This is by far the most well themed rollercoaster Australia has ever produced besides Superman Escape. It's also the best themeing I've seen on any Australian ride since Bermuda Triangle which closed in 2010 and is where Storm Coaster is now.
This is my favourite coaster and it's exactly what Sea World Aus needed. So fast paced and intense. The way it bobs and weaves through itself all low to the ground makes it feel so fierce. It's been interesting to hear what Queensland locals think of a wooden coaster, I've heard some interesting and funny takes waiting in line😅. I'm really glad you liked it Taylor.
Went on this last week and holy hell, what an intense experience! It really is non stop action from start to finish and it reminded me why I've missed (proper) wooden coasters so bad ever since my childhood park Australia's Wonderland closed, taking Beast with it.
Thanks for the review! It was great to meet you both the day you were there :-) so glad you like our new Aussi ride as much as I do! And yes, shame about the ops being so slow. T2Z was chewing through the line - so many things they could make faster on Leviathan ops without affecting safety
Wow! This looks awesome!! It’s amazing how it’s packed right in that tight space. Kinda makes me jealous, like wickerman should’ve been more like this and less family coaster
I cracked up when you mentioned Kemah's coaster, I'm headed to ride it for the first time tomorrow and was already thinking this one looked similar from the videos I had seen. Love your content!
I rode leviathan (both forward, ride 1 and backward, ride 2) on day 2 of opening. It was my first wooden coaster so I have nothing to compare to but man. The ride experience was amazing. It was just long enough that you wonder if it will ever end, but not too long that it you gonna get bruises coming off it. That said, as far as I can tell, they have actually reprogrammed the ride since opening. The ride opened with two trains operating and an op actually told me the ride system prefers having two trains on the track. I have seen two trains op only during the opening month and one of the two school holidays we've had here in Australia since December 2022. Not sure if B train is having trouble or the reprogramming borked the two train operation, but it is a shame they are chronically running single train. (That and it is also VRTP, so that's that.) I know Sea World do extensive inspections for two weeks every 3 months - which is actually listed on the maintenance schedule - for leviathan. Which is good to see. I have yet to experience the pre-cut track, but I wonder if they will replace some section with it, especially the turn around over the queue which is arguably the only rough-ish spot, down the track. Great review. Although i cant put a finger on DC vs Leviathan. They are both my number 1, just in different category ;)
Just got home from a family trip staying at SeaWorld. Rode Leviathan twice in middle of carriage and then front row. A bit of whiplash both times, definitely recommend the front to give you visibility to lean in to each turn and drop
100% best roller coaster I’ve ever been on. They recently added a second vehicle and the lines move super fast now - I rode twice in under an hour in the middle of school holidays, so the busiest time of year. The ride lasts for a good couple minutes, so it makes it well worth waiting for. It occasionally derails, but they always have it back up and running in under 45 minutes and it’s completely safe. Honestly, if you’re at the Gold Coast on holidays and you’re considering going to a theme park, go to SeaWorld.
I much prefer Gravity Groups over GCIs. Rides like Hades and Mine blower are very intense, have good airtime and pacing, and have that Gravity Group put of control feeling. I think that roughness adds to the out of control feeling.
I say all the time, theming shouldn't make or break coasters for people. That being said, this theming makes this ride the Velocicoaster of Australia and makes me wish more rides were this well thought out.
