Coaster reviews

First Drop Fun Hangtime Harness

The first drop is amazing, and the final barrel roll is really fun, but the trackwork was kinda rough, especially for a new coaster.

Intensity Rattle Inversions Discomfort

The restraints are honestly really good, but the trackwork is so awful that I can't even imagine how bad the SLCs are that have the regular restraints.

Fun Ejectors

Fun little woodie from Paragon Park. Copped a ride in the back row. Love the ejector!

Rattle

RMC THIS IMMEDIATELY.

Fun Intensity Intensity

I have a love-hate relationship with the intense spinning on this one.

Launch Fun Intensity

My other favourite ride here. I rode 4 times. Love the forces on the launch and the inversions. The only problem is, the Premier launch noise made me cover my ears EVERY SINGLE TIME, as an autistic. And on my last ride, I sat with this preteen who threw up after the ride, while still in the train. Some got on me!

Capacity Layout Duration Headbanging

A joy of a ride. Super long- the 2nd longest steel coaster in the U.S! A nice Incredibles overlay theme. Only minor complaint is that there's a tad bit of headbanging in a few short moments. If you sit in the back, you get whipped over those camelbacks and through the loop. You get good airtime on the bigger hills. In the front, you get the view. It's a win-win!

Fun Layout Duration

I know what you're thinking: What makes a 30-year-old mack powered coaster so special that it gets 5 stars? Sure, it's a custom layout, has good interaction with the river rapids, and even has some nice theming, but really, 5 stars? Well, it's simply because the staff on this ride are the very best i've ever come across. Not just once or twice, but on every single ride, they're just brilliant. You get interactions aplenty, shoutouts, extra laps sometimes, plenty of choo choo action. It's not right that a 30-year-old mack powered coaster is that much fun for grown adults, but it's certainly always a highlight of a visit to Alton Towers

Fun Smoothness Layout Theming

I returned to Alton Towers for the first time since experiencing the worlds newest and best flying coaster at Phantasialand, but on riding one of the worlds oldest ones again, it still stacks up very well. Don't get me wrong, Galactica is not as good as FLY, but it's super smooth, comfortable and really simulates flying very well. Where it so obviously lacks it's 20-years-junior counterpart, is theming, in that Galactica has a portal and some blue lights, and that's it. But ride experience wise, it is still great fun and very enjoyable, and it runs pretty well as well when it's on 2 stations and 3 trains. Always a must ride for me at Towers

Intensity

Listen, it was glass smooth not sure why people think it isn’t. Maybe y’all need stronger necks