Rita • Alton Towers

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.

Location Launch Too short Discomfort Layout

The best way I can describe Rita is a one-hit-wonder that released the always dreadful second album. The launch is superb, very snappy and intense. However everything before and after that is average to poor. The queue line is rubbish, the restraints are not great, the theming non-existent. Then once you've been nicely woken up by that launch, you're sent round on a fast but very bumpy and forgettable track, that really offers nothing whatsoever. Decent the first time round, but really a nothing ride for me. AT need to get rid and bring in a nice shiny Intamin Blitz in the Taron vein!

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.

Airtimes Launch Intensity Harness Layout

I enjoyed Rita when I last rode it! Great launch like always and the first banked turn is quite tight and intense. First airtime hill gives good ejector but you start to slow down after that. Pacing isn’t a massive issue though but the layout lacks compared to other Intamin accelerator coasters I have ridden.

Pace Intensity Too short Pointless Layout

Good enough launch - great pace and intensity but RIta just feels so pointless and doesn't fit at all - now as Dark Forest or when it was in Ug Land. It should be so much longer and inversions would improve it a ton!

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 Rattle Headbanging

Airtimes Nice surprise! Launch Rattle Harness

Launch Pace Ejectors Too short

Launch Too short Layout

Launch Too short Pointless

Launch Pace Intensity Too short Layout

Airtimes Launch Too short Harness Reliability

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