Blue Fire Review Europa Park MACK Rides Launch Coaster
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2019
- Blue Fire Megacoaster has gained a reputation for being one of the best rides in Europe...or, is it? This is my full in-depth look at what is arguably the signature ride at Europa Park!
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Gazprom is a huge Russian company.
My apologies, I guess I just assumed it was German because it's in Germany. I had honestly never even heard of it until I saw it at Blue Fire.
Coaster Studios It‘s actually OWNED by the Russian government ;)
@@EmotionalWeather It's where Putin gets all of his money from.
Luke Caron So he can pay his employees, like Trump? 😂😂
We got a mega coaster and made the russians pay for it
I am also not impressed by blue fire, but it is a GP pleaser. The GP thinks its the most crazy ride ever.
I think it's just overhyped, that's why it's disappointing
the gp also thinks that silver star is the biggest rollercoaster in europe
Wow, you really have no clue about GP. Do not rate some kids comments ;)
@@Standby4titan some of the GP in the UK think that the Big One is the world's tallest and fastest
Fuuuuuuu blue fire was hauling when I rode it
Blue fire will always have a place in my heart, it was the first coaster with inversions i enjoyed (note i was about 10/11) and got me into roller coasters, it isn’t the best, but it is enjoyable
It's not that intense and they won't put on it extreme spinner seats becouse of its meant to be a family launch coaster and it can't be that thrilling like time traveler. When I was on it it was my first launch coaster and I still think it's an amazing rides for families
The last inversion is indeed the best thing of the ride. Especially when you put your hands up in the air.
Personnaly, I love blue fire.
However, I agree with you, it's not extreme at all, there is no airtimes and the inversions aren't that impressive. But this coaster is not about this kind of things. For me, it's still a great ride because it's very enjoyable and even if it might not be as intense as its wooden neibourgh, the theming, the short darkride section, the music and the smoothness of this ride make it the best roller coaster in Europapark.
This coaster would be perfect for a fun coaster parody
“Put the Time Traveler trains on Blue Fire”
SDC: aw damn now we don’t have any trains
but seriously that would be so mad
Ask MACK!!!
They can do it whenever they want bc the MACK family owns the park
Holy crap, I was legit thinking 'when will Taylor do a blue fire review?' this afternoon. Jesus.
Ikr one time i was looking at a channels that hasn’t uploaded for a long time and at that moment they uploaded
Nice to see that you included the spinning thing in your review.
I don’t think they would put the spinning cars on due to euro Mir
Make it Time Traveler
They just added a prototype hybrid train
Silver Star review?
Also, while your channel is about coasters, I'd love to hear your thoughts on some of the dark rides in Europe.
I actually think the launch is fun. Sure, it's not really forceful, but it's not forceless either. It's snappy and has a nice push throughout the entire acceleration. I approve
Oh I’ve been waiting for this so long...
I do disagree on this one, but still, nice video Coaster Studios :D
When I rode blue fire as one of the first coasters with inversions, I absolutely loved it. But nowadays and many inverting coasters later, I think this ride is fine, but there are many others I like better (Wodan is also my favorite at Europa Park!)
I also agree it is a GP coaster, because it is perfect to get into inversions for the first time!
it may be average but I looks awesome
I've come to enjoy Blue fire and I think especially the first half is pretty nice (First element gives a nice overview, I like the loop and the turn afterwards), but I do fully agree with your points nonetheless. It's not really spectacular and doesn't deliver the punch I'm looking for the most. It's more of a relaxing experience almost. And yes, the Heartline Roll in the end is great though.
Red fire 🔥
Green fire 💚
Yellow fire 🔥
Turquoise fire 💧
Azure fire 💥
Wildfire
It’s probably because of nostalgia but I did love Blue Fire when I first rode it , especially the rock-work and some of the inversions.
I'm riding Blue Fire tomorrow! I love this ride, it was my first coaster with inversions. It's not the most forceful ride in the world, but it's far from forceless.
Haha, good timing, I'm going there next Monday and Tuesday after five years!
Fun Review!
i went on this few days ago and idk whats up with it but that launch felt like tarons first launch when i went so thats cool to hear
4:21 Honestly “all these different elements meandering around” was so random yet made so much sense.
I love the idea of putting spinning trains on it
Ridden this in May and thought it was pretty decent.This was my first launched coaster and I enjoyed it.Cant wait to visit Taron this summer so I can experience some real launches
As soon as you ride taron you will start hating blufire :p
I love seeing an honest review! Thanks Taylor!!
