Nemesis Reborn vs The Swarm

Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.

The verdict

The Swarm sweeps every comparable stat. There is no line on the card where Nemesis Reborn is the better pick, so the only way this duel turns is on who calls the stat.

Nemesis Reborn is a steel Inverted Coaster (full retrack of 1994 Nemesis) coaster at Alton Towers, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. The Swarm is a steel Wing Coaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Both are in GB, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.

They come from the same drawing office: Bolliger & Mabillard. That makes the gaps below a question of brief and budget rather than engineering house style.

Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to The Swarm at 127 ft against 43 ft — more than double.
• Speed goes to The Swarm at 59 mph against 50 mph — well clear.
• Inversions splits them not at all: both read 4.
• Throughput goes to The Swarm at 1,600 rph against 1,200 rph — well clear.
• Build Cost goes to The Swarm at 31.8 $m against 15.2 $m — more than double.
• 12 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is The Swarm (2012) that banks the point, not Nemesis Reborn (2024).