Day 7 of the Camping and Coaster 2004 tour.
Here’s a rundown of the rides ridden that day:
Colossos – Was slow and boring (I kid you not!) to start off with. Especially when the train reached the turn-around and crawled slowly up the hill after it. Definatly not the ‘Balder beater’ that I’d expected it to be. But by the end of the day it had improved a lot and was a joy to ride. The airtime down the first drop was amazing. Still felt a bit slow after the turn-around though. Maybe I shouldn’t have set my expectations of the ride so high.
Scream – What a ‘scream’ (boom, boom!). Previously an observation tower, it was converted into a Gyro Drop by Intamin, and a good one at that. I’m afraid I still prefer Detonator!
Big Loop – A surprisingly ‘smooth’ Vekoma Looper/ Corkscrew. I know, the words smooth and Vekoma don’t usually go together. This proves that Vekie can make decent looping coasters once in a while. The loading station was interesting. For a start, there was no formal queue line. You basically had to push your way to the train, the only time when I wasn’t too bothered about queue jumping!!! Also the ride ops vision of health and safety left a lot to be desired. They were dispatching trains with restraints half up (including Kirks!), and with people jumping in whilst it was moving!!!
Limit, the Vekoma SLC was also pretty smooth. The best one on the tour so far. I haven’t become a Vekoma convert quite yet though!
Grottenblitz was a powered Mack Mine Train ride with a weird and wonderful themed indoor section.
Mountain Rafting looked like a really wet rapid ride. But it wasn’t. Still a whole load of fun, and better than most of the rapids rides on offer in the UK. |
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