Colin Vernon - Reviews

My friend and I went on this during lunchtime, and I had a night ride while waiting for friends to come off the Smiler as it was a walk-on. The fear that it builds as you go up the lift hill and the t...

My friend and I went on this during lunchtime, and I had a night ride while waiting for friends to come off the Smiler as it was a walk-on. The fear that it builds as you go up the lift hill and the theme around the coaster itself is great, and also, the views at the top are really good. I don't think it matters where you sit on this as you get great views on the daytime I had the back row then the night time I was at the front. The drop itself is forceful, and you feel very secure in your seat so you can enjoy the ride without any issues. At the end, you do spend a bit of time in the break run, as others have mentioned. The music track sounds like a 90s Clubland trance techno, which fits the ride well as it opened back in 1998, but the views you also get in the queue line as you're about to get on are also good where you are underneath the left hill.

This is one of my favourites. As you go up the lift hill, you think this will not be as intense, but as soon as it gets going, it is a fun, intense coaster as you are thrown into your seat with four i...

This is one of my favourites. As you go up the lift hill, you think this will not be as intense, but as soon as it gets going, it is a fun, intense coaster as you are thrown into your seat with four inversions including two corkscrews, a vertical loop and a zero-g roll over the station and some good elements to it, especially the helix into the zero-G roll over the station. Deffo is worth keeping this coaster in, and it has a great storyline to the queue line with the music. The only thing I would say is to allow people to queue for the front seat like Rita and some other coasters, but this may be tricky due to how the station is located.