I’m not one to be pedantic, I usually leave that to
@rob666 ,but it technically is a different ride so it won’t feel the exact same
It is but it isn't really. The layout, even down to the exact profiling is identical. I wasn't expecting the same, the first half rode as I expected, ultra smooth and quiet but still recognisable as the same coaster I've become accustomed to loving over many years. The second half contained all these differing factors, plus a rattle, plus pronounced vibrations, plus a noticeable slow down in pace.
Nemesis spent many years being extremely smooth (it never became rough anyway, quite astonishing for a 28 year old coaster), I remember how it rode early on quite clearly. This was very different as a whole package. Maybe it's my dislike for the new oppressive and horrid war theme that added to the bitter taste.
Like a fine wine, Nemesis for me was at it's best in terms of track and train in its latter years, long after the original thematics and those of the wider valley had mostly been lost. I fully expect they'll sort the issue soon, and that with age it'll back riding to it's best minus the roar in a few years. It's the same layout and profiling after all from a high quality manufacturer.
God knows how that cheap gun, those stone chippings, that shipping container, and the already grotty pit will look by then once the weeds and green sludge have settled back in. I get the feeling it's just not finished, and the teething issues will likely be fixed pretty quickly, but that overarching theme isn't going anywhere. Hopefully the gun will fall apart and end up being removed, the view of the car parks, access road, and bare bones pit will be overgrown by weeds and foliage like the old version by then so that the main focus returns to the excellent central theming structure itself. Although by that time, the eye will probably look like the screens in the Smiler queue, the smoke will be broken, and the monorail would have been removed.
Looking forward to seeing some work done and getting back on one of my old favourite train rows again later in the season. For now though, all but the station itself is a massive downgrade on the peak Nemesis/Forbidden Valley, which for me was around 1997 to the mid 2000's.
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