How fast is the Nemesis ride?

Nemesis Inferno takes an iconic thrill ride and turns up the heat… With your legs hanging freely below you on this inverted coaster, try not to let your feet get burnt! Spin, dive and swoop around 750 metres of twisted steel track, at speeds of up to 50mph.



Nemesis, the legendary inverted roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort in the UK, reaches a top speed of approximately 81 km/h (50 mph). While this might seem modest compared to modern hyper-coasters, the ride is famous for its intense "G-forces" and its unique layout. Because of local planning restrictions that forbid the park from building above the tree line, the track was built into a massive excavated pit. This creates a sense of extreme speed as the train dives into rocky ravines and maneuvers through tight corkscrews and vertical loops just feet away from the ground. Re-imagined recently as "Nemesis Reborn," the ride remains one of the most highly-rated coasters in the world for its relentless pacing and immersive theme.

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If you don't like the dark, jump scares, loud noises, drop towers or rides designed to cause you pain then this is not the ride for you. The drop tower element is pretty lame but the theming works so well to create anxiety from nothing really. You'll find yourself scared throughout but coming out underwhelmed.

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If you flee an optional encounter, he will usually follow you through a couple of rooms, but then disappear until the next scripted encounter (when you progressed further in the game). So, no, he won't chase you through the entire game.

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With a top speed of 80.5 kilometres per hour (50.0 mph), the ride features four inversions including two corkscrews, a zero-g roll, and a vertical loop. Riders of Nemesis experience between 3 and 4 times the force of gravity on the 1-minute, 20-second ride.

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In January 2022, Alton Towers submitted a successful application proposing that the majority of the roller coaster be retracked for maintenance reasons, including replacing 89 of the 117 support columns. Nemesis closed for the refurbishment on the 6 November 2022, and is scheduled to reopen in March 2024.

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As with the original, the remake Nemesis also mutates after suffering heavy damage. However the development team chose to give it a more animalistic, quadrupedal body with diminished intelligence, the in-universe reasoning being that the parasite could no longer maintain a humanoid form.

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In the end, Nemesis is a lot of fun no matter how you play it, as long as you go into it hoping to survive instead of expecting to run and gun around the ship. Nemesis is a lot – a lot of cards, a lot of tokens, a lot of minis, and a lot of fun.

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