APPEARANCE: I really like Excaliburs setting, as its nestled in the back of the park around many trees, which hide the layout. Also, just like with Dragons Descent, Funtown dedicated an entire area to Excalibur, and themed the back of the park to Camelot. Excaliburs station is great too as it is a giant castle. The train also is a nice touch, as along the sides of the train are names of medieval knights.
WAIT TIME: 10-15 minutes- As long as you arent picky about your seat, you can get on pretty quickly. Lines for the front and back seats can get up to 20-30 minutes though because the park only runs one train, which is a disappointment considering how long the ride is. Excaliburs ride attendants are top-notch as they were very lively and checked everyones restraints very quickly.
RIDE: Earlier this year Funtown supposedly had work done on Excalibur. Well, it didnt work as the ride is much rougher and slower than it was two years ago. After the fast climb up the long lift hill, Excalibur begins its steep plunge. It still provides great air-time in the back seat, but its nothing like it used to be. Also, the ride rattled me around a bit at the bottom where they take your picture (it is a very good picture though and fairly cheap). Following that is a large turnaround which gives just a little air-time (used to give insane ejector air for front seat riders). Following that is another good drop (no air-time anymore!) and then a really rough curving hill followed by a quick dip. Then comes a small air-time producing hill and you fly up another turn-around hill, which still provides a good burst of air-time. Afterwards is a rough turnaround where Excalibur seemed to lose a lot of its speed. Then came a lifeless drop followed by the rides sub-bar figure eight finale. Still the ride provided no air-time like it used to, but worst of all it lost all of its speed now for the finale. I dont know what happened, but the off-season work definitely didnt improve the ride. I hope I just caught Excalibur on a bad day.
FINAL VERDICT: What used to be one of my favorite wooden coasters, is now towards the bottom of my list thanks to the ride being much rougher now and having less air-time. I used to be able to ride this over 30 times in a row in comfort, but I got a head-ache after two rides this year. If you enjoy aggressive wooden coasters, Excalibur is for you.
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