Best Rides and Roller coasters

Tigersfan90 · Post by **Tigersfan90** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:25 pm

Just wondered whether you guys on the forum had any favourite Roller coasters or rides? I think Alton Towers is the best theme parks especially when you visit when there are hardly any queues. My favourite ride would have to be Rita Queen of Speed, but i love them all :D

100%rugbygirl · Post by **100%rugbygirl** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:34 pm

any and all rollercoasters are fab!!!

SilensFatuus · Post by **SilensFatuus** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:41 pm

I love the water rides at thorpe park!

redtiger · Post by **redtiger** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:17 pm

nemesis. or oblivion. the big one is good too

Cornish Tiger · Post by **Cornish Tiger** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:14 pm

What's Rita QofS like, then? My daughter's off there next week and we were discussing it. I said that any ride called Rita had to be tame. I have a nasty feeling I was wrong..

Air is more my thing. I don't like scary.

Tigersfan90 · Post by **Tigersfan90** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:20 pm

:D Take a look at the advert. I'm sure your daughter will come back telling you different! 0 to 100 kph in 2.5 seconds the speed is amazing.

http://www.alton-towers.co.uk/themepark/ride_rita.asp

Cornish Tiger · Post by **Cornish Tiger** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:22 pm

OMG and you LIKE that? Wow. Respect and medication heading in your direction. :D

Tigersfan90 · Post by **Tigersfan90** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:35 pm

I don't remember my dad liking it as much as me, he was ill the day after perhaps that was the shock of being dragged on to oblivion though :?

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:14 am

i've been to both alton towers and thorpe park, and loved all the rides except Samurai

SPIKE@srufc · Post by **SPIKE@srufc** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:18 pm

The big one at Blackpool is very good.

There is a runaway train coaster in a theme park near cologne which is brilliant.

And the rock and roller coaster at disneyland paris is excellent and very good just before christmas as there were no queues and we rode it about 10 times in a row. Mini spike wanted to see how many times we could go before we felt ill!!!!

dailywaffle · Post by **dailywaffle** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:12 pm

I've not done the rock 'n roller coaster in Paris, but the same in WDW Florida is great.

I too like the Big One in Blackpool, but for nostalgia I love the Grand National there - the first roller coaster I ever remember going on (thirty odd years ago ....).

Looking foward to the new 'Oblivion type' 'coaster in Busch Gardens - I'm off in 3 weeks. Yes ! :D

Sim · Post by **Sim** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:33 pm

Oblivion has to b one of the best, short and sweet but i love the way they hold u at the top and then drop u, its fantastic.

Blob · Post by **Blob** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:51 pm

Rita Q of S was awesome, i was at the front of the car, and my picture! My hair was horizontal, and hilarious. However, The Pepsi Max Big One is one of the best rollercoasters i've been on, and at the front of that! 45 seconds to get to the top, and boy is that a long time! They're all good! :D

orla - mumha abú! · Post by **orla - mumha abú!** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:23 am

ive never been to alton towers. i was in thorpe park when i was like 6, but i barely remember it.

ive been to disneyland and universal studios and all that quite a bit. all the rides are class there! the islands of adventure in universal studios in florida are the best for rollercoasters though. the hulk is absolutely brilliant. seriously good. fire and ice are pretty scary. but it has to be the free falling yoke like tower of terror that is most frightening! not even sitting on anything. just in mid air the whole time!

Sim · Post by **Sim** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:52 pm

Blob wrote:Rita Q of S was awesome, i was at the front of the car, and my picture! My hair was horizontal, and hilarious. However, The Pepsi Max Big One is one of the best rollercoasters i've been on, and at the front of that! 45 seconds to get to the top, and boy is that a long time! They're all good! :D

Rita Queen of Speed is AWESOME, so fast, your sat there and about 100 metres away there is a bend as they shoot u off you hardly have tiome to realise your moving before you're going round the corner. It was awesome, the only critisism is its too short, its over in seconds but a good ride 0-100mph in 2.5 seconds.