"S-curve"?
Erm... Well, considering the train has to bank the other direction anyway to meet up with the next corner, that's about all it can do.
Its not a replacement "element", it's just a transition between two corners, like there is near the very start of the ride.
Shame the roll had to go, but looking at the videos of it testing, it was quite obviously not going to feel nice. The headrests (position of the rider's head) swung under as it rolled in a very awkward way- it would have been more sensible to curl around this point of the rider instead of the heartline. Bah.
Still, the airtime is all I'm interested in. And that's all still there