I’m riding this in a few months and I’m so excited it looks incredible. I’m a massive DC Rivals fan as you can probably tell by now so I don’t think Leviathan will beat DC Rivals for me but hey who knows! Great Review:) Great to see our Aussie coasters finally getting the attention and praise they deserve:)
Looking at the layout, this ride really does look like a modernized Boardwalk Bullet with top-notch theming! Australia's really far from me but I'd love to get out there someday to ride this and DC Rivals
10 out for 10 best experience in my lifetime I’ve ridden every ride in Australia and sitting on the front of leviathan when it was raining so much better than dc rivals
It's such a good ride! I went on it a day after opening then in February then again in early july. and sadly my last couple of rides on it were insanely rough.
apparently was meant to have lighter trains hence it’s family ride classification. However the trains that ended up being built were heavier hence the delays in that the foundations and supports weren’t strong enough. It runs much faster than what was anticipated
The backwards seat used to be $15 when dc rivals first opened but the company has slowly upped the price I think it peaked at $30 and has now ended up at $25 for both parks I don’t know if you have ever ridden what was lethal weapon then Arkham asylum at movieworld but since it closed none of the coasters have been able to scratch the itch it did until leviathan opened its also amazing after dark definitely recommend going to a night event to be able to go on it
The only complaint I had with ride was the roughness, it wasn’t painfully rough, and the restraints were perfect, but it was uncomfortable. Apart from that it would’ve been a perfect wooden coaster.
I'm so confused about the airtime. Canobie coaster says every hill gives floater airtime on Leviathan and still prefers DC rivals, but both in CS say that Leviathan gives ejector in almost every hill, and they prefer this over DC Rivals. I respect opinions, but I'm confused about perceptions of airtime. Does this really have ejector or does it have floater
@@CoasterStudios and it's not just that, Airtime thrills says that the drop in the back row in Kingdaka and Ttd is one of the strongest airtime moments in the US, but most people say the twist removes the airtime. I like to call this the airtime paradox
@@sr.chi7741 I'd like to chime in on this topic as I also called out Canobie Coaster on his floater/non ejector comments in his review. You'll find my comment there questioning him. I suspect he caught it on a slow day based on his off ride footage. I've had well over 30 rides on it now over two separate visits (5 separate days) (he had 6 rides over a few hours, so take his view with a grain of salt). Some hills, if not most, are definitely ejector. It's almost a flawless ride in my opinion.
I went on this again. The Sunday just passed, and yeah. It's already getting rougher. That being said. It's still excellent, but. I would have to agree that it's Australia's 1# at the moment.
man i want cedar point to have this on millenium island soooooo bad. maybe at a station flyby and something to make it even a bit more special for cp like an inversion
Yeah I must agree with the reviews, one of the best set up themes rollercoaster, just came back from sea world and the ride looking amazing, wasn’t many people around and I rode it 5 X along the day…. Loved Leviathan but I need to confess it shakes heaps, isn’t a smooth ride at all, so get ready to shake your brain out 🎢🐉🤘
To give an idea about an Aussie view in wooden coasters I told my friends about this ride and they said: “nah I don’t wanna ride that one mate. Wooden coasters are like old and rickety. It was a dumb idea to building something so vintage.”
I am mad that these are the trains that should have been on Voyage. Ugh. I wish that would have worked. This looks awesome. I really prefer TGG designs to GCI.
I much prefer DC Ricvals to Leviathan. I have a feeling the reason you like Leviathan more is because the hype (caused by people who hadn’t even been on it) made you have really high expectations for DC Rivals where as Leviathan had nowhere near the hype so much easier to exceed expectations. I had good expectations for both and therefore loved both but still prefer DC Rivals. I learnt not to listen to hype from others because when I rode Wicker Man at Alton Towers I had high expectations but turned out to be boring for me and I had no enjoyment and I rode it within the first 2 months of opening.
You are definitely correct on the overhype of DC Rivals by people that's never experienced it. I've been arguing that point for a few years now. Even though Leviathan doesn't have a hype around it yet, hence little to no expectation, I still feel it's the better coaster. Sometimes I even feel Superman Escape is the more thrilling coaster compared to DC Rivals. The Issue with DC Rivals is it's a semi mediocre hyper coaster compared to others around the world. Compare Leviathan with other wooden coasters around the world and it's actually quite special.
