Went to Alton Towers today... \o/

[Shocko]

Heh, been 3 years since i last went

The new 'Air' thing, that they've been bosating about, is a work of brilliance. I'd have to say, it's perhaps the most "fun" rollercoaster i've ever been on. You'd think that the way you dangle above the ground, that it'd be scary, but it isn't... Far less than most rollercoasters.

It's perhaps one of the smoothest coasters i've ever been on, which really adds to the sensation of flying... Anyone who goes to AltonTowers this year _must_ go on it...

We were even luckier, in that when we went round that area of the park, everyone had allready gone on it, so the queue was only 35minutes... We actually only queued for 25, which is a good time for any ride, let alone the biggest, newest, and perhaps best ride there It really helped, that it was absolutely pissing it down, till gone 2pm... I'd take tons of rain over bigger queues anyday

Theme parks own

Oh, and if anyone's interested, an annual ticket(For adults), is only £60... That's barely more than the price of 2 tickets... If you went 4 times in one year, you'd have easily gotten good value for it. Deffinately something to think about doing next year

 

[Testin da Cable]

woo must be at least 18 years since I've been anywhere near the place

 

[Nylex]

Lol .

 

[Wilier]

We went a few months ago with our girls.

The squirrel ride rocks.

 

[Moving Target]

Thorpe Park and Chessington just plain suck compared to Alton Towers.

 

[S-Gray]

ive not been Alton Towers in about 5/10 years... i remember goin to Gullivers World in Warrington about 3 years ago... that was.. um... "fun"

 

[Embattle]

I've never been to AT.

 

[mookie]

lol super_gray gullivers world is for 7 year olds, even my little sisters are getting too big for it now

(its just down the road from me btw )

 

[S-Gray]

ah, but i wasnt alone heh, i had my mmm 7/9 year old kid nephews with me, so

 

[mookie]

that was just the cover, so you could go play on the log flume

 

[Testin da Cable]

eep I soooo read that wrong

 

[Mellow-]

Alton Towers is a gazillion times better than Chessington and Thorpe Park.

(and yes, I have been to all three before anyone asks )

 

[Shocko]

Never been to either of those(Southern theme parks? ), however AmericanAdventure is pretty close to us(Just inside of derbyshire), and DreytonManor(spelled wrong i know) isn't too far away either.

AltonTowers deffinately is the daddy of UK theme parks. Today is a term day, most proberbly a work day for most, and is just a few days before special "School trip" prices are offered by AT, so it seemed a safe bet that the crouds wouldn't be too bad. As i allready said, it'd been raining non-stop since last night, till lunch time today, which proberbly kept even more away.

Despite this, the queues for Oblivion and TheBlackHole were 50minutes each(for us at least), so it's fair to say that AT don't struggle when it comes to gate takings. I think they're introducing a new water ride next year(mentioned breifly in map, and construction work was evident), so it's proberbly just going to get harder for the other theme parks.

I know AmericanAdventure has gone into Bancrupcy before, and it's not hard to see why, when AT is building a major new ride every other year.

But, back to the point - If you go to AT, make riding Air your first priority I'm just a little annoyed that i didn't buy the ride picture - For a change, it was actually a really good one, of me and my sister :/

 

[xenon2000]

I went on Nemesis once about 7 years ago. I had a terminal phobia of anything that went upside down and my friends forced me on it . Horrible it was - too jerky. I'd want to go on all the big rides there now, but just haven't had the chance to go up there (it's fecking miles away).

 

[Testin da Cable]

smooth and fast are the ones for me

 

[Summo]

I'm off to Alton Towers next weekend for a friend's birthday. Should be a laugh, though a hell of a drive. (Certainly not southern, Shocko...)

 

[Shocko]

Make sure you go on Air


You're not one of those, *shudder* notherners, are you?

 

[old.ignus]

Originally posted by Summo
I'm off to Alton Towers next weekend for a friend's birthday. Should be a laugh, though a hell of a drive. (Certainly not southern, Shocko...)

Might see you there then.

Also going for a friends birthday

 

[Summo]

Hmm... maybe the same friend by some twist of fate? Not Linda's birthday, at all?

And NO, Shocko! I am NOT northern!

 

[Shocko]

You're not from the north, and you're not from the south, yet AT is a long drive? You're worrying me :touch:

 

[stu]

He has to stop a few times along the way to chop a few barnets

 

[Summo]

There's been a confusion.

 

[*charlton_thd*]

Confusion?

Definately, i dont have a CLUE as to whats going on




*retreats back to cave*

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Shocko
Make sure you go on Air


You're not one of those, *shudder* notherners, are you?

Air shmair get on the Squirrel ride.

And where do you class as the start of "the North". Surley its anywhere north of the South Coast.??

 

[Munkey-]

i quite liked camelot. used to go there every year with school trip in primary school

 

[Shocko]

Willier:
Sheffield and above is the North, below Peteborough is the south Inbetween, is that heaven on earth, known as the midlands

 

[S-Gray]

lol, i just noticed that your post Count is 111... what happened?? LOL

 

[bodhi]

Originally posted by Super_Gray[SG]
lol, i just noticed that your post Count is 111... what happened?? LOL

lol, I just noticed you are a fucking homosexual. LOL


oh and Shocko, the Midlands is far removed from heaven on earth. It comprises of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Wallsall, Cannock, Stafford and Stoke for starters. The prosecution rests.

 

[Xtro]

Originally posted by Shocko
that heaven on earth, known as the midlands

As Bodhi says...I would never put the words "midlands" and "heaven" together. More like "midlands", "Dante's" and "Inferno".

 

[Shocko]

Shutup you stuck up southerners!

























At least they didn't bring up the issues of Derby and Leicester... :/