Archive for RCCGB FORUM Message Board for Members of the Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain to discuss club events and all things theme park related.          RCCGB FORUM Forum Index -> UK Trips Boo Blackpool 2009 What are the dates for Blackpool 2009? Have any been set yet?? Amy frosty Hi Amy, I had this saved away but I'm not sure when or where it appeared on the forum and it may now be wrong, > Andy (Nev) of the RCCGB has just announced that next years dates for the annual Blackpool Bash are the 17th-19th April < Steve coaster-andy I am booking a flat for 6 of us, even though 5, for £25 a night. I am making sure I am doing this one. bluea61 Your thinking ahead! coaster-andy bluea61 wrote: Your thinking ahead! Well I better be organized with children   STEALTHYBUTBAD ill be staying at the langroyd as usual ! smiler God knows where were staying as always but long as were in Blackpool tho   . This will be my 10th bash now so looking forward to this one just looking back over the last 10 years and how its flowen by. bluea61 STEALTHYBUTBAD wrote: ill be staying at the langroyd as usual ! Ditto, wouldn't stay anywhere else. Rosbird Perfect dates Excellent, those dates are perfect! It'll be my birthday on the 20th so im thinking of staying beyond the club meet and having some extra days up there frosty I hope those dates are right as performing a search I still cannot find where that came from. Before people arrange things it may be wise to get confirmation. STEALTHYBUTBAD id be doing the usual travel up to blackpool on the friday , stay friday night , saturday night and sunday night and go back home on the monday Happy Helen My mum might bring me up or I might be coming on my own. If I am coming on my own where is everybody staying ? looping lee Quite a few of us are staying at the Langroyd ! I believe its fully booked with RCCGB'ers like last year ! I'll be there for the entire weekend , the best hotel in Blackpool !!!  John and Jane ( the management ) are members of the the club and will be at the coaster crazy show possibly doing an act this time ! Yee Haa !! nemesis scribe looping lee wrote: Quite a few of us are staying at the Langroyd ! I believe its fully booked with RCCGB'ers like last year ! I'll be there for the entire weekend , the best hotel in Blackpool !!!  John and Jane ( the management ) are members of the the club and will be at the coaster crazy show possibly doing an act this time ! Yee Haa !! I shall be at the 'Sparkroyd' too, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes. Shower cords at the ready . . . .   butler What have John & Jane done to deserve such treatment? bluea61 Me and Hayley will be in usual attendance at the Langroyd. Look forward to the morning Ukraine dancing and tip notch breakfast. Rogue Me and Andy will also be in attendance at the Langroyd     stealth fan I have yet to discover what this place is like, *cough, hate camping in Blackpool cough* Got costume for saturday already though   stevencaine I'm SO looking forward to my first ever bash please treat me gentle isn't it whats this gong show stealth fan stevencaine wrote: whats this gong show You've been framed material  . Nah, really, you have to do an act of any sorts and it has to be as bad as possible. The worst wins. stevencaine my karaoke is well bad the select few at loopathon can vouch for that smiler Mate its my 10th bash and i may be doing something for it but ill be ........... myself tho   ForeverBlue Quote: Quite a few of us are staying at the Langroyd ! I believe its fully booked with RCCGB'ers like last year ! I'll be there for the entire weekend , the best hotel in Blackpool !!!  John and Jane ( the management ) are members of the the club and will be at the coaster crazy show possibly doing an act this time !  Yee Haa !! I shall be at the 'Sparkroyd' too, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes. Shower cords at the ready . . . .   