silenthillXD
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So today I ended up heading to the deepest, darkest depths of wales, otherwise known as Oakwood. It was the first time I’ve ever been bothered to drive all the way down there, and I must say whilst I knew it wasn’t a massive park, I did think it was rather small.
No prizes for guessing which ride I ran to first.
Megafobia
First thing I will say is the one train operations at the park were kind of annoying, whilst the queues were never horrific, waiting 30 minutes without any theming, music or phone signal isn’t fun.
I ended up going on the third row, and I must say, my first ride was rather disappointing, whilst it wasn’t bad, it hardly lived up to the hype I’d been hearing about the ride.
I headed over to Speed: No limits to also find it running one train, so couldn’t be bothered to wait for something I knew would be pretty mediocre.
So I gave Megafobia a second chance and ended up giving the back row a chance.
Just wow. Talk about a completely different ride! The first drop was easily one of the best I have ever experienced, loved the freedom the lap bars gave combined with the intense airtime! The rest of the layout was just insane, relentless, well paced airtime madness. Definitely one of the best coasters I have ridden, up there alongside Oblivion!
Also considering it’s the first wooden coaster I have ever ridden, it was surprisingly different to what I expected, far more out of control, filled with more airtime and slightly rougher than I was expecting.
Afterwards I headed back over to Speed, and ended up riding it this time. I will say this; it’s got an interesting layout, just rather short. But like most gersts it has a horrible vibration through the ride, and the front row is brutally rough. (Though I found the back relatively smooth) The drop was fun and for some odd reason I loved the overbank, but the airtime hill was tame in comparison to saw and the loop onwards killed the pacing. It wasn’t as bad as people make it out to be, but it was kind of dull.
Seeing that treetops coaster had no queue I foolishly decided to ride it. I must say for a kids coaster, it had a relatively good layout, but as I expected it was dull, and seeing as I was on my own, the laterals had me sliding around the seat, which was uncomfortable.
I headed back for another back row ride on Megafobia, which was fab! And then went around for another Speed ride.
Drenched had finally opened (yay for staggered openings leaving Drenched closed till 2pm…) sarcasm I managed to get there as it opened, and sat on the far right of the back row. I was kind of worried as to how wet I’d get as it wasn’t all that warm. The drop was pretty fantasic for the standards of water rides, and did make the ride worthwhile, but the splash was ridiculously small, I have got more “Drenched” on loggers leap!
I rerode Megafobia a ton, all nearish the back, and every ride was fantastic, though I did end up pretty battered by being flung around by the lateral and negative G’s. I also managed to be spited by the interesting looking Huss drop tower. I love Detonator and Apocalypse, but this one looked potentially dull. I guess I am kind of disappointed, but did I really miss out on anything amazing?
I also rerode speed twice, once actually witnessing not a ride breakdown, but an air gate breakdown, which was pretty hilarious!
Overall it was a pretty interesting day. The park itself really didn’t meet my expectations, it’s a lot smaller, and generally more run down than I expected. I was anticipating something similar to Drayton in terms of quality and enjoyment, but there just wasn’t as much to do at Oakwood, which was a shame, especially as Megafobia is easily one of the best rides in the UK.
No prizes for guessing which ride I ran to first.
Megafobia
First thing I will say is the one train operations at the park were kind of annoying, whilst the queues were never horrific, waiting 30 minutes without any theming, music or phone signal isn’t fun.
I ended up going on the third row, and I must say, my first ride was rather disappointing, whilst it wasn’t bad, it hardly lived up to the hype I’d been hearing about the ride.
I headed over to Speed: No limits to also find it running one train, so couldn’t be bothered to wait for something I knew would be pretty mediocre.
So I gave Megafobia a second chance and ended up giving the back row a chance.
Just wow. Talk about a completely different ride! The first drop was easily one of the best I have ever experienced, loved the freedom the lap bars gave combined with the intense airtime! The rest of the layout was just insane, relentless, well paced airtime madness. Definitely one of the best coasters I have ridden, up there alongside Oblivion!
Also considering it’s the first wooden coaster I have ever ridden, it was surprisingly different to what I expected, far more out of control, filled with more airtime and slightly rougher than I was expecting.
Afterwards I headed back over to Speed, and ended up riding it this time. I will say this; it’s got an interesting layout, just rather short. But like most gersts it has a horrible vibration through the ride, and the front row is brutally rough. (Though I found the back relatively smooth) The drop was fun and for some odd reason I loved the overbank, but the airtime hill was tame in comparison to saw and the loop onwards killed the pacing. It wasn’t as bad as people make it out to be, but it was kind of dull.
Seeing that treetops coaster had no queue I foolishly decided to ride it. I must say for a kids coaster, it had a relatively good layout, but as I expected it was dull, and seeing as I was on my own, the laterals had me sliding around the seat, which was uncomfortable.
I headed back for another back row ride on Megafobia, which was fab! And then went around for another Speed ride.
Drenched had finally opened (yay for staggered openings leaving Drenched closed till 2pm…) sarcasm I managed to get there as it opened, and sat on the far right of the back row. I was kind of worried as to how wet I’d get as it wasn’t all that warm. The drop was pretty fantasic for the standards of water rides, and did make the ride worthwhile, but the splash was ridiculously small, I have got more “Drenched” on loggers leap!
I rerode Megafobia a ton, all nearish the back, and every ride was fantastic, though I did end up pretty battered by being flung around by the lateral and negative G’s. I also managed to be spited by the interesting looking Huss drop tower. I love Detonator and Apocalypse, but this one looked potentially dull. I guess I am kind of disappointed, but did I really miss out on anything amazing?
I also rerode speed twice, once actually witnessing not a ride breakdown, but an air gate breakdown, which was pretty hilarious!
Overall it was a pretty interesting day. The park itself really didn’t meet my expectations, it’s a lot smaller, and generally more run down than I expected. I was anticipating something similar to Drayton in terms of quality and enjoyment, but there just wasn’t as much to do at Oakwood, which was a shame, especially as Megafobia is easily one of the best rides in the UK.
