Show Type: The Coasters R Us Show
Episode Type: The History of Rita: Queen of Speed at Alton Towers Resort
Duration Type: 4 minutes 48 seconds
Season 1 Episode 32: Rita, formerly known as Rita: Queen of Speed, is a launched roller coaster located in the Dark Forest section of Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Designed by Intamin, the Accelerator Coaster model opened to the public on 1 April 2005. It features an acceleration from 0 to 98.3 km/h (61.1 mph) in 2.5 seconds. The ride is loosely-themed to a drag racing concept, which partly changed when the section of the park transformed from "Ug Land" into the "Dark Forest" in 2010, when the ride TH13TEEN was added into that section. It is now themed as an abandoned drag racer that is used as the escape cart to escape the Dark Forest.
In 2006, a similar launched roller coaster opened at Thorpe Park, called Stealth. It is also manufactured by Intamin and is faster than Rita, reaching speeds at 80 mph (130 km/h).
The ride was temporarily renamed "Camilla - Queen of Speed" on 9 April 2005 to celebrate the marriage of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles. This simply involved banner signage to notify guests of the name change.
Credit:
Filmed by Josef Narman
Voice Cast:
Daniel (UK)
Footage Shown:
Pleasure Beach Experience
TowersTimes & SouthParks Media
Coaster Clips
thrillrideuk
TowersStreet
ukparknews
Tony Howie
SoCalCoaster521
Music Used:
GoAnimate Broadcast News Music
Sub Urban-Cradles
Europe-The Final Countdown
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