegalex]

quick note ! Mack rides and europapark increased the speed of the forward (fourth) launch to 100km/h to reduce the chance to have a rollback on the top hat ! which makes the second part of the ride even more thrilling

[CRRUPTIN소리]

I visited Germany a few days ago, and got to ride this beauty. It is MUST RIDE. That first launch was heart pounding and the air time during the inversions was intense.
Was a bit sad that we had to stall for a minute right before the backwards launch. Took some momentum away. But it didn't take away from the experience.

Europa Park's loading times are insanely fast. As a single rider, I didn't wait longer than 20 minutes for most of the coasters. (About 30ish for Voltron, as the trains stopped for a few minutes.) For Blue Fire, I think I waited 5 minutes?
(Granted, I went on a weekday.) Considering the park closed at an early 6pm that day, it's pretty amazing that I got to do almost all of the coasters with no problem. (I skipped Pegasus, Alpenexpress,
and the water rides.)

Put this park and coaster on your list!

[PavelKrypto]

I rode it 3 times in its second week of operation and it blew my bloody socks off! Super intense with some real ejector airtime in places. I've heard some say that they think the turn table disrupts the flow but I was grateful for a chance to catch my breath, the added theatricality was appreciated too. All in all an incredible ride. I hope you get to travel to Europe sometime soon!

[Theme_Park_]

Great video as always ! It was an honor to see my footages in this video. If you need footages for another coaster in Europe, I'm your man 😉

[dantc]

I love these coaster news/technical analysis videos you've been publishing lately! Informative, timely, decent length, and block zones!

[Soonjai]

0:10 I guess this is a rare case where one has the chance to correct Ryan: Mack Rides and Europa Park are seperate companies that are both owned and operated by the Mack Family. Legally both are independent of each other and Europa Park is, at least technically speaking, just another customer of Mack Rides as any other Park would be. But I guess that really only means that they are just moving money from one of their bank accounts to a different one whenever Europa Park "purchases" something from Mack Rides.

[JesseFeld]

That launch/boost which is also a block brake and re-launches from a stop back and forth (Top Thrill 2-style) is brilliant. What a great way to hide a block brake in a coaster!