Photo TR: My UK Trip

[larrygator]

And I don't actually remember seeing the rabbit ride.

 

That would be a big miss.

[australianalex]

I'm very sorry it took so long for this update, I've been away at a friend's place without my laptop (where all my pics are stored), but better late then never I guess!

 

Park #6: Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

 

Pleasure Beach was one of my most anticipated parks. I'd heard great things about it, most of which were true. However, I have to admit it wasn't as fantastic as I expected. Once you get past the charm and nostalgia of the park, the place really doesn't have an excellent ride lineup, despite having 10 coasters. Nevertheless, I had a great time at Pleasure Beach! One notable thing I didn't end up getting a picture of was the insanely creepy laughing clown in a box. That thing scared the crap out of me.

 

Welcome to Pleasure Beach! This is the view from our hotel room. How many coasters can you spot?

The first ride of the day will be the Big One, because who doesn't like riding a 200ft twisted coat hanger?

The Big One was my first hyper coaster. It was pretty fun, but - being an Arrow - very rough. I think I may have digested my spleen on this ride.

The final drop took me by surprise, it was the best part of the ride after the first drop IMO. The rest of the ride was pretty forceless with little airtime and plenty of roughness.

One good thing that came out of riding this was we got to sit behind and have a chat with Richard Rodriguez - the nutjob who plans to ride this thing all day for 100 days for a world record. He seemed pretty cool, but I can't imagine how bruised he'll be when he's finished

Coasters and Burger King. I can die happy now.

Next coaster of the day - Revolution. More Arrow!

Surprisingly, Revolution was REALLY awesome. Very smooth, fairly intense and delivered insane ejector airtime in the back seat on the first drop!

Ejector airtime through the trees!

Time for Steeplechase - even MORE Arrow!

I know Steeplechase is TPR's favourite coaster at Pleasure Beach, but I really did not like it. At all.

I guess racing with friends would be fun, but riding alone all I could focus on was the discomfort I got from the seats and restraints. I couldn't wait for the ride to end.

Finally something not Arrow - Avalanche!

Avalanche was ok. It delivered a pretty cool out of control ride, but it was also quite bumpy and very short.

River Caves was the only one of Pleasure Beach's quirky dark rides it's famous for. It was actually pretty cool! The theming was very substantial and created a fantastic atmosphere.

Oh the embarrassment...

First woodie of the day was Nickelodeon Streak, which was was, erm, very orange.

Overall it was a fun ride. Nice and smooth, but sadly devoid of airtime.

Maybe this woodie will be a bit better.

I liked Big Dipper. Despite being the oldest woodie of the trip, it was surprisingly the smoothest!

It had a nice layout with some decent pops of airtime.

Uh oh. I spy pain.

Yep, it's an SLC.

I've only ridden one SLC before, and it was awful. So, being the idiot I am, I queued for Infusion. After all, it's meant to be a fairly smooth SLC right? Wrong. Infusion was just as rough and painful as Lethal Weapon, and no fancy water effects could make up for that. I think the most painful part is that I queued 30 minutes for this piece of crap.

Big One - through the Vekoma!

After getting my head smashed, I went to get my spine snapped. And Wild Mouse certainly did that. It was the most insane, violent coaster I've ever been on. And I loved it. The laterals, airtime and out of control feeling made for an awesome ride! Even better and crazier than Aussie World's wooden wild mouse!

Grand National kicked ass. It was VERY rough, to the point where my mum was in tears when she got off, but it was really quite awesome. The airtime was insane, I felt like I was going to be catapulted from the ride more times than I can count! Unfortunately the ride broke down later in the day, so I got no pictures of it running.

No re-rides on this awesome woodie then

One thing I regret the most about my trip was the fact I didn't ride Valhalla. Due to the cold weather and my hatred for water rides, I skipped it out. Which is a shame, as I hear it's a fantastic ride.

We ended the day on Ice Blast, my second S&S spaceshot ride after Batwing at Movieworld. Ice Blast had a fantastic view, but unfortunately didn't have the airtime that Batwing does. Still a good ride, and a good way to end the day.

We said goodbye to Pleasure Beach, and thus ended our UK coaster tour. I had tons of fun on my trip and can't wait for my next visit to somewhere overseas! Thanks for reading guys.

[caffeine_demon]

SHame nash broke down - but at least you got one ride - even though it's rough (particularly right at the back) it's great!

 

I love steeplechashe, but it did take some "practice"!

 

also - Wild mouse is awesome!