Rachel
Coaster MILF
Thank you to everyone for another fabulous weekend and thank you to Ian for organising the day and for the stick of rock 
I'd been to Blackpool once before on a really quiet day so luckily had all the creds, if I hadn't i'd of had some serious cred anxiety as the place was a lot busier than expected! We started the day with a ride on Grand National - it was rougher than I remember but didn't induce too much of a headache. Next was Wild Mouse, which I braved on my own for the first time, the drops are still terrifying!
Most of the bigger coasters had a long queue so we headed over to Nickelodeon land to ride the 2 smaller woodies. I forgot just how short Blue Flyer was.
Final ride before lunch was Steeplechase, where a game of Chinese Whispers was had. No one seemed to have any idea what anyone else was saying, ending in the most random things being shouted out! I got on the red track, which meant I got my one and only plus 1 of the weekend.
The group split for lunch and Frank and I headed over over to the pizza pasta buffet. We rushed through our food, as we only had half an hour, only to go back over to the noodle place and find everyone still queuing lol.
Once everyone has finally eaten their food it was a choice of Big Dipper, Infusion or Wallace and Gromit. I went for the Big Dipper and maintain the opinion that its the best coaster in the park, some small little pops of airtime and fairly smooth. We all gooned out at the big empty space in the middle of the park.
Next it was time for the Big one, the queue was the longest of of the day but the time passed quickly with talk of all things goony. I still think the coaster is such a disappointment, the first drop is amazing but then rest is just so 'meh'. Such a shame.
Everyone went on Revolution next, I skipped it and headed for Avalanche. It still surprises me how much speed this picks up, a really decent coaster, if a little short.
Final ride of the day was Valhalla. I didn't think much of this ride the first time, so was eager to try it again with CFers to see if my opinion would change. It didn't. I think my problem is that i'm too concerned with when I'm next going to get wet, so I don't actually pay any attention to anything else. Ah well, never mind.
The day had come to an end but I was looking forward to my first night out in Blackpool. It didn't disappoint, we ended up in a bar with the bitchiest fab DJ, good music and Ben's amazing Irish dancing :lol: .
It wasn't part of the Live, but I did go to Alton the next day so I'll just write a few words about that. The place was dead, I think the longest queue of the day was for the Runaway Train. It was good to see the Smiler back up and running, however I still think its crap and sickly. Nemesis was running a bit....tame? It didn't pack the same punch that it normally does first thing in the morning, however a later ride and it was slightly more aggressive. Hopefully it will warm up over the season and be amazing again by the time I go back later this year. Anyway a fairly chilled out day to end the weekend and we left around 4 to make the long drive home.
Another brilliant weekend with CF and it was really nice to see some new faces (and new to me faces!). See you all next time :--D
I'd been to Blackpool once before on a really quiet day so luckily had all the creds, if I hadn't i'd of had some serious cred anxiety as the place was a lot busier than expected! We started the day with a ride on Grand National - it was rougher than I remember but didn't induce too much of a headache. Next was Wild Mouse, which I braved on my own for the first time, the drops are still terrifying!
Most of the bigger coasters had a long queue so we headed over to Nickelodeon land to ride the 2 smaller woodies. I forgot just how short Blue Flyer was.
Final ride before lunch was Steeplechase, where a game of Chinese Whispers was had. No one seemed to have any idea what anyone else was saying, ending in the most random things being shouted out! I got on the red track, which meant I got my one and only plus 1 of the weekend.
The group split for lunch and Frank and I headed over over to the pizza pasta buffet. We rushed through our food, as we only had half an hour, only to go back over to the noodle place and find everyone still queuing lol.
Once everyone has finally eaten their food it was a choice of Big Dipper, Infusion or Wallace and Gromit. I went for the Big Dipper and maintain the opinion that its the best coaster in the park, some small little pops of airtime and fairly smooth. We all gooned out at the big empty space in the middle of the park.
Next it was time for the Big one, the queue was the longest of of the day but the time passed quickly with talk of all things goony. I still think the coaster is such a disappointment, the first drop is amazing but then rest is just so 'meh'. Such a shame.
Everyone went on Revolution next, I skipped it and headed for Avalanche. It still surprises me how much speed this picks up, a really decent coaster, if a little short.
Final ride of the day was Valhalla. I didn't think much of this ride the first time, so was eager to try it again with CFers to see if my opinion would change. It didn't. I think my problem is that i'm too concerned with when I'm next going to get wet, so I don't actually pay any attention to anything else. Ah well, never mind.
The day had come to an end but I was looking forward to my first night out in Blackpool. It didn't disappoint, we ended up in a bar with the bitchiest fab DJ, good music and Ben's amazing Irish dancing :lol: .
It wasn't part of the Live, but I did go to Alton the next day so I'll just write a few words about that. The place was dead, I think the longest queue of the day was for the Runaway Train. It was good to see the Smiler back up and running, however I still think its crap and sickly. Nemesis was running a bit....tame? It didn't pack the same punch that it normally does first thing in the morning, however a later ride and it was slightly more aggressive. Hopefully it will warm up over the season and be amazing again by the time I go back later this year. Anyway a fairly chilled out day to end the weekend and we left around 4 to make the long drive home.
Another brilliant weekend with CF and it was really nice to see some new faces (and new to me faces!). See you all next time :--D
