Nemesis: General Discussion

Wins for Icon

Length
Airtime

Wins for Nemmie

Intensity
Intimidation
Landscaping
Music
Fun (this one's close)
Sustained G forces
Uniqueness

I love them both, but Nemmie hands down.

 

Blasphemy!

Which ever is the better, Nemesis is and always will be a true classic

Nemesis is a real iconic ride....

.....the only thing iconic about Icon is just its name

 

as ever there is only one way to find out - set up a poll on here

 

A poll on here is certainly a sound idea, but I'm not so sure about that; the active membership of TowersStreet ultimately represents an absolutely microscopic proportion of the people who visit Alton Towers, so any poll conducted on here perhaps wouldn't be quite as accurate as if a larger poll was conducted on a larger proportion of visitors to the park, for example.

 

Absolutely. We're an Alton Towers fansite, so 99 per cent of members would probably say Nemesis.

 

not necessarily....for me my favourite coaster is Thirteen. Although I appreciate nemesis’ greatness

 

I do wonder when it is time for Nemesis to leave will they remove Corkscrew track from the entrance area and replace it with a section of Nemesis as it was the start of the SW coasters.

 

Corkscrew put the park on the map, so I'd say no.

 

Intimidation! Hahahaha. Can't really say nemesis is intimidating when it's in the same park as oblivion

 

A park can have more than one intimidating ride. You can hear Nemesis roaring from in front of the Towers, let alone the noise it makes when you're stood outside it.

 

If noise intimidates you then yes. It's the sheer size and height of oblivion that makes it intimidating

 

Nemesis front row is better than any coaster I have been on

 

I have. I've just been to Florida a week ago. Went to busch gardens, seaworld, universal and disney. And I'm afraid to say that all these coasters are better than nemesis:
Kumba, montu, sheikra, mako and hagrids

 

A lot of those are longer than Nemesis but I've done Florida five times and personally still find Nemesis the better experience. Its the right combination of G-Force and inversions and length.

 

If you ride Nemesis frequently, I think it's easy to forget just how sensational it is.

 

Nemesis is great fun and a unique brilliant coaster. It doesnt have to be still on the pedestal of world class (whatever that really means) to still be super fun.

 

So close for me between Montu and Nemesis, nemesis definitely pulls above its height and length. Looking forward to trying Alpenghist next year to compare it