Henry M

While this would be incredibly awesome, I think the top speed would be waaay too high for the rest of the course. I think RMC will make to top bit of the lift hill Lightning Rod-ish, with a small predrop. Hmm. While that might be nice, a large pre drop would mean a (near) vertical drop after it would be very, very intense. As in, too intense for the track, train and people to handle. As I am rooting for the vertical drop, I feel a pre drop would not be good. Also, I would have guessed that some of the supports would have been removed to do this pre drop. Just my speculations for today...

Sorry. The reason why that is impossible, is due to the heart lining of the track. You can clearly see that the track has been designed to be heart-lined between the two rails. Furthermore, the (RM)Craptor track is still in prototype stages, and is just being built in a car park, so it is certainly not at the stage of MS.

Here is the on ride video of the waterchute at wicksteed, so you can understand what it does. Here is the fixed link for the Log flume at Wicksteed as well:

^ what the hell is that!

^ Yep. It is funny because D.Ellis is really NOT a mental guy, yet that looks insane. Pretty sure this is over 200 feet, so is it a hyper?

I am going to upload a video of it soon, many pictures I took have for some reason been corrupted, and take a while to fix, but here is another picture I took. Basically, you walk up some stairs up to a room, probably 10m high. You then roll slowly sown these tracks at a gradient of about 30 degrees, then splash down into some water, then get pulled up to the top. Think archaic nautic jets. Also: Thanks It probably was the best ride, and was definitely the most substantial. The park does not seem to know though that you can fit a person of one, and a group of two into one boat. When it is one boat every 45 seconds, it made the throughput quite low. Thanks and you're welcome! See the splash behind the the pond.

Not so dramatic to to others, but I rode this coaster at Wicksteed park. The mysterious purple coaster.

Here is a log flume POV I took while on my one ride:

^ Love your top 4 rides, but they seem to be in the wrong order! Expedition GeForce < Helix!!!! What! Yeah, with Taron though it depends what you like, it you like theming, Taron is going to blow you away, and if you are not fussed about theming, you will still be blow away, just not as much! My next park may be Port Adventura, to kick out Ex G out of my no.1!

Hi, there is a new chair swing at Wicksteed that recently opened. I can edit the photo to get down to the correct size if you want any pictures of it.

