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AIR - Alton Towers

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 6:47 am
by Coaster_Dude
This is one of my favourite rides, and i was wondering if: A) Anyone has ridden it and b) What they think of it. It's a really smooth ride and is generally wicked![:D]

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 11:03 am
by Edge
A) Yes i have riden it several times B) I think the ride sucks. It was a massive let down after watching it being built through the winter. The track is forceless with no airtime and no high g'force. Theming isnt great, and generaly boring ride. Plus queues are always too long Nemesis and Oblivion are far better

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 11:08 am
by Matt
Yeah my mum thought iwas lying when i said air was so boring you could literlly go to sleep on it it. Its oretty crap in my eyes. Nemesis is far better than air. Also air has massive ques cause everybody think its mega cool, but no.

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 3:28 pm
by IntaminFan397
I havn't ridden it, but its a B&M flyer. I rode S:UF and thats supposed to be a lot more intense than Air, but what I think of S:UF is Edge's description of Air [;)]

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 6:05 pm
by McFly
Yeah, Air looks pretty boring overall, and the only reason I wait for Ultimate Flight at SFGAm is for the pretzel loop, which Air does not have. I mean, the pretzel loop gives an amazing sensation at the bottom, but other than that, it's just really not much, beside a flying experience.

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 8:08 pm
by coolbeans326
that's not a pretzel loop, that's more of an upside down loop. Anyways, I'd wait in line for it, on a count of I've never been on a flying coaster before. So then I guess B&M flyers are all bark and no bite???

Posted:
May 6th, 2004, 10:22 pm
by IntaminFan397
Originally posted by thecool326
that's not a pretzel loop, that's more of an upside down loop.
It is called a pretzel loop, the first inversion after the drop on S:UF.

Posted:
May 7th, 2004, 8:10 am
by McFly
Thank you very much...
...and yes, the flyers are tamer than most other B&Ms...save that crazy element.

Posted:
May 8th, 2004, 4:10 pm
by 38801xlr8
On Superman: UF, it isn't really that intense except at the bottom of the pretzel loop. That ride is amazing! I thought Air doesn't look all that good too.