Matt N
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Mako (SeaWorld Orlando)
Hi guys. On a roller coaster, there are many different seats you can sit in, but the common consensus is that the extreme ends of the train offer a more favourable ride experience. Most people tend to favour either the front or the back on a roller coaster for varying reasons; they might love the sensation of speed and unencumbered wind in your face of the front, or they may prefer the increased intensity and whip of a back row ride. However, it can often be the case that one's favourite seat will vary ride-by-ride. On one coaster, a front row ride will play to its strengths, whereas on another, a back row ride could be where it really comes alive. With this in mind, I'd be keen to know; what is your favourite seat on each of Alton Towers' roller coasters? Which coasters are front row rides for you, and which are back row? Or are there coasters where the best seat isn't the front or the back, in your view?
Personally, I'd go with something like this:
Personally, I'd go with something like this:
- Galactica: I've never really noticed too much of a difference between rows on this, so I find it hard to pick. I do quite like the first drop in the back, though, so I'd maybe go with the back?
- Nemesis Reborn: I'd personally go with the front on Nemesis. I think you feel the speed so much more on the front without another row of trains blocking your view!
- Oblivion: I've never really noticed too much of a difference between rows on this. The trains are just too small for it to make much of a difference in terms of forces, and "every seat gets a front row view"!
- Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure: I've only done it once and I can't even remember what row I was sat in. Regardless, I doubt it would make too much of a difference on this.
- Rita: I'd definitely go for the front on Rita. You feel the speed and force of that hydraulic launch so much more in the front, the ride is smoother in the front, and I don't think there's any significantly better airtime or whip to be felt in the back.
- Runaway Mine Train: Without a doubt, RMT is a back row coaster for me. You get a lot more speed and force around those turns in the back!
- Spinball Whizzer: The cars are far too small for there to be an awful lot of difference between rows on this.
- The Smiler: I'd go for the front on Smiler, personally. It's noticeably smoother up front, and I think Smiler's trains are too small for there to be any palpably different sensations between rows, for the most part.
- Thirteen: Thirteen is undoubtably a back row coaster for me. In the back, I love how you get pulled over the first drop with a surprisingly sustained airtime moment, and there are one or two other fun airtime moments in the back, whereas you get pretty much nothing in the front.
- Wicker Man: Wicker Man is definitely a back row ride for me. While the front is great fun, you get palpably stronger airtime and whip in the back, and the ride also isn't any rougher in the back either.
