But as someone who prefers more fun, rerideable coasters, it’s not really my favourite.Ĭlick to expand.See, I’d also say Nemesis mainly relies on positive g’s as its main party trick (it doesn’t really have any negatives or hangtime to speak of), but the way in which it uses them is one I much prefer to the way Smiler uses them. I just find that Smiler is absolutely relentless, and doesn’t give you the moments of respite like Nemesis does.ĭon’t get me wrong if you like your coasters forceful and don’t mind a little roughness, there’s nothing out there quite like Smiler. I’m not saying that as a slight against Nemesis by any means heck, I prefer Nemesis to Smiler by a fair amount, as I personally find Smiler a little too intense/nauseating for my liking, whereas I find Nemesis’ forces more palatable.

The only other coaster that’s ever had my head spinning like that is Olympia Looping. Put it this way when I hit the brake run on Nemesis, I feel fine, whereas the first half of Smiler in particular always gets my head spinning, and I often feel a little bit strange getting off. The thing is utterly relentless, and always seems to be exerting huge force on you. With Smiler, on the other hand every inch of that track that isn’t a lift hill or brake run just feels like utterly non-stop intensity. In terms of what I mean I’ll admit that Nemesis’ helix feels more forceful than any individual moment of Smiler, and I’d perhaps nominate the vertical loop too, however Nemesis also gives you moments where the forces aren’t quite as high while Nemesis certainly has its very forceful moments, I wouldn’t say it’s forceful throughout, and there are other moments where you get a little respite. I should probably clarify what I meant by saying that I felt like Smiler was Towers’ most intense coaster.Ī better way to phrase it would probably be that while I think Nemesis probably has the most forceful moment of any Towers coaster, Smiler feels like the most relentless, constantly intense Towers coaster.

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