Fury at Bobbejaanland is one of the most unique coasters in the world. This Gerstlauer creation
is the only coaster in the world where riders can vote whether they’d like to experience the layout
going forwards or backwards. This feature adds a lot of fun and reride value to the experience.
But is this one of the best coasters in the Benelux? Find out in this review of Fury.
I want to start off by saying that I previously reviewed this coaster back in 2020. However,
I wanted to update this review for two reasons. One, my videos were much
less refined back then. I don’t think that review included a single video clip of Fury,
just some still images of the ride. Two, I only got a few rides on Fury back in 2019
due to crowds. On my most recent visit, I was able to experience this coaster 7 times so I
have a much better feel what the coaster can offer depending on your seat and direction.
Fury opened in 2019 as part of an all-new Land of Legends area. This area had 4
attractions- some old and some new- themed to elements. Fury is the representation of fire.
One of the older rides assimilated into the area was Typhoon, one of the first Gerstlauer
Eurofighters. Fury is an Infinity coaster, which is a newer-generation model from Gerstlauer that
can do a lot of the same stuff a Eurofighter can and then some. This ride looks fantastic both
when you’re right on top of it in the queue line and from a distance across the park’s lagoon.
The ride also has some light theming. There are some rock statues adjacent to some valleys,
although you barely notice them onride due to how fast you’re traveling. They’re most
prominent from the queue line. Then you also have a station in the style of a medieval castle.
Fury is Bobbejaanland’s most popular ride and I’d expect to have to wait a while for this coaster.
This coaster does not have good capacity to begin with. It can run up to two trains,
each seating a maximum of 12 riders across 3 rows of 4. Both my visits to this park have been on
summer weekedays. In my first visit, the coaster was running two trains and a full queue, so the
line took approximately an hour. In my return visit this year, Fury was running just one train,
which sadly is a practice Parques Reunidos parks are notorious for. Fury’s queue was probably 1/3
to 1/2 full, but I figured that could still take 30-45 minutes given the reduced capacity.
Dispatches were pretty fast, but there was only so much the staff could do with one train in use.
Therefore, I sprung for a Speedy Pass, which allowed me to basically board every other train.
Speedy Pass was just added to Bobbejaanland in 2022, so Fury was designed without this
skip-the-line pass in mind. So it’s pretty comical to see where you have to go. You
climb through a former window on the backside of the station, so definitely watch your step here.
If you wait in the main queue, you have two options when you reach the station.
You have a forwards only side and a voting side. Fury alternates trains in each mode.
And I have a gripe with this set-up. I wish it was just forwards and backwards.
While the voting feature is a cool gimmick and a marketable feature,
it’s annoying when you can’t get the ride you desire, especially if you’ve waited a long time.
So how does the voting feature work? After you sit down, you have two arrows on the restraint.
One for forwards and one for backwards. You have the option to press one of these buttons before
the train dispatches and which way you go is determined by majority rules. In the event of
a tie, I believe the computer randomly picks which way you go. I noticed not everyone votes. Not sure
if its because of indifference or not knowing you can influence the ride, but I always tried
to encourage people to go backwards because it was the more unique and thrilling option.
As for the best seat, I think the back of the train is the best spot to sit. So you want
to be in row 3 when the ride goes forwards and row 1 when the coaster goes backwards.
Riders are restrained by snug but comfortable lap bars. These restraints can be found on
several other Gerstlauer Infinity coasters and I like them. They grant your upper-body
complete freedom to experience the forces and eliminate the chance of any headbanging. Although
that probably wouldn’t be much of a problem anyway since Fury is a mostly smooth coaster.
Once dispatched, you roll forwards onto a turntable. You then pause for
a second. Now it’s time for the moment of truth if you’re on the voting train.
Since there’s no signal or feedback as you leave the station, you don’t know which direction you’ll
go until the turntable moves. If you turn counterclockwise, you’re going backwards. If
you turn clockwise, you’re going forwards. Once you’re lined up with the launch track,
you pause for a few seconds before starting the swing launch sequence.
Launch 1 is pretty weak. You only get a modest acceleration. You then travel a
short distance up the top hat- not enough to get any weightlessness- and then fall backwards.
Launch 2 is where things get exciting. You rapidly accelerate. If you’re on the forwards side,
don’t be surprised if your body folds over the restraint from the sudden power.
You then blast up a spike. This element goes beyond vertical, so you start to
invert towards the top. This results in some epic hangtime throughout the train.
Launch 3 isn’t as sudden as the prior one, but it still has some serious oomph to it. And if
you’re going backwards, this is the launch that will toss your upper body over the restraint.
This launch allows you to reach your max speed of 66 mph or 107 kph.
You then zoom up a 141 foot or 43 meter tall top hat. If you’re going forwards, you get a great
view of the rest of the park. If you’re going backwards, you get a neat view of Fury’s layout.
But whatever way you face, you’ll get some great airtime and laterals. In the front,
you’ll get good sustained ejector over the top and some floater on the descent.
In the back, you get the sustained ejector for the entire element. Then everyone gets
strong laterals on the descent, but they’re extra intense in the back as you’re whipped downwards.
The pullout has some decent positive Gs, but it is the one spot on the ride
that has a noticeable shuffle. Again nothing too bad, but you’ll feel it.
Next is a giant zero-G winder. The entry into the element has this weird lateral kink,
then you get some hangtime. You get a little hangtime up front and more in the back. Then the
resultant pullout delivers some good positives. You then shoot upwards and navigate a dive drop.
You get a little floater airtime at the apex. Then everyone gets wild laterals
on the drop as your body is thrown sideways. Next is the second and final inversion. Some
call it a corkscrew. Others call it a variant on a vertical loop, and I think it rides more like the
latter. You get some strong positives entering the element. Then you slow down mightily at the top,
giving a pinch of hangtime. I love when rides can rapidly alternate the forces like this.
You then head up another spike. Like the first one, this one goes beyond vertical
so you’ll find yourself suspended upside-down when you stall. This results in another dose
of incredible hangtime. You then fall backwards and smoothly decelerate.
You then land on a turntable and rotate 90 degrees towards the station.
This ends the 2000 foot or 600 meter long coaster.
So what would I rate Fury? I would give this coaster an 8.5 out of 10. This is a really neat
ride that offers a fun blitz of forces. Two of the launches are quite punchy. Then you have a
mix of nice airtime moments, crazy laterals, some forceful valleys, and incredible hangtime. It’s
such a varied coaster and it’s a real treat to experience all these forces with just a lap bar.
And the fact you can try this layout both forwards and backwards adds a lot of reride value.
I feel bad critiquing the ride’s most unique feature with the voting,
but I really wish it was a pre-set forwards and backwards train,
especially when this ride’s queue line gets as long as it does.
This is the best ride at Bobbejaanland without a doubt and I would be interested
in seeing if more Infinity coasters…or rides from other manufacturers…incorporate
the same type of voting feature. So those are my thoughts on Fury at
Bobbejaanland, the unique Gerstlauer creation. What are your thoughts on this coaster? Do you
like the voting system? Let me know in the comments. If you enjoyed this review, I’d
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