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Theme Parks

I like to visit theme parks. This is a list of all the rides (particularly roller coasters) I've been on in the past couple of years.

Seaworld

Seaworld - Orlando, Florida (March 2020)

Roller coasters

  • Mako - Orlando's tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster. 73 mph and up to 200 feet high.
  • Kraken - Orlando's only floorless roller coaster
  • Manta - Features a head-first, face-down inverted nosedive loop.

Thrill ride

Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens - Tampa, Florida (March 2020)

Roller coasters

  • Tigris - Florida's tallest launch coaster. 150-foot skyward surge, and an inverted heartline roll, more than 60 miles per hour, 1,800 feet of steel track.
  • Sheikra - 90-degree 200 ft drop, 70 mph roller coaster whirlwind with an Immelmann loop, a second dive into an underground tunnel and a splashdown finale.
  • Montu - First coaster in the world to incorporate an Immelmann loop (a simultaneous loop and roll) 60-foot vertical loop, weightless roll, seven inversions, unique Batwing inversion
  • Cobra's Curse - 70-foot vertical lift, 40 mph, 2,100 feet of serpentine-like track, traveling backward, forward and then spinning freely.
  • Scorpion - 50mph, 360 upside down loop.

Thrill Rides

Volcano Bay

Volcano Bay - Orlando, Florida (February 2020) Water park, so lots of ring rides and flumes, but this aqua coaster deserves a mention.

  • Krakatau Aqua Coaster - Uses linear induction motor technology - it launches the canoe uphill before it immediately sends riders into a downhill plunge.

Universal Studios

Universal Studios - Orlando, Florida (February 2020)

Roller coasters

3D rides

Universal Studios: Island of Adventure

Universal Studios - Orlando, Florida (February 2020)

Roller coasters

3D rides

Thrill rides

Las Vegas

Not actually a theme park, but we rode the roller coaster in the New York New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, July 2019

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Park - Paris, France (May 2018)

Roller coasters

3D rides

Thrill rides

Rides

Alton Towers

Alton Towers - Staffordshire, England (May 2011 and June 2016)

Roller coasters

  • The Smiler - World's first 14 loop rollercoaster Height: 30 metres, Top speed: 85 km per hour, G-Force: +4.5G, Ride length: 1,170m
  • Nemesis - Inverted roller coaster. Maximum Height 13m, Top speed 81kph, G-force +3.5G, Track Length 716m, Ride Features 4 inversions
  • Oblivion First ever dive coaster - Maximum Height: 60m, Top speed: 110kph, G-Force: +4.5G,Track Length: 373m
  • Galactica - First ride I tried wearing a VR headset. Maximum Height 20m, Top speed 75kph, G-Force +3.5G, Track Length 840m, Ride Features 2 inversions
  • TH13TEEN - I really liked the pitch black drop in this ride. Maximum Height: 20m, Top speed: 42kph, G-Force: +3.2G
  • Rita First Hydraulic Launch roller coaster of its kind in Europe Riders accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (100 km/ph) in just over 2 seconds. With a top speed of 100km/ph, Rita is the 5th fastest roller coaster in the UK. Riders on Rita experience a maximum G force of 4.7. That's the highest g-force roller coaster you'll find at Alton Towers Resort!
  • Spinball Whizzer - This was Sonic and Knuckles themed when I was there at one point. First spin rollercoaster I'd been on. “Feel like a pinball being catapulted along the 470 metre track at speeds of up to 60km per hour! Each car will spin 360 degrees whilst flying around the tracks.” Maximum Height: 17m, Top speed: 60kph, G-Force: +3G, Track Length: 470m

Thrill rides

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