Thanks guys...you are all FAR too kind! Just to confirm, we are full, but if anyone is thinking of booking somewhere & is not too sure about it, feel free to conact us & we can tell you if we have heard anything bad about it. The Blackpool grapevine works quite well, so if there are issues of any kind with a hotel/holiday flat, we usually hear about it. Hope this helps. nemesis scribe [quote="ForeverBlue"] Quote: if anyone is thinking of booking somewhere & is not too sure about it, feel free to conact us & we can tell you if we have heard anything bad about it. The Blackpool grapevine works quite well, so if there are issues of any kind with a hotel/holiday flat, we usually hear about it. Hope this helps. I hear the Sparkles Hotel is very exclusive and highly recommended . . . . or am i much mistaken???     Sparkroyd Forever   ForeverBlue Tip Top Adamski... Obviously as it is soooo fantastic, you will be booking in there next year & breaking her shower cords instead of ours! lol Shall we drop your handcuffs down to her in preparation for your arrival? nemesis scribe ForeverBlue wrote: Tip Top Adamski... Obviously as it is soooo fantastic, you will be booking in there next year & breaking her shower cords instead of ours! lol Shall we drop your handcuffs down to her in preparation for your arrival? Hmmmmmmmmm nah, you're OK, i'll stick with the langroyd ta very muchly   Having not yet re-designed my handcuffs into a rather odd looking replacement for a shower cord yet??   bluea61 Wow, I'm impressed she is still in business! Is she still charging £5,000 a night? ForeverBlue She is now called "Sparkles Born Again"!!! Nothing to do with Abba tribute bands I am sorry to report....she has "found god" (probably lurking behind all the fur coats) apparently & is now trying to market herself as "An executive boutique hotel" or "A Christian Retreat" depending on what mood she is in. Just another daft marketing ploy in our opinion. Visit Britain have taken away ALL of her stars & she is not considered to be of a rateable standard by them.....speaks for itself really! As for the 5k a night....probably still trying to charge that, but we can't find anyone that stays there to ask - apart from the DSS mob she has living there at the tax payers expense! nemesis scribe ForeverBlue wrote: She is now called "Sparkles Born Again"!!! Nothing to do with Abba tribute bands I am sorry to report.... Oh wow, sounds great . . .  Sparkles 'bjorn' again!! I'll ring her now . . . If i get the train from 'waterloo' and i'll knock on the sparkles door and say hi 'knowing me, knowing you' and when she asks my name i'll say its 'Fernando'! When she says its £5000 per night i'll say no wonder yourre making so much 'money money money' . . . . . . . .   Ok, i think you get the idea   ForeverBlue MAMMA MIA! Spanners A year or 2 ago Sparkles was up for sale. Did it not sell then? ForeverBlue After the Hotel Inspector programme aired, it killed what little business she had left off. It went up for sale at a grossly inflated price. She then put it up for auction..it went thru on 3 seperate auctions and never attracted a single bid. She has continually dropped the asking price & still had no interest. Still for sale today. smiler If we all chiped in then we may be able to put a offer on it   nemesis scribe smiler wrote: If we all chiped in then we may be able to put a offer on it   Now theres an idea . . . (checks money in back pocket) . . . .right, I'll chip in £4.67 Next!!! . . .   Rogue nemesis scribe wrote: smiler wrote: If we all chiped in then we may be able to put a offer on it   Now theres an idea . . . (checks money in back pocket) . . . .right, I'll chip in £4.67 Next!!! . . .   I've got 65p   nemesis scribe Bunnie wrote: nemesis scribe wrote: smiler wrote: If we all chiped in then we may be able to put a offer on it   Now theres an idea . . . (checks money in back pocket) . . . .right, I'll chip in £4.67 Next!!! . . .   I've got 65p   I reckon thats enough . . . SOLD!!!!   