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Seems we have the train to ourselves too!
It was a long day. :3
That's all folks!
Alton towers here we are!
Time to get cracking!
The towers street and grand arcade after the entrance
We are here? :P
Digging the birthday cake at the end. :P
:3 yummy
Lets go there, there and there. And there
The Alton castle towers themselves in the background
On the front fields battle galleons
Say cheese!
Aihoy pirates and the cable cars!
The pirate themed Mutiny bay
Aye matety!
Place still quiet just after opening
well at least we can have all the food to ourselves! :P
Pirates show at the Mutiny bay chow area
Peekaboo a castle!
Golf challenge anyone?
The Sonic Spinball whizzer in Adventure Land, sponsored by SEGA
It's essentially a crazy mild mouse
This drop has some serious airtime!
with free spinning gongolas!
Even the queue lines are themed with games!
Heading up the climb!
bah, no steep drops after the climb :(
But we get quite alot of roll time!
talking about rolls, we are hungry after the ride!
X-sector, which could only mean...
Oblivion!
into a pit of no return!
The screams attract a considerable audience at times. :P
A B&M diving machine & the world's first vertical drop roller coaster.
yes a pit of no return! wahahaha!
Various other flat rides in the X-sector
The ride entrance
Theming is rather good,
with lots of videos& vending machines :P leading up to the station
A car making the climb
And down they go!
The station is packed by very fast moving
which has quite a high rider turnover given the number of cars in op too
B&M divers seats 8 per row of 2
A car departing the station
And up she goes!
Anxious riders...
The exit bend after the tunnel drop before hitting the brake run
Submission, a heavily themed Chance inverter on a dual config