Although i thought the same for a while, i dont know if the midcourse was running fast, but i recently got a ride in the back row with a couple good pops of flojector airtime and the zero g rolls on the twisted horseshoe roll were also very zero g-ey
Thanks for the consistently excellent content you’ve been putting out recently. Please do a Wodan review!
As a Europapark Fanboy I who has other options about Blue Fire I have to say here that I can agree with most of your points.
Yea sure it may not be that intense but it’s fun in my opinion and to add: For me the fun factor is more important than the intensity. Sure intensity is not completely unimportant but as long as a coaster is fun and has some force it’s completely fine to me.
Over all, your reasons to say Blue Fire is not as great as it looks are reasonable and I can agree with most of your opinions.
But there’s one thing that left disappointed me cuz you didn’t include it in the review:
THE FREAKIN‘ HEART RATE MONITORS ON TH RESTRAINTS.
They are almost never working. Just like the onboard music
couldn't agree anymore. On top of it, Mack ride launch coasters are reliable. Unlike Intamin, and even Premier.
Magst du Blue Fire jetzt oder nicht?
While I've never actually ridden Blue fire, the way you described your reaction to it, was nearly identical to what I thought after riding Icon. It just felt lacking I guess. Like it could be really good but it just... isn't there I guess.
Hm...honestly it's been years since I've been on Blue Fire and back then it was my first launch coaster ever. I was somewhat experienced with them at the time tho, so I did think it wasn't an extreme ride by any means but that actually is why I kinda liked it. Take a B&M inverter that really kicks your butt with the g-forces for example. Those coasters are tough to do marathons on, but since Blue Fire is so tame, you can easily ride it multiple times in a row. I even liked the layout too (and I remember actually getting hangtime in the loop in the last row).
But I'd really have to ride it again and see what I'd think nowadays.
Spinning Cars on BF would be amazing. Europapark you tested them on it already, make it a permanent thing!
I rode this sunday i rode toward s the front and i for one got plenty of hang time on the first element the loop and the barrel roll.
I live in Germany and Europa Park is pretty much the only park I visit regularly. Haven't experienced Phantasialand or Hansa Park yet. To me, the rollercoaster always was great. xD But now, I wanna experience the other parks around here even more. :)
The Icon Of Germany
(By Icon I Mean The One At BPB)
Good review, and solid idea to get spinning cars on it. Actually I was hopping that they will put it on this ride when they tested it. Dont you think that the launch is little bit more forcefull than the younger mac launch coasters (icon, hellix, copperhead strike)?
Taylor, do you know if by there’s different track type on the launch?
Dreamworld Australia is adding a blue fire near clone and it has a time traveller cart at the rear end.
I have literally waited all my life for someone that agrees with me on bluefire. Lackluster and force less are perfect words to describe it!
Just be prepared to be attacked by the Mack fanboys 🤣🤣
Did you noticed how close the clearance was before the loop??? a friend of mine try to reach the rock-work above and had his hand slapped on it... not really injured... but still...
He will call it Blue Forceless Not so Mega Coaster in his parody of this one, I bet.
They apparently had a different launch installed during testing, but there were complains (mainly about noise?) and it was changed.
I'm a type of person who isn't very picky about ride intensity as long as it's fun. I haven't gone to the park, but I want to,, and from what you say it sounds like honestly I'd really like this ride even though I had similar complaints about Millennium Force. It could be because I expected it to be more forceful though, and also as odd as it sounds, far too smooth. But I worry about launch coasters because of health issues and having the wind knocked out of me from the force, which is why I'm too afraid to ride Top Thrill Dragster even though I want to. I believe the only coaster with a launch I've ridden was Maverick which was a ton of fun. I think the most intense ride I rode was Fury 325 and while I loved it, it also made me feel sick for a while afterwards. Considering all that information is why I think I'd probably enjoy it a lot, as it seems fast and fun without being too intense much like Intimidator.
What if made the turns tighter or put cars backwards
Europa Park is my homepark its one of my favourite coaster becauss blue Fire Was my first coaster with inversions
I think it's actually a great Ride. Of course there are more forcefull rides and the launch definitely is forceless but the first 2 Inversions give some really nice Airtime. And the last one is awesome as you said. Overall its one of the best coasters in germany for sure.
I really like the looks of it especially at night. But I agree with the rest you sayed. Btw it seems like it was running very well on your visit 😂😂😂
Taylor you know those inversions after the mcbr is the twisted horseshoe roll.
Lotte World Magic Forest Busan will have this ride:Good or Bad ride?
