Rita • Alton Towers

Launch Intensity Harness Discomfort Dead spots

Very controversial ride this one. On blue train it’s not that bad, not rough but not smooth. Slightly uncomfortable but it’s bearable. Needs lap bars. Purple train however is unbearably rough and uncomfortable. I think Rita needs new trains with lap bars ASAP or they just knock it down and replace it with an Intamin blitz or something. Really don’t know

Airtimes Launch Rattle Capacity Layout

Rita gets one star for the launch, and another for the front row. Anywhere else though, it's a rattly, boring and sometimes quite painful 30 seconds of your life. In a park full of unique, exciting and thrilling, it really does stick out as none of those. It'll be a happy day when it gets replaced, but seeing as it retains some of the biggest queues in the park, i can't see that happening any time soon unfortunately

Launch Layout

Don’t wait in a queue for this more than 10 minutes

no comment.

Airtimes Launch Fun Harness Layout

Rita on the front row is class. You can really feel the speed and seeing the red track for the anticipation for the launch is great. The layout itself is quite short and takes a few fun turns which makes you embrace the wind blowing into your face. There is airtime during the twisted airtime hills and brake run but not much of it. The ride would also highly benefit from lap bars because the OTSRs are unnecessary and obstructing.

Launch Pace Ejectors

It's underestimated!

Airtimes Launch Capacity

Out of all the coasters at Alton Towers, Rita had the longest line. If you want to ride Rita, I'd say do it first thing in the morning. As far as the ride goes it's quite good. Hydraulic launches are my favorite and Rita's kicks off the ride on a high note. After that intense launch the coaster goes into a figure eight pattern with floater airtime hills in between the turns. After a few of those the ride ends, however it doesn't feel short the same way some other rides (Oblivion) do. I'd say it's the sleeper hit of Alton Towers.

Launch Headbanging Too short

This is a coaster with a very good launch and a decent ride experience, it could just do with being a bit longer.

Launch Fun Intensity

Breathtaking launch, and the airtime hills afterwards are taken at breakneck speeds which makes Rita very intense and forceful. I’m a big fan, and find it very re-rideable. The only con for me is the lack of inversions, even a couple of corkscrews would have put the ride on another level for me.

Airtimes Launch Intensity Too short

This ride has a great launch, fast pace, decent airtime, and intense bends. The restraints are a bit bulky, and T Bars would do just fine on it. Enjoyable when riding, but when you get off, you kinda just feel empty inside.

Launch Pace Intensity Too short Theming Harness

It keeps its speed throughout the ride, good launch and quite intense. I don't understand the people who say to tear it down despite it not being a great Towers coaster because since it's basically entirely over path, nothing could really replace it unless the park got extremely creative, but even then it'd be very difficult to replace.

Airtimes Launch Too short Theming Harness

With lap bars this'd be much more enjoyable. Two airtime hills are the best part of the ride. Doesn't fit in the area at all. Should probably be replaced

Launch Fun Ejectors Rattle Too short Harness

Definitely the most underrated ride at Towers. Sure it doesn't match up to all the other rides there but to me I think its quite overhated. That hydraulic launch is nice and intense, which is obviously expected from a hydraulic launch, and those hills actually gave me some ejector airtime. It is very short, and I'm not a huge fan of the restraints, and it isn't the smoothest ride, but I do think it is overhated. Rita always gives me a nice fun experience and thats what I mainly look for in a coaster.

Launch Too short Theming Harness

This ride is OK. The launch is good, I have heard you get airtime on entry to the brakes but I didn't notice any. Its cons are hard to ignore first there's the fact that the harness is one of the worst Intamin has made and that's saying something, second there's the fact that there is little theming around the ride especially compared to other coasters at the park such as Nemesis, Smiler and Wicker man which are extremely well themed and lastly the thing only lasts 25 seconds making it one of the shortest rides by duration in the world. In my opinion Alton Towers should replace it with either an Intamin Blitz coaster similar to Taron at Phantasialand or a thrilling flat ride which Alton Towers seems to be lacking

Launch Too short Theming Disappointing!

Good launch. Disappointing layout, theming, too short and a letdown.

Launch Theming Pointless Layout

The launch is pretty cool and fast and all but the ride itself is lame. It is a turn, a meh twisted airtime, turn, meh twisted airtime hill, turn and so on. The hill before the brake may be the best airtime moment you get.

Launch Fun Layout Too short

Too short but fun.

Launch Rattle Headbanging Too short

Not a patch on Stealth. The launch isn't quite as intense (though still fun), and the rough ride through the corners can cause headbanging. It feels like it needs some sort of signature element, but instead it just goes round in circles for a while and ends unspectacularly.

Launch Too short Discomfort Layout

Not going to lie, until I rode coasters like Taron, Helix, Red Force, Icon etc, I enjoyed Rita. Now I just find it so dull. Yes the launch is a fantastic launch, but that really is all there is to it. When you can ride rides like Taron, that do the launch well, plus lots of other great elements, or Red Force which has an ok launch, great top speed, some serious height and a brilliant drop, I’m afraid Rita no longer stands up well.

Airtimes Launch Smoothness Harness

Great ride. I like it not too long. It really doesn’t lose pace in annoying places like icon. I would like it if o have a lap bar though

Launch Disappointing! Dead spots Layout

The launch is great, could have done a lot better with the layout if they just tightened everything up for a more forceful ride.

Launch Harness

OK launch, and forget the rest - does essentially nothing with all that speed. I doubt Rita will outlive any of the other Intamin Accelerators, the site it's on is one of the few locations in the towers where development is permissible above the treeline.

Launch Too short Theming

Excellent launch, and there is some airtime to be had. However the layout isn't exciting and too short. Rita does not fit in at all with Thirteen and the surrounding area.

Nice surprise! Pace Fun

Nice surprise for me have been told it's rough

Launch Pace Too short Layout

Launch Too short Dead spots Layout

Airtimes Nice surprise! Launch Rattle Harness

First Drop

Launch Too short

Launch Pace Too short Pointless

Launch Fun Layout

Launch Pace Rattle Headbanging

Launch Pace Ejectors Too short

Launch Too short Layout

Launch Pace Intensity Too short Layout

Launch Headbanging Harness

Intensity Rattle Reliability

Nice surprise! Launch Pace

Airtimes Intensity Rattle Headbanging

Airtimes Launch Headbanging Discomfort Layout

Rattle Pointless

Launch Pace Too short Layout

Launch Pace Too short Discomfort

Fun Capacity Layout

Launch Fun Too short Harness

Launch Fun Too short Layout

Launch Too short Harness

Launch Too short Dead spots

Launch Pace Too short Harness

Launch Too short

Launch

Launch Pace