The Incredible Hulk
Launch tuberiders smell hot tires inside

Universal's Islands of Adventure, Orlando, Florida

Incredible Hulk

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What riders love
  • You can even smell hot tires in the launch tube if you sniff at the right time.
  • The launch is amazing because you don't know when it is going to start.
  • I wasn't expecting much from the launch, but it was crazy powerful, easily the best launch in the park.
  • I'm not exaggerating when I say that I actually greyed out on the zero-G roll (In a good way, though), and the rest of the ride after that was just pure fun!
  • As soon as you hit the launch, Hulk pushes positive heavy elements for nearly 45 straight seconds.
  • I’ve never felt anything like it on any other coaster.
  • The rest of the layout is a barrage of super forceful yet smooth and comfortable inversions that leave me laughing every time.
  • The zero g-roll after the launch is brilliant, and all the inversions after that come so fast and are so visually stunning when over the water.
  • Following this there are 6 more inversions if I am right and each one is as brilliant as the last.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Universal's Islands of Adventure

The beginning is great, powerful launch and floaty zero-g roll (best in row 4), but I seriously believe everything that follows is plain...

Coda

Going through the layout, the launch is shockingly punchy for being tires, and you immediately get thrown into a zero-g roll that gets some decent airtime on the left side.

Noahidk

The first ejector was insane, and straight into that 0-g roll is super intense.

Mars

After you hit the midcourse, the drop off actually provides decent floater airtime, but then the rest is pretty much dead.

Cian Howson

The hulk is smooth and powerful at the same time with little air time (my only negative which is a personal feeling).

Tyler Merritt

But a lot of the parts are really slow, and it’s just inversions, so it doesn’t have any airtime.

Cillian Espinosa

The rest of the layout is a barrage of super forceful yet smooth and comfortable inversions that leave me laughing every time.

MapleFlakes

And, despite its menacing size, it is an extremely smooth ride that you will get pushed into doing once but will then willingly want to do over and over again.

Orlando Informer

In the back it can get just a bit jerky with some very minor headbanging, nothing at all painful or even distracting, but just noticeable.

Brian Sheldon

Seriously this ride is cool but I rode it first in the park and it HURT my head so bad that i was nauseous for the next two hours.

riley s.

It’s pure fun throughout the whole ride, and one of the most intense (if not the most intense) attractions at Universal Orlando Resort.

Ethan

It is NOT for the weak - doesn’t matter if you’re hydrated, dehydrated, full stomach, or empty stomach.

uhhh roller coasters

This ride is intense, and loud, and has an amazing queue worth seeing.

Tyce Cormier

This ride is great, but in its current state, it borders on TOO intense for me.

Kellen Grady

Its very gentle and it pretty much turned me, the stereotypical scared guy into the “lets ride every ride here” guy

@mrkitloin

every moment from the first launch to the end is well paced, the brake run of course could be done without, but it doesn’t ruin the sheer intensity of this ride.

Carter Smith

I hardly even realized the inversions they went so fast and the launch wasn’t even as scary as I expected,,, overall it was a great experience and I’ll definitely do it again next time I visit:)

Ari Perez

Even if it dies after the mcbr, the rest of the ride makes this the second best ride in the entire resort, and the best rollercoaster there!

Waluigi’s Perfect Potato

After the first four inversions, there is a very weak helix around the launch tunnel, which slows the pacing.

Eric Esty

Not only that, but this ride has such amazing levels of capacity because of the absurdly high standards that Islands of Adventure holds.

Golfing Gamer

Every time I hit the final brakes I always just want to get off the ride, and I only do it because the wait time is constantly <10 minutes due to excellent ops.

Coda

The queue was nice though and the launch into the roll was cool and it was a walk-on

BakunawaKat

I would have loved to have seen a bit more from the ride but with a short queue time I cannot complain.

William S.

Good capacity, don’t like how you can’t have your phone out at all, but whatever.

Brandon Gorgone

The thing has incredible capacity and it’s location over the lake is beautiful.

Pedro Valverde
Motion sickness risk

when me and my mom got off we bumped into each other because we were so dizzy!

Mars

The first time I hated it because I banged my head so much and I felt nauseous afterwards.

I-Love Jesus

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

110 ftHeight
155 VelociCoaster 110 IncredibleHulk 65 Hagrid'sMagicalCreatures
105 ftFirst drop
140 VelociCoaster 105 IncredibleHulk 17 Hagrid'sMagicalCreatures
67 mphTop speed
VelociCoaster70 IncredibleHulk67 Hagrid'sMagical Creat…50 070 mph
7Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

IntenseGreat launchGreat inversionsGreat themingShort waits

Criticised for

Head bangingRough or rattlySlowed by trimsUncomfortable restraints

great coaster despite his age, surprisingly smooth and very very intense in the first half, i had the longest grey out ever.

Alessio Romano, Captain Coaster review

Decent fun, but overrated, but I’ve learned overtime that invert spam coasters just aren’t for me lol.

Jack H, Captain Coaster review

It has a fun launch but after that it’s mostly inversion after inversion after inversion, it just feels a little repetitive.

roller rider, Captain Coaster review

very good theming and soundtrack, the punchy launch out of the tunnel took me by surprise, the zero g roll out of the launch is very whippy and intense.

gegg, Captain Coaster review

So, The Incredible Hulk Coaster is one of the most iconic coasters made by B&M (a coaster manufacture) and in my opinion I think this coaster is pretty smooth but has great themeing, and has a pretty sweet audio track during the ride!

itai0921, review

I grew up with this ride, and it has just become one of my least favorite rides to date.

Riley Morris, Captain Coaster review

Photos

The Incredible Hulk
Jeremy Thompson from United States of America, CC BY 2.0
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The Incredible Hulk
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The Incredible Hulk
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The Incredible Hulk
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Planning your ride

History and awards

May 28, 1999Opened

A sitting coaster, built by Bolliger & Mabillard, designed by Ing.-Büro Stengel.

4 gStrongest force on riders

Golden Ticket Awards, top steel coaster: ranked in 14 polls, 1999 to 2012

19th1999, its first poll
9th2001, its best placing
47th2012, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, orlandoinformer.com, steemit.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson from United States of America (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Henry Marth, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One great part of the launch is how the…”; Michael M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “You can even smell hot tires in the launch…”; Toutatis, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The launch is amazing because you don't know when…”; Tobin Billings, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I wasn't expecting much from the launch, but it…”; Ethan, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Incredible Hulk is relentless, especially in the first half,…”; Sean Kearns, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I'm not exaggerating when I say that I actually…”; uhhh roller coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “As soon as you hit the launch, Hulk pushes…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I’ve never felt anything like it on any other…”; I'm NotHere, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Not to mention, this inversion is at the ride's…”; MapleFlakes, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The rest of the layout is a barrage of…”; Vivaan Chopra, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The zero g-roll after the launch is brilliant, and…”; William S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Following this there are 6 more inversions if I…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Theme Park POV's back row POV, 2019 The Incredible Hulk Coaster On Ride Back Seat HD POV Universal's Islands of Adventure Orlando (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.