Well the GP are gonna love it
I also don t think there is one special impressive thing about Blue Fire, but for me it is still a very great coaster, because it combines many very good aspects. You ve got a great looking, well themed ride, with a nice soundtrack, a good looking area around it, that combines 4 inversions, a launch, a nice ride comfort, tunnels...... there isn t one super impressing thing about it (ok come on the last heartline roll is very good!), but it is a good mix of all and that makes it for me.
I've never actually been to Europa Park, but I think Blue Fire is good for what it is. It's a prototype roller coaster presumably intended to appeal to the general public rather than to enthusiasts. The general public doesn't always want forceful rides, so this ride and the others it led to like Icon and Copperhead Strike shouldn't entirely be faulted for not being forceful. That said, I agree with you that the ride would probably be a lot more exciting for everyone if it used spinning trains, and I'd like to see Europa Park switch this ride's standard trains out for them.
Interesting video Taylor, you even inspired me to make my own review of this ride. Honestly I really enjoy your videos but will we see a Wodan review soon?
To be fair, his review's not bad but he seems to like Blue Fire a lot more than other people, I guess everyone has their own opinion.
Europa park didn't have a noteworthy "coaster" until fairly recently. Blue Fire probably isn't the "signature attraction".
It's a family park - the entire "thrill" genre doesn't really sit well with the park anyway.
Blue Fire is probably as far as the park would go in that direction.
I think your points about Bluefire are fair, I visited shortly after it opened and it was my first launched coaster at the time and for a few years I loved it. Recently after riding Taron or Karacho I started getting a bit bored with Bluefire though. It’s not a bad ride, but you can just feel it was the prototype. The technology was already there, but the layout needed improvement. I haven’t had the chance to try any of the other Mack launched coaster, but copperhead strike or Helix look like they learned their lesson from Bluefire.
When you said that Copperhead Strike was better than Blue Fire, I thought that actually meant something.
stumbled upon this(saw it only on release) and i gotta say, blue fire is a gamble, been to EP this year it was running the best I've experienced, the lauch was stronger the inversions were whippier it was so much fun, so i guess this is one of thoose rides that you gotta pray to coaster gods for a good day on it, yes it can be unerwhelming if you catch it in a bad day
Also mack rides is now selling changes to every launch coaster that they can have a spinning car, helix, icon, coperhead can have a spinning car in they want, tested again on blue fire but no change stick, also thoose spining cars just like ride to happiness are free spin with a rotation limit
I wrote it in the last row , since I am 2 meters/6 „4 high , I need the extra space and it’s more forceful there .
This ride is stunning at night. You actually should see that. Get a night ride also and you will be more impressed! It might not be the best, but its just a fun ride. I also wish there was a bit more force, but I might not have had the highest of expectations. That might also helped me enjoying it more. Anyways, good review, keep it up!
You know what: I dreamed of visiting Europa-Park (350 miles north of my hometown, not far from Phantasialand) for quite some time and when I planned my visit I was also really looking forward to riding Blue Fire.
Unfortunately I can 100% confirm how you feel about that coaster, it also pretty disappointed me, even after ride 2 and 3. Needless to say: Wodan and especially Silver Star convinced me way more! Rode Silver Star like 6 times and wow, that blew me away!
I rode this last year. For some weird reason I don’t remember much of it 🤔 or being at Europa park period.... the jet lag I had at the time kind of had a weird affect on my memory lol. Though I do remember actually enjoying blue fire 🤷♂️ I remember almost nothing of Wodan and silver star :(
Taylor it is interesting to see that we have completely opposite opinions on this ride. I rode Blue Fire once and I really enjoyed it. I thought it was very forceful and had a really good ejector airtime moment going into the mid course. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought i would. That being said, I only got one ride and it was in the front row. I think that if you got to ride in the front then your opinions would have changed. It could be that the ride was not running well when you went, but anyways that's my opinion.
That's the biggest problem at Europa Park. Almost all their coasters are Mack prototypes. So, all these rides are playing everything suuuper safe in terms of ride quality. Then try to make up for it with theming and experience. Sometimes works, often doesn't.
I always thought silver star looked more exciting but still want to try both
I love your channel soo much!! I always wanted to try to make my channel like yours, but then people would say that I'm copying.
The best way to build a following is to do something unique and different! Don't copy what others are doing, because you're exactly right, everyone would say you're copying.
@@CoasterStudios Thanks for replying to this and saying that.
