We are kindred spirits! To be fair I put the hurling incident almost solely on Spinball. I hadn’t been on a spinning ride for about 20 years as the only time up until that day that I’d thrown up due to a ride was on the way home from Flamingoland after going on a Twister ride. I vowed that day never to go on a spinning ride like that again. A vow I kept for 20 years before I foolishly let someone talk me into trying Spinball. I was just about managing until the car came down off that vertical arch thing, then all hell broke loose and the car just spun like berserk. Soon after I went on Smiler for the first time, and quite honestly half way round I’d had enough. I was ticking off the inversions mentally as I couldn’t wait for it to stop, then somewhere around double figures I lost count and genuinely felt I was going to pass out. I then proceeded to blast out the Stella raspberry cider I had earlier, all over the floor of the train (no, I couldn’t wait til I got off, sorry!), the exit stairs & outside the gift shop, and perhaps over
@rob666 shoes.
So yes, my Smiler experience MIGHT have been different had I not endured the torture of Spinball first, but I think Smiler is just too intense for me. Loop after loop after loop, really what’s the point? Not my cup of tea at all.
