zjerre Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Oktober means Halloween time so we went to the UK! CRAP, made a mistake with the attachments so you have to view the DM pics from the end to the top of the post I hope you enjoy the pictures + comments but be warned that my comments aren't that cool and funny to read, imo... Overall opinion about this park... I didn't like it very much! it was good for a one time visit to have the coaster credits + riding the only standup coaster in europe and the only standup floorless drop tower witch was really good imo! Alton Towers report will come tommorow, right now bed time! Yay, after a trip that took almost 9 hours, we arrived at DM. First stop, the pretty unique drop tower Apocalypse! Hmmm witch one should we take? Standup floorless ofcourse! BTW I really loved the "seats" G-Force, shitty MS X Car coaster! Car on the airtime hill Vertical loop 1 Vertical loop 2 I like this kind of steel Corkscrew B&M Look-a-like Kiddiecoaster time! Train in the new 2008 section of the park, Thomasland. They have a monorail @ DM o_O Doesn't look bad but the coaster is hell 2 Times corkscrew pleasure Home o_O AT you mean *woohoo* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjerre Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Pictures from Alton Towers now! First visit and it's my favo park so far together with Disney Paris The nature is absolutly stunning. Sometimes it felt like you were in a national park instead of being at AT ^^ We were there with scarefest, they had 3 Halloween attractions. Terror of the towers witch was a walktrough trough the old towers, really nice imo. Also there was a boiler room nearby the AT hotel and they also created a cropfield maze there witch was also really nice. I don't have pictures of it just because it night at the moment we did the spooky attractions. where we took our last shot in Alton Towers! see you back in 2010 when Secret Weapon 6 will be opened then we headed back to the entrance this is the passage way (last corridor to the vault, its main show) here you exit the original towers the paper they have to fill in. riders/head is how many people they had in that hour. all the parts from the entrance to the exit again the real inside of a madhouse. the part you see is the house witch turns around 360° monitors to check everything Vekoma -_- Control panel Hello Hex ride operator This is the building where they placed the madhouse in. I thaught it was inside the towers :$ Not to forget, we also got a backstage Tour of Hex! This is the place where there used to be an old Schwarzkopf but I don't remember the name anymore This helix is awesome. going down to make speed for the Zero-g over the station Vertical loop again First element after the small drop Again Nemesis! After riding it at the 6th row, in the dark and front I most say it's one of the best coasters i did. It's cool in the dark but front seat during the day is better. Specially the first element is great riding front seat Day two started off with b&m madness. First up was Oblivion, after that we went to Air for again riding it front seat! After riding the two b&m's at Forbidden Valley, we went to Ug-Land. Hell + Heaven together on one picture Again the turn where you go on your back Lying on your back with the sun and blue sky above your head was the greatest feeling I ever got on a coaster The moment where you turn on your back Time for some Air shots again Zero-G over the station, love this element Going down for the vertical loop Vertical loop Nemesis After collecting our Fasttrack for Air, Nemesis and Obl we started with Air. Favo coaster so far. The part when you're going on your back is awesome Lovely After the Halloween fun, we went trough the gardens straight to Forbidden Valley. I never saw such nature in a park... Actually it was unbelievable for me that you could find this kind of nature at a themepark! Nerd shot? Taking some Oblivion pics while waiting for Tower of the terrors. We rode it in the dark witch was really crazy cause you really didn't know when the drop would end Hex Again the towers In front of Hex, best madhouse I did so far. The story, the music, the legend behind the story... I loved it We took our Halloween tickets after Spinball and went to Hex. The towers are simply awesome They're having a great time i suppose Horshoe turn First stop: Spinball Wizzer. Pretty good spinning coaster but not as good as the Winja's I love the Halloween decoration! Arriving at AT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Great TR, lots of close-ups of the coasters. I want to go to UK so bad, and I can't wait to go to Alton Towers....Drayton, not so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Great TR and some beautiful pics. DM seems to be really dead at the time of your visit. How were the crowds in AT ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Thanks for the backstage look at Hex--I think it's the best madhouse ride anywhere. As for Drayton, Apocalypse is an awesome drop tower, and Pirate Adventure is a guilty pleasure--but I wasn't too taken with the rest of the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjerre Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 crowds were really ok max queue time i saw was 60min for air. nemesis and rita were around 40-45 minutes, oblvion also. and about DM... pirates adventure was really bad imo i liked excalibur (the boat ride with that dragon theme) more. The haunting (madhouse) wasn't that bad as well (nice story) but the ride itself was shitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny In England Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Apocalypse is awesome, but I really feel Drayton Manor is desperately missing something, but I just have no idea what. The way the lake basically makes it a U shape doesn't help either. Glad Alton is still impressing people, no Rita or Corkscrew pictures though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjerre Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 we rode rita when it was getting a bit dark and the pictures i had just werent THAT good enough to post on the second day i didn't have the time to take some decent pics from those two coasters ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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