ForeverBlue Great...Can we book in for the first 2 weeks in March. I take it Adam will NOT be taking care of repairs as he seems to be better at breaking things! (Stares mournfully at shower cord!) bluea61 I guess Adam has that new room you installed, has a canvasy feel to it, almost tent like with on suite bucket? nemesis scribe ForeverBlue wrote: Great...Can we book in for the first 2 weeks in March. I take it Adam will NOT be taking care of repairs as he seems to be better at breaking things! (Stares mournfully at shower cord!) Damn, did i miss the funeral service for the shower cord? My belated wishes go out to its shower and family . . . I have told ya . . . use my hand cuffs as a replacement cord   ForeverBlue nemesis scribe wrote: ForeverBlue wrote: Great...Can we book in for the first 2 weeks in March. I take it Adam will NOT be taking care of repairs as he seems to be better at breaking things! (Stares mournfully at shower cord!) Damn, did i miss the funeral service for the shower cord? My belated wishes go out to its shower and family . . . I have told ya . . . use my hand cuffs as a replacement cord   It was a very emotional service...his parents are highly strung you know! As for using your handcuffs, if we did tha, what would you use to restrain your roomies??? bluea61 I wouldn't worry, his sense of humour puts them into a paralysed unconscious state! oblivion Gutted! Simon can't get the bash dates off at work because it clashes with a trip to manchester which everyone seems to have booked off. Think i'll be able to get it off but I don't know whether to go on my own really. If not it'll be the first bash i've missed in 5 years. Was sooo looking forward to it as well, simon is really upset. Grrrr! Happy Helen As my sister is getting married in July I am not able to come this this year, but I will hopefully come to Oakwood. Boozytwin1 Happy Helen wrote: As my sister is getting married in July I am not able to come this this year, but I will hopefully come to Oakwood. The Bash is in April...! krusty_the_clown oblivion wrote: Gutted! Simon can't get the bash dates off at work because it clashes with a trip to manchester which everyone seems to have booked off. Think i'll be able to get it off but I don't know whether to go on my own really. If not it'll be the first bash i've missed in 5 years. Was sooo looking forward to it as well, simon is really upset. Grrrr! leave and work for Mecca, ill get your leave sorted then Happy Helen Boozytwin1 wrote: Happy Helen wrote: As my sister is getting married in July I am not able to come this this year, but I will hopefully come to Oakwood. The Bash is in April...! Yes I know the bash is in April, but my mum and I will busy busy prior to the wedding. smiler If any one wants to do this on the friday afternoon there if people wanna meet up there then see what time near the time. The website only gives febs time but soon as I find out a time plus if its open then seems something different. http://www.visitblackpool.com/?OBH=1095 oblivion Probably best i don't do that ride! lol. Especially without simon there to protect me, I'm such a wuss! bluea61 oblivion wrote: Probably best i don't do that ride! lol. Especially without simon there to protect me, I'm such a wuss! Excellent, I can leave Hayley with you then!! I'd be up for a go. nemesis scribe I'd have a go too . . . but only if Kelly and Hayley do it   Rogue I think I'll sit that one out too, I'll keep Kelly and Hayley company   Bambi If I say yes, they will have someone hidding to jump out on me! All of these rides must know when I get in the queue, so they can make it extra scary! Boo Id be up for it. Even though Im a wuss too, always worth a go Try everything once and all that hehe! Never seen something like that (as watched video), think it would be quite good!   Andy Hine MBE HELP! Has anyone got or knows someone who has a violin that we could borrow for the Saturday night of the Blackpool Bash.  If so please e-mail me andy@rccgb.co.uk Thanks Andy NOTE: It does NOT have to be a working violin (or even have strings!) nemesis scribe Andy Hine MBE wrote: HELP! Has anyone got or knows someone who has a violin that we could borrow for the Saturday night of the Blackpool Bash.  If so please e-mail me andy@rccgb.co.uk Thanks Andy NOTE: It does NOT have to be a working violin (or even have strings!) Nev - I have know someone who has a violin and has agreed to let us borrow for it for the bash - so panic over   Adski   Andy Hine MBE Excellent, thanks! I still some more Gong Acts!  