Search results

Thats a language i can understand. Good on thorpe, very sarcastic and tounge in cheek at the same time

Due to my location, a decent starting ride wasn't always going to be on the cards. But in 1999 at the age of 8 the millenium coaster ticked all the boxes for a good starter ride. As the 2nd quickest in the UK at the time, it didnt feel tame either. I think it still remains the 8th quickest in...

Thirthirteenteen. I was browsing this topic quite startled as to why this appaling ride wasn't showing up, then realised the topic was started in 2008. But yes quite simply a horrific boring waste of £15,000,000 (Jubilee odyssey is the bigger waste, £28,000,000 and its falling to bits). However...

Worst has to be the short stretched out corkscrews that arent inline enough to be a barrel roll, they are a real headbasher. Never been a fan of the cobra roll either, never really get a smooth one

Velocity hurts due to being sat on a motorbike style seat and the location of certain bodily parts makes it very painful. The classic mourn-a-son wildmouses hurt too, especially when they randomly slow you down before a sharp turn. The rides are grueling anyway but the brake runs just add to...

Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st Yes I know EXACTLY how maurer sohne is pronounced, I am 21 and have worked in the theme park industry several years. I have quite a negative affliction to people who cannot take a joke, and more so those who if do not like the joke...

Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st Erm, if sonic leaves then the space left would be rather limited to a compact coaster design. Sonic hardly leaves a large footprint Mourn a son is a mock of maurer sohne, there newer rides are tolerable but the older wild mouse...

I don't mean the train moving due to uneven track, i mean the train moving due to the wheels not touching it, it felt like the side wheels weren't touching the track. So on any given element you can hear the train knocking side to side despite the track being u. Straight. Ish. When you are 167ft...

I understand, obviously this is the nature of the companys quality But my understanding has always been (as a younger lad) that the headbanging was the only thing dislikeable about the ride. Never have i felt like the train wobbled inside the track and made banging and knocking noises on every...

Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st Alton are about due another B&M as its been ten years since. As for the tussauds group, its been 8 years. Its not like they have a written contract with B&M to purchase a ride from them every so many years, but for a once very frequent...

I last rode it years ago and it looked faded, rusty and horrible. I heard in recent years its had a lick of paint but to back up my argument for a worn out b&m , dragon khan was starting to look minging, pink track and baby blue nearly white colours. Since the installation of shambalamba its...

Indeed. As i thought would be the expected typical answer But for the train on a 10 year old 167ft ride to start wobbling from one side to the other on the first drop before the 125ft loop, is very very worrying. Scarily the original plans (which were originally accepted!!) detailed that...

Shockwave at drayton manor. Technically an intamin i know, but the ride looks rough as

I have rode it before and never experienced such a feeling (apart from on the corkscrew at AT and FL) admittedly the headbanging has always been a problem, but ive never noticed the trains rocking or wobble Im assuming part of the problem is how the seats lever on the wheel assemblies much...

Just a bit of history, the jubilee odyssey was built in 2002, is a 167ft Vekoma SLC capable of speeds of about 63mph, with a 125ft loop, its one of vekomas bigger rides. I had ridden it when it was brand new and seen it over the last 10 years and i was expecting a half decent ride with the new...

Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st The whole post was cram packed full with sarcasm. It was aimed at mocking thFAILteen

Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st It wouldnt suprise me if 'world first' was in fact the worlds first mini gerstlauer-but-hyped-as-the-greatest-ride-ever coaster, in similar fashion to thFAILteen, that there is no beyond-vertical drop, no lift hill infact, but rather...

WDW, Disney Paris and the one at Port aventura

i like both but admittedly have a bias towards steel.

All the hype, all the 15 million pounds, all the advertising, and a lacklustre, boring thrilless coaster. Any guesses? Well done if you said Th13teen.