Vortex — Attraction in Charlotte

To Put it simply this ride is terrible. To say the least, it has a good layout. But, the ride is rough (not exactly what you want on a stand-up coaster). So first off is the wait, On Weekdays the lines never really cross the stairs and on weekends they wrap around the building. You are destined to wait either time though because of the ride's poor management by the staff. The staff manages to release a train once every five minutes. And are apparently not capable of running a second one. I was at the bottom of the stairs and it took me what should've been a 10 minute wait to a 45 minute long wait. Reason being, the train they are using has 2 rows that do not work and take 5-10 minutes to release. So technically if there is no line is the only time that is worth waiting for. 2nd of all the ride will leave you with a headache or pain at the end. Headbanging is at the max, even if you try to keep your head back your head still feels the roughness, So make this your last ride of the day. And bring some Advil with you too. Just getting back to the first thing as well the team of staff cannot seem to run a second train because they had one train going out, and then they would bring the second train in and run it empty because they knew they had no time. So consider the next time you even get this ride into your thought process to never ever ride it. With such good rides at this park this ride needs to show something good on the Cedar fair name. It either needs a retracking or a staff change or just to be shut down completely to end our pain. This is quite siply the WORST and I mean THE WORST B&M stand up ever created. It really reflects poorly...

Ugh!! Since this was our first stand-up roller coaster experience, we were actually pretty excited when we were getting on the ride. When we were in line, we noticed that the operations on this ride were pretty bad and that they were taking a long time to load trains!! Although this didn't really bother us, the ride did. You get on and pull down your over the shoulder restraint, and then sit on this little bicycle type seat which makes it hurt so much, and combined with the headbanging on the twists -- it's unbearable!! Be prepared for a headache after you ride!! It's one of those rides that you do once just for...

It’s definitely not a great experience but it’s a unique experience! Not many of these B&M stand up coasters exist. Probably for good reason but it’s worth trying at least once. Make sure to bend your knees a good amount to force the seat down while the restraints lock so the only thing you have to worry about is head banging. Bracing yourself during the inversions and turns and definitely help with the head banging. It’s a weird sensation that almost feels wrong to be standing up as you crest the lift hill and during the inversions. Hopefully the next generation of stand up coasters makes the ride...