So come on everyone, have a go!   smiler Also if any one has a bob the builder mask then I may do a act as its me 10th bash   bluea61 I'm sure you'll pick one up in Blackpool!! stevencaine Richard you will get one at Legoland (new for 2009 bob the builder in 4d) all togeather now big fish little fish gong bluea61 stevencaine wrote: all togeather now big fish little fish gong I don't think he'll get as far as little fish! Death [Death wanders onto the stage, gong sounds, Death wanders off stage again! ] I'm definitely going...Got my booking sent off a week ago, and Nev's confirmed receipt of it. Just got to get around to booking my hotel, and getting a good route to Blackpool off of Google Maps before I set off! I don't know if I'll be doing the Gong Show this year though. I've had a couple of decent acts in mind for a couple of years now, but - Aside from them only being suitable for over 21's with very strong stomachs - They'd involve too much work and too many props to work as a Gong act anyway. Anyhow...I'm looking forward to my third 'Bash, and hope ye all are as well! >> Death << Andy Hine MBE Hi All I've just finalised the acts for "Friday Fun" and what a night it will be!  All three (yes 3) acts have appeared on TV and the main billing was a regular Saturday night performer for weeks last summer! You won't want to miss this fabulous night of variety! c anderson Never missed the Friday event yet and not going to miss this one nemesis scribe Sounds good Nev, well done   oblivion Sounds good, wonder who the main act is then!   Rough Rider Way to go El Prez.......... Lets hope it's Dolly Parton. HA! Better still.... lets hope it's the builder of "RATTLER" and he is signing autographs......HA!! Wow, I really am getting desperate to get the "RATTLER" involved in any subject. HA! Wildthing Ryan, lets hope there is a good doctor in Blackpool that can surgically remove The Rattler from the offending part of your anatomy??  If not you may have to be hypnotised again to try and ween you off that wooden boneshaker! Start supporting good wood like The Phoenix or Voyage. See you in Blackpool for the surgery? bradpeet I persume that this isn't the rattler that Ryan is so obsessed with? nemesis scribe LMAO . . . yes, thats the one . . . . lol c anderson No that is not the Rattle that Ryan wants, this one is so much better than his ride. Coaster Police   i havnt laffed so much in ages!!! I never knew ryan was a fan of Big Apples! Death Just booked my hotel for the 'Bash over the phone - So I've now only got finding and forking out £60,- for the train tickets to deal with now! Which hotel am I staying at, I hear ye all ask? Well, that'd be telling...Wouldn't it? And interestingly enough, this would appear to be my 888th post here. Now if only I could find that blasted SUBTITLES.USF file to mark the occasion... Rough Rider bradpeet wrote: I persume that this isn't the rattler that Ryan is so obsessed with? Hmm! This apple coaster would be far too rough to ride ,....................compared with the smooth "RATTLER" Plus.......it's a steelie......"YUK!" Rogue Cheque going off today for the Bash, can't wait, hope the weather is good   smiler Were be there early on the friday morning take in the sights of the sea life centre and central pier etc then head on down in the afternoon for the good old south pier meet up there before the show. stealth fan We will get there just before the start of the show, after setting up camp out in the sticks out of town. Death At a rough guess, I'll be rumbling into Blackpool North for around about 16:30 or so...If everything goes to plan, and I don't wind up catching the Penzance train yet again! I'm planning to set off early that day, but I'm still trying to decide between going up the East Coast and taking the Trans-Pennine line from York (Havn't had ECML thrash in years, and the Trans-Pennine line runs through some of the most beautiful Yorkshire scenery too! ) and stopping for a half-day at Alton Towers on the way up! Decisions, decisions... oblivion I sent my cheque off last week, Simon will be coming up with me but then he has to go home before the show for work the next day etc. He is gutted! We will be coming up from Manchester coz we are seeing Papa Roach there on the thursday night, so will be in Blackpool around 12 ish probably. Might do the sealife centre etc and then meet up with everyone on the pier later on. Coaster Police Death wrote: Havn't had ECML thrash in years And you won't get any either, it's all plastic!!! And all the Paxman's are gone too   Auntie Murial We will hopefully be