Livid I was
Okay, I suppose I should do a serious, serious trip report then... I'm sure everyone is really interested.
What to call it?
Family_Fuire Grand days out - Lezzer LoLs
That'll do!
So, we know the background. England managed to scrape through to the game on Sunday, and I thought "Woohoo! Alton will be empty. Time to hit the park and get in a good day's riding." Plus, Maxi-Minor_Furie has been loitering around the 1.2M mark for a month or two now, and he was desperate to get on Sonic Spinball.
I love it when a plan comes together (A-Team reference for Ian).
Sadly, P!nk is playing a sell out concert on the day. Too late as I've already told the family_furie what we're doing, and I can't take it back.
Time for plan b! This means family_furie will have to make an effort! They'll have to... Get up and out.
And they do! Armed with a large variety of foreign, breaded, breakfast bread products - family_furie are out of the house on time, and entering Alton Towers at 9:00 a.m. to rush in for some ERT.
Brilliant, so we get into the queue for Sonic Spinball (after a quick measure check). Less than ten minutes later, we have!
The ride ops didn't even check he was tall enough
The plan was to rush off next to Thi13teen before the 10:00 a.m. delude and then have a chilled day doing bugger all due to 36,000 large footed, short haired lesbians invading.
Things went slightly awry here - Maxi-Minor_furie wasn't too keen on Spinball :lol: I've never heard him scream before, but he did off the main drop and into the immelman... Ooooops. He wasn't too upset, but it did shake him up so he wasn't up for Th13teen.
Sonic Spinball killed me
Not an issue, I was feeling a bit of pain from Sonic, so I took MMF off to his favourite, Duel.
First ride of the day! We're so special!
I'm going to beat Mushroom!!!
That went well, and MMF was up for some RMT action. I wasn't, but didn't have much choice. It killed me, so we limped off to the Sealife for some Hammerhead Shark action, and a bit of Ghost of the Sea!
The rest of the Family_Furie had been on Thi13teen and were in the queue for Rita front row. Our cable cars passed like camels in the night as we headed to Cloud Cuckoo Land, and they headed to Towers Street :lol:
Next 1.2M ride for MMF, Twirling Toadstools! Reverse condition here, I hate them, MMF loves them!
Awww, he looks so tiny! :lol:
We're still avoiding the "P!nk Fans" at the moment, but apparently Madame_furie keeps getting winked at :lol:
Meanwhile, things go a bit wobbly!
I know what you're thinking! "MMF is 1.2M so big enough for rides, but Big Wobble has a height limit of 1.2M max!".
That's right, but he's dead on the 1.2M mark with his shoes off! It's all win today!
We wander off to
Which has zero queue! Absolutely nobody queueing at all! All of the kid's stuff in fact is empty. Everywhere else, the queue lines are out of the entrances (even Nemesis and air), but if you're a child, this is a good day
Sadly, Charlie is still complete tripe!
So, we're doing well anyway and it's 12:00, so we meet up together for some lunch under a tree! Then we send off SSIL_Furie, Minor_Furie and friend-of-Minor_Furie to play on Nemesis and air while madame_furie and I let MMF play on the Mushroom thingy and Wobble World some more.
I formulate a plan to head to Extraordinary Golf with MMF while MF heads off to meet up with the others for some Sealife (and more lesbian winking). And the rest, as they say, is history!
This butch lesbian is flaccid though!
(it's an inflatable female weight lifter).
So that was it. We had a round of golf and went home - in the back garden avoiding the football by 3:30 :0
The golf was good actually, really enjoyed it. It was "kids free before three" and £5.60 I think for 18 holes for the two of us with an annual pass discount. Glad I did all 18 now and got geeky shots for a Golf Guide page :lol:
Ride count for such a busy day was excellent. Getting in at 9:00 makes an enormous amount of difference. The park was basked in sunshine all day, and everyone seemed upbeat. Good atmosphere all round. No idea how bad it got later on though?
And there we go, that was pretty serious, but I do have to end on the word flaccid!
Flaccid!
