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Day One
After having been out the night before, with Mark and Ollie (and Imaginary AJ of course <3)
(Snoozing babes.)
and having had very little sleep, an incredibly tired group of coaster geeks ventured out into Chester town center to catch a train to Uttoxeter, in order to get a bus to Alton Towers! But, first things first we stopped off for a McDonald's breakfast. After the most amazing breakfast ever (post drink food <3) we headed to the train station, and ended up in Uttoxeter at about 9am.
The bus arrived shortly after, and we clambered aboard with a bunch of idiotic Notts chavs (I knew they were idiotic as they supported Man ****ty, enough said) and after a 40 minute journey we were at Alton. We went to the monorail to find it was closed, so went back and caught the car park shuttle. We arrived at the hotel, checked in and dumped our bags and then headed back to the park.
We arrived at the park at about 10.30 to a massive queue at one turnstile, and 3 empty ones. Seriously, why do Brits feel the need to queue needlessly? Anyway, we got into the park, which was seriously misty
(cheers Mark)
and headed straight to Sonic Spinball. Which was closed. Good start. So, we went over to Hex. Which was brilliant as always, except the soundtrack whilst the ride is in motion was so quiet it could barely be heard, which was disappointing. The usual exit for Hex is closed at the moment whilst the roof of the green house is undergoing a well needed restoration, so the exit is the one used at Scarefest.
Hex was walk on, as were most of the rides that day, except Sonic Spinball and Air which were 30 minutes and 20 minutes respectively for the majority of the day. We put this down to the fact the weather was terrible, (Drizzle and snow. Fun) which was an advantage for us.
We headed through the haunted hollow to go ride Duel, which has had some work on it during the closed period. The effects in the queue line all work now, a strange hand in a jar has been added in on the shelf above fire and all the features in the house are working much better than before. These changes were noticable all around the park, with a lot of attractions having been revamped and painted and spruced up, which was nice to see with there being nothing new opening this year.
Next on the list was Nemesis. As the queue was so short for front row, we did that as I had never ridden front. It was awesome, as always and then Ollie and I headed to Air. We queued longest for this, 15 minutes. Not sure why we queued that long, but I got to ride back row which I found to be more forceful than the other seats.
After Air, Mark wanted to continue taking photos, so Ollie and I headed back to Nemesis. I neglected to mention earlier that the mist effects are working on Nemesis.
This time, I sat back row right seat. I can see why people see this as the most forceful seat. It just confirmed why Nemesis is in my top 10. By this point we were freezing so headed back to Duel to warm up.
(cheers again Mark)
It was walk on, as usual, so we got on pretty quick and warmed up. I was the only one playing as the boys were just on it to warm up, and so I won. I was so proud :')
We headed back over to Sonic Spinball, which was now up and running and Ollie and I got on that in about 10 minutes, despite the fact the single rider queue was short, and due to the drizzle the ride was operating a 3 person per car operation. I guess this week is "single parents take their 2 kids to Alton" week. I got quite a lot of spin on it which was awesome.
(Cheers Mark
)
It was about 2 o'clock at this point so we headed over to Oblivion, which had no queue. We rode it once, then Mark and Ollie sat out to take pictures. I rode again and got on it no time. As you can see I was totally calm on this ride. Loving it.
After this we headed to Burger King and had something to eat, then it got to about 2.50, so we headed back to the hotel as Mark had to get his bag from our room as he was heading back to the station for his train. We got back to the room after saying good bye to Mark at about 3.30 and got ready to go to Cariba Creek.
(This was taken after, of course)
It was about 4pm when we got down there, and as expected it was packed with children. Despite this, we got all the slides done at least once, riding the outdoors one in such cold weather was a weird and wonderful experience. After about 2 and a half hours sliding and just chilling in the bubble pools, we left to get ready for dinner. We ate at Flambo's at 8 and then headed back to our room about 9.30. But before getting back I had to have my obligatory photo on the giant chair.
When we got back we pretty much went straight to bed, as we were shattered from the night before, in order to get up early for breakfast and the extraordinary golf.
