Ellmeister Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I think I have a limit as to what I can go on, but once adrenaline gets pumping I'll do most. I loved Air, it was just different to other rollercoaster rides I had been on. Not exactly sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 I loved Air, it was just different to other rollercoaster rides I had been on. Not exactly sure why. Position, smoothness, layout and restraints are all pretty unique and different to most things out there, so it would have been a combination of all that that gives it such a different feel to other coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazza Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well I don't even know what gauge is. :p Width. Check out Oblivion's - absolutely massive, even compared to normal B&M track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergrunch Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 No, it's not. It's short and shit. I have to agree with this, it's hilariously bad. When I went on it we were all trying not to burst out laughing at when the ride started and we realised that that was all it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazza Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hex is a Vekoma Mad House - a very effective illusion, although it's debatable whether that illusion is worth doing in the first place. I was impressed, but I didn't enjoy it at all. It wasn't charming, wasn't exciting... At the same time, it's actually too scary for some, especially if they don't understand how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Width. Check out Oblivion's - absolutely massive, even compared to normal B&M track! Oh yeah, totes. Oblivion is gargantuant. And fuck all you Hex nay-sayers. Its got an awesome story, well told, nice layout and excellent theming. The ride is funzors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 New Eurofighter in Japan is just....absolutely....hilariously....amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I especially like the parts where the track just stops and the train is flung to the next part of the coaster. Very Donkey Kong Minecarts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Finally edited and uploaded this. The video you get from Hulk is shit. I thought it was from a camera in front of the train in front (Like on Saw, etc) :/ Oh well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Tell me you sat at the front at least once? Cool vid though. I should really put the video from Rip Ride Rock It on youtube, I get hit in the face by a coin at the start. Quite amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Do it man, do it! No didn't front row it. I actually regret not going on more than once (it was walk on). But we were pretty knackered and wet (from the water rides) obviously didn't take long to get drier/dry but still had that blogly feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 Footers starting to be worked on for LC12. Not long now (about a month I think) until proper details released. It'll be at the very least promo artwork and such. Should be a name and full press release though. ------ Fuck. I wanna go Magic Mountain. Not just for GL (just a Zacspin...BUT ITS GL THEMED) but for the DCU world, and just...so many good rides in general! LA. Hmm. Are LA holidays expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 That looks so awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 It should spin more. Constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 Yeah its dependent on who sits on what side. Fatties on one and thinnies on the other and it'd go crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Looks good, but really really short!! I thought it was only just getting going when it ended!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I kinda hate faceless things. Nothing about it is actually Green Lantern feeling. Maybe the queuing/queueing/q-ng area is. The Hulk coaster has great theming pre-ride/as you're going through the launch tunnel and stuff so the fact it's just a green rollercoaster is forgotten. I forget if there's sound in your seat as you ride too or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 I kinda hate faceless things. Nothing about it is actually Green Lantern feeling. Maybe the queuing/queueing/q-ng area is. The Hulk coaster has great theming pre-ride/as you're going through the launch tunnel and stuff so the fact it's just a green rollercoaster is forgotten. I forget if there's sound in your seat as you ride too or not. There is not. But.....mmyyreeaah. I do effectively agree, but Hulk isn't much a better example than this GL. There is another GL too. Elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 There's not sound in your seats. The GL coaster looks like it gives you the feeling of floating and swooping through the sky... so I'd have thought it might be more representative than the majority of comic book themed coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Bit sad/upsetting as (I was/loads of people were) looking forward to a really cool derelict/war/warzone/cool theme for the Thorpe Park 2012 coaster, but all things are pointing to a Gears of War theme. But on the positive side, at least the games and vision and universe of the games are pretty great, so I guess it could be a lot worse. Of course its not confirmed yet, but it seems pretty definitive. We find out the actual details (Name most likely, promo artwork and details) on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Consider me excited. A Gears of War coaster could be incredible. Maybe they could call it the Lancer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoMan1031 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 So went to Alton Towers again today. Went on the big five (i didn't go on Rita or Oblivion last time), I was shitting myself for Oblivion but wasn't as bad as i was expecting, was over quick but i enjoyed! Now for the bad story... I went on 13 first, then Rita, then Oblivion, felt ok, little dizzy but nothing major. Had lunch then Air (felt quite dizzy after air for some reason, although was fine last time! sat down for a bit but was then ok) and finally Nemesis. Felt really bad after it like last time i went in April/May, had to sit down... I was breathing deeply trying to calm down, was sweaty, felt dizzy/sick. But it started to get worse... i felt pins and needles setting in the back of my neck, feet and hands, my hands started to cramp up, as in they formed a first style with my thumb in the middle but i couldn't move any and was loosing feeling, one of my friends said he was going to get help as he could tell something was not right, which i was nodded as i could tell that as well! My wrists bent backwords and i couldn't move them with my hands clenced, my speech was effected etc. I felt like my throat tighten but not to the point where my breathing was effected. It was horrible because i was very aware of what was going on, people looking, something was wrong, my friends being helpful but my body wouldn't respond with what i wanted it to do. The first responder people took me back to there little hospital type bit and did a ECG on my heart, after awhile my body started to return to normal but my heart beat my irregular and my blood pressure was low. They think i had some kind of panic attack. All the other things like blood pressure etc may just have been to do with that but i'm still gonna see my GP to be on the safe side next week. Unknown what triggered it, could have been adrenaline overload, too much sugar...too little sugar...not drinking enough water, some other medical problem i am unaware of etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Damn thats fucked up. Report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoMan1031 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Damn thats fucked up. Report back. Will try and see a GP on tuesday or wednesday (working all day monday) and get a check up and then report. Despite that i still had a great day and i'm very impressed that i managed to get myself on Oblivion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 (YES! Its not GOW) The Swarm http://www.theswarm.co.uk/ The UK's first winged rollercoaster, THE SWARM, takes you on a death defying flight through apocalyptic devastation.Be picked up and dragged on the wings of THE SWARM as you’re left exposed and vulnerable to the extreme near misses and gut wrenching inversions as it rips through the sky on its mission of complete annihilation. Experience the unique head first, inverted drop from 127ft as you are flung into this merciless flight for your life. War is coming... Spring 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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