| Rita, Queen of Speed, Alton Towers, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire |  |
The entire UgLand area of the park was re-themed to "Thunder rock Rally" to accommodate Rita, a female racing car driver. On this coaster, riders accelerate from a standstill to 62 mph in two and a half seconds before sweeping through some tight turns and ending back in the station in less than a minute. The ride experience is very quick but great fun. Some say it passes by in a blur, others say that it's just too short, either way it's incredible fun! To give the impression of a race day, upbeat music is played through the queue-line, where you can get good views of the entire ride. Also, the highest part of the track is green so it blends in with the surrounding trees!
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| Type: Accelerator
Manufacturer: Intamin
Opened: (to the public) 2nd April 2005
Height: 69 ft
Speed: 62 mph
Length: 2122 ft
Max g-force: 4.7 |
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Force Factor
Average Member Rating Out of Ten
Actual Rating: 7.619
Members Who Have Been on and Rated Rita: (42)
Ratings in Brackets
kitsune(10), CoasterKing(10), servella(10), coasterdolphin(10), Patrick(10), exodus123(10),
gothicprince(10), wheelhs1(10), Ghostmage(9), Jools(9), Adz123(9), nemesis12345(9), DDF14(8),
danthecoasterman(8), AmandaPanda(8), alexdude98(8), The Grape Wizard(8), wadler(8), KarlThrillDude(8), jacoaster(8),
07barkerk(7), DarrenBloomfield(7), nemesis_guy(7), Thrill Yeti(7), Air_Dan(7), Rush(7), Tony(7),
ciallkennett(7), Tri_Force_Delta(7), DjTommyB(7), furie(7), Inverse(7), Brad(7), nemesisnutter(6),
Emmett(6), Martyn H(6), A-Kid(6), Kebab(6), Waffleman(5), Enicomb(5), james6(5),
Blaze(4),
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| HarryT |
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Posts: 18
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This was also closed on my visit, so I hope to be going on it when I go again.
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| tommylawrence |
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Posts: 1
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coastercrazy11 - obviously, it's Nemesis
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| Adz123 |
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Posts: 21
Location: SCUNNY!!!
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This is a great ride not as good as nemmy though
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Really want to change my rating now. Back row at night is actually excelent.
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| paul hazlewood |
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Posts: 0
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crap crap crap crap crap,,, thats all i can say about this ride,,,even its name rita! is crap, i love alton towers, but
this has to be the parks biggest mistake yet
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| coasterC |
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Posts: 1
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Closed because of weather when I went. Wasn't too annoyed because it looks tame compared to Velocity and Stealth.
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| DarrenBloomfield |
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Posts: 20
Location: Banbury,Oxfordshire
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Having already rode Stealth and Furius Baco i wasnt expecting this ride to amaze me but it was good in its own right,
painful in the rain though.
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| MetaKnight2393 |
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Posts: 1
Location: Battleship Halberd
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FUN FACT:
Tiff Needell did the voiceover for the beginning of this coaster!
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| bestever48202 |
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Posts: 1
Location: England
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It was a bit rough but the whole thing is amazing!
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| bestever48202 |
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Posts: 1
Location: England
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Amazing!
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Surprisingly good at the back, some airtime on first hill, but quite a bit of 'Intamin Shuffle'.
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| Tjex1 |
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Posts: 42
Location: In My House
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Lap bars needed, same with Stealth
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Must be speed queen of some small and insignificant country, then. Juts not good enough for a park anything like AT.
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| geordie kev |
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Posts: 0
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a full on speed queen
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Thought you would, it's a Thrope kind of ride, not a Towers kind of ride. No thought or effort put in. Just like your
opinions.
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| KarlThrillDude |
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Posts: 9
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love it it so cool but not as good as air and oblivion
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| alanaltyohno |
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Posts: 3
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i still think it was good , also , some people say that even at the front there is loads of air time , there should be
more air time at the front as you go over the hill at the highest speed !
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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airtime? on this? dont think so. even at the front this is pointless apart from the decent launch. OTSRs do not bother
me. the ride does. could have been better hopefully will be rethemed next year.
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| coastercrazy11 |
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Posts: 24
Location: thirsk
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tommylawrence? if rita is ure 2nd fave in the park, wat is ure 1st fave in the park?
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| nemesisnutter |
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Posts: 126
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The launch was great, the rest of the ride would have been great if it weren't for those horrible Intamin OTSR's. Some
nice lap-bars and Rita would be full of Air Time and fun, not full of head bashing! :(
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| macsftw906 |
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Posts: 0
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Again , rita gets run down but i really loved it. Front row everytime i went on , and the speed surprised me. Yeah ,
it's no kingda ka but for a fairly small sized coaster the launch packs a punch. The airtime was brilliant , even at the
front , and all the way through it maintains it's speed fairly well , so yeah i really enjoyed rita and think it was
awesome!
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| tommylawrence |
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Posts: 1
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I know some of you are moaning, but I think rita is bloody biliiant! I just got of it today, and I love the launch and
all the layout. You probably won't agree with what I'm about to say, but it is my 2nd fave ride in the park. fantastic
ride
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Take back some of the things I have said about it. In front row the launch is actually fairly powerfull, but I feel that
the turns take too long to negotiate. There is very limited airtime, mostly on the first hill but there is also a tiny
amount on the last hill and the bunny hop into the brakes. Very smooth
Don't know how much the weather and the seat
played a part in it, but second time round this was so much better. Still, the tiny amount of airtime, the uncomfortable
cars, short ride time and slow corners bring it back down. Nevertheless, this has gone from a 4 to a 6 or 7.