@@Marty_NZ 100% right. Superman Escape is great, where it falls short for me is the length. If it were longer I would prefer it over DC. I think why I like DC is the ejector air you get in the front but yes I have been on more enjoyable Hypers eg I prefer Behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland.
@@donoakes85 I'm yet to visit Canadas Wonderland, but have done all the B&M Hypers in USA and then also Silver Star at Europa Park. I've heard Behemoth is quite good though, possibly best in the park, beating out their own Leviathan. A few of those B&M Hypers are quite a bit better than DC Rivals for me, yet they hardly would feature on anyone's hype list. I think those B&M clamshell restraints are just so much better than the Mack's too.
Son of Beast was just before its time by 20 years. It would be a marvelous coaster if it wasn't manufactured by RCCA. Such a shame, this coaster looks amazing!
Did you make it to Adventure World? Abyss looks to be one of the world's elite Eurofighters. Which is a shame because east coast bias is definitely a thing in Australia just like the US.
Good Coaster but the worst operations i‘ve ever expirienced… The second train always waits in the final break in full sun for minutes till the next train is dispatched.
I'm so jealous this is pretty much in your backyard. I feel the sensors aren't tuned properly yet and are over sensitive. I remember on one of my days there they had issues with some CCTV camera and couldn't run the ride because of it. Was super annoying.
I gotta say it, just because you repeated it many many times in this video... Tonnerre 2 Zeus is a pun on the original Tonnerre de Zeus. The number 2 in French is "deux," which is pronounced similarly enough to "de" (with the vowel sound like the oo in book or took), so that they can get away with the new name sounding almost exactly like the original. So just go ahead and pronounce the full French name without the English "two." It's easier! 🙂 (Unless you knew that already and say it on purpose for the rest of us.)
This is by far the most well themed rollercoaster Australia has ever produced besides Superman Escape. It's also the best themeing I've seen on any Australian ride since Bermuda Triangle which closed in 2010 and is where Storm Coaster is now.
The theming on this trumps superman
Nah.. Wild West Falls has the best theming in our country now Bermuda Triangle closed.
This is my favourite coaster and it's exactly what Sea World Aus needed. So fast paced and intense. The way it bobs and weaves through itself all low to the ground makes it feel so fierce. It's been interesting to hear what Queensland locals think of a wooden coaster, I've heard some interesting and funny takes waiting in line😅. I'm really glad you liked it Taylor.
Went on this last week and holy hell, what an intense experience! It really is non stop action from start to finish and it reminded me why I've missed (proper) wooden coasters so bad ever since my childhood park Australia's Wonderland closed, taking Beast with it.
This coaster seems amazing! So stoked ya'll were able to ride and review!
Thanks for the review! It was great to meet you both the day you were there :-) so glad you like our new Aussi ride as much as I do!
And yes, shame about the ops being so slow. T2Z was chewing through the line - so many things they could make faster on Leviathan ops without affecting safety
Wow! This looks awesome!! It’s amazing how it’s packed right in that tight space. Kinda makes me jealous, like wickerman should’ve been more like this and less family coaster
Best reviews on youtube!👍 Thanks for this one. The station looks really top notch 😮🏆
I cracked up when you mentioned Kemah's coaster, I'm headed to ride it for the first time tomorrow and was already thinking this one looked similar from the videos I had seen. Love your content!
They should make more of these roller coasters but taller and faster, they would have great potential
I rode leviathan (both forward, ride 1 and backward, ride 2) on day 2 of opening. It was my first wooden coaster so I have nothing to compare to but man. The ride experience was amazing. It was just long enough that you wonder if it will ever end, but not too long that it you gonna get bruises coming off it.
That said, as far as I can tell, they have actually reprogrammed the ride since opening. The ride opened with two trains operating and an op actually told me the ride system prefers having two trains on the track. I have seen two trains op only during the opening month and one of the two school holidays we've had here in Australia since December 2022. Not sure if B train is having trouble or the reprogramming borked the two train operation, but it is a shame they are chronically running single train. (That and it is also VRTP, so that's that.)
