Rita (roller Coaster)
Rita (formerly known as Rita: Queen of Speed) is an Intamin accelerator coaster located in the Dark Forest area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. It accelerates to 61.1 mph in 2.5 seconds. The ride is loosely based on drag racing. It is similar to Stealth at Thorpe Park which opened in 2006, though this partly changed with the retheming of Ug Land into the Dark Forest for 2010. It now stands as an abandoned drag racer that is used as the escape cart to escape the Dark Forest. Riders must be over 1.4 m (55 in) tall to experience this ride.
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.
The reason for the ride's name is simply Alton Towers Intamin Roller coaster abbreviated (ATIR) backwards, equaling RITA. There is a clone of Rita at Heide Park another park owned by Merlin Entertainments called Desert Race. It is the second fastest roller coaster in Alton Towers at 62 mph, surpassed only by Oblivion which goes 68 mph.
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