UK Woodie

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I'm quite mad the UK is missing a decent Woodie like "Thunderhead" or "Thundercoaster", Megaphobia is fun but it is not big and long enough.

 

Why do UK parks dismiss a large out and back or twister style woodie and go for a boring steel "rocket coasters" which other parks have. Why copy them.

 

Thope Park should have a woodie put over the water with some tunnels and get CCI or Gravity Group to built it.

 

Is the UK Parks scared to build these rides..!!!

 

If I won 10 million pounds on the UK Lottery, I would give Thorpe Park 5 million to get them to build a world class twister woodie, it would have fan turns, tunnels, airtime heaven hills and lots of speed and change of direction. Someone should build the Crystal Beach Cyclone or any lost "Harry Traver" coaster.

 

I went to Cedar Point and Kings Island I was in heaven and loved all the coasters they have in the parks. You are so lucky to have those rides.

 

I have just been to Heide Park and 6 Flags Holland and loved their coasters as well, at least you come out of your seat on the coasters at these 2 parks.

 

There is no "Airtime" on any UK coaster apart from Megaphobia and that makes me mad, why built a ride and you don't come out of your seat. "Pepsi Max Big one" for example, after the 1st drop its a boring ride so why pay £5 to ride it.

 

Blackpool should of designed it so it is an out and back with lots of airtime hills like "Nitro", this will make it more fun. but no we are not allowed and have to have a boring ride built.

 

Sorry for the moan but I am mad with UK Parks for not doing enough and building unique rides.

 

Love the video's you have on this website, very clear .

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Regards

James

[crispy]

Someone should build the Crystal Beach Cyclone

 

 

yeah that would be cool, but painfull, those coasters were nuts.

 

 

 

Some people love those types of rides, but your like me, I love airtime wooden coasters, and thank GOD we have one here in albuquerque

[BC]

Wasn't there at some point a long term plan made public for Thorpe Park... and didn't it include a wooden coaster at some time in the future?

 

If they plan to build one I hope this will be an Intamin. Went to Liseberg recently... oh Boyyyy is Balder the best wooden coaster I have ever been on ... BY FAR!!! YES!!!

 

Airtime hill after airtime hill... after airtime hill...

 

Keeping my fingers crossed!

[Rooey]

I dont think Thorpe can build a woodie because of the foundations in the grounds, as it is built on a quarry. SOmething like that anyway.

[crispy]

if you can build a metal coaster, there should be no reason you can't build a wooden one, besides they could always have the hybrid metal/wood construction thats so popular these days

 

 

like my hometown coaster the New Mexico Rattler

 

 

 

 

 

 

[coasters 4 me]

Wasnt there plans for one at alton towers but it had to be scraped?

[coasterdude5]

^^Yeah, I think it was gonna be the longest in the world.

[Twister II]

^ Yes I remember that!

 

It was suppose to be the tallest and longest family wooden coaster. If I remember right, it was an out and back, that turned in the Forbined Valley.

[coasterdude5]

^^Yeah somnething like that. The "neighbors" thought they'd be tearing down too many tree's! Dumb neighbors! I'm sure they're the same ones that said Oblivion was making too much noise.

[Shockwave]

I'm quite mad the UK is missing a decent Woodie like "Thunderhead" or "Thundercoaster", Megaphobia is fun but it is not big and long enough.

 

Why do UK parks dismiss a large out and back or twister style woodie and go for a boring steel "rocket coasters" which other parks have. Why copy them.

 

Thope Park should have a woodie put over the water with some tunnels and get CCI or Gravity Group to built it.

 

Is the UK Parks scared to build these rides..!!!

 

If I won 10 million pounds on the UK Lottery, I would give Thorpe Park 5 million to get them to build a world class twister woodie, it would have fan turns, tunnels, airtime heaven hills and lots of speed and change of direction. Someone should build the Crystal Beach Cyclone or any lost "Harry Traver" coaster.

 

I went to Cedar Point and Kings Island I was in heaven and loved all the coasters they have in the parks. You are so lucky to have those rides.

 

I have just been to Heide Park and 6 Flags Holland and loved their coasters as well, at least you come out of your seat on the coasters at these 2 parks.

 

There is no "Airtime" on any UK coaster apart from Megaphobia and that makes me mad, why built a ride and you don't come out of your seat. "Pepsi Max Big one" for example, after the 1st drop its a boring ride so why pay £5 to ride it.

 

Blackpool should of designed it so it is an out and back with lots of airtime hills like "Nitro", this will make it more fun. but no we are not allowed and have to have a boring ride built.

 

Sorry for the moan but I am mad with UK Parks for not doing enough and building unique rides.

 

Love the video's you have on this website, very clear .

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Regards

James

 

I gotta protest a little here. It's true that the UK is lacking lots of wooden coasters, but the Big Dipper and the Grand National at Blackpool are both awesome rides. The Wild Mouse is the best wild mouse in the world. There's also the scenic railway at Great Yarmouth which is a barrel of laughs. Megaphobia isn't the biggest woodie. but it's much better than a lot of the bigger wooden coasters around. It's still considered one of the best in the world. As for it being a little short - just ride it again!

 

I do agree that the Big One is rubbish.

 

It's only worth riding for the first drop in the back seat, which is nuts. When it was built in 94, Arrow were the only people making hypercoasters, and Blackpool wanted the tallest, fastest coaster in the world. Ergo, they didn't have a lot of choice. With hindsight, maybe they should have added more airtime hills, but they were also working within the constraints of the track design, and the location. Like everything else at Blackpool, it was shoehorned in.

 

A lot of the reason that large woodies like Colossus aren't built is down to British planning law. It's much more difficult for our parks to get huge coasters than say, the US. There's cost as well. With the exception of Tussauds and Blackpool Pleasure Beach, no park can really justify paying for a ride like that yet.

 

The woodies in Cedar Point and Kings Island aren't supposed to be all that great (Racer and Blue Streak are expections). OF course that's open for debate, so I won't knock them till I try them. But the stories of how bad a ride Mean Streak is, how Son of Beast is even worse, how the Beast is considered overrated by a lot of people, makes me wonder - quality, not quantity. That said, the US has got Raven, Legend, Boulder Dash, Shivering Timbers, etc etc etc.

 

Thorpe Park and wooden coaster don't really go in the same sentence. A wooden coaster wouldn't fit in well at the moment, because they're pursuing the most state-of-the-art thrills going, hence next year's Accelerator. Maybe a few years down the line when the park has developed somewhat it would be a consideration. In fact, Canda Creek would be the best place to put a woodie, but we'll just have to see how the development plan turns out. Alton Towers' woodie is on a back burner at the moment because of the aforementioned planning laws. But Flamingoland would be a good potential site for a woodie, as they have plenty of space and are theming more of the park each year.