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Centrifugal force. As the ride spins quite fast, everyone on the bench slides towards the outside of the ride, hence crushing the large person sitting there!

With most of the rides, there is a kiddie version and an adult version. The Chair-o-Plane pictures I posted are of the adult version and yes, it did spin very fast. I'll probably be going back to the park later in the year so will try to get a Razzle Dazzle video then and post it.

There is a local museum near to where I live in South England called Hollycome. It is based around steam engines. They have there a collection of rides from the early 1900's, all steam powered and all still operating today! Here are some pictures, I hope you enjoy looking at how rides were over 100 years ago: And finally, Disney Lawsuit: The Ride. Or, the kids Carousel. Hope you enjoyed looking at Ye Olde English Steam rides. Dirty upskirt shot. The op box. Lever goes up, lever goes down. The ride then tilts to an angle of about 20 degrees, further adding to the discomfort of the large person. Unfortunately, pictures really can't do justice to the chaos of the Razzle Dazzle. The ride then starts spinning quite fast and you suddenly realise why the large person sits on the outside...as they get crused by four other people! A look at the interior of the ride. Seating. They strongly recommended that the largest person goes on the outside and the smallest on the inside. Hmm, wonder why? Just looks like an elevated Carousel, right? Oh, how wrong. It is marketed as the world's first white knuckle ride. I've saved the best for last. I give you, the Razzle Dazzle. It opened in 1908 and is the last of it's kind in the world. The engine again. Not much you can say about a Carousel TBH! The engine. Next up is a steam driven Carousel from 1912. A look at the op console. Lever goes up, lever goes down. Ride goes up, ride goes down... The ride op doing his thing. Basically, lift lever up, rides swings one way. Push lever down, ride swings other way. After a bit of time building up the momentum, you get some pretty major airtime. A look at the ride mechanism. It is basically a steam powered Pirate Ship. This ride was built in 1911. Next up, the Steam Yacht. The operator hard at work. A whole world of steam powered bluriness awaits. Once the steam kicks in, you start spinning! According to the park, this ride actually used to be a Carousel but after it was damaged by bombing during WW2, it was converted into Chair-o-Planes. Onto the Chair-o-Planes...steam powered! Some of the other rides, more on some of those a bit later. As well as views of the other rides. Once on it, you get spectacular views of the English countryside... This is the operation console. 1 lever which stops the wheel rotating. A closer look at the steam engine. This connects to the drive belt which you can see within the caged area which moves the wheel round. A side view. See what steam engine bottom right? That is what powers the ride. First up, there is the Big Wheel.

If you look over on Screamscape, there are some pictures that I took of the track, supports and site a few days ago when I was at PA.

Thanks for all your nice comments, they make me feel warm and fuzzy inside! I have now uploaded all my videos to YouTube, you can see them here if you so wish. Also, everyone who was asking for a full res version of the Dragon Khan pic, click here. Warning though, it is an uncompressed 10 million pixel file so its about 4.5MB! It was also taken at a 16:9 ratio, so if you are wanting to display it as a wallpaper on a standard ratio screen then it may look weird. Thanks again for all your comments!

I have just come back from Port Aventura after a very enjoyable 2 week stay and decided to post some of my pics here as a taster for all of you who are going to the park on the TPR trip next year. This is my first ever Photo TR on TPR so I hope its alright! And to finish, me and Vampire Woody! As I said above, this is my first ever post on here so I hope it is ok. Any ideas?! That would be my kind of theme park! Yep, Intamin track for the 2007 coaster. Mmmmmm, looks like Intamin track to me. A view of Dragon Khan from the top of Condor. What is that I see just to the right of the dive loop? The themeing of the station is excellent. The Mexico area of the park includes the huge Intamin drop tower, Hurakan Condor. Stampida...through the trees! This ride is getting new KumbaK trains for next year. Stampida, the parks racing CCI woodies. Welcome to Far West and the Grand Canyon Rapids. The Khan bunnies love corkscrews! A panoramic view showing all 8 inversions, the most on any B&M. Moving onto China with the monster that is Dragon Khan! ...yes, that is gum! It is stuck everywhere onto the roof of the cave. Disgusting! It is also very well themed. Going into one of the caves through the rides course. However, this cave contains a dirty secret... Tutuki Splash, a Shoot-The-Chutes ride. Kon-Tiki Wave, well themed Pirate Ship style ride. Aloha to Polynesia! The entrance land of the park: Mediterrania. The Halloween themed park entrance.