Rajun Cajun=VIOLENT!!

[ClubXJeff]

Hey everyone,
This past Monday, I was visiting the park on a "paid vacation day" from work, love those....
Anyway....decided to take a spin on Rajun Cajun, since it was open.

Being the longest line in the park on Monday, we were able to see the ride operate for about 25 minutes before we got on, so I was able to see how the ride operated and went along it's course.. From what I could tell, the ride looked like it spun pretty fast when it approached the 2nd half. And it looked like it took the turns pretty damn fast too. I was pretty excited, as were my friends...

So we got on and my friend and I sat on the left, and 1 of my other friends sat alone on the right side.

So the ride is kinda boring up until you hit the second half, where the car actually starts to spin hitting that first turn. Holy Crap!!!! This ride is crazy, granted we were laughing the entire time, Rajun Cajun is rough and violent as hell! I was actually suprised that this ride is passed as a "kiddy ride!" I couldn't believe it. All 3 of us are grown 22 year old guys, and there wasn't one of us that DIDN'T have the grip of death on the little handle bars. And there's little kids riding this ride...... I wouldn't be shocked to hear of an accident sometime or another.....

Anyway, sorry for the rant, but just thought some of you would like to know that haven't seen this ride in action, or been on it yet.

-Jeffro-

[Chitown]

I don't know if I would classify it as a family coaster as the minimum height requirement is 48" with an adult and to ride alone, you have to be 54".

Definitely not a hands up ride but then again, every mouse I have been on, I don't put them up because of the intense laterals.

The spinning action in the second half is just flat out laughing fun. Granted, they could use some more padding, but the spinning really makes this coaster a great experience.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Ragin' Cajun is definitely no kiddie coaster. It's insane and the ride experience is different each time. For me, sometimes it's rough, and sometimes it's not. The spinning is indeed an awesome experience. I love the hairpin turns too, those are pretty cool.

All in all Ragin' Cajun is my 5th favorite coaster in the park, it's a really great experience, and it's insane.

[CoasterDude04]

When ever we go now, we have to do the challenge. We have two people sit on one side, and then one person alone on the other side. But the rule is that the person sitting by him/herself cannot use hands or anything to hold on what so ever. This is an experience like no other. 100% intensity and fun. Try it sometime.

[SfGaMownz]

I wouldn't call Ragin' Cajun violent. It is pretty forcefull but if you hang onto the handle bar then you should be fine.

[FParker185]

Well, it is a wild mouse afterall, it's supposed to be violent, whole premise of a Wild Mouse is to make you fear for your life, though newer ones dont accomplish that all that well with all the fancy unnecessary stuff like seats, restraints, upstop wheels*, and having seats within the wheelbase, but in the end it is still a wild mouse, ours just happens to spin half the ride

Find an old Hershcell Mouse (there is one at Little A-Merrick-A near the dells and one at Lakemont Park), or one of the 3 Chance Mice(Adventure City, Lakeside, a NJ pier). Or better yet head over to Blackpool or Southport for their wooden mice, no upstop wheels* with violent turns and sharp drops w/violent ejector airtime with no active restraints, now that's a kickass ride

* There is a mushroom shaped peg under the car that rides in a steel trough shaped roughly like 2 I beams (example [_] ) but far less substancial that keeps the car from flying off the track, but the car does tip by about 10-15 or so degrees on the turns.

You all have no idea what a violent mouse is

:rant over:

[Papas]

What would you expect from a ride thats a series of unbanked turns?

[Iggy ACE]

I would a agree that it is violent the first time you ride it but you have to learn how to ride it right to enjoy it. The first time I rode with my kids I sat with my daughter (6yrs old) and my son (7yrs old) was by himself on the left side. When we got on to ride that is how the ride op told us to ride, Smaller ones to the inside. Well all was fine till we started to spin and my son on the first turn ended up flying to the outside and banging his head on the side and next turn ended up lying down on the seat. My daughter hit her head on the metal bar on her left and on the bunny hop i hit my glasses and bent them. Now when we ride the kids sit together and hold on with DEATH GRIPS and I sit alone and we love it. That ride can build up some great muscles.

