November 12, 20159 yr comment_223218 You went somewhere for a Wacky Worm? You should look up some of the crap I rode elsewhere... Too many +1s, so little time...
November 12, 20159 yr comment_223221 Thorpe Park x 12 (I think) Chessington x 1 Alton Towers x 1 Disneyland Paris x 3 PortAventura x 3 (Don't know where Amy got 5 from)
November 12, 20159 yr comment_223227 Thorpe Park X 15 Alton Towers X2 Chessignton X2 Legoland X3 EftelingX3 Drayton Manor Adventure Island Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Pleasure wood hills Phantasialand Bellewarde Plopsa Land Walabi Belgium Bobbaijland Oak Wood Disney Land Paris X2
November 12, 20159 yr comment_223249 Just one visit to Thorpe Park this year, and thoroughly enjoyed it and was excited at the prospect as hadn't been in so long. Other than Thorpe (!) - our visit to Orlando: Walt Disney World, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Blizzard Beach, Universal Studios and Universal Islands of Adventure. Obviously spent more than a day in each of the Disney parks as we were staying on site for 2 weeks
November 12, 20159 yr comment_223259 Thorpe Park X 15 Alton Towers X2 Chessignton X2 Legoland X3 EftelingX3 Drayton Manor Adventure Island Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Pleasure wood hills Phantasialand Bellewarde Plopsa Land Walabi Belgium Bobbaijland Disney Land Paris X2 Jack you forgot little ol' Oakwood For me its been nothing special tbh Thorpe Park: 8 Alton Towers: 2 Oakwood: 1 Drayton: 1 Yeah bit of a cack year for me lol
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223530 Thorpe Park: 4 Chessington: 1 (didn't even get to see the meerkats) Adventure Island: only once with a wristband, an evening in the summer with family (was clearly too cool to ride anything) and the lovely day in September with Edam. So make of that what you wish Oakwood: 1 total (like it's that relevant): 7, or 8 and a bit if you're being hungry for the park count I've had a busy year and parks have been and still are the last thing on my mind. I'm glad I got to experience one new park at least though /keen ptat16
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223533 Thorpe Park x 11 Chessington x 6 (visited Meerkats on most of the visits ...) Legoland x 1 Alton Towers x 0 (although I planned 2 trips there neither happened *sigh*) 18 Still yet to get my bum to a new Theme Park .. next year maybs?
November 16, 20159 yr Author comment_223537 You should look up some of the crap I rode elsewhere... Too many +1s, so little time... I guess people like different things, but personally I can't see the appeal for travelling to places with one tiny coaster for the sake of saying "I've been on that one". Each to their own I guess!
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223550 I guess people like different things, but personally I can't see the appeal for travelling to places with one tiny coaster for the sake of saying "I've been on that one". Each to their own I guess! Just as I don't understand why someone would be annoyed that they couldn't get the last train of the season on stealth.
November 16, 20159 yr Author comment_223553 Just as I don't understand why someone would be annoyed that they couldn't get the last train of the season on stealth. What has that got to do with park counts and which parks you choose to visit?
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223559 Recliner sofa > The Swarm I have experienced one recliner sofa before. I have to admit I was a bit underwhelmed by it. The reclining feature was rather juddery, and I found it difficult to get a happy medium between being reclined and upright so I could watch the tele. The theming I experienced on said reclining sofa was rather poor as well, and it's grey colour did not match the décor of the living room it was in. I couldn't brave it backwards either. So, in my limited experience, this is not true However, I will now endeavour to venture to my local DFS store and try out a variety of reclining sofas and see if what you say is true. Look out for my trip report!
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223560 Storm Surge > Valhalla oh no you didn't hahahahahahahaa but have you ridden storm surge 103 times in 2015?
November 16, 20159 yr Author comment_223561 Storm Surge > ValhallaAt least on Valhalla they know how to vacuum water out of a boat!Dora's World Voyage is better than scrap-metal surge!
November 16, 20159 yr Author comment_223564 It isn't better than Stealth thoughSteath is a good ride - all 12 seconds of it!
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223565 Dora at BPB is mindblowing. I was in awe of the ride. To the cheap theming, to the anoying theme tune, it is mindblowing
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223566 Steath is a good ride - all 12 seconds of it! to be fair 12 seconds of amazingness, is better than a 3 minute ride with 5 seconds of goodness and the rest mehness
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223567 What has that got to do with park counts and which parks you choose to visit? The point I was trying to make was who are you to judge someone else's enthusiast tendencies. You get a buzz out of getting the last train of the year on a ride and complaining about Thorpe, just as Benin does by trying to ride all the coasters in the world and having a great time doing it. Each to their own I guess.
November 16, 20159 yr comment_223568 The point I was trying to make was who are you to judge someone else's enthusiast tendencies. You get a buzz out of getting the last train of the year on a ride and complaining about Thorpe, just as Benin does by trying to ride all the coasters in the world and having a great time doing it. Each to their own I guess. To be fair a lot of people judged jamie for wanting last train on stealth for the year.. I was well happy when I got first public train of the year on inferno, and first ride on vortex.. it's a nice thing to know. but in the case of benin it is all about that cred life
November 16, 20159 yr Author comment_223569 The point I was trying to make was who are you to judge someone else's enthusiast tendencies. You get a buzz out of getting the last train of the year on a ride and complaining about Thorpe, just as Benin does by trying to ride all the coasters in the world and having a great time doing it. Each to their own I guess.So saying "I don't see the appeal" is a judgement is it? Did I ever say it was a bad thing? No, I just said that I didn't see the appeal which was basically a way of asking "what is the appeal?"When you consider the amount of judgement thrown around on this site by others, I think that you are overreacting just a bit.
November 17, 20159 yr comment_223575 I don't see the appeal of visiting the same park 33 times in a year... That to me, is pretty damn boring... The beauty of these +1 parks is that sometimes you discover a really fab little park... De Waarbeek for example has tonnes of old-school rides and is generally fun... Of course there are some places which are cack, but it's the fun and adventure that comes with going into the arse end of nowhere and finding a surprise gem... Especially when abroad...
November 18, 20159 yr comment_223618 Had quite a successful first year as a geek... Thorpe Park: 20-something Alton Towers: 5 Chessington: 4 Adventure Island: 1 Drayton Manor: 1 Legoland Windsor: 1 Oakwood: 1 Funland Hayling Island: 1 Plus once in the London Dungeons, Shrek's Adventure and Sealife, and a couple of times on the Eye
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