"peaking at position 7 in 2003. In Mitch Hawker's worldwide Best Roller Coaster Poll, Nemesis entered at position 5 in 1999, before dropping to a low of 12 in 2012. The ride's ranking in subsequent polls is shown in the table below. Two rides with branding inspired by Nemesis were opened at Merlin Entertainments theme parks following the original ride. The first is Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe Park, another Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster. The ride opened in 2003. Alton Towers hosts the second related ride, . The drop tower opened on the former Dynamo site in 2012 and"
"opening three days prior. It opened as one of the first Bolliger & Mabillard rides to be installed outside of the United States, along with Diavlo at Himeji Central Park, Japan, which opened four months later. In August 2004, Nemesis gained the Guinness World Record for the ""Most Naked People on a Rollercoaster"". The ride set the record at 32 riders – the number of seats on a single Nemesis train. It took the record from Thorpe Park's ""Nemesis Inferno"" roller coaster which set the record at 28 just three months prior. The ride lost the record in 2010 when"
"sat in a 20 seat wide, two tier gondola rotated by a pair of robotic arms and allowed to freely pivot. Riders were also suspended above jets of water at one point and were lowered towards it, similar to Rameses Revenge located in Chessington World of Adventures Resort. The ride was located in the Forbidden Valley section of the park adjacent to Nemesis. Ripsaw (Alton Towers) Ripsaw was a Top Spin ride at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. It opened in 1997 and closed at the end of 2015. The ride opened on March 15th 1997 alongside The"
"and pitched a theming concept about an alien creature excavated from the ground. Tussauds Studios elaborated on this, creating the station and surrounding theme design. Wardley also worked alongside Stengel Engineering and landscape architects to develop a layout for the ride and surrounding area, which could be exciting for both riders and non-riders; for example, the final inversion was built at the eye level of an observer and the queue makes its way all the way around the quarry in which the track sits. The £10 million Nemesis officially opened to the public on 19 March 1994, following a soft"
"the hole from which the roller coaster track re-emerges from the underground tunnel, walked through the underground section and emerged on a ledge where the track enters the ground. Neither he nor any guests on the ride were harmed following the ride cars being held at the boarding station. He was arrested for a public order offence, and the ride returned to normal operation the following day. With the new roller coaster The Smiler opening in 2013, Oblivion is no longer the only coaster in X Sector, as it had been since Black Hole's closure in 2005. In late January/early"
"brake run and returning to the station. Nemesis has received overwhelmingly positive reviews, by park visitors and the industry as a whole. The roller coaster has continuously ranked high in worldwide polls and, as of 2007, featured queues in excess of an hour due to its popularity. More than 50 million people have ridden ""Nemesis"" since opening. In ""Amusement Today""'s annual Golden Ticket Awards, Nemesis has consistently ranked highly. It is also one of only seven roller coasters to appear in the top 50 every year since the award's inception in 1998. It debuted at position 10 in 1998, before"
"ride. Nemesis operates with two steel and fiberglass trains, each containing eight cars. Each car seats four riders in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train. As guests approach the ride a loud roar from the ride can be heard due to the box-shaped nature of track used by manufacturer Bolliger and Mabillard. Once the train is ready for dispatch the floor beneath it is lowered before the train then departs the station making a 45-degree, right-hand turn towards the lift hill. Once at the top of the hill, the train makes a small dip and"
"an incident on The Smiler, Dragon's Fury, along with Rattlesnake and Saw- The Ride at Thorpe Park were temporarily closed down whilst safety protocols and procedures were being evaluated. They eventually re-opened shortly afterwards. Most of the ride is located in the Land of the Dragons area of the park, however the entrance is located just outside. The general theme is ""surviving the dragon's wrath"", which is suggested by announcements made in the queue and on-ride. Theming is fairly limited, and includes 'charred' trees, a sculpted dragon head and a mechanical dragon that hides inside a small cave at the"
"railway station; projected onto various buildings including Big Ben; and sprayed onto flocks of sheep in areas including Leicestershire, Devon and Perthshire. The name of the roller coaster, The Smiler, was revealed on 21 January 2013, the Metro newspaper, and the opening date was set as May (previously it was 16 March). In February 2013 a free game app was released containing a full 3D recreation of the actual ride, and a preview of the rides merchandise was published online. Track designer, John Wardley, confirmed in a radio interview, on 19 April 2013, that The Smiler would feature more inversions"
