Day 1 of the camping and Coasters 2004 tour.
The first ride of the day was Loup Garou, a wooden coaster. I went along with a few reservations due to it being made by Vekoma, but was pleasantly surprised. There were some tightly banked turns and a fair bit of airtime thrown in for good measure aswell. The best bits being the double drop and a surprise (well, sort of!) drop near the end, which packed quite a punch. In short the ride was forceful and fun and proved that Vekoma can make good coasters!!!
Other rides ridden were:
Vampire – A really nasty Vekoma SLC. Head banging central or what!!! I tried positioning my head at several angles to try and ease the pain, but to no avail. I was glad to get off the thing. Give me Traumatizer any day!
Turbine – This was my first experience of a Launched Coaster. And it literally blew me away. The launch and loop are enclosed in a building which really adds to the intensity of the ride. Good old Anton really knew how to make coasters as I discovered later on in the trip!
Calamity Mine – A fun if tame Vekoma steelie featuring two lift hills.
Radja River – Now, this was one of the highlights of the day. This was an extremely wet rapids ride on which most of us got a good soaking. Especially Keith and Matt just after they thought that they’d escaped the worst!!!
Le Palais du Génie – A great little middle eastern themed Vekoma Mad House. The storyline revolves around monkey releasing a Genie. Couldn’t make out the rest due to the language barrier.
Cobra – Smooth Vekoma Boomerang.
Challenge of Tutankamon – A great interactive shoot em up. With a gun that does wear on the trigger finger! It has high production values, features 2 endings (debatable!), but could have been longer. |
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