Boardwalk Bullet Review, Kemah Boardwalk Wood Coaster | Gravity Group's Most Impressive Layout?
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Boardwalk Bullet at Kemah Boardwalk is a Gravity Group wooden roller coaster. This long ride sits on just 1 acre of land by featuring one of the most impressive layouts ever devised that crosses over itself countless times. And could it be Gravity Group's best layout? Find out in this review!
Video Credits
Boardwalk Bullet Drone Footage (Third Coast Drone)- • Kemah Boardwalk Bullet...
Boardwalk Bullet POV, New (Theme Park POV)- • 2018 Boardwalk Bullet ...
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Boardwalk Bullet Test Footage (The Guru Guys)- • Video
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Background Music
Upbeat Corporate Music by Infraction (No Copyright music) / Over The Mountains
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This coaster is like something you’d build in one of those really small parks in RCT
True!
If you're original. Cheaters just spam launched corkscrew coasters
I just finished doing exactly this in OpenRCT2. Quite a challenge replicating the layout faithfully, without any of the crossovers creating "Cannot build; Wooden Coaster 1 is in the way" conflicts, but in the end it's one of my most satisfying recreations to date.
@@jaya1000 Shhhh, MarcelVos might hear you...
As a older coaster enthusiast who still wants to ride coasters but can't always withstand them, this would be my favorite current coaster. I love the non-stop intensity of this ride without all the inversions that I can no longer tolerate. Texas Cyclone was my all-time favorite, but BB is right up there.
I wish I could've tried Texas Cyclone.
@@CanobieCoaster Texas cyclone was great! I must have ridden it a hundred times
My friend: "Infinity War and Endgame are the most ambitious crossovers in history."
Me, an intellectual:
Lol
🤣🤣🤣
Fun facts about this coaster
1: If you sit at the bar in Salt grass you can see the train going up the lift hill and it swooping a turn
2: This coaster has survived countless of hurricanes and tropical storms
3: it is 5 feet away from the coast
All fun facts!
I love this coaster so much. For me, it’s easily the best coaster in Texas, and it’s probably top twenty in the country. It’s also the most impressively engineered coaster I’ve ever ridden.
Gravity Group knocked it out of the park.
I wouldn’t say it’s “easily” the best, but the argument that it’s the best coaster in Texas is definitely legitimate. I can’t pick between BB and iRat since Fiesta Texas sped up Iron Rattler.
BB definitely has the edge in intensity and ride length and I’m a complete sucker for coasters that go inside their own structure. I just wish Kemah wasn’t such a bitch to get to from Austin.
Meanwhile, the airtime hill before the cliff dive gave the same amount of airtime that the cliff dive used to give and the cliff dive now gives even more insane airtime. The section on top of the quarry wall is much faster now too as of my last ride 2 weeks ago.
I guess I’ll just say my favorite coaster in Texas for one ride is Boardwalk Bullet and my favorite coaster to marathon (not that there’s ever the option) is Iron Rattler
@@theheardtheorem That’s exciting that iRat is now faster!
Thanks for doing a review on Boardwalk Bullet! Living 40 minutes away from Kemah Boardwalk, I am glad to call this place my home park. As for the 2 trains, I have only seen them ever only run 1 train but its usually not a problem because the ride is always a walk on when I visit. Thanks again!
You're welcome!
Boardwalk Bullet packs a heck of a punch. I never expected that much intensity my first time riding it. Definitely my favorite Texas woody.
Glad you enjoyed it too.
I just came back from a road trip that took me to Kemah Boardwalk, Galveston Pleasure Pier, and Silver Dollar City. It was 100 degrees in Kemah when I rode Boardwalk Bullet, and it was in Bat Out of Hell mode! I preferred the back to the front, but they were both great! It feels like a combination of Hades (2005) Mt. Olympus with its power and Avalanche (Defunct) at Timber Falls with its ridiculously tight turns and compact layout. Boardwalk Bullet was my favorite coaster of the trip by a smidge.
That thing ran great for me in December as well.
Finally! Someone else who doesn’t sleep on this ride! It’s an absolutely insane coaster, one of my favs in Texas
I love it!
@@CanobieCoaster me too!
Why do you guys get to ride coasters it’s not fair my own government bans me and everyone in my province from riding coasters
@@coasterhockygamingboy9549 haha literally 1984 go brrrr
Great, very-descriptive review! I appreciate the history lessons you tend to include in your reviews, as well! I myself am a native of Texas but still haven't gotten over to the Kemah Boardwalk. I need to soon, as I KEEP hearing great things about this unique coaster.
