{"id":9886,"date":"2022-07-04T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=9886"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:04:55","slug":"infusion-isnt-as-bad-as-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=9886","title":{"rendered":"Infusion Isn\u2019t As Bad As You Think\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Infusion is one of those rollercoasters that frustrate the life out of me. It receives so much stick for being painful which isn\u2019t down to the coaster track itself\u2019s fault, in my opinion. It\u2019s a coaster that is genuinely really good &amp; top quality yet gets overshadowed all the time. Let\u2019s have a chat shall we??<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The first thing to say is Infusion isn\u2019t as bad as you think. Hear me out. You take away those over the top bulky restraints and tell me you\u2019ll receive that same level of pain? I\u2019m convinced that without them the head-bashing wouldn&#8217;t happen and this coaster would probably be validated as one of the UK&#8217;s best.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3B57B29E-D8EE-427D-959D-DB8979DB59BE.jpeg?resize=500%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3B57B29E-D8EE-427D-959D-DB8979DB59BE.jpeg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3B57B29E-D8EE-427D-959D-DB8979DB59BE.jpeg?resize=1024%2C730&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3B57B29E-D8EE-427D-959D-DB8979DB59BE.jpeg?resize=768%2C547&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3B57B29E-D8EE-427D-959D-DB8979DB59BE.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1094&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3B57B29E-D8EE-427D-959D-DB8979DB59BE.jpeg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For me, the layout itself is brilliant as are those fountains (god old Mandy &amp; her fountains) surrounding the ride&#8217;s track. It\u2019s stupidly intense and has the chance to be more intense than Nemesis in my opinion. Yet the restraints are a lot of the reason why it is so hated amongst guests.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=500%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=884%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 884w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=768%2C890&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=1326%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=1768%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?resize=52%2C60&amp;ssl=1 52w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So, can we please get some new carriages thank you &amp; please! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2014-<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What do you reckon? Do you agree with the blame being put on the carriage &amp; restraints or do you think it\u2019s genuinely just a bad coaster?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">Thanks for reading &amp; I can\u2019t wait to hear your thoughts!<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4C81DF8B-578C-4D16-89C8-F9DE86FFBDFC.png?resize=600%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4C81DF8B-578C-4D16-89C8-F9DE86FFBDFC.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4C81DF8B-578C-4D16-89C8-F9DE86FFBDFC.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infusion is one of those rollercoasters that frustrate the life out of me. It receives so much stick for being painful which isn\u2019t down to the coaster track itself\u2019s fault, in my opinion. It\u2019s a coaster that is genuinely really good &amp; top quality yet gets overshadowed all the time. Let\u2019s have a chat shall we?? The first thing to say is Infusion isn\u2019t as bad as you think. Hear me out. You take away those over the top bulky restraints and tell me you\u2019ll receive that same level of pain? I\u2019m convinced that without them the head-bashing wouldn&#8217;t happen and this coaster would probably be validated as one of the UK&#8217;s best. For me, the layout itself is brilliant as are those fountains (god old Mandy &amp; her fountains) surrounding the ride&#8217;s track. It\u2019s stupidly intense and has the chance to be more intense than Nemesis in my opinion. Yet the restraints are a lot of the reason why it is so hated amongst guests. So, can we please get some new carriages thank you &amp; please! \u2014- What do you reckon? Do you agree with the blame being put on the carriage &amp; restraints or do you think it\u2019s genuinely just a bad coaster? Thanks for reading &amp; I can\u2019t wait to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9889,"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":[3965,76,3963,3962,688,1519,207,1579,636,3961,683,3337,3964,605,3044,1540,2498,3958,3959,3960],"class_list":["post-9886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-themed-attractions","tag-bad-coaster","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-debate","tag-carriage","tag-coasters","tag-discussion","tag-infusion","tag-painful","tag-pleasure-beach","tag-restraints","tag-rollercoaster","tag-theme-park-debate","tag-theme-park-talk","tag-uk-coasters","tag-uk-days-out","tag-uk-theme-parks","tag-uk-travel","tag-vekoma-chat","tag-vekoma-rollercoasters","tag-vekoma-slc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/742FFB9D-530F-42C2-BC13-C073FA8102FC.jpeg?fit=2154%2C2495&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-2zs","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886","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=9886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9890,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886\/revisions\/9890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}