Thank you for the tip. I ended up having few goes on it unfortunately, I went on first of all to get the cred and I was in an inside cage. It wasn’t a pleasant experience but it wasn’t quite as horrible as I was expecting it to be. But then my daughter decided she wanted to get the cred as well so I went on it with her, this time in a outside cage, and it was dreadful. And then later on near the end of the day my son, who was adamant he wasn’t going on it, decided that he wanted to get the cred as well because his sister has it. So I went on it for a third time, again in an outside cage. We all decided that next time we visit we’ll steer well clear of it!. You really have to wonder at the thought process that went on to designing this ride. Any ride that begins with you having to chase a moving cage, go up a stepladder to get in to it, and then get shut in to a panini press and rattled around really shouldn’t have got past the drawing board stage. It’s just an awkward and uncomfortable experience from the moment you board to the moment you get stumble off.
But it has to be said that there were some rides at the park. Kumali was great, nicely themed with a good soundtrack, great to look at, and gave a surprisingly smooth ride with some good elements such as the cobra roll in to the zero-g roll which was fun.
Mumbo Jumbo was also a good ride. I loved the track layout for how bonkers it is, it looks like a real life K’nex roller coaster set and it’s just a fun ride. The way it takes the inversions slowly (especially with the Rush style restraints) makes for some interesting moments, I really liked it. And again, Velocity was a nice fun ride. It’s a pity that it’s a 1.4m ride and not a 1.3m because it would make for a great family launch coaster. It’s good that the park have a couple of coasters that are unique in the UK and Kumali, Mumbo Jumbo, Velocity, and Inversion will give them a fairly decent lineup once they finally get it open. I also have to mention how fantastic Cliffhanger was running in its combo mode. Good strong powerful blast up, a few bounces, then back up to the top for a nice long hold before plunging you forcefully downwards, what more could you want.
Interestingly though I was talking to somebody that worked there about Inversion (and how it’s going to be such a great addition to the park with those lap bar trains) and they implied that although everybody refers to it as Inversion that may well not actually be the final name.
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