Rage

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Adventure Island, Southend, Essex, UK

Ride guide by Ian Bell. Photos courtesy of CF-Member Martyn "martinb" Branford.

Keeping with cheesy fairground tradition, Rage comes in possible the most garish colours you've ever seen. However, don't let that put your off this wonderful ride! "Rage" is the name of Adventure Island's newest and bravest super hero and you take flight on him as you battle the inversions, anticipation and speed of the coaster track.

Riders are winched up a vertical chain lift before tipping over the edge and down a 97 degree drop before hitting a vertical loop, a zero-g roll, an immelmann loop and a super-fast helix before hitting the brakes.

Rage also features a quirky voiceover at the top of the lift hill, similar to Oblivion's "Don't Look Down", that features the Superhero Rage warning riders: "Superheroes Ready!".

The inversions are tightly packed together creating a disorientating ride and there is a speckle of hang-time on the loop. The ride is typically Gerstlauer smooth and is best enjoyed in the front seats.

Throughput is very fast for a ride of this size so you can be sure of many re-rides! The minimum rider height limit is 1.2 metres meaning most of the family can ride. At the time of writing (March 2007), Rage is a two ticket or blue wristband ride.


	Name: Rage Manufacturer: Gerstlauer Coaster type: Euro-Fighter Model 320+ Opened: February 2007 Speed: 43.5mph Height: 72 ft Length: 1184 ft

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Upside down, oh boy you turn me		inside out!

Come on down!		"And to your left you'll see Rage"

A bit of loop action		Right then left

Smooth brake run		Ian's Daily Telegraph Photo shoot

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Ollie
Posts: 7696 Location: Hampshire	7/10. Really good ride for the park and did it 26 times in one day. Although the quality of the ride and the roughness changes with each ride depending on where you sit.
ciallkennett
Posts: 2299 Location: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	V I whored :P 25 times I did it. 7/10. Gets faster throughout the day and is epic at night :D
ciallkennett
Posts: 2299 Location: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Going her on the 20th Feb and will be whoring all day :D
ashleyB2961
Posts: 1 Location:	i thimk that this is stupid a great rollercoaster like this in a fairground that has no good rides! what were they thinking?
Jewls1993
Posts: 1 Location:	The Dragon Claw made me shitless!
MsIsly
Posts: 1 Location:	V I mean dragon's Claw sorry, lol
MsIsly
Posts: 1 Location:	V How bout Fireball?
Jewls1993
Posts: 1 Location:	VV Durr...
bradleyhart
Posts: 1 Location:	only good ride here
no1 dragster fan
Posts: 0 Location:	I think this ride is better than speed at Aokwood!
MsIsly
Posts: 0 Location:	a shock to find such a great ride like this on the east sea!
Divv
Posts: 106 Location: Manchester, UK	Good coaster for the park, but nothing special in the grand coaster scheme.
spicy
Posts: 1057 Location: UK	Brilliant little coaster, loved the first drop with some great ejector airtime. Puts Adventure Island on the map- 9
Dom
Posts: 172 Location: York	Meh, it's quite fun. The vertical lift hill is cool, good drop, fun loop, good inline. Fab for the park, squeezes in to a tiny space. 6 or 7
Sam
Posts: 3136 Location: Middlesbrough	Very fast and compact- an enjoyable and fun ride. Not world class by any means, but for a glorified wild mouse fairground ride it does the job very well. The park is worth visiting just for this.
kir
Posts: 1258 Location: Walton-on-Thames /Portsmouth, England	Awesome coaster, really packs a punch for something so small. I'm totally in love with the "Superheroes Ready" at the top of the lift hill. Fab!
A-Kid
Posts: 1902 Location: West Sussex	I really liked it so much I went round 18 times !!
furie
Posts: 7294 Location: Stafford	Good for the park, but seriously nothing special at all.
CoasterKing
Posts: 186 Location: Staffordshire	Briliant. A great ride and a great addition to the park. The queues aren't always that big either.
No1Airfan
Posts: 186 Location: Staffordshire	A true cool RC for this small park! Replacing the Raging River the 'Coaster which I rode 3 times! My 1st in the back, 2nd in the left front[my head wan crazy!] and finally my 3rd time in the right front wee I was fine!
Knucklecoaster
Posts: 186 Location: Staffordshire	A pretty decent ride wiv some intense forces, ok so Speed is far better but baring in mind the limited space wiv which Adventure Island had to work wiv they've done a decent job at producing one of the best rides on the east coast!
dc006f5086
Posts: 34 Location: Essex England	Fun and Enjoyable, nice amount of Airtime on the drop as well as some hang time on the loop, a little rough at points depending on what train you are on, but with queues normally not being any longer than 5 minutes, you will get plenty of re-rides making up for the short ride duration...
Ben
Posts: 5430 Location: Central London	Great ejector on the first drop, turns into a smooth and forceful loop with fantastically done hangtime at the top. The entrance and exit to the cut-back are horrible, with the bit in the middle great. From there it stays a little on the rough side, a bit short and lacks re-ride potential. Having said that, the perfect ride for AI, looks awesome, and does give a great ride. 7.
Mike
Posts: 1470 Location: Essex	A good, smooth ride, but far too short for my liking and the restraints can really hurt and get you hot if pulled down too far.
Martinb
Posts: 1470 Location: Essex	Good fun thrilling ride, which I honestly thought was better than Speed.
AeRo
Posts: 1346 Location: Aberdeen	Smoother than Speed, but it was only a week old when I rode it.