Omg that trim hits a lot harder then Steel Taipans at Dreamworld, ST is actually very forceful with he triple launch and that final inversion I’m hanging out the side of the seat. I’m very shocked with that trim as well. I ride it today and did the spinning seats… it is something hahahah I was on my back around some of those turns
I don't know how i should write this comment without sounding rude. That's why im just gonna share my opinion about Blue fire.
Sorry for my English and Grammar in Advance.
I actually like this ride. It isn't forceful at all that's right BUT it is enjoable.
The launch might be not so forceful, but for me it did everything i have expected. It pressed me back into my seat. That's all what i thougt a launch is.
My COASTER COUNT is below 30 and it was/is my first launched Coaster.
The last inversion is indeed the best. I think everyone thinks that way xD
For me a Coaster doesn't have to be forceful nor has to have airtime. Although i wouldn't mind it having some Airtime. :D
Btw. This is my first real CZcams Comment that is serious AND Great Video!
If i didn't adress something you, the Reader would want to know, feel free to ask.
This is SUPER technical but it's more correct to say acceleration as miles/hours*seconds or "miles per hour-seconds." Love your videos Taylor!!
Really wow I love bluefire
Don’t you guys hate how like we know so much about coasters and you go with someone and they don’t know anything it just makes me mad lol great vid Taylor
The second and third inversion is a Twisted Horseshoe Roll
It’s like this ride was designed to be a lot faster, that’s why the launch track is so long, just look at it, it goes to way to slow threw every element.
It actually doesn't go slow enough. It needs to go through those elements slower so you can get some good hang time. That's what a mack launch coaster is about.
Kieran Fulcher but look at the first over bank and every airtime hill and turn, I mean, if it was a little slower it would be more about hangtime and floater airtime but if it was a bit faster it would be more intense and rapid but right now it’s in between making it kind of weird and mixed
Was at the Europa Park yesterday and I've never been on a real roller coaster before and I thought this thing was fun as hell.
Is it really as bad as he says? Kinda makes me wish I went to another theme park because I just came for the coasters and I feel like I could have tried out better ones.
honestly no, you shouldn't give too much of a thought about coaster enthusiasts opinions. You already recognised the most important thing about rollercoasters: fun.
It doesn't matter that there might be "better" rides as long as you do have fun riding the one you can ride.
There are bad coasters and you will recognise them once you have been on them. Mainly coasters that hurt you because they are too rough, and the ones that are based on your personal preference as boring. One criteria is obejctive the other more subjective... (For example on of my favorit coasters is euromir, a rather rough ride, relatively boring ride compared to others i have been on and yet it is one of my alltime favorit. why? because there is more to it then just statistics, the music, the theme =the atmosphere, intensity isn't everything, as in speed isn't everything in cars you should be worried about, you might even find that some rides labled good or great are too much for you => "bad")
You dont have to dislike a perfectly fine ride just because other people say there are better rides in their opinion.
And to add one of my opinions: europapark was a great choice; you will miss alot of the theming when once you visit other parks...
I was just on rcdb and the random coaster was the Battle of Blue Fire . It was a clone of blue fire but it only had flat grass, blue fire has better theming.
Battle of blue fire and blue fire?🤔
It looks amazing. I can’t wait to ride it. Nice vid Taylor
Did you see the review?
The blue fire custom clone coming to dreamworld is supposedly going to be 65 miles instead of 62
I can see why Blue Fire disappointed you, but try to re-ride it in the future with another state of mind. Blue Fire is not the extreme launch coaster that some hope it to be, i personally enjoy Blue Fire véry much due to it’s exceptionally smooth, comftable, floaty ride experience. It’s not intense at all, that’s true, but i personally think it is a very solid, re-ridable fun coaster that more delivers the soaring around feeling rather than extreme elements and launches like it’s German brother Taron that is the exact opposite in terms of intensity and purpose.
I like it a lot, it‘s only about an hour away from my home😄 but I dont have alot of coaster experience, I can only say that i prefer the blue fire over the hollywood rip ride in universal orlando 😁 But i agree sometimes i didnt really notice i went through loops and all lol. Maybe because it goes through with some speed, so its not as exciting as if it juuuust makes it over the apex🤔 Wodan for sure is an impressive construction, but to me this is a pretty rough ride, my neck doesnt particularly like lol
Dreamworld Australia is getting a near mirror image of this apart from the launch system
was actually my first launch coaster, so can't really say its boring, I haven't also ridden enough coasters to judge properly
Ich liebe mack rides. Was am Europa Park auch cool ist das er der mack Familie gehört. Blue Fire ist mega cool und so schön blau 😅. Falls Roland mack das liest du und dein Vater haben einen geilen Park bis jetzt gemacht und eure achterbahnen sind die besten überhaupt. Eurosat ( die erste) war z.B.: meine allererste. Ihr seid die besten 😍😍😍 komme in ein paar Wochen zu euch
Blue fire still ok me heart cuz it's my first coaster ! But after riding a lot of others, like you said it's not bad but it isn't a very good coaster.
