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Did Drayton Manor today to make it up to the wife and daughter as I buggered off up north yesterday for a track day

one word:
A P O C A L Y P S E






http://www.draytonmanor.co.uk/Apocalypse.aspx
bloody unreal
According to the site:
I did the standing version (no rest footrest was NOT available)
I'm not normally one for mad heights, but I though sod it.. left the missus-who didnt want to do it and kid queing for a smaller safer ride.
- kid is only 8 so no way for the Apocalypse

Queue'd for a bit.. lots of people bottling it as you can see it close up as you q.

Got told by a young teenage boy and girl to avoid the 'back row' as someone had lost their bladder on the run they were on with them
They even had a mop in the corner!!!!

No backing out now.
Stomach in knots.- had LOTS of adrenalin yesterday on track in my own car, also in an expertly driven scoob as a passenger and a load of PAX laps in a 360CS on maximum attack ..

1. got on, strapped in.. started to rise- this aint bad...
2. 50ft- ah piece of pish.. no bother..
3. 100ft - um- feels high
4. 120ft- oh ****. what am I doing
5. 140ft- (justification time) it's safe.. it's a ride that runs ALL day.. god it's high
6. At the Top. HOLY ****..
7. just chill..
8. Cant be any scarier than doing that bend at over a ton yesterday on 3 wheels near damn it)
9. just dont look dowm...

(at this point the harnesses all tip forwards about 20 degrees!!!!!! )

1. OH ****!!!!
2. BAM!

(down it falls...)
didnt even have time to scream.
was the biggest fix of the weekend.
an utter moment of freefall madness..

QUALITY

If you put/let your kids on this be VERY VERY careful what you feed them/let them drink beforehand

J4CKO

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Hows it compare to Oblivion at Alton Towers ?, that scarses the **** out of me.

Johnny E

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, I wanna go and try it .......or try and try it. gotta hand it to ya m8 looks a real scare fest

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I thought it was worse..
Much MUCH worse (ie: scarier than oblivion)

(I think because you could see it all rushing up to you, and as you can probably tell I dont do well with heights)

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just had a look; there is a new ride at alton towers called RITA- queen of speed..
peak velocity is 4.7G!!! OMFG


also the site says the oblivion is 4.5G - so more than the above ride.. wierd.. apocalypse certainly seemed worse/faster.. mind you- had visual clues to the speed of decent.

Apparently there is an even faster coaster coming to Thorpe Park this summer sweet

having said that- if money is no object:
THIS might be the DADDY!?
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com...v2/index.shtml


Although this one sounds totally incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com...a_sfgadv.shtml
Kingda Ka
Height- 456feet
Drop: 418ft
Angle of descent: 90deg'
top speed- 128mph!

/faints..

Daz34

So you actually went to a theme park on a bank holiday????

Tiggs

is he nuts?

the point of schools is keep kids busy while you go to such places.....missing the point if you go when the kids are there!

steffiraf

I love theme parks. We're off to florida in november so will post pics when we get back..What about organising a sn outing to alton towers over the summer?

scoobynutta555

Ah good old theme parks Best time to go is during a weekday when its raining lol.
Never queued more than 10 mins for Oblivion. You go past some points up to entrances where it says 2 hours queue from here

Ive heard of people queueing for 3 hours and more for some rides at AT

Madness!

Will have to take a run up there in the next few weeks, not been for a year.