[planea380]

"Every ride is different on this unique ride experience" Sky Trek Tower

[T.K.]

I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU!!! I WENT FOR RANGIN' CAJUN ON WENSDAY AND I WAS SCARIED THAT THE TRAIN WILL GET OUT OF TRACK WHEN IT SPINED AROUNF ITSELF!! THE FORCE ON THE SIDE WAS SO MUCH, THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE THIN TRACKS OF THESE COASTER HANDLE THAT PRESSURE!!

[w00dland]

That ride is definatly crazy, gotta love the hairpin turns.

It's also my first wild mouse coaster ever...

[Danhockey04]

it is a violent ride, and if you have your arms up, IT HURTS, don't ever do anything that stupid like me, and i will never put them up again, The insides are the better seats because they are less painful, i think

[rctfan1556]

Rajun Cajun was a fun yet violent ride, I hit my wrist on part of the seat and yes I was holding on to the bars. Still a very fun ride though. I can't wait to ride it again.

[Galvan]

This message goes to all you dopes who think that Ragin Cajun is dumb and not really a rollercoaster or whatever weird idea you have in your head about RC.

I laugh at you because the truth is Ragin Cajun is an awesome little coaster. What just because its not the tallest or fastest it automatically gets labeled as unthrilling? Thats utter B.S. if you ask me.

[Timmy179]

I look at it like alcohol, its not the strongest, or the fastest , but it is one of the most enjoyable, and its in Mardis Gras!

Its kinda like the Mikes Hard Lemonade of coasters.

[CoasterDude04]

Yeah But I still don't consider it as a "B!tch coaster"

[sfgacoasterfan31687]

I apologize, I completely forgot about S: UF which I consider a real rollercoaster although it is rather short for my taste. I also agree that Vu and V2 are great rides and are unique but I believe that Ragin' Cajun was a waste of money and received more publicity than it was really worth. In my opinion SFGA should concentrate less on "kiddie rides" like Ragin' Cajun but not Vu or V2, and more on setting and breaking world records.

[rct2wizard360]

What is up with everyone wanting to have the world's tallest, or fastest, or longest! Are you people really that obsessed? We have such a great lineup of rides and why does one HAVE to break a record? WHY is that SO important?!?!?!?!? IVE HAD IT WITH RECORD BREAKERS!!

[SFGA 11]

but I believe that Ragin' Cajun was a waste of money and received more publicity than it was really worth. In my opinion SFGA should concentrate less on "kiddie rides" like Ragin' Cajun but not Vu or V2, and more on setting and breaking world records.

Have you ever ridden 'Cajun?!? It is not a kiddie ride. And it did not recieve much publicity, I didn't see one advertisment just for Ragin' Cajun or just for the Mardi Gras area, threy just mentioned the additions in some ads.
Edit: Well said rctwizard360

[sfgacoasterfan31687]

When I first heard that they were building Ragin' Cajun I thought it was going to be a rollercoaster, not a little ride, like King Chaos, or Revolution.
Cedar Point has so many records, don't you think we should be just as good of a place in terms of rides as that?

[SFGA 11]

When I first heard that they were building Ragin' Cajun I thought it was going to be a rollercoaster

It is a rollercoaster!

[yeti_cat]

Ragin' Cajun is most definately a roller coaster. If you have to hold your hat on... All the big ol' rides with lots of height are no where near as scarey hights wise. I for one am not afraid of heights, however, siting on the ends and going through the hairpins at the begining...it totally seems like your going to fall off the track. A ride like this is tilt a whirl on acid. Fun times.

[Papas]

"Every ride is different on this unique ride experience" Sky Trek Tower

Actually I believe it's "no two rides are alike."

[planea380]

Actually I believe it's "no two rides are alike."

I was wron and you are wrong. No two rides experiences are ever alike.

[Papas]

in my opinion Cajun should run 4 cars, running 5 we were backed up TWICE on the same ride and it made the rest of the ride suck.