Day 2 to come tomorrow
After having been out the night before, with Mark and Ollie (and Imaginary AJ of course <3)
(Snoozing babes.)
and having had very little sleep, an incredibly tired group of coaster geeks ventured out into Chester town center to catch a train to Uttoxeter, in order to get a bus to Alton Towers! But, first things first we stopped off for a McDonald's breakfast. After the most amazing breakfast ever (post drink food <3) we headed to the train station, and ended up in Uttoxeter at about 9am.
The bus arrived shortly after, and we clambered aboard with a bunch of idiotic Notts chavs (I knew they were idiotic as they supported Man ****ty, enough said) and after a 40 minute journey we were at Alton. We went to the monorail to find it was closed, so went back and caught the car park shuttle. We arrived at the hotel, checked in and dumped our bags and then headed back to the park.
We arrived at the park at about 10.30 to a massive queue at one turnstile, and 3 empty ones. Seriously, why do Brits feel the need to queue needlessly? Anyway, we got into the park, which was seriously misty
(cheers Mark)
and headed straight to Sonic Spinball. Which was closed. Good start. So, we went over to Hex. Which was brilliant as always, except the soundtrack whilst the ride is in motion was so quiet it could barely be heard, which was disappointing. The usual exit for Hex is closed at the moment whilst the roof of the green house is undergoing a well needed restoration, so the exit is the one used at Scarefest.
Hex was walk on, as were most of the rides that day, except Sonic Spinball and Air which were 30 minutes and 20 minutes respectively for the majority of the day. We put this down to the fact the weather was terrible, (Drizzle and snow. Fun) which was an advantage for us.
We headed through the haunted hollow to go ride Duel, which has had some work on it during the closed period. The effects in the queue line all work now, a strange hand in a jar has been added in on the shelf above fire and all the features in the house are working much better than before. These changes were noticable all around the park, with a lot of attractions having been revamped and painted and spruced up, which was nice to see with there being nothing new opening this year.
Next on the list was Nemesis. As the queue was so short for front row, we did that as I had never ridden front. It was awesome, as always and then Ollie and I headed to Air. We queued longest for this, 15 minutes. Not sure why we queued that long, but I got to ride back row which I found to be more forceful than the other seats.
After Air, Mark wanted to continue taking photos, so Ollie and I headed back to Nemesis. I neglected to mention earlier that the mist effects are working on Nemesis.
This time, I sat back row right seat. I can see why people see this as the most forceful seat. It just confirmed why Nemesis is in my top 10. By this point we were freezing so headed back to Duel to warm up.
(cheers again Mark)
It was walk on, as usual, so we got on pretty quick and warmed up. I was the only one playing as the boys were just on it to warm up, and so I won. I was so proud :')
We headed back over to Sonic Spinball, which was now up and running and Ollie and I got on that in about 10 minutes, despite the fact the single rider queue was short, and due to the drizzle the ride was operating a 3 person per car operation. I guess this week is "single parents take their 2 kids to Alton" week. I got quite a lot of spin on it which was awesome.
(Cheers Mark
)It was about 2 o'clock at this point so we headed over to Oblivion, which had no queue. We rode it once, then Mark and Ollie sat out to take pictures. I rode again and got on it no time. As you can see I was totally calm on this ride. Loving it.
After this we headed to Burger King and had something to eat, then it got to about 2.50, so we headed back to the hotel as Mark had to get his bag from our room as he was heading back to the station for his train. We got back to the room after saying good bye to Mark at about 3.30 and got ready to go to Cariba Creek.
(This was taken after, of course)
It was about 4pm when we got down there, and as expected it was packed with children. Despite this, we got all the slides done at least once, riding the outdoors one in such cold weather was a weird and wonderful experience. After about 2 and a half hours sliding and just chilling in the bubble pools, we left to get ready for dinner. We ate at Flambo's at 8 and then headed back to our room about 9.30. But before getting back I had to have my obligatory photo on the giant chair.
When we got back we pretty much went straight to bed, as we were shattered from the night before, in order to get up early for breakfast and the extraordinary golf.
Day 2 to come tomorrow
