Re: Alton Towers | unknown | unknown kiddie coaster
Yeah it is rather plonked, almost like an after thought, but do they really want to see it go? I reckon so. If I remember correctly, about 3(?) years ago, Alton Towers made a public voting thing for you to vote for you favourite of the 'five major coasters', Nemesis, Air, Oblivion, Thirteen and Rita. You can obviously understand why they didn't bother with RMT, who would vote for that really? But why not include Sonic Spinball? Ok, it isn't great, it looks out of place, no theming etc. etc, but the general public aren't really gonna notice that. I first went to Alton Towers in 2011 and I certainly didn't notice how out of place it seemed.
Now Spinball is more of a family coaster than the likes of Air, Oblivion, Rita and Nemesis, but I'd say, whilst I enjoy Thirteen a lot more, Sonic Spinball looks more daunting to families than thirteen.
Anyway, through all this gumpf, what I'm trying to say is, if Alton Towers loved and wanted Spinball to stay etc. they would show it more attention.