Well I rode it on Monday, and here is what I thought:
-Arrived at park and got in line at 10:30. The wait took a quick half an hour and we were directed to the last row.
-When the lift chain speeds up near the top it's almost terrifying. There is no time to prepare for the drop, and it seemed too short. (I desperately wanted to get a ride in the front that day to see the difference, but I'll get to that in a bit)
-I blacked out at the bottom. It goes so fast, I don't know it just knocked me out or something. This has never happened to me on a ride before. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, it just caused me to miss what the second drop was like, for I have no memory of it.
-The horseshoe turn was crazy forceful at the top, and it gave me a massive headache (again something that takes at least seven rides on Intimidator to occur for me). The drop down under the bridge felt great, though. "Weightless" is the perfect word for it.
-The rest of the ride is really fun. The helix didn't feel slow, and the last two airtime hills made me giggle like what Thunder Road does to me...
So, after my first ride I was on the fence. Either I was dehydrated / my body was not prepared to ride Fury FIRST, or I incredibly overhyped it and expected it to blow me out of the water, which on that ride it didn't. My group and I went on to ride everything else in the park after that. Intimidator actually felt more intense than my first go on Fury, which made me upset because I knew it is not nearly as tall or fast.
Later we got back in line for Fury, and I was determined that luck would have me placed near the front this time. It didn't. We ended up in the 5th row, so not in the back, but not in the middle or front. I was bitter because I expected a similar experience to earlier that day. However, this time I did not black out on the first drop, and it was not nearly as "in the blink of an eye" quick as the first ride. When you're at the steepest point it feels like you could just fall out if you really wanted to. I can't imagine what it must be like in the front, and I still have yet to experience that. The rest of the ride was great, with the exception of the top of the horseshoe, which gave me another splitting headache.
In the end, Fury 325 is a great ride. It just requires some preparation, I guess. It tossed me around and was like a steel version of Thunder Road in that it had me laughing the whole way. Intimidator doesn't do that to me, but is still a great ride in its own right!
