Stealth

It is my favorite roller coaster in the park and is amazing. The acceleration is virtually unbeatable at 4.8 Gs. The moment the light turns green, you know you got to face Stealth. It is an incredible feeling to shoot straight up to a 205 foot hill and then go strait down. It has a 20 second duration and can be compared to some of the world’s best rides. It is an unbeatable experience. This coaster should be on everyone’s coaster enthusiast bucket list. I could ride this coaster 100 times and it wouldn’t get old. Visit Thorpe Park to ride this attraction.

My favourite ride at Thorpe Park and the best. The other review says it all. An exhilarating really quick ride. Single person queue is the way to go but fast track tickets if you really don’t want to queue.
I have sampled this ride lots and lots of times over the years. One year I took my son and a few of his mates and bought them all fast track front seats… but as we approached the ride they lost their bravado and decided they would wait till next year before trying the ride for the first time. I was left with 5 front row fast track tickets to myself… a proper birthday treat!
Another year I queued for ages and just as I climbed aboard the heavens opened with a torrential thunderstorm and the ride was closed for the rest of the afternoon. Frustrating…
Gets very very busy on a sunny day in the school holidays. If you like rides this is a must visit place.
Front seats are the best… and if you visit on Fright Nights at Halloween the park is open late and you can ride in the dark.
Awesome.
Its not a cheap day out if you buy tickets on the day but if you plan ahead and pick up the various promotions its worth it. We always get annual merlin passes and come here 3 or 4 times a year.

This amazing roller coaster is in my top 3 rides in the UK. It’s an exact replica of the layout of Kingda Ka, currently the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, to be found in Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, USA.
Unlike most coasters which are gravity driven (the car is lifted to the top of the first hill and gravity takes it round), Stealth is one of the few cable launched coasters (like the catapult on an aircraft carrier) in the country — it wasn’t the first; that honour belongs to RITA: Queen of Speed in Alton Towers.
Stealth is however the fastest coaster in the UK. You are launched from 0 to 80mph in under 2 seconds along a straight track. Then the car goes up vertically 205 feet, back down 205 feet, then over little bunny hill before coming to an abrupt stop.
After what can be a long wait, the ride is over in around 10 seconds but let me assure you that 10 seconds is an amazing compressed adrenaline rush. The feeling of acceleration along the track is like having a wind powered face lift. In the vertical phase, you feel like you’re in the space shuttle as it is launched. The drop sensation on the downward section is surprisingly muted and the abrupt stop brings hysterical laughter to a lot of riders, the sign of a good ride.
It’s one of the few rides I prefer to ride at the front but it’s worthwile having that unobstructed view of the launch and rising phases. Also a top tip — use the single rider queue!
I’m not sure why they call it Stealth — the superstructure is visible from all around the park and the launch is nothing short of sensational!