The barrel roll was not an original feature of the ride. Originally it was a vertical twist reaching 57m high. This was found to be in breach of local height regulations, so the ride was rebuilt with the sloping barrel roll to get it under the local 46m height limit.
V2 - Vertical Velocity
V2 - Vertical Velocity
24 January, 2015 by Gazza
The barrel roll was not an original feature of the ride. Originally it was a vertical twist reaching 57m high. This was found to be in breach of local height regulations, so the ride was rebuilt with the sloping barrel roll to get it under the local 46m height limit.