Ride Experience
Rita was Alton Towers' new attraction for the 2005 season. The ride starts with the train racing forward from the station area. The train is then accelerated from 0–100 km/h / 67 mph in 2.5 seconds, and negotiates high speed corners and hills before then reaching the brake run parallel with the station. The ride has since been partly rethemed to support the theme of nearby Thirteen which opened in March 2010. The ride control cabin and entrance have been refurbished to look 'engulfed' by the branches of the Dark Forest area, and the name was shortened to simply 'Rita'; eliminating its 'Queen of Speed' title and the ride's race theme. As well as the control cabin and Rita tyres being rethemed to suit the Dark Forest, the cars have been rethemed with a darker grey tint to the bottom of the cars with forest stains over the flames to make it fit. It still has the blue and purple cars with flames but with a tint of grey to make Rita look damaged by the supernatural forest.
The voiceover heard before the ride launches is also changed to incorporate a more spooky theme. As opposed to a motor racing commentary-style voice counting down to the start of a drag race, it is now a sinister, foreboding voice ordering passengers to "Keep your head back! Hold on tight! You MUST escape! Go! Go! Go!".
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