Gazza
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There is a good dose of airtime at the top.
The trains shoot over the 'top hat' element, the highest point in the park.
A hydraulic cable launch system housed in this building propels the trains to 128.7 km/h in 1.8 seconds.
The rollback brake fins are dropped, a countdown is called, the lights turn green, and you are catapulted down the straight.
20 riders take their positions in the appropriatley styled train.
Naturally the starting line is where the fun begins.
....With a 1950's hot rod feel.
Despite its name, the ride has a racing theme.
It features quite a simple layout that launches trains to great heights at high speed.
One of the more recent additions at the park is Stealth, an Intamin accelerator, that, at the time of opening, was the fastest coaster in Europe (Since overtaken by Furius Baco at PortAventura)
X:/ No Way Out is an enclosed backwards coaster in the dark, and is one of the less intense options at Thorpe Park.
An overall view of the ride.
After the set of four rolls, a gentle curve brings you around to the 5th barrel roll (Unseen, and unphotographable) bringing the inversion tally to ten.
The sensation is akin to being in a tumble dryer.
They just keep going and going.
After a u turn, you are thrown into the element that breaks the inversion record, a quadruple set of barrel rolls.
...And around a second corkscrew for good luck.
(As a side note, the EPA would probably have a heart attack at the sheer amount of oil this ride seems to splatter onto the track, nearby supports etc)
From the cobra roll you enter a corkscrew.
The ride has been sunk into the ground slightly at many points.