"Apocalypse: The Ride Apocalypse, formerly known as Terminator Salvation: The Ride, is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Manufactured by Great Coasters International, the roller coaster opened to the public on May 23, 2009. It is located in the Cyclone Bay section of the amusement park on a plot of land formerly occupied by the Psyclone (1991-2007), Shockwave (1986-1988) and Sarajevo Bobsleds (1984-1986). It was the first wooden coaster to feature onboard audio, and its ""Terminator"" theme was short-lived following a corporate restructuring by Six Flags in 2011. Terminator Salvation: The Ride was"
"to the start of the new season, which usually begins mid-March. Due to the success of the 2015, '16 and '17 Services Days, a two-day weekend of Services Days was planned for 3 and 4 March, however this was postponed to 11 March due to weather conditions. Services Days are open to holders of a Blue Light Card or a Defence Discount Service Card. In June 2015, sixteen people were injured on The Smiler ride, with two individuals requiring leg amputations. Merlin Entertainments originally released a press release blaming the crash on ""human error"". However, the Health & Safety Executive"
"HUSS Enterprise model which opened in 1984, spinning riders 360 degrees and giving the illusion of defying gravity. The area layout was partly altered in 2013 season to accommodate the opening of The Smiler. Previous rides in X-Sector include The Black Hole, which was a Jet Star 2 coaster enclosed in a tent, where The Smiler is located today. Energizer (later renamed Boneshaker) was a swinging gondola flat ride. It was replaced by Submission in 2001, a ""Chance Double Inverter"" flat ride, which was itself removed in 2014. Mutiny Bay is a pirate-themed family area, which opened in 2008. the"
"will adore Thirteen"" and gave the ride a review of three out of five stars. However, another critic said ""John Wardley who is responsible for the twisted beautiful mess that is Nemesis, was also involved with Th13teen, unfortunately in comparison we are left meandering with one of the weakest layouts I’ve rode to date"" and gave the ride a review of 5/10. The ride has not yet received any awards. Despite the mixed reviews, Thirteen managed to increase attendance to its highest on record, 3,000,000 people, a number only matched by 1994, the opening year of Nemesis and Toyland Tours."
"with the Lord of Darkness as to whether Oblivion is really safe for riders to experience; to which he is repeatedly ignored. The Lord of Darkness maintains that the ride is safe, before the video ends with the sound of his ominous laughter. The queue line takes riders through a large, drawn out upwards helix, repeatedly passing under, through and over various buildings of abstract architecture, before traversing metal bridges into the elevated station building. Here they are batched into rows and board their ride cars, while various technical graphics are displayed on overhead screens. As the cars dispatch, the"
"Infinity Coaster The Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster is a roller coaster design by Gerstlauer. A variant of the popular Euro-Fighter model, the Infinity Coaster allows for higher capacity through longer trains. The coaster also features a magnetic rollback system on rides with lifthills, to allow for easier evacuation of riders in breakdown situations. The ride car can now roll backwards with the magnetic fins deployed and the lift motor in reverse. The first Infinity Coaster was The Smiler at Alton Towers in the UK, opened in 2013. Another Infinity Coaster is The Monster, located at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. It opened"
"from the defunct Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee. Country Fair was renamed and remodeled into Nottingham Village in 1981. The Dexter Frebish Electric Roller Ride was renamed Excalibur and its queue house was re-themed. The AstroWheel was also removed during this time. Sky Screamer, a first-generation Intamin Freefall ride, was constructed in the Plaza de Fiesta section and opened in 1983. Consisting of a tower reaching in height and a horizontal braking runout, Sky Screamer had an L-shaped appearance. It featured eight uniquely designed gondolas, each holding four riders. The gondolas used one set of wheels to go"
"2015, when a loaded train collided with an empty test train, causing serious injuries to a number of riders. Subsequently, Merlin Entertainments decided to close The Smiler, Saw – The Ride at Thorpe Park, and two other roller coasters at Chessington World of Adventures (all of which have since reopened) while safety protocols and procedures were evaluated. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served a Prohibition Notice upon the Smiler, preventing the ride's use until remedial action had been completed. On 27 July 2015, it was stated by Merlin Entertainments chief executive Nick Varney that The Smiler would ""not be"
