PHOTO TR - Nrthwnd snaps TPR UK Tour 'old-fashioned way'...

Last edited by Nrthwnd on Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:00 pm

Well, my part in the TPR UK Tour actually started a week and half before the tour did. I got in some pre-tour time vsiting old friends in Southend-On-Sea (home to Adventure Island park) and a London burb with access to the wonderful West End theatre district (saw "Avenue Q" and "Mary Poppins" within two nights of each other).

I also believe I was The Only TPR UK Tour-er with one of those (still) rudimentary kinda cameras - you know, the ones that still take a cannister of (dare I say) f-i-l-m? So as I mentioned in another thread somewhere else - when five rolls of film were developed, pix came out that were hmmm - eh - meh - and pretty damned good too, heh heh. Wink

You be the judge(s). Sometimes it's one picture per park. Others never got a chance. But you've seen pix in other TRs hmm,yes? This first part starts before the tour, and on from there.....

(And NOTE: no 'substance' was .... uh... abused during the making of this Trip Report.)

Part One / Pre-tour to THE TOUR...

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject:

What's so bad about the Sky Drop?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

It has crappy zamp OTSRs... Wink

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

I don't want to stray off topic and make this a pet thread , but Damm that cat looks just like mine.

edit :resize photo

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

Part Two - It goes Faster Now - REAL faster!

Now the tour starts and parks fly by faster than Canobie Fan can race to get his seat on STEALTH during ERT!!! Wink

And he did....

LegoLand Windsor; Chessington; South Beach!; Oakwood; Alton Towers.

The pre-add (Lego) was a great primer for how we were all (at least 35+, so far) going to work/tour together. Chessington was a great starting park on the tour. South Beach was.... well it was 'there'.... Wink

Oakwood had SPEED, my fave steelie of the tour, and Alton Towers had much too much to see in just one day. One just for the gardens and castle would have been great.

And Alton gave me my first flyer, Air. My first dive, Oblivion. And Nemesis. Mmmmm, the entrenched thing. The bloody beastie. Awesome layout and intensity with The Thing. No doubt about it.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

(Note to Calvin: I had never ridden any drop or {what I call} blast tower ride, until this tour. Believe it, at my age too! So Drayton Tower's APOCALYPSE became my first-ever drop ride. Three ways, too, mmmm yes! I just wanted to experience it for my first time, with others, than on my own. I rode a SkyDrop at Yarmouth park later on in the tour. No big deal, heh heh.)

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

Cool and unique photos (Yes photos not pictures Taiko LMAO!

) Bill

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject:

Part 3 - We Keep Going and Going and...

Drayton Manor; Southport: South Pier; Blackpool Pleasure beach.

Drayton was a bit of a disappointment due to timing of ride (G-Force?)available; rain eventually cutting tour short; and wierd hot dogs to eat! But there was Apocalypse with three ways to d-d-d-rop from the top; Maelstrom, my first out-facing gyro; great little swing ride, The Haunting; Stormforce 10 which had a great idea and layout for a flume, but felt lousy with the rain already coming down; and Shockwave, another example of what I don't like about some standups... crotch pain!

Southport had two coasters down (out of four), but we made do with That Wheel in That Funhouse; cheesy (very) dark rides, all of them; my first blast-UP tower, Space Shot. And a skyride that didn't let you off at the other end - waaaaaaaah.

South Pier had a spinning mouse and a walzter that several (read: A LOT) ride ops decided to join in on tossing and turning us in our cars. Very twisted ride ops those guys were. Demented.

Blackpool. Another day needed here. Rides piled on top of rides. Actually had the (I thought) worst park map of the bunch we collected! But then, they coudln't keep up with where they put stuff, hmmm? Wondefrul hotel (The Big Blue) and general staff. I think we all wanted to stay longer.... And Valhalla. Mmmm, great intense water ride with fire and ice inside. Worth getting wet for, lol. Wink

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject:

Part 4 - It's already been nearly a WEEK now?

Lightwater Valley; FlamingoLand; Pleasurewood Hills; Joyland; Yarmouth.

Lightwater had The Rat Ride - disgusting entrance, and exit (sewers indeed) but a good ride; Toad Hole, a REALLY crude shoot-the-shoots with water to die for (euw)and The Ultimate - an out and back coaster that REALLY went out............. and back.

FlamingoLand had the baby's bottom of coasters - Kumali; Velocity, for many of us our first motorcycle-type launch coaster; and strange rude people around us.

Pleasurewood had a skyride that did let off at other end - only - it - took - for - ever - to ride --- it; Enigma which I still found a bit "questionable" har har; My First Troika; and a totally un-describeable Pirate 3-D boat ride, nuff said.

Joyland was great with two (of 3) credits still being argued to this very day; and all packed into a great-looking hill of a kids park. Yarmouth had a scenic railway (w/brake guy on the car); more cheesy dark rides; and the Baked Potatoe Thrill-A-Bite. It was that good! Really! Curry and all.... <wink>

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:

Part 5 - It Ain't Over till it's Over - and It Ain't Over!

Thorpe (end of 'official tour'); Tusenfryd, Oslo, Norway (Add-on #1)

Thorpe was a good choice for ending the tour. I mean, we had a ten inversion coaster (Colossus); a trench-wannabe (Nemesis Inferno, which I thought was great; My First FlySwatter (actually called Slammer); Our First Swing (Rush); No Way Out ( ----- ); a section dedicated to MY Country (blush); and Stealth, which proved you don't need that much height or speed to off a bird in no time flat. Literally. <wink> Was great.

Tusenfryd, our first of the two add-on parks had good stuff there, like Speed Monster and Thundercoaster, SuperSplash (which didn't really splash much) and Teeny Weeny, a true mini among the mega (we did six times!). But - weather decided to add splash to the cloud cover later on, Speed Monster stopped mid-day, never to re ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM again for our ERT, but Thundercoaster ran INSANE in the rain! Definitely thrill and fear combo there.

So a bit disappointed (and wet) at the end of that day's visit. But then... Liseberg and BALDER were coming up. Tomorrow. Wink

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

Part 6 - The Lady Sings.... BALLLLLLLLLDERRRRR!

Liseberg Park, Goteborg, Sweden.

Mmmmmm. Great park with stuff like the Gasten Ghost Hotel (the water room was amazing); an Ice Bar (lovely way to end the visit); a great Sky Tower; gardens, fountains, lights; oh yeah, couple of 'interesting' coasters too....um..... what were their names again? Hmmm..... Wink

My tour with TPR ended with this great old park, headed by a #1 Coaster and a zippy little steel one too. But - sadly - no pepper steak this visit. )o: Another time then, Liseberg.

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