Vortex

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Adventure Island
Archelon
Barnstormer
Blackbeard's All at Sea
The Crooked House
The Dragon's Claw
Drop N Smile
Ferris Wheel
Fireball
Gold Mine
Green Scream
Mighty Mini Mega
Pharaoh's Fury
Rage
Ramba Zamba
Scorpion
Sk8borda
Sky Drop
Tidal Wave
Whip
Vortex

This is a thrill ride that's pretty easy to overlook. It doesn't have the same attention grabbing theming of a lot of Adventure Islands thrill rides, and it doesn't match the Dragons Claw in terms of intense thrills. I was expecting a generic fairground style family thrill ride. Consequently, it came as a very pleasant surprise to find this is a very good family thrill ride.

It starts a bit like a twist, with you sitting in one of 3 pods that spin round the end of an arm, that's also spinning round a big central turntable all the arms spin on. Then it deviates from the traditional twist as the arms of the ride lift out until the pods are at a 90 degree angle to the ground. This creates a good amount of G-Force which is pretty important. The lap bars main purpose is to stop someone standing up, it's the G-Force which keeps you in your seat. This creates a very strong feeling of exposure as the gondolas twist round there axis's.

This is not one to overlook, after the Dragon's Claw I'd say it's one of Adventure islands best thrill rides.