Coaster reviews

Inversions Fun Intensity Rattle Headbanging

It is an enjoyable ride. I warn you, the final interlocking corkscrews may cause some headbanging due to the rattle. Many people say it's forceless, but I have to disagree.

Layout Headbanging Harness Discomfort

Most painful coaster I’ve ever been on. We all said never again after the credit. Better layout than Time Warp next door. Theming is great. Wish I could have ridden before it reaches tear it down stage.

Airtimes Inversions Hangtime Too short

A much needed addition to Thorpe Park. The inversions are the highlight for me, particularly the stall which I think might just be the best one I have done. The airtime is potent and sustained but delivers more towards the floater area. Out of the rides I have had I feel like it rides better in the front. The first drop is fun, but overrated. Great to finally see a more airtime focused coaster in the UK.

First Drop Nice surprise! Intensity Headbanging Harness Discomfort

as much as this coaster rescvies negative reviews for how painful it is after the 5 rides i got in it in 2019 it was a nice suprise most elements after the double loop do bang your neck up pretty bad but it is a really fun coaster in the back the first drop is crazy and the weirdly profiled almost circular loops give some pretty good g forces i miss it quite a bit i hope the new owners of the coaster in france are taking better care of it than the m&d's owners have

Nice surprise! Location Fun Rattle Too short

Brakes during the first drop was weird, but the location was cool and the random room was cool

Fun Theming

For a brand new ride, the theming is practically non-existent, at least in the queue. Come on, they could have done better. The coaster itself is by far the most intense one at the park, which isn't much, though. There's some surprising whip right after the backwards drop which caught me completely off-guard, as you don't see it comming, and there's a couple of very slight floaters. Not much more to say. The hill where the trains come face to face are too slowly paced, it almost looks like it's gonna have a rollback. Regarding the dueling ops, they assign you a side, but thankfully they do let you choose if you ask. Glad for that, else I'd have missed the Allstars credit. And I almost did, as when I was already on ride, on the front row, the ride broke down. And it was already past the park's closing time. Fortunately, very fortunately, they let us (the people who where already inside) wait to see if it reopened soon (and it did!), but the rest of the people queuing had to leave. Pity for them, but I'm personally very grateful to the park and staff (would've hated missing a cred and +1h wait that could've been spent on their amazing flying theater).

Fun Theming

For a brand new ride, the theming is practically non-existent, at least in the queue. Come on, they could have done better. The coaster itself is by far the most intense one at the park, which isn't much, though. There's some surprising whip right after the backwards drop which caught me completely off-guard, as you don't see it comming, and there's a couple of very slight floaters. Not much more to say. The hill where the trains come face to face are too slowly paced, it almost looks like it's gonna have a rollback.

Pace Fun

An overachiever of a coaster. A real fun layout, some great speed and sole cheeky airtime amount for a great wooden coaster I would recommend to anyone.

Theming Comfort Smoothness Too short Disappointing!

If you've ridden a B&M dive or wing coaster before then you know exactly what you're in for with The Swarm. The concept is fun and unique for a theme park, with the narrative of what I assume to be an alien invasion, though it doesn't bog itself down in the details. I arrived on a hot and fairly busy day and thus the queue experience was miserable. The music sets the mood but after an hour of hearing the same 6 minute clip repeat over and over you're driven slightly insane. The ride itself is a smooth and comfortable experience which will come as no surprise. The layout packs some varied inversions but for even unseasoned coaster riders it is relatively forceless. It is therefore an excellent coaster for said riders looking to test their mettle. I would only ride it again with a very short queue.

Inversions Pace Too short Dead spots

Got a front and back row ride on Nemesis Inferno and was pleasantly surprised by the beginning of the ride which is the most heavily themed and the mist is delightfully cooling on a warm day. The layout after the chainlift contains some really snappy inversions that throw you through their loops and corkscrews but it's too short and meanders in parts to get back to it's destination. Space was clearly an issue as the coaster has a relatively small footprint but it's missing a few tricks to put it up there with it's more famous older brother. The seats and restraints were comfortable as usual for a B&M inverted coaster which comes as no surprise to anyone. Still, I would highly recommend this ride as long as the queue doesn't exceed thirty minutes.