Rollercoasters

[Dog]

........are scary, but these two are ****ing mental!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited 4 April, 2010 by Dog

[saint lard]

http://www.canadaswonderland.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=23

 

 

Went on the coasters at this place a few times

 

The Behemoth is pretty cool.

 

And the flight deck put the wind up me.

[SuperMikey]

Kingda Ka and El Toro are pretty f*cking scary.

[Marsdinho]

I work with a bloke that has been on all but 7 roller coasters in the UK. He plans to finish the rest this year.

 

He's the number 1 rollercoaster rider in the UK, and number 25 in the world.

 

FACT

[hamster]

I as I also suspect has colinjb have rode the best 'coaster' ever made in the UK, that of Dreamland (nay BenBons) in Margate. A great old rickety wooden structure that always felt like it was about to collapse, thrill factor based on ricketyness wins over speed and sharp turns anw day of the week imho.

 

NB

Burnt down under suspicious circumstances (site development) a couple of years back so you can experience the thrill no more. They don't make 'em like that anymore, bloody Health & Safety!

 

I seem to remember a youtube vid of the inferno but can't be arsed to find it now, plus it might make colin cry as it would myself.

[Micky]

I as I also suspect has colinjb have rode the best 'coaster' ever made in the UK, that of Dreamland (nay BenBons) in Margate. A great old rickety wooden structure that always felt like it was about to collapse, thrill factor based on ricketyness wins over speed and sharp turns anw day of the week imho.

 

NB

Burnt down under suspicious circumstances (site development) a couple of years back so you can experience the thrill no more. They don't make 'em like that anymore, bloody Health & Safety!

 

I seem to remember a youtube vid of the inferno but can't be arsed to find it now, plus it might make colin cry as it would myself.

 

You're right - quite sad really:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruuB6-76IC4&feature=related

[for_heaven's_Saint]

The runaway train Paultons Park used to be something else.

[saintkiptanui]

The mighty mouse at Hayling Island was good, nice and rickety.

[hamster]

You're right - quite sad really:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruuB6-76IC4&feature=related

 

 

Cheers Micky, there are a few more aswell taken through the fencing.

 

In fact and surprisingly perhaps, the remaons are still there. Mrs h parked there on Saturday when she went shopping, she reckons that it doesn't look that bad!!

 

I seem to remember when it happened there was much speculation as to the cause. The park had been closed down but the developers leading the bidding to 'regenerate' the area were told that they had to include some leisure facility, something to do with the rollercoaster being of historical interest and there being a covenant in the lease.

 

I don;t think the fire went down too well and the local council (to their credit) made it very awkward for the planners to proceed. They have recently secured over £3m to develop the site to INCLUDE a new theme park. Hope it world out to be honest as Margate's a great little town that although had it's heyday in Victorian times, still has a lot to offer and inho has massive potential.

 

Interestingly they also have Manston Airport just down the road, the Channel Tunnel half an hour away and some of the bestest golf courses in the World just along the coast at Sandwich. Added to this the fact that the new high-speed rail link will slash journey times into the capital substantially. I can see the Isle of Thanet seeing a real boom in the next 4-5 years once the market gets going properly again and these people desrve a new Dreamland.