"of the ride is the large spider-like structure that serves as a centrepoint for the coaster track. Called ‘The Marmaliser,’ it has 5 legs, each with a distinct function to manipulate riders into ""smiling"". It is also equipped with a wraparound screen, which displays graphics and video relating to the theme of the ride. The roller coaster intertwines within the structure causing greater interaction with riders to enhance the experience. The track is divided into 5 block sections, permitting up to 5 trains to operate on the ride at once, which would create a theoretical capacity of 1200 people per"
"control traffic safety, and arrangements were made to have medical services available for riders. For the first time, the route was driven in advance for inspection purposes. The start of the ride was in Council Bluffs, with the overnight communities of Atlantic, Guthrie Center, Camp Dodge (near Des Moines), Marshalltown, Waterloo and Monticello, and the ride finishing in the riverfront city of Dubuque. The ride occurred in the same week as the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. The highpoint of the trip for many of the riders was the second overnight stop: a sign greeted the riders outside of"
"and a set of interlocking corkscrews. Riders of ""Nemesis Inferno"" experience up to 4.5 times the force of gravity on the near-two-minute ride. The ride is reported to have cost £8 million. ""Nemesis Inferno"" operates with two steel and fiberglass trains, each containing seven cars. Each car seats four riders in a single row for a total of 28 riders per train. Two seats on ""Nemesis Inferno"" have been modified to cater for larger riders. The ride is themed around an erupting volcano. The name of the ride suggests that it is related to the original ""Nemesis"", an inverted coaster"
"was added to the ride. The original ride featured the ride vehicles flying through scenes of the nursery, over London, onward to Neverland, and finally through The Lost Boys camp, Fish Color Three, giant Octopus, Magic Kingdom the Crow, Magic Kingdom the For Pirates Crew, in Skull Rock, where riders saw Captain Hook, Mr. Smee and Tic Toc Crock before unloading. The exterior of the attraction had a medieval design and the queue was outside. Departing from the station, but before entering the actual ride building, guests fly over the rooftops of London. The new version of the ride includes"
"that was ultimately never commissioned. SW1 was a pipeline roller coaster, planned to open in around 1992, on what later became the Nemesis site. It was provisionally titled the ""Secret Weapon"", with the intention of theming the ride as an ambiguous weapon testing facility. John Wardley rode the Arrow Dynamics prototype of their pipeline coaster, but stated ""it was very slow and rather boring"", as well as the requirement for such a high lift hill being unsuitable for the park's planning restrictions. After a second layout revision, labelled ""SW2"", the ride was scrapped and development on SW3 (Nemesis) began. The"
"rider. This prototype design is a first for Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters which was later reproduced for Diamondback at Kings Island, Intimidator at Carowinds and at PortAventura Park. The trains are colored red, orange and yellow, after their coloured fronts. Each of the trains comprise eight cars, seating four guests each for a total capacity of 32. Each passenger is seated in a bucket seat restrained by a lap bar harness and a seatbelt, identical to Leviathan's restraint system. Some persons over a certain weight/waist size cannot be accommodated by this arrangement. The steel track is in length and"
"the monorail ""Safari Skyway"", the dark ride ""The 5th Dimension"", and the ""Chessington Railroad"" as the main attractions (all supplied by the German ride manufacturer Heinrich Mack GmbH & Co). Smuggler's Galleon (a swinging ride) reached heights of 20 meters; it was later renamed Black Buccaneer. The new rides were to operate on a pay-one-price admission basis, and replace the existing pay-as-you-go fairground rides. Other support rides were also opened, and the park opened just five themed areas: Calamity Canyon, Mystic East, Market Square, Toy Town and Circus World. The attractions were all heavily themed with emphasis on atmosphere and"
"oval shaped kiddie coaster. The trains were painted blue, while the track was painted red. It operated in two locations in Hersheypark; near the Comet in The Hollow and in Kissing Tower Hill next to the OutBoard MotorBoats, Whip and then Himalaya. It operated in The Hollow in 1974 and 1975, then in Kissing Tower Hill from 1976 until its removal after the 1978 season. Charles J. Jacques wrote in his book ""Sweetness of Success"" that it was an Allen Herschel built ride. It was also believed to be a Miler Manufacturer based on images of the coaster from 1978."