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| alanaltyohno |
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Posts: 3
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The launch is good , corners are quiet tight , go g's though , i sat at the front both times and there at least you get
loads of air time , people are saying that they dont get much but , i , only being 13 are quiet light and got apsolutly
loads every hill , but , tbh i dont really like it as it was my second roller coaster after corkscrew and it scared me
lol!
but it would have been loads better it was taller and faster but alton towers has the hight restrictioins which is
really enoying , they should have put it part way under ground or somehting to conpensate for this , like they did with
nemesis and they should have better themeing aswell, more like stealth , then i would have given it a better score .
only like 6 or 7 out of 10 from me.
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Make that second just above Corkscrew, but that's gone now so does not count.
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| Blaze |
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Posts: 1297
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Worst coaster I have ever been on.
Uncomfortable and clumsy restraints and cars, no themeing, slow launch, no speed, no
airtime, no forces.
At least it was smooth.
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| Martyn H |
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Posts: 1138
Location: Milton Keynes
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I enjoy it when I'm at the front. Gives a little bit of airtime and only gives slight ear bashing. However the launch
does nothing for me.
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| suryavl |
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Posts: 42
Location: Belgium
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It's not a horrible ride by any means, but it does indeed lack. Mainly it lacks strong air time, which is what you would
expect to get quite nicely on each of the 3 hills. Shame, it could have been a lot more fun.
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| Kebab |
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Posts: 865
Location: Dudley, West Midlands
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It felt a lot faster yesterday and had a surprisingly smooth and fun ride, but maybe that was because I was at the
front, which is rare for me. But it still fails in several areas detracting from what could be a great ride to a
mediocre one. The layout is awful, it may look like a mini Exped. GeForce, but doesn't ride like it, Rita just launches
into a few elongated banked turns. It's also very short, however, people may take Stealth as being very short, but
Stealth is very "gimmicky", whereas Rita is slower and needs more of a layout to thrill. It has about 3 or 4 pops of
lacklustre airtime, it doesn't seem to work as effective as on Stealth or Baco. The theme is acceptable, it's no where
near as impressive as the other coasters at the park, but works fine. Due to it pulling a maximum of 4.7G's I was
expecting it to be a little more forceful, however it is far from forceless, the coaster also tends to be rough around
the banked turns. I cannot fault the thrill of the launch and the rush it gives off, but in comparison to the parks
batch of B&M's Rita pales in comparison. 6/10
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| morgar |
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Posts: 4
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Fun ride this, but it falls short in many areas - the launch is good but the rest of the ride is fairly dull. To me
Stealth @ Thorpe Park is a much better ride. Really this is a bit of a victim of the Alton Towers height regulation
problem
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| Tri_Force_Delta |
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Posts: 27
Location: Bolton
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The launch is great fun, and the rest of the ride manages to keep the speed well.
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| towers04 |
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Posts: 1
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love it
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| ilanager |
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Posts: 0
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looks really fun
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| KingTomDaKa |
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Posts: 0
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i do like this ride... i think i prefere stealth as the launch is better but as nemesis12345 said u get some airtime on
rite, which combined with the speed is pretty cool... could do with being a bit faster... but all-in-all a great ride...
8/10
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| nemesis12345 |
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Posts: 12
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i prefer this to stealth, because i didn't feel any airtime on stealth and although stealth is great due to the launch,
but i still prefer rita. Nowhere near as good as oblivion nemesis and air though
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| dj-fireball999 |
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Posts: 257
Location: Cheltenham
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Not really a fan of this coaster, launch isn't really that forceful, and I found the layout uninspired and too short. I
can't really understand why it got such a high rating.
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| coastercrazy11 |
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Posts: 24
Location: thirsk
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i am sooo goin on this ride when i go to alton towers, im a first time htrill seeker so i gotta go on sorta scary rides
to get used to the other scary rides available in the world! next stop.... legoland.....alton towers....thorpe
park....flamingol nad etc...
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| marty2k8 |
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Posts: 2
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ill reckon it is pretty average
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| marty2k8 |
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Posts: 2
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is dis slow or wat i wanna no
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| c-r1d4 |
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Posts: 4
Location: Scotland
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i love it so much.
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| coasterchris93 |
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Posts: 4
Location: Scotland
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There is a big difference in launch power between Rita and Stealth. Rita launches 0-60 in 2.5 whereas Stealth launches
0-80 in 1.9. There is quite a large difference here.
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| Patrick |
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Posts: 1455
Location: Leicestershire, England
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dead and ready, before you slag something off you shoult sort out your grammar and spelling. How is 0-60 in 2.5 seconds
slow? Also Stealth (or stalth as you put it) is only 20 mph faster and probably has about the same 0-60, and I can't
remember much difference at all in terms of launch power, they both felt pretty similar.
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| Crow |
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Posts: 178
Location: Ashford, Kent, UK
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I find this ride boring and pointless.
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| dead and ready |
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Posts: 4
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so...very...slow
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| dead and ready |
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Posts: 4
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this coaster is absaloutley terrible! its slow! they call that a launch?! i think not! and once you've been on stalth or
kingda ka or storm runer or ttd- you get the point, it's absaloutley embarrasing to alton towers a definate not ride, in
my bottom 50!!!1/10
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| MetaKnight2393 |
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Posts: 1
Location: Battleship Halberd
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So...very...FAST! ^_^
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| Jools |
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Posts: 1635
Location: The house, which windows you looked through last night. I KNOW IT WAS YOU!
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People are so ungrateful when thye rate ffs!
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| coasterdolphin |
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Posts: 22
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Very fun. And very smooth. One of the best Coasters I have ever ridden.
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| blaze123 |
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Posts: 22
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closed yet again!seriously I think this has only ever been open once while iv been there. almost every time i go its
closed
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| The Grape Wizard |
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Posts: 848
Location: Stoke. It's not as bad as you think.
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i never knew there was a clone of this
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