Alton Towers | Unknown | Huss Top Spin | 2025

[FogZog]

I’ve never actually rode it. I go to parks primarily to ride rides you cannot get anywhere else. Pirate ships just seem a bit lame nowadays.

 

[Boodangy]

Pirate ships just seem a bit lame nowadays.

Idk about anything else but pirate ships are also the only ride that are guaranteed to make me sick, no matter how rested, how fed, how hydrated, if I've ridden anything else that day, I'll always be nauseous coming off a pirate ship. Technical Park Pegasus, HUSS Booster, spinning coasters, frisbee rides, no problem.

They look cool, but that's their biggest value imho. Although they do naturally increase capacity at parks.

 

[emoo]

I used to love Pirate ships. But when it's a challenge to get on a parks top tier stuff in a day or 2 they always get left out.

 

[spicy]

But what else would you do with that giant trench?

Big Nemesis claw with an SBF drop tower going into it.

 

[owenstreet7]

But what else would you do with that giant trench? It's been practically hidden away by the overgrowth around the trench. Surely a refurb of the rides and redoing some of the exterior to give it more presence in the land was a possible option?

I'd say a few different options

If the park doesn't fill in the trench, you could do a swing ride such as a Pirate Ship or a Gyro Swing. Another option could be a Disko Coaster, an S&S Free Spin or a half pipe coaster.

If the park fills in the trench, it widens options and could be the site of not just one flat ride but two (possibly three even).

It depends on what the park are willing to do to invest in a few ride.