I know Sea World do extensive inspections for two weeks every 3 months - which is actually listed on the maintenance schedule - for leviathan. Which is good to see.
I have yet to experience the pre-cut track, but I wonder if they will replace some section with it, especially the turn around over the queue which is arguably the only rough-ish spot, down the track.
Great review. Although i cant put a finger on DC vs Leviathan. They are both my number 1, just in different category ;)
Just got home from a family trip staying at SeaWorld. Rode Leviathan twice in middle of carriage and then front row. A bit of whiplash both times, definitely recommend the front to give you visibility to lean in to each turn and drop
100% best roller coaster I’ve ever been on. They recently added a second vehicle and the lines move super fast now - I rode twice in under an hour in the middle of school holidays, so the busiest time of year.
The ride lasts for a good couple minutes, so it makes it well worth waiting for.
It occasionally derails, but they always have it back up and running in under 45 minutes and it’s completely safe.
Honestly, if you’re at the Gold Coast on holidays and you’re considering going to a theme park, go to SeaWorld.
When did you go to Sea World and how long were the queues? Was it during the current school holidays? Thanks!
@@mohsinakhtar8612 last Christmas school holidays, I’m pretty sure it was very early January?
The queue was about 20 minutes give or take.
i’m glad they gave a classic wooden coaster such elaborate theming, rare to see this anymore
For once a Highly themed coaster that isn't a tame family coaster, Orlando, Take notes!
Velocicoaster exists lol
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Boardwalk Bullet is my #1 wooden coaster! Now, I feel like I HAVE to take a trip to Australia
I much prefer Gravity Groups over GCIs. Rides like Hades and Mine blower are very intense, have good airtime and pacing, and have that Gravity Group put of control feeling. I think that roughness adds to the out of control feeling.
I say all the time, theming shouldn't make or break coasters for people.
That being said, this theming makes this ride the Velocicoaster of Australia and makes me wish more rides were this well thought out.
Yes. I agree with everything said in this review. Best coaster in Australia! Can't get enough of it and I need to get back there again.
i went on this in january. i was NOT expecting it to be THAT good
Went on this yesterday, it was so bumpy and I kept slamming my body on the seat. The drop was obviously the scariest part.
I’m riding this in a few months and I’m so excited it looks incredible. I’m a massive DC Rivals fan as you can probably tell by now so I don’t think Leviathan will beat DC Rivals for me but hey who knows! Great Review:) Great to see our Aussie coasters finally getting the attention and praise they deserve:)
Now do a coaster parody on this
“The better leviathan”
Yes please
Yes
@@lightningboattake that back
@@UrSuchBot nahh
This thing was freakin' wild. It felt like you were the Leviathan.
Looking at the layout, this ride really does look like a modernized Boardwalk Bullet with top-notch theming! Australia's really far from me but I'd love to get out there someday to ride this and DC Rivals
10 out for 10 best experience in my lifetime I’ve ridden every ride in Australia and sitting on the front of leviathan when it was raining so much better than dc rivals
It's such a good ride! I went on it a day after opening then in February then again in early july. and sadly my last couple of rides on it were insanely rough.
apparently was meant to have lighter trains hence it’s family ride classification. However the trains that ended up being built were heavier hence the delays in that the foundations and supports weren’t strong enough. It runs much faster than what was anticipated
Leviathan’s station is basically what Mako’s station was trying to be.
I wish this theming existed on the Canada's Wonderland version...
The backwards seat used to be $15 when dc rivals first opened but the company has slowly upped the price I think it peaked at $30 and has now ended up at $25 for both parks I don’t know if you have ever ridden what was lethal weapon then Arkham asylum at movieworld but since it closed none of the coasters have been able to scratch the itch it did until leviathan opened its also amazing after dark definitely recommend going to a night event to be able to go on it
As one of Australia's only wooden coasters, it's an amazing one to have.