Part 2: Wicksteed Park It has been a few days, so it is time for another trip report. Today I decided to head up north on the train and visit Wicksteed park. This is the first time I had gone by myself to a theme park travel and all, and it was great. The park itself is really nice and pleasant to be inside. Entrance is free, so anyone can come in and take a walk around and have a picnic. This is the second oldest theme park in the UK, the first being Blackgang Chine. Getting my wristbandtook a very long time, because I wanted to save myself 4 pounds and use my Coaster Club card, and guest services was packed out. While I can deal with It, there was a very long queue which disabled people had to stand in. The rides themselves are nice, however this is definitely a family park, which is nice to see. For a family park a lot of effort has gone into all the rides and everything looked really well looked after. There are a total of e coasters at the park, the main one being a Pinfari, which does beat you up but not too much, but is still a great coaster for the park. I also paid some extra £££ to go on the park's zip wire and bag drop. Overall a really good day, and if you are near, go and look the place over, it is really nice. If you count coasters, it is a good place to up your count as well! Getting there was simple. Just two trains up the line, then a very short taxi ride. The park had this fun little laser arena. Not exactly high tech, but good fun for three minutes. The park is really nice, and there is green everywhere. Did I mention how green the park was? For a Pinfari, actually pretty nice looking. There was also these go carts, which were fun. The park is very large, however, the rides seem to be grouped together in very small clumps, which is actually really nice. A tiny rollercoaster, but still, like everything else, really fun. I think I have a problem with these small Zierer rides. I had to ride it twice, even though I got the cred ten minutes earlier. Same thing happened on Barnstormer at Adventure Island, they are for some reason...addictive! Some happy riders. The main attraction for me at the park was the main rollercoaster. The queue was not too bad really, only lasting about 10 to 15 minutes. Some close ups of the park's main ride. The trains were looking in really good condition, and had recently been painted by the looks of it. All the harnesses were clean and in tact as well, which is more than I can say for many other parks. A good lift hill, nice and fast, and a good gradient as well. Almost like Flying Aces! A close up of the trains. They had three, but there was no urgency on dispatches, even on a busy day, so I don't really know why they did not get rid of one. They had a separate station for unloading, and if operation were better, I could see the point in a second train, but the most of the time, there was essentially three trains not moving. Lots of straight track, which sharp pull ups at the bottom of the drops. It is jolty, but fun. For all those who love newly painted pinfari trains, this one is for you. Here is the station. This coaster is probably in my top 50, but with only 70 creds, that is not really saying something. Anybody want some lift hill porn? I've got some! The view of the lift hill. This here was the parks zierer junior coaster, and I wondered where I had seen that face before... Hmmm. Could it be...no...wait...RCT3 THROWBACK!!!! It looked exactly like the train on RCT3! Saying that, the whole park looks like a RCT 3 park, even down to the queues and shops! The angry flower will kill you as you pass! I actually took this picture to highlight the on ride photography at the park. Every ride seems to have it. All three coaster do, as well as smaller rides, and even the parks slides take pictures of you as you go down! Smooth and functional, what is not to like? Happy riders on RCT3 coaster. The theming was OK. Better than nothing, and it did not look sad, but a little more inspiration would be nice. There was this nice looking Paratrooper, but I gave it a miss. It made for some nice pictures though, and it looked well looked after. Can you use your phone and drive if it is a ride? Illegal or not, it allowed me to get another angle of the coaster! This seems to be the main ride at the park, and it has a proper queue. I almost skipped the ride, but I just thought of how angry Coasterbill would be, so in the end, when the queue had died down, I went and had a ride. More on that later. A sign of quality. Trying to get arty with the camera. Very hard to make any Pinfari look nice. I have many pictures of the seats, don't know why, but I do...The staff were very nice at the park, allowing you to take pictures, without feeling judged or like you are being an irritant. *COUGH* Adventure Island *COUGH* This chair swing was very substantial. Surprisingly fast and had some nice forces too. Next, food! Whenever I go to a theme park I have their fish and chips. This was a pretty standard fish and chips really. A little dry and lacking flavor but some of the chips were very soft. About 6 out of 10. This was the slowest ride I have seen in ages. I could not muster the energy to even sit in the ride, yet the height restriction was really high. 1.1m! It only went half way up the tower. A whole family riding cock together on the carousel. Sorry, had to make that joke. There was something really refreshing about seeing classic rides being made, the chair swing opened this year. One of the biggest surprises for me at the park was this really good drop slide. It actually made me nervous. Inside this building is an actual vertical slide...yes, properly vertical. Not like those Wiegand giant slides where you have to write the word vertical in quote marks! This picture does not really show how tall the slide is, but that boy was pretty large, and it dwarfs him. On the edge of glory...When you push off, you actually leave the slide for a moment, with perfect airtime, more intense than some drop towers, like Atmosphere. Think this as a Larnson drop tower, but as a slide. Also, note the camera. A great ride any adult would actually get a thrill from. I went to say hello to some of the animals, which can be found randomly dotted around. I rode it 5 times in total. The bottom of the drops are actually quite forceful, but it only lasts a few seconds. Back here for some re rides on the Pinfari. (I have never said that before!) Can't comment if this was a good ride, but similar ones I have been on failed to impress as anything but a chair lift that does not go anywhere. Almost there Coasterbill. The queue was still far to large to ride at this point, especially considering last month I was at Chiapas with a walk on queue. The go carts are completely self controlled, and are limited to the perfect speed to allow fun rides, but also to enjoy the scenery and not terrorize small children. To ride alone, you must be 1.6M. Trees make all rides look better. Is it illegal to use your phone while driving...on a ride? Meh, illegal or not, it gave another angle to photograph the rollercoaster. A sign of quality. I like this ride, but don't love it. The layout is nice, but the drops could be steeper and swoop more, more like Cliffhanger. Coaster selfie, why not? A sneak peak at the ride. Fro the outside you cannot see what happens. Enjoy the ride! Here is the station. It looks like I am not in England! They even played music out of speakers in the station. Boats! The effort in this ride was also very nice to see. Around this bend was a waterfall directly in your path, which stops the moment you are about to pass through. More scary when you go on it and you don't know if it will stop! Lots of greenery around the track makes the ride seem much more substantial than it was. However, this small park had added water effects to the ride, including this. There were underwater cannons which blasted a large quantity of water into the air, splashing the riders. There were three which go off as you pass. It featured a small meandering section, followed by a small drop. Eventually I got to the log flume! Lakes, trees and rides, what more could anyone want! This view just shows how nice this place really it. This is a piece of history. Literally. It is a listed ride, and a classic old ride. It was installed in 1926, and still running strong. The scenic railway around the park looked good, but I decided not to ride it this time. It featured a tunnel. This was not operating, which was a shame, I like these. Clowns everywhere on the clown coaster. If you were to go as a family, this park is perfect, or even if you just wanted to relax by yourself. It is more rare than a wacky worm, so I am happy about that! Basically a wacky worm, but smaller, if that is possible. The train creeped me out. There was also this coaster. Yes. I rode it. As mentioned, I also did the bag drop and zip wire. THe zip wire was OK, but the free fall with nothing on you was sensational. Falling from that top platform was sensational. It actually does not feel right at all to throw yourself off the top of that platform, with no harness or helmet or anything. Really good, and if you are there, do it! That concludes this trip report. I hope you enjoyed reading.

^ Because you cannot have drive tires in between a high speed launch system, and two sets of magnetic breaks, which pop up to slow down a potential roll back. No, there are no tires until the station, which is why the incline is needed. Think before you criticize me

They need an incline for roll backs so it can get back to the launch position.

What Alpine Coasters have a 200 ft drop? This

Looks like some inverted air time on that loop! Also, don't let Mr Alvey see that vertical video.

^ There would be a lot less anger in the world. (You never know what would have happened, so don't criticize.) What if VR was made illegal on rollercoasters?

OMG, this is gold I know right! Sent from plastic squares which convert to ASCII

Sorry, am I am idiot, or is there NO difference?

Then Cedar point would have gone bust. What if every coaster was painted white?

So...alpine coasters can be a hyper??? If we are being mega technical here, only Arrow coasters over 200 feet can be called a hyper coaster.

^ I know it is not, however, the reason for that logic, is that people say a Alpine Coaster with a 200ft+ tall drop, does not count as a hyper, as it does not feel like it. Technically, Expedition GeForce is a Mega coaster, as that is what Intamin calls it. Nice to be back in this topic, it has been a while

^ Vekoma is helping the issue with new trains, and an improved design. Also, as someone who worked at Vekoma told a group of people on Facebook once, the reason for them being rough, was not all down to the design, and mainly due to the park maintenance of the rides. The new SLC in Poland has had some great reviews.

^ Thanks

Awww optimism level: Original Epcot, that's adorable Give the poor thing a chance.

For me, Expedition GeForce, as it is the closest thing to a hyper I have ridden. Besides, it feels like one, so really it should count.