RnRC compared to Everest

[kenny]

Thanks everyone. Love Everest so wanted to try RnRC. Will give it a go! Looks like a great ride

 

[Networth]

I love coasters and RNRC is one of my favorites even though it's not very intense I LOVE the take off. If I had to pick one I would say it is more intense than Everest only because many dislike the 0-60 in darkness.

 

[finedice]

If I had to pick one I would say it is more intense than Everest only because many dislike the 0-60 in darkness

Not this fan! 3....2....1...Hands up and smile for your photo!

 

[JennyMP03]

I love both Everest and RnR, but I feel like the latter is more intense due to the launch. I love the launch though. I tell myself each time that I'm not going to scream during the launch, but my mouth is always wide open in the picture. So much fun!

Most of the time, I'm fine on both rides, but I'm more likely to get a mild headache from Everest than I am from RnR. I think I'm in the minority here, but RnR feels more "smooth" to me.

 

[Dimaline312000]

I personally think that RnRc is a bit more intense than EE, with the 0-60 start and the loops but both are really fun rides!!

 

[MystikaFaith]

Everest scared the bajeebers out of me. Never ever ever ever would I go on that ride again. I came off trembling, hyperventilating, and worshiping the ground.

I didn't find RnRC scary at all. It was fun, very smooth, and you go so fast it almost feels as though you're just floating. I could do it again and again and again and again and again. And again.

 

[MystikaFaith]

I find that you don't even notice the loops in RnRC. Keep your head back against the seat back and you'll have less head bouncing.

I barely noticed the loops either and my son came off it convinced there were no inversions at all lol

So if you enjoy scary thrill ride inversions.... RnRC may not be for you...

 

[nooneshome]

I personally find them about equal.

Sadly, I am beginning to feel my age as well and what I loved and could do multiple times in a row can only do about once

Sadly I am getting to that age too - 57. On our last trip I was able to ride RnRc once and ToT three times in the morning. I think I could have gone for a few more rides but I had to meet DW and DD. DD and I did ride EE twice in a row - that is my limit.

 

[CounselorX]

Here's us in the front on RNRC. Notice the frogg toggs chilly pad around my neck. On RNRC, the coolness of the chilly pad around your neck and chest feels so good on a hot day lol.

 

[tstottle]

Have any of you who are now "feeling your age" on coasters tried Dramamine or something? We are going to WDW and US and I found last time at US that the sim rides bothered me (including Star Tours at Disney). Do you think the Dramamine would help that feeling of "I loved that ride, but don't think I can do it again"? So sad when coaster lovers start to experience this!

 

[mickeyluv'r]

For me, RnRC is the easier of the two. The whole ride is over in 90 seconds! Both are very smooth, unlike Space Mtn.

90 seconds!

Everest is almost 3minutes long, max speed of 50mph, top drop 80 feet, height 112 feet, length 4,424 feet.
RNRC is 90 seconds long, has a max speed of 57mph, and a height of 80 feet- but not a drop of 80, and a total length of 3,403 feet

Keep your head back and yell as soon as you launch. The worst is over.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

I As for the inversions, I actually find the Everest inversion to be far more disorienting than RnR's. So in my opinion, if you can handle Everest, you should be able to enjoy RnR. Just keep your head pinned to the headrest at takeoff!

Everest doesn't have an inversion. It just feels like one. It goes backwards in the dark, and is disorienting, but it is not an inversion, technically speaking.

 

[goofyernmost]

I rode RnRC last year. I'll be 67 this year. Since I never think about my age, I felt no adverse affects from the ride, inversions and all. In fact, if I didn't know ahead of time that there was one, I still wouldn't know even though I have been on it at least 4 times. It is some dark in there and they are over before you can even register that you are in one.

Everest has no inversions and it is almost entirely in daylight. (assuming you don't ride it at night and since DAK usually closes early that doesn't happen often. I do, however, feel that I had a more negative reaction to the backward section then I ever did to Rockin's inversions.

 

[georgina]

I have always had issues with corkscrew inversions, banging my head off the headrests despite trying to keep my head back. They give me a headache. I may try the suggestion above to not keep it back next time! As I get older the G forces are harder to take also. I told my DD our last trip to Universal that I would only ride each of the coasters once (well, both sides of Dragon Challenge). They are more intense than the Disney coasters, but I can still only do RnR once. EE I can do a few times.

 

[Josh Hendy]

I found with RnRC that my neck feels better if I DON'T try to stiffen it or brace it against the headrest, but instead relax the neck muscles and let it roll around slightly within the headrest. The whole ride becomes more enjoyable this way. Note, I mean relax it against the headrest, not relax it holding your head erect away from the headrest.

On Revenge of the Mummy at Universal I found on the other hand that it's best to brace my head against the headrest - at exactly one key point in the ride when it suddenly whips over sideways (or something). Only by bracing it at that exact time could I avoid the uncomfortable feeling of side-whiplash. Mind you, you have to ride it several times to learn where that point is!

Although Everest is scary and extremely disorienting (in a fun way) when it goes backward, it doesn't have a bad physical effect on me (so far, touch wood). The looping coasters at Universal/IOA, Seaworld and Busch Gardens mostly give me headaches, nausea or stiffness. The baddies are: Hulk, Dragon Challenge, Kraken, Manta, Montu and one more green-colored and fairly old-school looping coaster at Busch Gardens. The goodies with inversions are: Rip Ride Rockit (technically you're not inverted 'cause it flips you right-side-up at the top of the loop), Sheikra (very fast and smooth and only 1 large inversion IIRC), and RnRC as mentioned. Haven't been on Cheetah Chase at BG.

 

[JimmyV]

Everest doesn't have an inversion. It just feels like one. It goes backwards in the dark, and is disorienting, but it is not an inversion, technically speaking.

Sorry. I should have been more clear. I was using the term in its "reverse positions" sense. When you go backwards through the helix you are being inverted but you are not going completely upside down. (Though you are getting twisted enough for sunglasses to fall out of your shirt pocket and fall down!)

 

[dmband]

A lot of people may disagree with me, but the first couple times I rode RNRC, I would also get a bit of a headache. My wife would also get a headache from the ride. After a couple times of riding it, I realized it's much better to only pin your head to the headrest for the launch. After that, I lean my head forward and don't get any uncomfortable head bouncing back and forth and side to side. I told my wife to try this also and now she can ride without getting a headache as well.

Exactly what I do
Sit back for the launch the. Get as far forward as possible. That way if you do have head shack it is in he air vs hitting anything. I also leave he shoulder strap a click or two loose so on flips you can come out of the seat

That said I don't see we or rnrc on the same level based on people's "fears". Rnrc is much faster I feel and of course flips. Ee has more g force holding you back (in some seats anyway) and goes backwards

 

[disnut8]

Thanks everyone. Love Everest so wanted to try RnRC. Will give it a go! Looks like a great ride

Glad you are going to try it. On my husband's first trip, I was telling him how I would hate it since it had the inversions. He laughed because he liked that kind of stuff. I screamed my head off with everything and he had fun. When we got off the ride, he said "where were the inversions?" It wasn't until the third ride (not on the same trip) that he finally noticed.