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Re: Rollercoasters
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Date: 
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:29:48 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
   I went to Alton Towers in '97, which was absolutely surreal.  Now, I
can't remember Disney World, but it seems that the funky happy music wasn't
*nearly* as obnoxiously omnipresent there as it was in the opening area of
Alton Towers.  I wasn't particularly impressed with the rides themselves
(Black Hole was OK, but not stunning), but the grounds were absolutely
stunning.  And, as seemingly with all of England, it predictably rained
between 2 and 3 pm, sunlight the rest of the day.

Yep, it always rains.  The Black Hole is good because it's pitch black,
The Beast is the same coaster without the cover - that's poo.  The
experience of the Nemesis is good waiting in the queue with the music
and scenery - the whole ride looks like a creature.

   I've never been to Blackpool, though.  I'd be wary of going swimming at
a place named "Blackpool Pleasure Beach."  It just sounds unnerving and
peat-boggy.

Well they don't call it Blackpool for nothing - their beaches were quite
dirty but they have been cleaned up a bit now.  Many ancient coasters
there.

--
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(...) I'm actually going to CP next Tuesday. The highlight for me has always been taking the midnight ride on the Magnum 200XL (I know there's an ingrained urge to make everything "2000," but it's really "200") in pitch-black. You face out towards (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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