Yep, it's an SLC. A little better than I expected but this was a one and done type ride. I do want to talk about how I was blown away by the rest of the park. Incredible backstory and themeing and the dark ride was one of the best non-Universal/Disney ones out there. I'm super happy to see that more and more enthusiasts are making their way out there this year.
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I'm not a huge water ride person. I *hate* walking around with wet shoes all day. But when the water ride is a coaster I'll make an exception. This one was a lot of fun and surprising! I didn't see that big drop being the first thing and the elevator lift was cool. I can't say that I'll want to do this ride again but it was definitely better than expected!
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The most surprising coaster for me at Alton Towers was without a doubt Rita. You hear nothing about this ride but negative, that it's shaky and rough. And I went in expecting the worst but I was pleasantly surprised to get a fairly smooth, fast and fun ride. I ended up riding the ride twice and I wish I could've gotten more rides in. There's not many better coaster elements than a hydraulic launch!
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No fancy title today, I love the name of this coaster and want to showcase it. I rode this last year before the big retrack and I left impressed. It's such a fun, intense coaster that fits in perfectly with the rest of B&M's early inverts (the pinnacle of their catalog). Yeah that sounds a little pretentious but it's the truth! Can't wait to see the reviews coming out from the park for the retrack!
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Get ready for a little run of Alton Towers photos! I'm just now getting to my trip from last year. I'm of the opinion that Smiler is better to look at than to ride. I took one ride on it and that was enough for me. There are so many inversions that they all kind of blend together and I think I like coasters with a little bit more defined elements and room to breath. It looks great though!
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So these aren't my best shots, I got to the bottom of the barrel before I need to go into the archives and grab more shots but bear with me. I really like S&S Freespins. I think that they're tons of fun and I love the unpredictable and crazy spinning you can get. SFOT's one was fairly midrange from what I remember.
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I'm a little sensitive to bad restraints. Superman at SFNE, the headbanging of SLCs and the tightness of T3 come to mind. And so I was a little nervous to ride Skyrush which has a reputation. But the first time I rode it I was blown away, the restraints weren't bad at all and the course was incredible. So intense and so full of airtime. The second time I rode it, the restraints had tightened up to the point of pain but no one can ever make me forget that amazing first ride.
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