alton towers

Before you start saying "it's not my number one UK coaster", good for you, I'm thrilled for you. That's not what this topic is about. Generally speaking, Nemesis is regarded as the top cred in the UK. It features heavily in many goons Top Tens, it wins polls and it was, urgh, here comes that...

So I was looking through some articles about Alton Towers and came across the park's sound restriction. I know sound restrictions aren't dumb, and I always knew the park had a height and sound restriction, but the reasoning for the sound restriction was straight up stupid. In 2002, a couple...

I read somewhere that the track on Nemesis is supposed to act as "tie-down rope" for the Nemesis beast. Which is what the station and many other parts of scenery are supposed to represent. I haven't seen that kind of combination before and it makes me think if there are other parks that do the...

Which ride do you like more? Nemesis (Alton Towers) or Nemesis (Thorpe Park)?

There's been a lot of talk about the SW8 coaster Alton Towers is opening in their 2018 season. People have said it could be a GCI woodie, which seems unlikely because one of the blueprint photos showed what appeared to be a heartline/360 roll. I don't recall ever seeing a GCI coaster do an...