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  1. That makes three Thorpe PTRs because I did one too! I'm going to Alton Towers probably around the end of October (hopefully anyway, I've dropped enough hints at the Mr for a birthday pressie!). Can't wait to try Air and Rita.
  2. Thanks for the photos and the updates, your trip looked amazing. I never realised there were so many good parks in Spain. Well, that's my 2008 holiday sorted!
  3. Thanks for the info. Shame about the Bubble Works, I loved that smell!
  4. Nice TR, looks like you had good weather too. Last time we went to Chessington there seemed to be a bad crowd too, lots of hoodies and chavs causing trouble, nice to see nothing's changed! Does the Bubble Works still have that lovely sickly orange smell? And whoah, what are they doing behind the Budda, wasn't there a plastic rock face there before? Adele
  5. This is a fantastic trip report and very creepy. Is that someone coming out of the fifth cubicle on the right or something else? It's wierd how the flash hasn't illuminated their face and has just caught their eye.
  6. This annoyed me too when I went to Thorpe Park last week. Yes the park is easy to navigate ride wise, however if you are looking for amenities like toilets and cash machines it's a right pain without a map. They have the larger standing maps dotted throughout the park, but I needed a map to find those However, as a money saving idea, you can download the pdf of the map from the Thorpe Park website (haven't checked Chessington or Alton), so at least that'll save a bit of money.
  7. It was so nice to ride the Flying Fish when I went last week. Last time I was on it, I must have been about 10 so it was a real nostalgia trip I also loved how the Carousel still had all the old Thorpe Park Ranger characters on it!
  8. Thanks EmBy The sunburn's not too bad now, it's an occupational hazard of being a fair skinned, red head and the fact Loggers Leap probably washed my sun lotion off. Regarding Colossus, the paint job on it was a real mess too and it just didn't look cared for, which is a shame because it can't be more than 5 years old surely? I don't know what they can do about the roughness of the ride, but a lick of paint would have made it look nicer.
  9. Thank you and yeah I think I do, although I haven't been to Alton Towers for a good 10 years so maybe my mind is a bit hazy - time to plan another trip! Alton wins on theming definitely, can't get enough of the red water, but on the actual ride experience I think Inferno was brilliant.
  10. Hi everyone, I'm a long time reader but first time poster so please excuse me if I do anything wrong - I think I've read all the rules correctly Without further ado, this is a brief description of our trip to Thorpe Park today and a few thoughts I had. I haven't been to Thorpe Park for years, despite living about 20 miles away, it never really had any pulling power until Stealth arrived. When I used to visit as a kid it was a childrens park, with kiddie rides, a farm and a boat ride. They all seem to have disappeared and now they are going for the big rides. I'm a bit sad that the farm has gone as we found ourselves at a loose end come 3pm and a nice stroll up to the farm would have been nice. We got to the park at around 10am (would have been earlier if it wasn't for the M25 traffic, grrr!) and there was a bit of a queue to get in, but nothing huge. We headed straight for Stealth and as luck would have it, there was only a 5 min wait so that was brilliant. As for Stealth, wow, it was amazing. The acceleration of that ride is so intense it knocks the breath out of you, then when you reach the top you get a certain calm and can see for miles before plunging down head first. I loved every minute of it. It was a such a pain to try and get a photo of because the launch is so fast Next we hit Nemesis Inferno, again with a 5 minute wait and I was really impressed. I think Alton Towers's Nemesis wins on theming but Inferno's ride was much nicer, some lovely inversions and airtime, I really liked it. Then we hit Colossus, oh dear me, that ride has not aged well. It's probably the only coaster I actually couldn't wait to get off because my head was banging more than at a concert...it hurt! Then we hit X:\ No Way Out, like a really bad film, I quite liked it purely because it was so bad. After the big rides were done, we grabbed some food and took pictures and just strolled around. One thing that got me was the cost of everything, it was so expensive. Luckily I had a voucher for free entry so we only paid £32 for another adult, but it would have been £64 for two of us. Then they wanted 50p for a map, I remember when they were free! (Please note: You can print off the PDF from their website so do this before you go!). And once inside the park, the cash machines charged you £1.75 to withdraw cash and it was £5 for 10 donuts which was a ripoff! However, I really really really enjoyed myself. We were supposed to go on holiday this week, but our roof leaked so it hasn't been the best of weeks so this really gave us a lift in mood and brought smiles back to our faces. Anyway, enough from me, all those who have read so far I hope I didn't ramble too much...and now on to the things you really want to see.... I present Thorpe Park... The welcome gate - it's looking kinda cloudy and they say it's going to rain but typical English weather dictated that it was sunny all day! We headed straight to Stealth when we got through the gates and only had a 5 minute wait...awesome! Cliche Stealth shot alert! Me and the Mr were debating what the rope hanging down from the top is for - if the ride did get stuck up there would you have to abseil down it? I tried so hard to get an "action shot" with the train whizzing by, but this was the best I could do (after about 10 attempts). I SO wanted a rollback, but the darn train went right over Ooooh almost in the middle...almost! Next up was Nemesis Inferno, I loved this ride even more than Alton's. And arghhh took the pic just a millisecond too quick. I loved the start of Nemesis, you were whizzing through mist even before reaching the lift hill. Despite the absent train in this pic, I found the track looked quite intimidating. Colossus says "Hi Derek!" - shame it's rougher than Paris Hilton. I wasn't keen on this part of Colossus, my restraint wasn't so tight so I was popping out of my seat through every single turn. Awww Tidal Wave - had it been warmer I'd have definitely ridden this, but with the threat of rain and a cool breeze I didn't ride for reasons that will become clear four pictures down... Woooo.... Hoooo.... Seriously, look at how wet they are?!? Aww my lovely weird X:\ , so bad it's actually comically good. How's this for theming mismatch - the teacup ride in the middle of 50's America...I'm sorry but you can't get anything more quintessentially English than a ride based on a cuppa tea?! Go figure And finally, I bring the perils of being a coaster enthusiast, the camera strap got in the way of my sunburn...I mean "tan" As an aside, I'd love some feedback on how I can use my camera to get some good shots. You guys make it look so easy capturing rides but I found it really hard, I guess it comes with practice. I've just bought a Canon A640 and I'm still getting used to all of it's functionality so would appreciate any feedback you have. Thanks for reading my first Photo TR
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