{"id":11604,"date":"2024-07-16T18:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T18:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=11604"},"modified":"2024-07-16T18:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T18:54:22","slug":"is-valhalla-really-the-best-water-ride-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=11604","title":{"rendered":"Is Valhalla Really The Best Water Ride In The World?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I FINALLY<\/strong> got to ride Valhalla earlier this month! It appears to still striking big awards like \u201cThe Best Water Ride in the World\u201d but is that agreeable? <\/span><\/p>\n

I feel when there\u2019s other water rides in the world such as Pirates of the Caribbean as an example it\u2019s hard to justify Valhalla being the \u201cbest\u201d. However, it\u2019s definitely the best in the UK against the slight competition. Valhalla has come on lovely to the last time I rode it somewhere between 4\/5 years ago now. I feel VERY<\/strong> fortunate to have the effects working. I did hear some stories of barely anything working prior to our visit.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

The enhancement the park has made it brilliant. There\u2019s simply no denying they\u2019ve done a tremendous job. Although, the main audio is the only one I miss from the previous version of the ride. I also admire the fact there\u2019s a story to be followed as you travel around. That\u2019s a lovely touch and just adds that little more twinkle. However, there\u2019s nothing better than that iconic music.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the scenes are really pretty whereas others are quite eerie & darker than before. Of course, there are some sections that are still pretty much in black but the story-led audio does help divert you from that too. One scene I\u2019m sceptical about is the \u201cice\u201d room I feel that is a little too \u2018hot iced\u2019 for me. Some other differences felt so bizarre especially the old backwards drop section but a HUGE improvement.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

The ride is of course very soggy. The vortex tunnel still ploughs into the boat. Some of the drops were bigger than I ever recalled. For us, on the back row, the worst bit was definitely the hammers in the upper section of the ride. I\u2019d never ride it like I used to without a poncho it\u2019s not worth THAT level of wetness but poncho is on then you’re golden. It is a shame they weren\u2019t able or didn\u2019t (not too sure on the logistics of it) to turn the wetness down. Just to make it a more of an al-year kind of ride.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Valhalla is an absolute beaut. We are VERY fortunate to have it part of the UK ride lineup. A big well done to the team at Blackpool for making the ride so much better somehow than how it was previously.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, I FINALLY got to ride Valhalla earlier this month! It appears to still striking big awards like \u201cThe Best Water Ride in the World\u201d but is that agreeable? I feel when there\u2019s other water rides in the world such as Pirates of the Caribbean as an example it\u2019s hard to justify Valhalla being the \u201cbest\u201d. However, it\u2019s definitely the best in the UK against the slight competition. Valhalla has come on lovely to the last time I rode it somewhere between 4\/5 years ago now. I feel VERY fortunate to have the effects working. I did hear some stories of barely anything working prior to our visit. The enhancement the park has made it brilliant. There\u2019s simply no denying they\u2019ve done a tremendous job. Although, the main audio is the only one I miss from the previous version of the ride. I also admire the fact there\u2019s a story to be followed as you travel around. That\u2019s a lovely touch and just adds that little more twinkle. However, there\u2019s nothing better than that iconic music. Some of the scenes are really pretty whereas others are quite eerie & darker than before. Of course, there are some sections that are still pretty much in black but the story-led audio does help divert you from that too. One scene I\u2019m sceptical about is the \u201cice\u201d room I feel that is a little too \u2018hot iced\u2019 for me. Some other differences felt so bizarre especially the old backwards drop section but a HUGE improvement. The ride is of course very soggy. The vortex tunnel still ploughs into the boat. Some of the drops were bigger than I ever recalled. For us, on the back row, the worst bit was definitely the hammers in the upper section of the ride. I\u2019d never ride it like I used to without a poncho it\u2019s not worth THAT level of wetness but poncho is on then you’re golden. It is a shame they weren\u2019t able or didn\u2019t (not too sure on the logistics of it) to turn the wetness down. Just to make it a more of an al-year kind of ride. However, Valhalla is an absolute beaut. We are VERY fortunate to have it part of the UK ride lineup. A big well done to the team at Blackpool for making the ride so much better somehow than how it was previously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5053],"tags":[1303,72,3993,3994,76,3328,2790,3963,3930,4804,1056,968,1047,459,4604,1055,967,1632,5220],"class_list":["post-11604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","tag-blackpool","tag-blackpool-attractions","tag-blackpool-new","tag-blackpool-next-big-thing","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-chat","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-dark-rides","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-debate","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-discussion","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-new-season-passes","tag-changes-to-valhalla","tag-reimagining-of-valhalla","tag-upcoming-refurbishment-for-valhalla","tag-valhalla","tag-valhalla-opening","tag-valhalla-re-imagine","tag-valhallas-closure","tag-water-rides","tag-world-best-water-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20230508_093420573_iOS-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-31a","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11606,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11604\/revisions\/11606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}