mkingy wrote:
Rita @ Alton / Desert Race @ heide park
Waste of a launch.
So much this.
Rita has a terrible layout, especially within the context of its setting (being Alton Towers), where layout is king because gimmicks like fastest and tallest simply aren't possible. It's almost like they said let's put the launch here and launch off down into the valley, then they realised they wouldn't be allowed to do that, so they left the launch where it was (pointing directly at the valley) and just drew a basic figure 8 squiggle for the rest of the layout. They couldn't have tried any less if they had tried to try less.
And then to think that Intamin reproduced this same layout for another customer? Bluergh.
When planning the ride, Rita had the potential to be one of the greatest launched coasters on the planet, with massive topographical assistance. Instead, the layout ended up resembling the musings of a small child.