"Back to the Future: The Ride Back to the Future: The Ride was a simulator ride at Universal Studios theme parks. It was based on and inspired by the ""Back to the Future"" film series and is a mini-sequel to 1990's ""Back to the Future Part III"". It was previously located at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, where it has since been replaced by ""The Simpsons Ride"" and at Universal Studios Japan where it has since been replaced by ""Despicable Me Minion Mayhem"". The ride's story centered on a first-person adventure in pursuit of Biff Tannen through time."
"Batman & Robin: The Chiller Batman & Robin: The Chiller was a dual-tracked, launched roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. Designed by Premier Rides, the ride opened to the public on June 7, 1997. After a series of setbacks shortly after its debut, the roller coaster closed for much of its inaugural season and didn't reopen until 1998. When it did, ride operation was changed to launch only one side at a time as a result of the amount of power required by the ride's linear induction motor (LIM) launch system. Although modifications were"
"five inversions: Jubilee Odyssey Odyssey (formerly Jubilee Odyssey) is a roller coaster at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, England. Built by Vekoma of the Netherlands in 2002, it was named to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. It is Vekoma's tallest example of their Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) design in the world. Standing at 167 feet (51 metres), it is the third tallest roller coaster in the UK, after the Pepsi Max Big One (213 feet) and Stealth (205 feet). It has a maximum speed of 63 mph and is capable of forces up to 4.8g. Original plans for"
"up! Get out! Before you meet yourself coming in!"" As guests leave, the song ""Back in Time"" plays. The ride was a motion simulator with the DeLoreans located under a 70-foot (21.3–m) OMNIMAX Dome screen. Each of the 24 vehicles (12 per dome) were mounted on three pistons, allowing it to rise, fall, and tilt, following the motion on the screen. The vehicles were arranged on three tiers and were staggered to prevent riders from seeing the other vehicles in the theater. The front section rose eight feet (2.4 m) out of the ""garage"" when ""flying"". The actual range of"
"closed after the end of the 2013 season by which there is a vacant grass area where it once stood next to the break-block section on Oblivion. The grass area is often referred to as the 'Submission memorial ground' by thrill-seekers which has become a popular sitting area in the park section. Submission was a simple ride, featuring a central tower with two gondolas attached to rotating arms on each side. Each gondola contained 6 rows of 4. When the ride started the gondola was lifted 90 degrees back and forth, slightly tilting forwards and backwards and gradually rotated in"
"new laser gun system, an ultraviolet scenic treatment and altered audio. The refurbished ride debuted during the annual pass preview weekend of 2016 to a negative response. General response from guests as well as fans of the ride criticised the ""unprofessional"" nature of the new lighting and audio alterations, citing missing sound effects, many animations still broken, missing pieces of the sets and excessive light spillage that revealed the areas intended to be covered by darkness. Anyone under 1.1 meters must be accompanied by an adult. Riders sit in ""utility vehicles"" and travel through a tomb, shooting mummies and monsters"
"major re-tracking and refurbishment. The coaster will reopen in 2019 along with West Coast Racers. Apocalypse: The Ride Apocalypse, formerly known as Terminator Salvation: The Ride, is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Manufactured by Great Coasters International, the roller coaster opened to the public on May 23, 2009. It is located in the Cyclone Bay section of the amusement park on a plot of land formerly occupied by the Psyclone (1991-2007), Shockwave (1986-1988) and Sarajevo Bobsleds (1984-1986). It was the first wooden coaster to feature onboard audio, and its ""Terminator"" theme was"
"Superman The Ride Superman The Ride (formerly known as Bizarro and Superman: Ride of Steel) is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts. Built by Intamin in 2000, it features a lift hill, a drop, and over of track. The park announced plans to change the name from Bizarro to Superman The Ride for the 2016 season, as well as adding a virtual reality feature to the ride, starting June 11. Superman The Ride has been voted the number one steel roller coaster in the world in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards five times"