A rollercoaster expert rates the best theme park rides of 2017 — independent.co.uk

How to know when a hotly anticipated theme park ride will be up to scratch? Ask Ian Bell from CoasterForce, a rollercoaster expert who’s ridden 746 rollercoasters in 17 countries. He told The Independent what he makes of seven of the most previewed offerings for 2017. Part of the much anticipated Pandora – The World of Avatar area opening on 27 May, this ride will seat you on a model banshee (which, they say, will move and breathe beneath you) as you “ride” towards a big screen, flying through the world of Pandora, over floating mountains and through bioluminescent rainforests.

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