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BASTARDS!

Well that's 99% of the reason to go there and not the increasingly excellent Thorpe Park gone then.

BASTARDS!

Awww! That's my favourite coaster ever!

Non of you were going anyway! I had discount tickets and everything!

The corkscrew has always been a boring disappointment non thrill but it's rather a shame if it's not running because of its historical significance.

I'm also a little pissed off at the effectively zero warning, at least close it Nov 09.

Historical significance aside, last time I went on it, it was rubbish, and not a patch on pretty much anything else at the park.

If you want to see history, go to a museum instead.

I can think of at least two older rollercoasters that provide more thrill than the Corkscrew.

Rita Queen of Speed, and Air were awesome last time I went. Air is the one where it tips you forward so you fly like Superman.

Bah, no soul at all.

Rita is just a slower version of Stealth at Thorpe Park these days with the added bonus Stealth goes higher than Alton are allowed to build coasters.

And that's the problem, Alton aren't allowed to build above treeline, the only truly unique thing they now have is Hexx.

Thorpe Park sounds excellent. Why don't we have the forum day out there instead?

Indeed.

The Big One is the best rollercoaster in the country. The rest of the good ones are all at Blackpool as well. The Revolution is the best loooping coaster but loops are generally boring. Big drops are the best.

The Ultimate was terrible because despite being really high at the time it only had two drops and the rest was on the ground. It was also incredibly uncomfortable.

Yeah I need to get to Blackpool.

I kept meaning to revive the old thread about Alton Towers. I take it we're not going anymore?

Well, CUS was meant to be organising it.

I think we're fully aware that he wasn't going to be anymore though.
I thought GJ had taken up the reins?

Just round the corner from me. And it's almost excellent. It would be excellent if the queue-jump tickets weren't stupid (maximum one ride per hour). However, when we went earlier this summer, it pissed it down for half the day, so they started selling one-hit queue-jump tickets outside Nemesis. Result!

Indeed, Bollocks To Alton Towers (for closing the Corkscrew). Any rollercoaster that whips you upside-down so frequently should be kept open, even if it means including them on the list of, erm, Listed Buildings. It's not as if they couldn't just get shot of the crap swan ride at Alton Towers instead.

Top Alton Towers Tip: If you see a ride being closed for temporary repair, hover near it. Once it reopens, there won't be any queue at all!

PRO: You'll achieve the maximum amount of Fun Per Hour (FpH) at Alton Towers if you do so, as I did with my chums when we hovered near Nemesis about eight years ago. Four goes in Nemesis within thirty minutes. Ace.

CONS: If they haven't repaired the ride very well, you're increasing the chances of being flung to an untimely death. But that's all part of the fun, surely?

From America?

If any of you do come to Blackpool to go on the rollercoasters go on the Wild Mouse. It's only a small, old, wooden rollercoaster, looks like it's for small kids or something bit I can guarantee that you will actually be frightened for your lives.

Long reins?

Damn, one of my fave memories from my childhood is my brother being sick after his 3rd go on the corkscrew in a day, but this I'm sure was down to them other two mini coasters called Cat and Mouse which felt like it has 45 degree turns instead of corners

Oh and if you ever end up near Great Yarmouth the 'coaster there is a delight. It's an old woody but it has an incredible amount of charm and last time I was there (about 15 years ago or something) it had dinosaurs! It's the old figure 8 style as was popular in the 20/30s heyday of the 'coaster. [/coaster nerd]

The last time i went on the corkscrew, it felt old and creeky..

wasn't as good as i remember it was as a kid

I had bruises all over my knees and thighs from that ride, it didn't so much go around corners as throw you around them. Ow.

They closed Black Hole???

The Beatles have split up, too.

I remember when I was 4 queueing up for the runaway train with my mam and dad and crying all the time in the queue because it scared me. Then I loved it and wanted to go back on but the queue was too big so I cried again. Vague memories of the teacups aswell.

To be fair I've not been to the Towers since about '94.
Or indeed north of Watford since '98...

I spent a very enjoyable day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach once, and went on everything they have there. Most of the rides where much more fun that Alton Towers, I though. And yes, the Wild Mouse scared me deeply, much more so than anything else there.

Buggerations! I was only at Alton Towers a couple of weeks ago, but the missus didn't want to go on Corkscrew. Had I have known it was to close, I'd have bloody insisted!

Also: another nod for Thorpe Park. I went there a couple of months ago and it has verily gone from being 'the shit one' from my childhood to being genuinely better than Alton Towers, especially now Corkscrew's gone!

I went on a wooden rollercoaster at a touring funfair called Funderworld in Bournemouth a few years back. Scariest ride I've ever been on in my life, and not in a good way. I'd swear you could hear the bolts creaking as you went round.

The Wild Mouse at Blackpool is a proper, balls out, rickety, scare the living shit out of the passengers ride. Its cousin at Morecambe was only very slightly tamer.

I was gutted when I heard they'd taken down The Flying Fish at Thorpe Park. I've got a great photo from a birthday I had there when I was a kid of me and three mates all standing in front of it with Flying Fish baseball caps on, giving a thumbs up.

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Does it matter? It sucked.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

For so many reasons.

You've totally lost me.


I've just read that it's been reopened, but it a different part of the park. Still not the same

Completely wrong. Still the best ride at Alton Towers.

The corkscrew is ok but I wont be sad to see it go.