scottjenkins Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Me and the Mrs went to Oakwood to get this years Maegfobia credit! It was his first time on a woodie and he absolutely loved it however he didnt like the amount of ejector time the ride offered! We then headed for Bounce (Huss Shot and Drop) which offered its usual amount of so-so fun unfortunately, when you have ridden Hurakan Condor, nothing cuts the mustard! Then we went to get our Speed credit. We were close to the front of the queue when a traqin left the station and was waiting at the bottom of the lift hill. All of a sudden some silly little girl was shouting "Get me off, get me off now" The ride ops E-Stopped the ride and evacuated the queue line. The dismount for all 8 riders took half an hour and when the girl got off she told ride attendants that she saw something fall off the in line twist and thats the reason she wanted to get off. So not only did she ruin it for everyone in the queue, by saying she saw something fall off resulted in the whole area being evacuated so the engineers could check it out. What exactly could fall off an inline twist I ask??? The track...........No still there............The bolts...................No still there................... after about 2 hours the area and ride were reopened and the ride attendants confirmed that nothing fell off the ride it was just the stupid girl imagining things!! So 3 hours of downtime for nothing!!! We then headed to Vertigo and after half an hour pursuading Justin to go on he agreed. I did feel really guilty when we were getting connected to the wires however i kept saying "its not as bad as it looks". Personally I think that sky coasters are NOT as scary as they look however after our flight he didnt agree.! All my other rides on Vertigo, I have been in groups of three and because im 6 ft 4 i always have to go in the middle and people who go in the middle NEVER pull the cord. Oh...shit......... now theres just two of us, and there is no way Justin is going to pull the cord so its up to me!! We were at the top and ~Justins complaining of a heart attack and wants to get off........ then we hear 3..........2..........1.............FLY and i pull the cord which honestly i never want to do again! I much prefer to just wait and let someone else pull the cord of doom! We then went back to megafobia and got our front row seats and as it was not 5pm it was running as smooth as silk! The amount of airtime on the bunny hops in the second half of the ride was immense! Whilst we were on MF we heard the unmistakable sound of speed running. Over we go......and suprise suprise its open! Again justin dodnt want to go on however i managed to pursuade him to last minute! Speed is alright however i think the airtime hill after the first drop is a tad too extreme. Its uncomfortable bordering on painful! Justin hated the ride which you will see from the on ride photo posted hehehe We then did a couple of smaller rides, pirate ship, spooky 3d, snake river falls etc and headed home. We didnt get the Hydro credit this time as it was freezing but i took some glorious photos for you to see! Beware - There are a couple of nerdy shots coming up! On with the photos! FLY! Look at the terror on Justins face HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (im so going to hell) lol Just before our ascent! The worst part of this ride is when the lift drops and you tilt violently to the floor! URGH! Before our flight on Vertigo! Justin and I on Speed, He did NOT like it at all! Vertigo doing what it does best! My favourite picture of the trip! What you lot think? Helix of death that makes your brain feel like its gonna explode! Twisted mess of steel! One huge mouth watering erection! Au Revior! This is when the stupid fanny got the ride E-Stopped! Down they go....... Thats one BIG lift hill and drop! Speeds 2nd inversion and 4.5G helix! The most extreme airtime hill I have ever experienced! Speeds super forceful neck snapping loop! TREETOPS! The Bounce! Station shot! Fobia queline waterfall which makes you really need a wee! Obligatory eerie mangled wood shot! Secondry couplet anyone? Me generally being a gimp! Just incase we forget what ride we are looking at! Flying over our heads! For you guys who get "wood" from lift hill shots! See what i did there lol I crack myself up! Wheel shot! Red Tain shot Arty farty lift hill shot! Megafobias Awesome first drop! Going over the second hill! Megafobia....Not my favourite woodie in the UK but it does have some kick ass ejector! The loudest ride in the park! The Bounce Closeup! Can anyone see a Eurofighter? Ummmm Fobia! Vertigo.......Dont worry, well get on ya later! Gone! Going......... Going.......... The wife...aka.Justin lol Im gutte dit was so cold because the drop on this ride is EXTREME! The only Intamin in the park..........Bad Times! Shes a beauty! SOme obligatory Hydro pics! Here we are Oakwood Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottjenkins Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Im sorry for the MASSIVE pictures guys! Im not good on the somputer thingys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 yeah, you really need to resize them! Look at this thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35725 When you have to scroll across to see the pics, its not cool. Try resizing them down to 800 pixels wide (at the most!) Having 13+ megs of pics is not cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Some nice pictures of Oakwood. I'm glad to hear "Fobia" was working again and gave a great ride. Did you take your seatbelt off and just have the "lapbar" to get some mad As in my report on the 2/8/8 "Fobia's" lift hill motor decided to give up and it was down all weekend I was there. I'll be going back to ride it in Sept. "Speed" is a great coaster, good layout but it is rough near the loop, gives your brain cells a good pounding before the 4.5g Helix. Treetops Coaster is great fun, at 10am we got a roll-back into the station off the lift-hill, the tyres were not dry enough, riding it at night was excellent, no lights and thick forest makes a great setting for a coaster. Can't understand why people want to spoil the fun for other people at the Park by saying things about the coasters. 3 hours down-time, I hope you went on "Plane Crazy" and the "Waterfall" to pass the time. I use "Paint Shop Pro" to downsize my pic's to 800 x 600 res. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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