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Hi, I'm goin Alton Towers and of some of the rides I'm quite scared because I've always been terrified of drops and heights, some of them look alright but rides like Oblivion and Nemesis look awful! Smoothest/Best ride excluding these? Rita looks AMAZING THOUGH!!!
Little off topic but I'm going today aswell! :) The only one I'm not sure on is Oblivion!
I went on Monday. First time going on rollercoasters (was time to man up). Went on Air, Rita and Oblivion - too tall for Thirteen.
They were amazing even if I did shout profanities whilst going on them. Also went on Hex. That was wierd.
Queues were long (exception Oblivion) - Rita was 1 hour long.
Was a good day.
Nemesis is amazing! Also get fast passes
I'm going in a couple of weeks, isn't the fast passes like 10 pound each or something?
Rita is overrated imo. The cable cars are amazing.
How tall are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Judge Judy
I went to Alton Towers last month. I didn't get to go on Thirteen :/
We left at 9:15 got back at 2:45 and went on all 5 big rides, great fun and only 15 mins down the road for me :) Longest we queued was 25 mins, wasn't a very busy day.
Why leave so early?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zuth
We needed tickets lol and we thought it was gona be busy!
I meant why did you leave the park?! it doesnt close til 6! And you live 15 mins away...! (didnt see the time lol)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zuth
Its boring after the 5 main rides, and the ques where far to long to wait after lunch
I'm 1.88m (Max. height was 1.99m sure) - I just didn't have the leg room to sit on the ride... which I was rather annoyed about (I'm sure you'd be as well after queuing a while! :P)Quote:
Originally Posted by Arron
I wouldn't worry too much about Thirteen, it's only good the once. It doesn't compare at all to the big four (Nemesis, Oblivion, Rita and Air)Quote:
Originally Posted by Judge Judy
My favourite ride is probably Air and I advice you to go on that, it seems terrifying but its really not - especially once you go round the first time. Thirteen is over-rated in my opinion, I went on it not long after it was first released, gotta say it was pretty disappointing, I expected someone much better because of all the hype, but meh that might of been because I saw loads of Youtube videos of the ride and I knew what was going to happen and the thrill of Thirteen is not knowing what's gonna happen.
But if you're quite worried about rides, what I usually do is Youtube a few rides and see which one's you definitely won't go on and which one's you will.
I've been on them all a few times, amazing - just take the plunge and go on them, thats what I did a few years ago and now I love them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibs960
Be sure to go on Hex for the weirdness factor.
Oh i love Hex, i think its great what they did with the old houseQuote:
Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-
Hex give me a headache and I come out dizzy!
I went to drayton manor yesterday and it was fairly dead :P
Im going next month :P Once again only like 15 mins down the road :)
Yeh its about 20 mins away from me, tempted to get a year pass thing but dunno cos il be bored by the next time i go :/
They old have like 3 big rides
If you want to go on everything I suggest booking a caravan/hotel and going for 2 days.
It was AMAZING! Best day ever! We went on Air first, I was well scared when the floor drops but then the first time was alright, so we went on it again at the end of the day, even though one of the people in my group pussied out ;) Sonic Spinball was good too, but we didn't go on Nemesis or Oblivion or Rita cos they were either too scary (oblivion), ages for the que (Rita) or we just didn't have time and we kept looking at it and going "It looks okay," *Scream from like everyone when it goes round a corner* "Yeah... moving on...". The Blade was funny cos some granny made me proper laugh cos she was sat there with her hands up and then when it went back down she put her hands on the bar.
Advice for everyone when you go, get in the singles ques, we saw the que for Sonic Spinball and thought we didn't have time but one of our mates came and said "Go in the singles que, x10 quicker" so we went in singles que and enjoyed the ride just as much :)
You are going TO Alton Towers. Seriously, when did the word 'to' pack up and leave from it's usual habitat of regular dialect?