Dhev123
TS Member
Flat Rides can be a lot of fun, and make for some nice filler attractions to break up the day of non-stop coaster riding.
But on the other hand, they offer arguably very different experiences to roller coasters, and while some people can't get enough of them, others avoid them like the plague. I sort of fall in the middle here. While I always go out of my way to try flat rides during my theme park visits, especially at thorpe, some of them can be way too much for me.
For instance, I love drop towers (i.e., detonator/sub-terra), rides like rush and samurai are also great.
I do like rides such as the blade and quantum - although sometimes they make me INCREDIBLY motion sick, like to the point where they kinda ruin my day and make me extremely dizzy. Because of this, I tend to especially avoid vortex at thorpe altogether these days, as while sometimes I can ride it without any issue, it's not worth the risk.
My last trip to towers last month started off super strong, had a ride on reborn and galactica first thing in the pouring rain - then we went on the blade and it kinda ruined the entire day for me because of how sick it made me feel. It was weird, like riding the coasters after were fine but for some reason the airtime on th13teen and galactica also made me feel dizzy, but they wouldn't have if I didn't go on the blade.
Same with vortex, last year I went on it (luckily toward the end of the day) but my god I felt awful and had my eyes shut most of the ride. I notice I get motion sickness on these rides when they repeat a motion, it's almost like the judder of the motion starting that sets it off.
So in terms of where I stand on flat rides, I ADORE some, but also kinda hate quite a few as well (sometimes), which is a shame, because I've had some great times on rides like vortex, quantum, and the blade
But on the other hand, they offer arguably very different experiences to roller coasters, and while some people can't get enough of them, others avoid them like the plague. I sort of fall in the middle here. While I always go out of my way to try flat rides during my theme park visits, especially at thorpe, some of them can be way too much for me.
For instance, I love drop towers (i.e., detonator/sub-terra), rides like rush and samurai are also great.
I do like rides such as the blade and quantum - although sometimes they make me INCREDIBLY motion sick, like to the point where they kinda ruin my day and make me extremely dizzy. Because of this, I tend to especially avoid vortex at thorpe altogether these days, as while sometimes I can ride it without any issue, it's not worth the risk.
My last trip to towers last month started off super strong, had a ride on reborn and galactica first thing in the pouring rain - then we went on the blade and it kinda ruined the entire day for me because of how sick it made me feel. It was weird, like riding the coasters after were fine but for some reason the airtime on th13teen and galactica also made me feel dizzy, but they wouldn't have if I didn't go on the blade.
Same with vortex, last year I went on it (luckily toward the end of the day) but my god I felt awful and had my eyes shut most of the ride. I notice I get motion sickness on these rides when they repeat a motion, it's almost like the judder of the motion starting that sets it off.
So in terms of where I stand on flat rides, I ADORE some, but also kinda hate quite a few as well (sometimes), which is a shame, because I've had some great times on rides like vortex, quantum, and the blade