Thanks!
I just love the way gravity group did airtime on these older coasters
They still do a great job with airtime on their later ones too.
@@CanobieCoaster its just different tho
Since starting this hobby in 1981, I've ridden intense, top 5 classics like Idora Wildcat, Screechin Eagle, the original Texas and Riverside Cyclones, Rattler & Texas Giant before they were ruined, La Montana Rusa before it was tamed by GCI, Grand National, Timber Wolf (when new), Mr Twister, Ghostrider, Voyage and Coaster in Vancouver. Texas Cyclone and Riverside Cyclone (before 6 Flags ruined them) are by far the 2 best, but Boardwalk Bullet is DAMN close! It's unbelievably intense, yet smooth & re-rideable. I live in Fort Worth, just 4 hours away, I go once a month. 2 weeks ago I got 37 rides before the line was too long. It's severely twisted layout reminds me of the Prior & Church legends I've seen so many photos of. I fear the PTC trains are tearing the track up, you can see the fight they go through to get around those crazy turns. Timberliners would do well here but would likely reduce the intensity. Phoenix is my personal favorite, but the most thrilling roller coaster in operation is Boardwalk Bullet. It's awesome that Switchback & Texas Stingray are just a short Texas drive away!
Texas has a small, but diverse wood coaster lineup.
I love Gravity Group, my 3rd favorite manufacturer behind Intamin and RMC. They create these unique and interesting layouts, and they deliver on the forces and relentless nature. This is probably my # 7 woodie, # 4 GG, and top 25 overall. And my new # 2 in Texas.
My Friday night, post-rain, was amazing, especially the last ride in thick fog! And no line. Saturday was slammed. I waited 45 minutes a couple times with about 1/3 queue filled, then it had a full queue the rest of the day.
Wow that would be quite the wait! Were they still skipping rows?
@@CanobieCoaster Yes they were, in early March, the first weekend it was back open.
Boardwalk Bullet is not just one of my favorite woodies, but its actually one of my favorite coasters in general. I rode it all the way back in 2012 as my first wooden coaster, and then in 2020 as my second favorite wooden coaster. During my recent visit this coaster has gotten so much better with ejector airtime on every hill and relentless pacing. Not to mention it is one of the smoothest wooden coasters of all time. I absolutely love this ride and for me, Kemah Boardwalk is miles away but it makes the trip all the way to texas worth it.
It's a fantastic ride.
I am a humongous fan of this ride! Rode it 4x last June and I had a choice between making this or Iron Rattler my 200th credit but I'm so glad I made it this...easily a top 5 wood for me just behind Voyage and Toro.
This is also my favorite coaster in the state of texas. 😉
Nice!
Former Rides Supervisor at Kemah here(2009-late 2011) The brake run to station time used to be LONGER. They actually removed a mag brake in early 2010 to decrease the time.
Wow that's crazy.
@@CanobieCoaster definitely. So this 1 minute return time is cake compared to the almost 2 minutes it used to be. Mark Kane had just become the GM of the Boardwalk. So, coming from Six Flags, he was pushing for a 650-700 rider per hour throughput. We HAD to make changes. Our goal was: before the train in the brake run hit the trim brake, to get the one in the station dispatched. But we were having the train dispatched and waiting on the lift to go over because the mag brakes were taking SO long to release the train.
I got to ride it for the first time in July. And holy crap, this ride was absolutely insane. Out of all 26 roller coasters I’ve ridden so far, this places at #4, behind Texas Giant at #3, Iron Rattler at #2, and Mr Freeze Reverse Blast at #1.
Glad you loved it!
This is on my rather small bucket list! Best review I’ve seen on this coaster! 👍🏼Any other wooden coasters you know have been completely retracted?
A lot of older ones have been retracked completely by now. Yankee Cannonball and the Arnolds Park Legend are two examples.
Has a drop of 92'; a stat you forgot. But that only makes it more impressive, considering the compact layout. It's not a bucket list coaster like The Voyage, but It looks like a coaster in my dreams; delivering the best it can within a certain space and beautiful location. Although it's more remarkable that PTC trains are used, I'd still prefer Timberliner trains so that each row has it's own car and therefore its own ride experience. Thanks for posting!
Gravity Group outdid themselves with this one.
We rode this ride last month, it surprised me and my buddies.. it's a must ride..
It's fantastic.
