Unpopular Opinions: Theme Park Edition

[Sm1lingAdvocate]

Names in the title, put your unpopular theme park opinions in here! I'll start off.

1. Grand National isn't unrideable - just don't sit on wheel seats and expect a smooth ride
2. Blackpool Pleasure Beach has overtaken Alton Towers as the best Park in the UK.

 

[Danny]

Furious Baco is not overly painful.

 

[Jonathan]

Goudurix is nowhere near as bad as it's been made out to be.

 

[Alastair]

Expedition GeForce is a fairly poor ride after the first drop and hill.

 

[Danny]

Come on @Matt N, you'll be great in this topic.

 

[Matt N]

Come on @Matt N, you'll be great in this topic.

Thanks for the nomination @Danny! In that case, let me reel off some of my least common opinions (I apologise for any particularly outlandish ones):

• The Swarm is better than Nemesis.
• Saw: The Ride at Thorpe Park is rough.
• The Smiler is not overly rough, just a little bit rattly. I also think that it is Alton's 2nd best coaster behind Nemesis.
• Wicker Man is better than Megafobia as a coaster, even excluding the theming.
• Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa is better than Nemesis.
• I prefer floater airtime to ejector airtime, from my current experiences of both.
• I did not particularly enjoy either side of Dragon Challenge at IOA when it operated.
• Alton is the UK's best theme park, out of what I have currently visited.

So there you go! There are some of my least common opinions! I know that's a lot, but I may well think of a few more! Guess I'm just unique!

 

[speedy]

Pinfari ZL42s are really good rides for their size

 

[Brad97]

SLCs aren't that bad.

 

[Danny]

SLCs aren't that bad.

El Condor begs to differ.

 

[Brad97]

El Condor begs to differ.

Based on my admittedly limited experience with them.

 

[Burbs]

I prefer Black Mamba over Nemesis.

 

[Error]

Fast Track is the future.

 

[IanSR]

• The Swarm is better than Nemesis.

• Saw: The Ride at Thorpe Park is rough.

• The Smiler is not overly rough, just a little bit rattly. I also think that it is Alton's 2nd best coaster behind Nemesis.

Yup, agreed.

 

[Danny]

WDW's Space Mountain is dull.

 

[Mikw]

As much as i love Nemesis, i actually prefer The Smiler. In fact i prefer it to Icon. Only just....

 

[Martin]

• The Smiler is not overly rough, just a little bit rattly. I also think that it is Alton's 2nd best coaster behind Nemesis.
• Wicker Man is better than Megafobia as a coaster, even excluding the theming.

Correct

Also Balder is extremely overrated; Thundercoaster is much better and very underrated.

 

[Snagglemama]

Fast Track is the future.

Sadly I think you might be right

 

[Rob]

Tonnerre de Zeus is poor and overrated (based on my one visit in 2012).

 

[Benzin]

Goudurix is nowhere near as bad as it's been made out to be.

Expedition GeForce is a fairly poor ride after the first drop and hill.

+1 to both...


Air and Oblivion are the best versions of their respective types...

 

[speedy]

Galactica virtual reality is actually pretty neat and better than riding Air without