Sorry, but that's the impression I got when I rode it. It rounds the bend from the station, launches to the back of the mountain, turns around, launches through the mountain and straight up through the top where it rolls over and starts the "gravity" portion of the ride. And what's it do in that section? It runs back and forth across the mountain on "relatively" level track, in much the same pattern as a Wild Mouse, where all the action happens at either end. In the case of Volcano, that action happens to be an inversion element that takes the place of the usual flat turnaround. Which makes sense, as getting a long train to go through a Mouse U-turn might be difficult or hazardous. And personally, I don't care what you call the inversions. Point is, they're not vertical loops. So, for those of you who are familiar with it, open your mind a little. It doesn't resemble a Wild Mouse quite so much as, say, Space Mountain. But you ought to be able to see the Mouse influence on Volcano.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
