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On Thursday 16th September 2004, Jezz
took me to Thorpe Park.
We set off at 9am and arrived there
about 10.30am. We were able to take advantage of the disabled & helper
admission fee of £14 each. This also gave us the ability to queue jump by
using the disabled access where possible. This made my day so much easier
and minimized the time standing and waiting for rides. Clicking on the
Thorpe logo above will take you to their main website. Now.. the fun
stuff...
The following are on the on-ride
souvenir photos:
Click image to see larger and
more embarrassing photo
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COLOSSUS
According to the write up
for this ride, it's the World's first ten looping rollercoaster. It
has a g-force of 4 G's and the maximum speed is 82KMPH (which is 50.95 miles
per hour). However, when you get to the last five loops, the ride
slows down and so you go through the corkscrew loops at half the speed.
First four loops go clockwise and then the last one, unexpectedly, goes
anti-clockwise. I checked my knuckles and yes... they were white after
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NEMESIS INFERNO
I think this one has to
be my favourite ride, probably because I thought of it as the most
challenging whilst trying to get off to sleep the night before! This
ride is 4.5 G's and reaches speeds of 80KMPH (49.71MPH) and for those that
don't know; you're suspended in your seats with your feet hanging free.
At times, you feel as though your legs are going to hit passers by as they
walk under where the ride is twisting and turning.
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X:\ NO WAY OUT
Our third rollercoaster
ride of the day was just a tad different... not only did it go backwards
start to finish but it was also in total darkness! Freaky! Well,
it wasn't that fast and it didn't have the loops and corkscrews of Colossus
and Nemesis Inferno but on about three occasions, it did go stationary and
all you could hear was the sounds of screams from other riders in other
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LOGGER'S LEAP
Traditional log flume
water ride with the added bonus of any and every opportunity for Thorpe Park
to get you wet... they certainly succeed each time with this fun ride.
There were two drops; one drop in the dark and then the other, after several
wet and winding bends, was about 60 feet double drop and very wet at the
bottom.
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TIDAL WAVE
One of the craziest rides
of them all...the Tidal Wave is a complete drencher... I recommend you only
go on this ride if you're mad but more importantly... at the very end of
your theme park trip. I mean... Jezz and I (and everyone else for that
matter) were so totally soaked, when we got out of this ride, we were able
to wring our clothes out. Now, if that wasn't bad enough, on your exit
there is a walk bridge that crosses the path of the Tidal Wave so there's a
second chance of you getting drenched again! Hahaha! No, but we watched
others! Fascinating fact: this is one of Europe's biggest water ride
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AND FINALLY... HERE'S SOME
PHOTOS TAKEN BY ME DURING OUR DAY AT THORPE PARK
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