arriving in Blackpool shortly after 1pm Woot Woot, looking forward to it all very much now. bluea61 We'll be around early, up for the sea life to. stealth fan Cheque sent today. Not long to go now. Death Death wrote: Havn't had ECML thrash in years Coaster Police wrote: And you won't get any either, it's all plastic!!! And all the Paxman's are gone too   Ahh - But remember that I've always been a major fan of the Class 370 APT-P...And the IC-225s along that route are basically the same kind of train with only one power-car and non-tilting suspension. IIRC; BR were originally going to assign them the name APT-U, until their board of directors idiots decided to go and completely screw things up for the APT project! Even so...I doubt that an APT-U running the ECML at maximum 140mph would be anywhere near as phun as an APT-P powering up the WCML (Full-tilt and all) at it's much better top-end of 225mph... Boo Only two weekends to go!! Can't wait   Has everybody sorted their outfits?! nemesis scribe Boo wrote: Only two weekends to go!! Can't wait   Has everybody sorted their outfits?! What outfits????     butler nemesis scribe wrote: Boo wrote: Only two weekends to go!! Can't wait   Has everybody sorted their outfits?! What outfits????     I think this will be sparkly bradpeet Boo wrote: Only two weekends to go!! Can't wait   Has everybody sorted their outfits?! I'm glad you mentioned it - I've just this minute booked my accommodation.  (the Wilmar on Osborne Road if anybody is interested.  I stayed there last year - they do a great breakfast) nemesis scribe butler wrote: nemesis scribe wrote: Boo wrote: Only two weekends to go!! Can't wait   Has everybody sorted their outfits?! What outfits????     I think this will be sparkly Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yes . . . i'll be the sparkliest kid in the west . .  .or Blackpool   Auntie Murial nemesis scribe wrote: butler wrote: nemesis scribe wrote: Boo wrote: Only two weekends to go!! Can't wait   Has everybody sorted their outfits?! What outfits????     I think this will be sparkly Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yes . . . i'll be the sparkliest kid in the west . .  .or Blackpool   Ummm, Blackpool is in the West hehe Rogue Define the word 'outfit'   Yea, I have mine   Boo Hehe well Bunnie..... Hehe Adam, i think you'd suit the sparkliest kid of the Blackpool 'look' Jester nemesis scribe wrote: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yes . . . i'll be the sparkliest kid in the west . .  .or Blackpool   Pink then this year Adam? nemesis scribe Boo wrote: Hehe Adam, i think you'd suit the sparkliest kid of the Blackpool 'look' To sparkle or not to sparkle . . . that is the question   Sparkley spangly sparkled sparkle-oyd sparkle-zoyd Adam     stealth fan Got my stuff organised. Pretty basic really. Now, where did I put those cowboy boots   Death stealth fan wrote: Now, where did I put those cowboy boots   Speak for thyself...I'm still looking for someone to teach me how to don the 50ft headgear that I'm planning on wearing! By the Gods...I'm gonna need a *lot* of towels for this one... Rogue I keep adding to my outfit, keep being persuaded by people to buy the extras (not that I need much persuasion)   Cheque has gone out today so it has made me really excited, it really isn't that long until Blackpool - 2 weeks!! Been trying to figure out who the Friday entertainment could be     Boo Bunnie wrote: I keep adding to my outfit, keep being persuaded by people to buy the extras (not that I need much persuasion)   Mines not even finished yet either!! Im wondering who it is too..have some ideas but cant wait to see who it is!! Shimmer My outfit is sorted, really cant wait, seems alot closer this side of my hol in devon! will be arriving some time fri afternoon with my parents, hopefully with plenty of time to spare in order to chill before the show   look forward to seeing everyone! Gin bluea61 I'm actually dressing up this year, got it all sorted Saturday. Looking forward to the Bash, not long to go. Ashley Looking forward to the bash now, also looking forward to bringing along the boyfriend for his first ever club trip        RCCGB FORUM Forum Index -> UK Trips Page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2