I think you got in on a bad day or I got it on a good day. Between this and helix I actually think this one is more forceful. Now I prefer helix because it does so much more but looking at intensity blue fire is easily more intense. I got really good whip on those corkscrews and that final inline twist is absolutely crazy. Now you did make a comment about the mcbr which I did not feel on my blue fire rides, we just rolled through it so that probably is why our opinons differ.
Blue Fire was a pretty unique ride on opening in Europe so I can see why it was hyped but I rode it and thought it was really disappointing. I'll take Wodan over Blue Fire any day.
Somehow I liked it but that's probably just because I wanted to ride this ride for years
I agree with you could you please make a wodan review ?
yes, I will
Hey Taylor will u be doing a review on silver star
yes, eventually
Coaster Studios I’m excited for what you have to say on that one
I really need a Woden timbur coaster review
Yeah many people in the german coaster community think that blue fire is in the top 3 in germany. I'm in a country full of weird people...😂
Me in the US:
Tons of excellent classic, GCI, GG, RMC creations: exist
USA: El Toro is the best
Me: They could at least re-track it well every once and a while..
@@oneandonlysound3453 Well, many think it's still perfectly smooth. And it's not that easy to reetrack an intamin Woody.
yes, oddly. Personally, the intensity definitely makes it feel more rough in places (like the first big turn, the first hill, and the one before you go into the back section), and, well why wouldn't it? But it's odd that seemingly everyone is ok with this but complains about GCI coasters that are like 5 years old, or even some classics which slow down enough to barely even be rough in spots by comparison. also, thanks for not being like "oh they re-track it all the time" like the ridicoulous fanboys who say this and have nothing to back it up. @@germancoasterenthusiast3123
@@oneandonlysound3453 It comes down to how insane the airtime on Toro is. It's the same with Geforce.
good vid Taylor
You completely forgot that Blue Fire is EXTREMELY SMOOTH!!!!!
Doesn’t it have onboard audio?
Yea!
But unfortunately, the music is too quiet to be heard while riding - which is a shame because I really like that onboard Soundtrack...
Yay finally are you going to do Silver Star to? And wodan?
I will likely review Wodan before Silver Star
@@CoasterStudios Okay but you're going to do both right?
silverstar review: The signature ride is silverstar
wodan review: The signature ride is Wodan
Blue fire review: The signature ride is Blue fire
I just ride Steel
Taipan and yes it is bland just like this except the backwards launch into the spike is good
Blue Fire is for many times the best launch Coaster in the World.... I like Blue Fire
I smell an upcoming coaster parody.
I had it the other way around. I loved Blue fire but was disappointed by Wodan. I was expecting Wodan to be better than Troy from Toverland but it didn't even get close IMO
IMO the biggest problem with this ride is it is way too perfectly executed. Which sounds weird at first but I would argue you don't even need that seat mount because you are constantly mildly pushed into your seat - except for the last slow inversion. That's amazing from an engineering point of view, when you think about the three inversions, the loop and the two steep curves feeling like you are riding your bicycle but kind of boring for a megacoaster. It is still fun to ride of Course and the park is remarkably amazing.
What roller coaster at Europa Park do you like more?
Blue Fire or Silver Star.
I have never been to that park before, but I think Silver Star looks better to me.
Depends on what you are looking for - I like blue fire much better because B&M Hypers are boring to me - nothing but floater hills. Hardly any snappy transitions, no inversions and all that.
I personally really like blue fire, because i like the elements that make you feel weightless (Taylor would complain about lack of force even in a zero-G roll :D ).
Mr. NoRide i’m pretty sure he liked silver star more
Scriblynn_Marrhk4 Based on this review, yeah.
AuswahlApfel I know I am replying to this a year later, but which hyper coasters have you ridden? The two I have ridden are Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia and Intimidator at Carowinds and Goliath is actually a pretty good hyper in my opinion. The double helix is pretty forceful and the three back to back airtime hills at the end have a bit of flojector airtime. Intimidator isn’t quite as good and looks a lot more similar in layout to Silver Star than Goliath.
Is it better than Copperhead Strike
As I said in the video, no.