Now for my part in this presentation..
I have to admit, I adored Raptor, but I think a strong reason for this is that I have this White Knuckle Ride book at home, and I got it when I was young, and the ride that always stood out to me was Raptor. I think the book was made about '94/ '95 so it's one of the more recent coasters in the book, and it stood out in it's bright green colour and I just always wanted to ride it. I remember going 'Mum, one day I'm going to get on this thing.' So when I actually got on it I thought it was amazing, but I probably had that frame of mind where it was going to be amazing either way, just because I got on it.
Batman's cool. It's got a few big inversions to begin with (which, I have to admit, I'm not a massive fan off, they don't do a lot for me) but the second half is sick. Definately a good coaster there.
Nemesis is a funny one. I would guess at it being my most ridden coaster, and I do like it, but (probably because I've ridden it so many times) it gets a bit 'samey'. However, every now and again (usually at the beginning of a season or after I haven't ridden it in ages) it just packs such an epic punch and I'm like "My God, now wonder people think so highly of this". So I don't think it's Nemesis.
I like Montu, I just hate Busch's messy stations. It actualy was my brother's number one coaster for a very long time (until he rode Maverick) but it never blew me away, and I personally always prefered Kumba, then SheiKra when that came along, then Gwazi grew on me. Montu just never really stood out as much. But it is definately a good'un, there's no denying that, and the theme is nice as well. My brother, to mention him again, bums Egyptian stuff so it was cool for him, reading all the hierographics to me, I was just like.....yeah.
Inferno I think is very overated. It's good, and I enjoy it, but it doesn't do a lot for me really. It's one of my favourite rides at Thorpe, but it's just 'pretty good' at a push I reckon. But Silver Bullet doesn't even get the 'at a push'. With Silver Bullet you might have well just ridden the helix and that's it. But I really don't think there's that much to Inferno either.
It's a tough call. Oh! I forget about Dueling Dragons. I like Dueling Dragons, but I find it hard to think of the coasters as individuals. But, at the end of the day, they are toogether and syncronised, that's part of the coaster experience, and for that I enjoy them both very much Even if the individual coaster experiences aren't the best in the world.
So, my conclusion brings me to say my worst B&M Invert is Silver Bullet I reckon, just beating Inferno to the slot. The more compact layout, theme, and the interlocking corkscrews won it for Inferno. Not to say I didn't enjoy Silver Bullet, but I did ride it once and aren't that fussed about getting on it again in a hurry.
