{"id":7080,"date":"2020-07-01T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T10:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:04:59","slug":"best-worst-uk-rollercoaster-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=7080","title":{"rendered":"Best &#038; Worst UK Rollercoaster (IMO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I think the majority of UK rollercoasters are pretty decent. But of course I have my favourites &amp; least just like anyone else. So here is <strong>MY<\/strong> favourite rollercoaster &amp; my least. As always I\u2019d love to hear yours!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Favourite:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thirteen. Thirteen simply offers everything I love on a coaster. Airtime, smoothness, a steep drop and something different (free fall drop). The theming is pretty epic as well but definitely could be better. But all in all this is my favourite UK rollercoaster. It&#8217;s taken me years to grow to love it but now it&#8217;s my number one within the UK.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1671 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f01cc9b4-0321-4b97-ae88-4bea9a156e63-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f01cc9b4-0321-4b97-ae88-4bea9a156e63-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f01cc9b4-0321-4b97-ae88-4bea9a156e63-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f01cc9b4-0321-4b97-ae88-4bea9a156e63-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f01cc9b4-0321-4b97-ae88-4bea9a156e63-1.jpg?resize=1568%2C1045&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/f01cc9b4-0321-4b97-ae88-4bea9a156e63-1.jpg?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Least Favourite:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Odyssey at Fantasy Island. I\u2019m not sold on this coaster at all. But the only downfall I have when it comes down to why, is partly due to the weather. We rode it during a heavy down pour of rain, so my opinion may differ in the sun. But as for a rollercoaster I didn\u2019t enjoy it all that much. The height alone scared the crap out of me, the fact my feet aren&#8217;t even on any kind of floor instead dangling doesn&#8217;t help. The fact you are over the top of a market just adds to my nervous feeling , I don\u2019t know why. There&#8217;s so much about this coaster which I didn&#8217;t enjoy but I am willing to try again on a sunnier day!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7081\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A0589501-205B-44E0-BFDC-6B31B9C11BCF.jpeg?resize=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A0589501-205B-44E0-BFDC-6B31B9C11BCF.jpeg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A0589501-205B-44E0-BFDC-6B31B9C11BCF.jpeg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A0589501-205B-44E0-BFDC-6B31B9C11BCF.jpeg?resize=87%2C58&amp;ssl=1 87w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A0589501-205B-44E0-BFDC-6B31B9C11BCF.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#x1f4f8;: Fantasy Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">What\u2019s your favourite &amp; least favourite?<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4435 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3233.jpg?resize=850%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the majority of UK rollercoasters are pretty decent. But of course I have my favourites &amp; least just like anyone else. So here is MY favourite rollercoaster &amp; my least. As always I\u2019d love to hear yours! Favourite: Thirteen. Thirteen simply offers everything I love on a coaster. Airtime, smoothness, a steep drop and something different (free fall drop). The theming is pretty epic as well but definitely could be better. But all in all this is my favourite UK rollercoaster. It&#8217;s taken me years to grow to love it but now it&#8217;s my number one within the UK. Least Favourite: Odyssey at Fantasy Island. I\u2019m not sold on this coaster at all. But the only downfall I have when it comes down to why, is partly due to the weather. We rode it during a heavy down pour of rain, so my opinion may differ in the sun. But as for a rollercoaster I didn\u2019t enjoy it all that much. The height alone scared the crap out of me, the fact my feet aren&#8217;t even on any kind of floor instead dangling doesn&#8217;t help. The fact you are over the top of a market just adds to my nervous feeling , I don\u2019t know why. There&#8217;s so much about this coaster which I didn&#8217;t enjoy but I am willing to try again on a sunnier day! What\u2019s your favourite &amp; least favourite?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5053,5054],"tags":[1975,1969,39,1483,2143,2142,1859,2144,2146,1326,2028,294,683,2145,378,398,2147,2015,436,1917,1187,448,2141],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-themed-attractions","tag-adventure","tag-adventure-gal","tag-alton-towers","tag-best","tag-fantasy-island","tag-fantasy-island-uk","tag-favourite","tag-ingoldmells","tag-instagrammer","tag-least-favourite","tag-my-opinion","tag-opinions","tag-rollercoaster","tag-skegness","tag-staffordshire","tag-theme-park","tag-thirteen-rollercoaster","tag-travel-blog","tag-travelling","tag-truth","tag-uk-rollercoasters","tag-uk-theme-park","tag-worst"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/44650c5c-ad3a-417a-b07d-d21e19f6cfc1.jpg?fit=1620%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-1Qc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}