Now we just gotta hope the park does good maintenance. We know it's possible with the work put into it
The only complaint I had with ride was the roughness, it wasn’t painfully rough, and the restraints were perfect, but it was uncomfortable. Apart from that it would’ve been a perfect wooden coaster.
The theming looks pretty cool. Was Storm Coaster fun? that coaster looks amazing.
I’ve never been there but I can agree with everything you said. I would legit go there just to stand in the station.
Looks so awesome.
Thanks taylor
gravity group👏
When will you guys visit Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in California again!!!
You should do a video of your top ten rollercoaster stations
Love your content!
Great ride but I max out at 4 rides before my neck has had enough 😂. Backwards was alot of fun.
I'm so confused about the airtime. Canobie coaster says every hill gives floater airtime on Leviathan and still prefers DC rivals, but both in CS say that Leviathan gives ejector in almost every hill, and they prefer this over DC Rivals. I respect opinions, but I'm confused about perceptions of airtime. Does this really have ejector or does it have floater
it has both- as I mentioned in the video, the big airtime hill over the drop gives floater air. Everything else is ejector.
@@CoasterStudios and it's not just that, Airtime thrills says that the drop in the back row in Kingdaka and Ttd is one of the strongest airtime moments in the US, but most people say the twist removes the airtime. I like to call this the airtime paradox
@@sr.chi7741 I'd like to chime in on this topic as I also called out Canobie Coaster on his floater/non ejector comments in his review. You'll find my comment there questioning him. I suspect he caught it on a slow day based on his off ride footage. I've had well over 30 rides on it now over two separate visits (5 separate days) (he had 6 rides over a few hours, so take his view with a grain of salt). Some hills, if not most, are definitely ejector. It's almost a flawless ride in my opinion.
I went on this again. The Sunday just passed, and yeah. It's already getting rougher.
That being said. It's still excellent, but. I would have to agree that it's Australia's 1# at the moment.
You should do a video ranking the best stations
Layout perspective, would you chose this or Boardwalk Bullet?
Haven’t ridden either, but Leviathan’s layout looks better in my opinion.
@@CoasterCheetah I also have not ridden any but I think without the backwards seat I think I would like Boardwalk Bullet more for its pure aggression.
The funniest thing is they market it as a family coaster, then families ride it...
We did it 7 times as a family, so I'd say they nailed it as a family coaster.
I don’t know much about wooden coasters at all. Are the gravity group pre cut track a similar thing to the intamin prefab?
yes
man i want cedar point to have this on millenium island soooooo bad. maybe at a station flyby and something to make it even a bit more special for cp like an inversion
Don't know if this is kinda late but does anyone know all the Gravity Groups Taylor has ridden?
Yeah I must agree with the reviews, one of the best set up themes rollercoaster, just came back from sea world and the ride looking amazing, wasn’t many people around and I rode it 5 X along the day….
Loved Leviathan but I need to confess it shakes heaps, isn’t a smooth ride at all, so get ready to shake your brain out 🎢🐉🤘
Did this today with my kids awesome - like an old steam train with no speed control.
tridents?
*_All Glory to The Mighty Sea-Smaug_*
Is leviathan better then Zeus?
To give an idea about an Aussie view in wooden coasters I told my friends about this ride and they said: “nah I don’t wanna ride that one mate. Wooden coasters are like old and rickety. It was a dumb idea to building something so vintage.”
It’s interesting this park isn’t part of the chain but has the same exact park name
I am mad that these are the trains that should have been on Voyage. Ugh. I wish that would have worked.
This looks awesome. I really prefer TGG designs to GCI.
I much prefer DC Ricvals to Leviathan. I have a feeling the reason you like Leviathan more is because the hype (caused by people who hadn’t even been on it) made you have really high expectations for DC Rivals where as Leviathan had nowhere near the hype so much easier to exceed expectations. I had good expectations for both and therefore loved both but still prefer DC Rivals.