You’re wetting my palate for this ride. Hope to drive down there from Dallas with my girls in a month
Enjoy!
This has got to be the most creative layout of any coaster this scale period. How, just how can you fit over 3,000 ft of track in 1 acre? That's like fitting a Batman B&M Invert clone in your backyard and it's even longer. And it doesn't even use Timber Liners. And the compact twister layout is unlike something even GCI can do. Yet this ride still manages to have not just pops but sustained airtime, laterals, whip, and very smooth. I seriously think Gravity Group could be the Intamin of wooden coasters. I already prefer GG over GCI any day.
Gravity Groups have excellent layouts.
I wish Gravity Group made more large-scale coasters. Voyage, Hades, Boardwalk Bullet and Ravine Flyer are all fantastic. But GG has mostly become the “family wood coaster company” since then. Of course the family coasters are great, but many parks could use a Boardwalk Bullet.
There are more large scale Grav Group coasters than Small scale though.
I think they're so good at the affordable compact wood coaster that's why we've seen a lot of those, but they've shown overseas they can still do great large rides.
I Wonder If There Will Be Ever A Coaster That Will Break The Record Of 42 Crossover's.
That Would Be Insane
Plus It's A Really Unique Record. Cuz It's Not Focused On The Height , Speed , Length Or Inversion Record.
Huge Praise To The Gravity Group For Being Able To Build This Masterpiece Of A Woodie!
I could see a ride doing it. How many does FLY have?
I felt like it died just a touch in the second half. It is still the best wooden coaster in Texas as it is better than Texas StingRay or Switchback. It is my #6 overall in the state as it is one spot behind Shockwave in my rankings. I rode it in 2020 and the trains were not full so I really question if that had an impact. It didn't sound that way for you. The first drop is fantastic!
And I rode it on a cooler day too. I didn't mind the slow down at the end up front since the airtime pops were still there.
I’ve always been curious about this ride and how compact yet big it is.
Gravity Group outdid themselves.
Gravity Group favorite manufacturer!!! So I’m probably gonna love this thing
They're a great manufacturer.
Part of me wonders if the timber liner trains were kinda influenced by this coaster. Like they had this project and were like if only we had a train for something like this
It would have been interesting what would be different if the Timberliners were ready.
Canobie reviews! Had to change it!🤣keep up the great work
Thanks!
@@CanobieCoaster np
I live just a few miles from this coaster and it's a real shame the Kemah Boardwalk doesn't offer a season pass because if they did I would ride this thing every day.
I sympathize with you. Canobie didn't have a season pass for the first 27 years of my life.
OMG you’re almost at *5K!* 🥳🥳🎉🎉🥳
I know!
I rebuilt that roller coaster a couple years back ago good ride
Agreed!
So what would you rate Boardwalk Bullet at Kemah Boardwalk?
I think I gave it a 9, but it's in the review.
So how would you compare this to, for example, Swiss Toboggan at Little Amerricka in terms of airtime? Do you like the airtime on both? What do you think?
Boardwalk Bullet has better and more comfortable airtime.
GCI: station flythrough!!!
GG: go under the station???
Love it!
The end was supposed to be faster, they didn't get rid of the issues entirely. ElToroRyan made a video about it.
I saw!
Wait this coaster exsists looks fun :).
It is.
Only major coaster I still need to get on in texas
I hope you can get on it soon!
from what I'm reading in these forums, this thing's more of a pain to get TO than to get ON.😀
wait, so you said that it had everything you could want, but then you rank it a 9 out of 10? Okay, is your explanation just the back end of the ride when sitting in the back end of the ride?
It's fantastic but it's a step below the rides I put in my top 10 wood coaster list.
Did they forget that drive tires exist for the final brake run?
Possibly!
Such a good not well known boardwalk coaster
It has been getting more attention as of late.
@@CanobieCoaster true
How many woodies do you like more than El Toro?
9 or 10. El Toro is a borderline top 10 wood coaster for me.
First view and first comment!
Yes you are!
The best part about it, its almost always a walk on
I had to wait a half hour for it back in 2018, but it was a walk-on last year for me both days.
Not during Spring Break 2022. We waited beyond 30 minutes and they did have two trains going. It wasn't horrible, but it was not quick, either.
@@davedave8602 their ride ops is slacking
@@AlexRuckusFTW it was just a very busy day. Rides, tickets, restaurants. Even finding parking took awhile and a bit of luck.
cOOl
Yes
I never rode this but this looks like a GCI
Yes, but the airtime is better.