• Luke Thomas

    Théma Débit Hangtime Harnais Inconfort

    The smiler is a great attraction at Alton Towers but it’s a little overrated by the general public. It’s not top 3 at Alton towers for me. Whilst being probably the most uncomfortable and rough thrill coaster at the park due to its restrictive restraints that push further down during the ride, the repetitive inversion packed layout isn’t for me. It’s contains some great airtime moments and there are some good inversions there, the hang time is the best part for me, along with the excellent themeing. However, it’s still great fun, and a ride I always go on at the park.

  • Luke Thomas

    Layout Vibrations Baffes Inconfort

    A ride that stands out at Thorpe park, it’s just really dreary compared to the other, more modern attractions. It’s painfully rough and shaky with some of the worst trains on any rollercoaster out there. Thorpe park need to really start to consider either a retrack or demolishion.

  • Luke Thomas

    Inversions Situation Layout Trop court

    There really isn’t many flaws with nemesis inferno. It’s just not as good as its sister ride at Alton towers. It’s less intense and has a weaker layout. However, it’s still a great ride with some good forces and nice whippy inversions. Probably my least favourite out of all the thrill coasters at Thorpe park except from colossus though.

  • Luke Thomas

    First Drop Théma Ejectors Vibrations Trop court

    Saw the ride is great but it feel this could’ve been Thorpe park’s best. Excellent ejector moments and some great theming off a franchise I like, but it’s too rattly and way too short in terms of layout in order to be considered for the best. There’s some poorly profiled elements that can cause some discomfort but overall, it’s very enjoyable, with some great airtime and inversions.

  • Luke Thomas

    Launch Intensité Ejectors Harnais

    An awesome Intamin accelerator that certainly rivals red force in intensity. It packs a mega punch with its smaller top hat and extremely fast acceleration. That airtime hill coming out of the top hat is very forceful too as you slam into the breaks. There’s no head banging but I feel this ride would heavily benefit off lap bars. Anyways, this ride is excellent and easily top 2 at Thorpe park. Intense and purposeful.

  • Luke Thomas

    Fun Layout Trop court

    Quite fast actually. It does whip you over some of them turns.

  • Luke Thomas

    Débit Bonne suprise ! Fun Trop court

    Some good fun to be had here! Cool train design, good drop and great splashdown with some quirky theming. Just wish it was a little longer.

  • Daniel Stark

    Inconfort A raser ! Layout

    I never liked this model, even in the POVs looks boring. The trains, as most of old Vekoma ones, are really uncomfortable, too small and have horrible harnesses. The layout is, above all, unoriginal: two loopings, a boring turn, two corkscrews and that's all (well, there is an helix, but it's quite slow and pointless). It was not even fun, and it looks ugly from outside (why does it have to be white; I hate white-coloured coasters, that's NoLimits default colour). In light of Efteling willingness to replace old rides (like Pegasus or Bob), I hope they remove this monster as soon as possible.

  • Daniel Stark

    Théma Bonne suprise ! Fun Inconfort Layout

    Quite a pleasant surprise. More fun than what I remembered of Python @ Efteling (probably my memories were wrong). Layout is totally unspired, though. I rode towards the back, so the drop gave some nice, weakish floater, and after the loops there was also some very mild air. The loops feel awkward, too small for such long trains (or maybe the other way round), and the corkscrews were nothing special. Quite a tame ride overall. Theming was pretty simple, but it worked well enough for me. I love how this coaster is themed to drugs, so unique (my interpretation of the film on the queue, you smoke something with the Indian chief and then... roller coaster!). Most of the transitions weren't as janky as I'd expected, but the one after the second corkscrew everybody complains about... I'd never imagined it could be THAT bad. Wow. What the hell happened there, Vekoma?!

  • Luke Thomas

    Airtimes First Drop Inversions

    I could add more pros if I wanted too. Truly a world class attraction. Smooth, intense, great restraints and properly maintained. This is one of Mack rides finest works. I got 8 rides on this ride, including 6 back row rides and 2 front row rides on an quiet day at the park. The first drop, insane. Whippy on the back row but great suspense on the front as you climb over it and eventually whipped into the 180 degree turn on the drop. The massive vertical loop is easily the most intense part of the ride, it caused me constant grey outs during my multiple rides on it, with its strong negative Gs and hang time. The airtime hills are all consistent on this ride, they all deliver top tier “flojector” airtime. The zero G roll is excellent. Your are thrown side to side during it if not fully prepared for the inversion, The strongest hang time on the ride too. Then the final 2 elements being a helix and some Z turns which is a great way to finish off an incredible ride. Easily a new top 5 coaster. Immensely rerideable and delivers in every row.