Alton Towers

Went to Alton Towers today! Decided that today's events deserve a full-fledged post.

Rides we took today:

1. Oblivion
- vertical plunge of 3 or 4 G I think, can't remember. But the first time I played it I was so scared, especially when the cart has dropped midway. I already had no more air in me to scream and all I could feel was myself trembling and my stomach somewhere near the region of my heart, which was palpitating so rapidly. But it felt so good! I felt that I could conquer anything after that.

Just checked online and found out that it was 4.5G. wow, aint i proud of myself. But the ride was short though, I might not have survived if the roller coaster was this fast. We did hang over the top for a while for us to get freaked out by the height and the plunge, but that wasnt really long enough for us to get scared so it wasnt too bad. And besides, it was over even before we know what has happened.

2. Submission
Spun us round and round, wasn't really much of a challenge because there was no feeling of free fall. Just had really painful thighs after that as we hung upside down in mid-air.

3. Queued up for spinball wheezer but didnt manage to get in in the end as there was a technical fault and it got closed down.

4. Cockscrew
Can't really remember much about it, just that it is a roller coaster ride, so it must not have been superbly fun then. There were a couple of parts which were quite exciting.

5. Took a cable car south to get lunch

6. Lunch at a Mexican cafeteria
Not too bad, had a steak fajita which was surprisingly delicious.

7. The Flume
Roller coaster in the river. The people in front got thoroughly soaked, aka Chris and me, erhem, and the people behind were dryer. The water made it fun, and the drop was quite scary too.

8. AIR
My favourite ride after the Oblivion!!!!! It wasnt scary at all hence it was very enjoyable, just feeling the world rush past. The wind, the rain and the cold added to the experience. We were literally in a 'superman' position, flying in the air throughout the ride. It was so fun we played it twice in a row.

9. Ripsaw
Similar to the one at Pasir Ris theme park, so I wasn't too worried when I got up. It was also very fun, and the guy even restarted the program and used a more intense one for us when we didnt feel that it was exciting enough. Being spun to and fro and up in the air and upside down was a great feeling.

10. The blade
Mini version of the Pirate ship. We amused ourselves by 'screaming' with the kids, who also didnt feel that it was scary.

11. Nemesis
SHIOK. Nothing else that I can say. SOrt of prefer FLY though, but this one was much faster and there were more turns and spins and rotations. It was so disorientating that most of us came out slightly giddy. Couldnt really walk straight properly for a while.

12. Gloomywood
A roller coaster ride in a haunted house, where we get to shoot the ghosts! We aimed laser guns at the yellow and green lights at our sides to get points. My daughter so has to potential to play CS, as she got quite a good score. =P Interesting twist to a normal scary ride, so I'm quite impressed.

13. Hex
A haunted house setting too, but here, we walk instead of taking a cart. The front part was quite scary but it sort of ended in an anti-climax. We sat in rows of benches facing each other and there was a simulation where the benches and wall started to rotate in opposite directions to give us a feeling that we have actually rotated 180 degrees. Quite interesting.