Looping Star • Clacton Pier

Has perhaps the single worst jolt I've ever experienced on a roller coaster, on the apex of the hill immediately after the loop. A horrific shake from side to side rattles your entire body as you sit ...

Has perhaps the single worst jolt I've ever experienced on a roller coaster, on the apex of the hill immediately after the loop. A horrific shake from side to side rattles your entire body as you sit there helplessly. The rest of the ride isn't that bad, but I vividly remember thinking to myself "I want to get off now" for the whole rest of it after that... thing. The operator agreed with me that it's a stinker; Clacton has a real gem in their hands.

This was my first pinfari zyklon so going in to it I had no prior knowledge of how the coaster would run. The queue was relatively short as this was quite a small park and it moved quite quickly too....

This was my first pinfari zyklon so going in to it I had no prior knowledge of how the coaster would run. The queue was relatively short as this was quite a small park and it moved quite quickly too. The first thing I noticed was how tight the restraints were. I'm not a big person so normally restraints aren't a problem but these were just so tight... The lift hill felt likeit was rattling itself to bits and I turned a corner that led in to the first drop. This first drop was incredible, so steep and crazy! Another corner passes and you enter the drop in to the classic -fully circular- pinfari loop. Idon't know if I was still tired as I had woken up about an hour and a half but I greyed out on it. The rest was a bit of a mess though. It was small dips and relatively un-banked turns, which slammed my head and arm in to the restraints.Overall the first half gets 3 stars and the other half gets 1.5.