Brooks Barnes

They have a corkscrew or like a twist right at the beginning of the ride.

And so while you're spinning, you also do this sort of upside down part and then you go off into the launch.

So there's a lot going on.

If you like a lot of...

combinations of thrills, this, this ride just packs them in.

Oh, definitely.

I mean...

When Epic Universe was being built, there were a lot of channels out there.

There was a YouTube channel called Theme Park Stop that was tracking the building of Epic Universe.

And they would go and look at permits to sort of say, it looks like this ride is probably going to be this and this is where it's going to be.

And I was following that stuff for a year, at least a year before that park opened.

But yes, I do track the manufacturers and watch a lot of the on-ride videos, which are cool, but they don't really capture the full experience of what your body goes through on a ride.

I mean, you can go and watch the Ride to Happiness on-ride video, but it is not going to be anything like your body twisting and spinning and going upside down.

Well, one of the things I really like about it is that it's a controlled thrill.

Like, I do like thrills, but I don't like all thrills.

I'm not into, say, bungee jumping or skydiving, which feels a little bit scarier to me because if I'm bungee jumping, it's just me.

And so if something goes wrong, I'm the only person paying for it.

But the parks do their absolute best to make sure that these rides are safe and secure.

And I feel pretty confident of that most of the time that I'm riding a roller coaster.

But it's still taking me to do something that I otherwise just wouldn't be able to do.