Looking for the name of a Cedar Point lost ride.

Vortex has a few really big potholes in the steel track, in my experience anyways. The most noticeable pothole is just before the corkscrews, when you are tilted on your side at the bottom of the drop. OUCH!

And there are a few transitions that are just terrible. The transition that always gets me the worst is just before the awesome drop onto the double loops as it banks into and out of the left turn. The shoulder harness bangs violently into my head twice, hard.

I'd love to see the park redesign the trackwork for Vortex and make the transitions smooth and painless. They could add all new trains with better suspension while they are at it.

Vortex is a very good looking ride. It tangled track towers over the midways. I love watching the train travel from the lift hill to the final brake run.

It's been a long time since I have been on the Vortex at Kings Island, but, I will say that I liked it a lot better than Shock Wave at SF Great America. Mainly because Shockwave hit the mid course like a ton of bricks, and the turn into the brake run was horrible! You really got thrown to the left, and the hit to your head against the harness. Never could brace myself fast enough. And, sometimes the rest of the ride seemed to drag.

I also loved that vortex had that awesome drop, and pop of air going into the swoop turn, and I felt that the Vertical loops were just as intense as Shock Wave, without the head banging going into the mid course. I also loved the boomerang loop on Vortex better than Shockwave, as you enter it a lot faster, and it just seems bigger than Shock Wave's Boomerang loops.

I used to like Shock Wave, but there were a lot of rides on it that were aweful, and I am not surprised they removed it. It was getting pretty rough. Though the Superman ride that replaced it, could be a little longer.

Put it this way: if Vortex were granted membership in the exclusive Kings island Ex-Coaster Order (see what I did there? Didja?), it would be far from the best of the lot.

I've long been a fan of the first drop while sitting in the rear of the train. After that, the transitions between inversions are pretty jarring. Still, I'd miss it were it to be removed, if only for the memory of seeing for the first time as a kid. In 1987, it looked as impressive as anything out there.

Jarring is the perfect word to describe the transitions, Break Trims.

And I too would only miss the ride because of what it used to mean to me as a kid. Vortex was a really big deal when it first opened. I remember that it was one of the first coasters that made me notice color schemes. "Purple and orange are complimentary colors." I remember the overhead layout on the park map really opened my eyes to a new perspective of how the rides were designed. I found it incredibly interesting that they reused the old Bat station for a brand new coaster.

I had the order of elements memorized and would tell anyone who would listen about them. Double loops, double corkscrew, Boomerang turn, in which I would then explain that it was really two inversions, and an uphill helix.

I loved standing at the top of the Eiffel Tower and just watching the ride go through its course. It would almost put me into a trance. I thought that it was so perfectly placed into the layout of the park.

It isn't the coaster that made me love coasters. I give credit for that to Beast and King Cobra. Vortex did encourage me to get excited about coasters though.

Vortex encouraged me to get a will.

I wonder if it would be possible to give Vortex the Phantom's Revenge treatment, and turn it into a non looping coaster. A lot of the ride is built very high above the ground, it would be possible to build a twisting steel coaster in it's place, and take advantage of the extra ground space with some Maverick like ground level speed turns before the end of the ride.

It's just a thought. Though I think that would also be the perfect location for either a B&M floorless, Or Inverted Coaster. They could build an inverted coaster there, and call it Revenge of the Bat.

Or they could build one where they're building one and call it Banshee.

:-)

Honestly, with some slight restraint modifications to make them more comfortable for taller people, I'd like to see the remaining Arrow megaloopers live on for years. They're such classic coasters with awe-inspiring layouts. They're to me what the Schwartzkopf loopers are to a lot of other enthusiasts.

I'd like to see Vortex get the Phantom's Revenge treatment, except keep the layout the same and just adjust the banking and the transitions. If they really wanted to get crazy, they could also work on redesigning the elevation changes. That would get more attention for the work done on it, at least.

I'd kind of like to see Vortex get the Son of Beast treatment....

When I rode Vortex for the first time two years ago, I expected it to be incredibly rough. I was surprised to find it was actually a smooth ride...for an Arrow Looper. Maybe something has changed in the last two years?

I rode it once this year, just to get it over with. It still comes to a very sudden stop at the midcourse brakerun, and still has a huge, jarring pothole just before the double corkscrews. On top of that, there is a very awkward transition in the turn before the second drop into the double vertical loops. This coaster makes me scream "OUCH! more than smile or laugh.

I will say that it used to be well-known for being something special. The layout is very interesting to watch. It is still a very good-looking ride.