Coaster reviews

First Drop Capacity Intensity Too short

Does what it does excellently. The slow, steep lift hill builds anticipation, there's a great view across the valley from the top. Then you're held at the top, over the misty hole. The drop is fast and intense, and much longer than it looks. After that, a small airtime hill, and the ride is over. It may be short but it packs a punch. On busy days running two stations the capacity is excellent. Only downside (other than the length) is that on quieter days, running a single station, the operations can be slow and you can end up sat on the brake run for quite a lot longer than the actual ride!

Airtimes Theming Inversions Rattle Headbanging Harness

A visually impressive ride, that's a lot of fun to ride. There's a hell of a lot of track squeezed in to a very small footprint, and the layout is well-paced. Depending on where you sit within the train it can be a rough ride, however. Inversion number 12 (near the shop) has always been badly profiled and tends to slam you uncomfortably into the restraints.

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.

Airtimes Capacity Nice surprise! Too short Intensity

A good family coaster with a twist. The fun in this comes from watching other riders who don't know what's about to happen. The outdoor section could do with being slightly more intense but it's a nice jaunt through the woods. The surprise section is fun and well-paced.

Pace Fun Capacity Discomfort Reliability

Fun spinning coaster. The horseshoe element in particular is very enjoyable, but the block brakes are violent and at the first sign of rain capacity is severely limited as they will only part-load cars. Most times I've ridden this coaster, the car doesn't spin much until the final helix, which is disappointing.

Fun Capacity

A good fun junior/family coaster, smooth and enjoyable. Original Ben 10 theming was well done, generic theming not so good but the ride itself is worth doing.

First Drop Inversions Rattle Headbanging

Getting rougher with age but still fun. Unique in the UK as a standup coaster. A fun layout squeezed in to a small space, just try not to bang your head.

Fun Layout Capacity Dead spots

Better than Spinball Whizzer at Alton Towers - a longer and more fun layout, and always an enjoyable ride so long as your car spins well. The main downside to the ride is that capacity is poor and queues can be long.

Fun Layout Theming Capacity

A decent length, fun ride, though a shadow of its former self, particularly in terms of its once-elaborate theming. Capacity also seems poor, it develops long queues even on relatively quiet days.

Intensity Capacity Discomfort Layout

This ride can really hurt. All the brakes are sharp and throw you around. Although some of the drops are fun, I find this more painful than fun. It can also develop quite a long queue due to poor throughput.