I learnt not to listen to hype from others because when I rode Wicker Man at Alton Towers I had high expectations but turned out to be boring for me and I had no enjoyment and I rode it within the first 2 months of opening.
You are definitely correct on the overhype of DC Rivals by people that's never experienced it. I've been arguing that point for a few years now. Even though Leviathan doesn't have a hype around it yet, hence little to no expectation, I still feel it's the better coaster. Sometimes I even feel Superman Escape is the more thrilling coaster compared to DC Rivals. The Issue with DC Rivals is it's a semi mediocre hyper coaster compared to others around the world. Compare Leviathan with other wooden coasters around the world and it's actually quite special.
@@Marty_NZ 100% right. Superman Escape is great, where it falls short for me is the length. If it were longer I would prefer it over DC. I think why I like DC is the ejector air you get in the front but yes I have been on more enjoyable Hypers eg I prefer Behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland.
@@donoakes85 I'm yet to visit Canadas Wonderland, but have done all the B&M Hypers in USA and then also Silver Star at Europa Park. I've heard Behemoth is quite good though, possibly best in the park, beating out their own Leviathan. A few of those B&M Hypers are quite a bit better than DC Rivals for me, yet they hardly would feature on anyone's hype list. I think those B&M clamshell restraints are just so much better than the Mack's too.
Son of Beast was just before its time by 20 years. It would be a marvelous coaster if it wasn't manufactured by RCCA. Such a shame, this coaster looks amazing!
Oooo. It's the coaster InvadR should have been.
even though its more of a family park all three coasters are pretty good.
If only Canadas wonderland can theme their Leviathan like that 😭
Did you make it to Adventure World? Abyss looks to be one of the world's elite Eurofighters. Which is a shame because east coast bias is definitely a thing in Australia just like the US.
We did not
@@CoasterStudios=(
Cool.
DO A PARODY OF THIS PLEASE
I thought this ride was only
at Canada's Wonderland
That's the B&M Giga coaster. this one's newer
What’s better Tonnerre 2 Zeus or Leviathan
Leviathan!
Funny that this Sea World park does theming infinitely better than the actual SeaWorld.
Good Coaster but the worst operations i‘ve ever expirienced… The second train always waits in the final break in full sun for minutes till the next train is dispatched.
so leviathan has a better station than F.L.Y. thats surprising
note: its in main beach
Technicaly? it's the spit
Looks like the better Leviathan than the Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland
Leviathan at wonderland is a giga this is a wooden but ya
Such a great ride, glad you liked it too! and sadly the operations are still awful. The ride is also verrrry unreliable.
I'm so jealous this is pretty much in your backyard. I feel the sensors aren't tuned properly yet and are over sensitive. I remember on one of my days there they had issues with some CCTV camera and couldn't run the ride because of it. Was super annoying.
@@Marty_NZ I'll never take it for granted! Here's hoping they sort out the kinks. Darn those pesky CCTV cameras!
Would probably lose a point without that boarding station.
What was your favorite park in Australia?
Sea World!
Is universal getting a fnaf themed Darkride? Random ik
I gotta say it, just because you repeated it many many times in this video... Tonnerre 2 Zeus is a pun on the original Tonnerre de Zeus. The number 2 in French is "deux," which is pronounced similarly enough to "de" (with the vowel sound like the oo in book or took), so that they can get away with the new name sounding almost exactly like the original. So just go ahead and pronounce the full French name without the English "two." It's easier! 🙂 (Unless you knew that already and say it on purpose for the rest of us.)
#bringbackparodiez
I went on it and I'm 7😂😂😂😂 I I didn't scream
To bad it is never open
No one in their right mind should have to pay for a damn seat on a roller coaster regardless if its backwards or not 😒 Wtf
One at wonderland is still better