Megafobia 2.0 Oakwood Theme Park 2023 Review

19 September 2023

Megafobia

Megafobia is one of the UK’s most iconic rollercoasters, opening back in 1996 at the small regional theme park in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It really put Oakwood Theme Park on the map, with it being regarded as one of best wooden coasters in the world. It was manufactured by Custom Coasters International and featured a unique layout, and was also the first major wooden coaster to open in the UK in many years.

In a surprise announcement in early 2023, Oakwood Theme Park released the exciting news that Aspro, the parent company, would be investing two million dollars refurbishing their headline rollercoaster, Megafobia. This much needed work would improve the ride experience and ensure its longevity for years to come. In recent years, many wooden rollercoasters across the globe have undergone complete transformations, leaving the old ride and experience mostly unrecognisable. With Megafobia being such a renowned and iconic attraction, the park opted to refurbish large parts of the rollercoaster. It retains the same much-loved layout with some minor modifications.

There are several changes that have been made to the rollercoaster to improve the ride experience. Gravity Group’s Vertical Engineered Track has been installed as a complete re-track on the main first drop which is now re-profiled to be even steeper, whilst improving the smoothness on the sweeping turn at the bottom of the drop. Next is the small airtime hill that follows on from it which has now been updated to feature a double-down after it which gives an extra noticeable airtime moment. After the turnaround and next drop, a double-up element has been added giving a different intensity of airtime depending where you are sitting. Alongside the layout changes, approximately 40% of the coaster has received work on it.

We love Megafobia! In recent years we have noticed the ride experience had gotten significantly rougher and reduced the number of times we could cope with riding it in quick succession. This refurbishment was much needed and has been done to perfection. It’s once again become a really enjoyable and re-rideable experience, whilst being better than ever.

We’d like to thank Oakwood Theme Park for providing us access to the ‘new and improved’ Megafobia after park hours to film on-ride the attraction as filming is not allowed during park hours. We did also visit ourselves during their summer After Dark event the day prior and got plenty of rides in on Megafobia, the rest of the park and of course the entertainment shows!

Megafobia . Oakwood Theme Park Review ()
@thrillnation With a steeper drop and new airtime moments, the UK’s best wooden coaster is back better than ever… do you love this wooden rollercoaster!? 🎢🪵 #megafobia #oakwoodthemepark #woodenrollercoaster #coaster #new #fun #thrill #pembrokeshire #wales #uk ♬ Feeling Good (Cover) - HAWK. & Mister Ruiz & ZHIKO

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