Memoirs of Alton Towers
Corkscrew: Fibreglass seats + Steel safety bar covered in foam pipe lagging. Not very comfortable...

Thunder-Looper: I was always the one who looked after the coats whilst everyone went on it - the idea of a lap bar keeping me in my seat whist hitting a 90ft loop at 60 mph terrified me. After several years I joined the queue and took the plunge. Was back to coat minding duty after that.

The Black Hole: For those with a keen eye - you will know that this was also in the guise of another ride called 'The Beast' but in a dark tent.

Huanted House: Bloody awful - now a shootem up laser type thing which is even shitter.

Runaway mine train: that bad you have to go around twice.

Gravitron: one of those spinning things that made you stick to the wall - but in a dark sealed unit so you couldn't see outside. This stopped you getting dizzy as there was no point of reference to focus on.

The Enterprise: Even if Prof Brian Cox explained the laws of gravity and offered me £5k to get on it, i'd still tell him to fuck off. if it goes up side down and there's no seat belt - i'll meet you in the souvenier shop.

Hex: Treeds and chains and a room that rotates whilst you stay still... James Earl jones telling a story whilst you queue... Still shit though.
Its a bit like this if you've never been: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5rZmUPDHCk

Rapids: no amount of precision planning will preventing you from being in the seat that gets a tsunami rolling over the side. But Hillarious if its not you.

Wave-Swinger: Nauseating death trap

Log Flume: Remember there were dinosaurs in the woods and some cavemen underground??

Cable cars: getting stuck over the gardens and bouncing up and down - like the scene from 'Where Eagles Dare'.


The rest of the rides were pretty good though
(Pat mustard, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 19:59, 2 replies)

The Enterprise is only beaten by Nemesis
Fucking love it! Makes me feel like a fighter pilot. Albeit one who needs to go forward more than round and round.

The Thunder Looper! Was trying to recall its name as we walked past where it used to be. For me it was a bit dull.

Corkscrew was the classic 'big ride you had to go on'.

Great to reminisce about the old classics.
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 20:20, closed)

I think the Thunder Looper got removed when Oblivion was built - just watching that big loop was enough for me, the way it used to rocket off the line like a dragster was great to watch, but I was certainly never getting on it!

Having said that, Air does look quite appealing due to the "flying" position, but I'm not paying to get into Alton Towers just to go on one ride.
(FirstBendBunching All four back please..., Tue 14 Jun 2011, 20:49, closed)