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coastergraham
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 Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject: Your Favourite UK Flat ride |
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Ok so we have done and are still doing favourite Uk Woodies and Steelies, but which Flat ride in the theme parks gets you going the most?
As ever I have tried to get one flat ride from most parks but feel free to sugest another not on the list.
For my choice it just has to be Slammer, the most intense ride experience I have ever had anywhere. It beats one hell of a lot of coasters for me, a ride I truly love for its extreme ride 
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bradpeet
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Well, I have voted on the list - and bling is a firm favourite for me.
But where is Drayton's Maelstrom? It's not as re-ridable as bling (for me), but I do love the sensation for the first 2 or 3 goes. |
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bluea61
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:17 am Post subject: |
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My personal favourite is either Maelstrom or Vortex. Similar rides, but differeing experiences I think.
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nemesis scribe
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Maelstrom is the best for me but alas, its not on the list, boooo . . . 
AD
P.s. I do like golden nuggets aswell hehe 
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Auntie Murial
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I might be having a blonde moment but what the hell is the Circulator
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coastergraham
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Auntie Murial wrote: | | I might be having a blonde moment but what the hell is the Circulator |
The Circulator is a Farfabbri Evolution ride at Flamingoland. It is an excellent ride as it is manually controlled by the ride op, so if they feel evil you are in for one heck of a ride
Another one of these rides is Excalibur 2 at Camelot
Sorry to all you Maelstrom fans out there I only remembered about this ride after I had submitted the post and can't work out how to get it added to the list, so if any admin or mods can do then please feel free to do so.
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Auntie Murial
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Added for you Coastergraham
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Amberrider
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Your Favourite UK Flat ride |
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| coastergraham wrote: | Ok so we have done and are still doing favourite Uk Woodies and Steelies, but which Flat ride in the theme parks gets you going the most?
As ever I have tried to get one flat ride from most parks but feel free to sugest another not on the list.
For my choice it just has to be Slammer, the most intense ride experience I have ever had anywhere. It beats one hell of a lot of coasters for me, a ride I truly love for its extreme ride |
Definitely Maelstrom. Absolutely no contest.
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stealth fan
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Had to go for Rush at Thorpe. Great ride, and the fact you feel so exposed with only a lap bar makes it more thrilling. Second place, any Booster, standard wind turbine thing.
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STEALTHYBUTBAD
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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rush for me , i love the feeling u get on the ride when u go up and are facing downwards ! mealstrom is joint first place too - just love the ride !
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Happy Helen
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Maelstorm for me, as I visited Drayton Manor for the first time last year. |
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frosty
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I voted for Maelstrom as it's a great ride and I haven't ridden most (if any) of the others on the list.
So far I've kept clear of Bling as that kind of ride terrified me  - but having now ridden Pegasus at Tivoli Friheden I think I may finally get my first ride on Bling Bash 2010.
Thanks Bazza for the friendly push (nice game plan!) needed to get me on Pegasus. Sadly I was no quite up to trying the Sky Tower, small steps as they say . . .
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Happy Helen
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| frosty wrote: | I voteed for Maelstrom as it's a great ride and I haven't ridden most (if any) of the others on the list.
So far I've kept clear of Bling as that kind of ride terrified me - but having now ridden Pegasus at Tivoli Friheden I think I may finally get my first ride on Bling Bash 2010. |
I went on a simular ride in Cardiff four years and it was awful, as it hurt.
I am off to Blackpool in two weeks time so I might try Bling, although it is scarier than it looks.
Thanks Bazza for the friendly push (nice game plan!) needed to get me on Pegasus. Sadly I was no quite up to trying the Sky Tower, small steps as they say . . . |
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Nemesis Nick
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| Happy Helen wrote: | | I am off to Blackpool in two weeks time so I might try Bling, although it is scarier than it looks. |
I rode Bling once during Blackpool Bash 2008 and once during Blackpool Bash 2009. It definitely looks scary, I managed it without screaming but one go per visit was enough for me. It's difficult to go describe the sensation without you going on it, the ride swings and spins simultaneously, and part way through the central part of the ride is held upside down high in the air momentarily, fine if you like that. To complicate matters, the "pews" pivot forwards and backwards about their central body ends, thereby adding to the effect as the central body swings and spins. So far I haven't tried going on Bling once in the morning and once again in the afternoon. No way could I take two goes straight off, I said in my Messageboard Blackpool Bash 2009 trip report "Bling gets nul points for re-ridability".
So you might be brave and give Bling a try. Good luck to you, though don't feel forced into riding it if you don't fancy going on it, just because I and other RCCGB members have ridden it. I remember you telling me you gave that a miss at the Blackpool Bash 2008.
When your'e back from your trip to Blackpool, let us know whether you went on it or not. |
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Happy Helen
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Nemesis Nick wrote: | | Happy Helen wrote: | | I am off to Blackpool in two weeks time so I might try Bling, although it is scarier than it looks. |
I rode Bling once during Blackpool Bash 2008 and once during Blackpool Bash 2009. It definitely looks scary, I managed it without screaming but one go per visit was enough for me. It's difficult to go describe the sensation without you going on it, the ride swings and spins simultaneously, and part way through the central part of the ride is held upside down high in the air momentarily, fine if you like that. To complicate matters, the "pews" pivot forwards and backwards about their central body ends, thereby adding to the effect as the central body swings and spins. So far I haven't tried going on Bling once in the morning and once again in the afternoon. No way could I take two goes straight off, I said in my Messageboard Blackpool Bash 2009 trip report "Bling gets nul points for re-ridability".
So you might be brave and give Bling a try. Good luck to you, though don't feel forced into riding it if you don't fancy going on it, just because I and other RCCGB members have ridden it. I remember you telling me you gave that a miss at the Blackpool Bash 2008.
When your'e back from your trip to Blackpool, let us know whether you went on it or not. |
My trip report will be up when I come back from my holiday. |
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Adam164
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I voted for Maelstrom because my favourite thrill ride and went on it many time |
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