divyking Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 I've just returned from a two day trip to Alton Towers which was extremely enjoyable. Everything was fantastic, except for the journey, I will start by saying, AVOID THE M25 AT ALL COSTS! What should have been a 4 hour trip turned into a 6 hour trip on the way back, we left the park at 13.15, as have annual passes and disabled queueing system and didn't get home until 19.30. I visited last night and this morning, so i will start by showing you this mornings and then move onto the night time soon. Todays ride count: Nemesis X2 Air X2 Rita Queen Of Speed X2 UgSwinger X1 Corkscrew X1 Oblivion X1 Spinball Whizzer X1 Not bad seeing as though we were only actually in the park for 3 hours. The maximum queue times that i saw today were: Air 55 minutes Nemesis 30 minutes Spinball Whizzer 60 minutes Oblivion 45 minutes Rita 25 minutes and everything else was pretty much walk on really. Heres the photos from this morning and the drive up yesterday. Night time photos and reviews of Terror Of The Towers and Field Of A Thousand Screams to come soon! What should have been a simple route A misty start Not today i'm afraid, although Thorpe Park reached capacity today (22,000) The queues when we arrived The nicely decorated entrance Air's lifthill Crazy people, it was only about 8 degrees My favourite ride in the whole world! Nemesis again Oblivion before the vertical plummet Me and my sister, on the front row on the left Here we are, zoomed in Bye Bye, 'Welcome to eternal darkness' Rita's entrance Thunder Rock Rally My camera wasn't too good on fast movements Spinball Whizzer More to come soon.....
Team Thriller Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Nice pictures man...keep it up Can't wait to see more
IceDragon Posted October 27, 2007 Posted October 27, 2007 You've got some pretty nice shots there! Shame the Nemesis corkscrew one came out blurred... They look neat though! Hex had a queue??? What's up with that? Glad you had a good time so far
divyking Posted October 27, 2007 Author Posted October 27, 2007 Scarefest When we arrived the monorail broke and we were stuck on it for about 15 minutes which was quite annoying. Thursdays ride count: Spinball Whizzer 2 Oblivion 2 Hex 1 Terror Of The Towers 1 Rita 4 Nemesis 2 Air 2 Duel 1 Haunted Hollow Live 2 Field Of A Thousand Screams 1 We went at the front of Nemesis and it's so much more exciting at night, the final turn is in complete darkness! Haunted Hollow Live This was quite interesting but not in the slightest scary, it was actully quite amusing. "Buy a grave, get one free" But it was easier getting to Nemesis and Air because the Skyride closed at dusk. Field Of A Thousand Screams I was quite disappointed with this as it was made out to be really scary but, personally I didn't find it to be scary at all. It also cost £5. We had to queue outside in the freezing cold for 30 minutes before being allowed in as only about 15 people could be in at a time. Terror Of The Towers I loved this, I haven't been in before this year so can't compare, but i thought it was quite funny and scary in some places. "You have 10 seconds to reach the door, before I come and eat you!" I thought that was hysterical as he looked like captain Hook! I was a bit disappointed with the event as well though because, except on Towers Street and near the Towers, there was not a trace of the event at all, except for being open until 9. No music changes or spiderwebs, graves, bodies, like at Thorpe Park this year. Max queues i saw at night: Air 20mins Nemesis 15mins Rita 10mins Oblivion 0minutes and everything else was walk on Onto the night photos. Oblivion's drop The X Sector A well timed shot of Nemesis Oblivion, approaching the drop Nemesis in the first corkscrew Nemesis Air Air Haunted Hollow Live
divyking Posted October 31, 2007 Author Posted October 31, 2007 yeah, it seemed to look better after sunset
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