August 27, 200916 yr comment_67988 Yeah, me too. And Oblivion's feels more "real" in a weird sort of way. Must be that gaping big hole.
August 28, 200916 yr comment_68128 Oblivion is a far better experience, and scarier than anything SAW throws at you.
September 28, 200915 yr comment_71470 I find it best in the rain, as it obsures the veiw of the hole more, and has more athmosphere. However, you do get soaked!
February 6, 201015 yr comment_82299 Anyone else see Oblivion's mention in 8 out of 10 cats yesterday?
February 6, 201015 yr comment_82300 Anyone else see Oblivion's mention in 8 out of 10 cats yesterday?Yeah
March 8, 201015 yr comment_85104 I went on this ride only once over four and a half years ago and loved it. I'd like to go back to Alton some day but the queing is horrifying apparantly.I really loved the tension that this ride built up for me. The drop was great as well. However, I prefere SAW as it lasts longer and is imo a better ride. I sadly didn't get the chance to ride Nemesis as we ran out of time and only got on six rides. But Oblivion was probably my favourite that I managed to ride.
March 8, 201015 yr comment_85112 You definately missed out on Nemesis, best ride in the UK :PBut yeah, where've you heard the queueing is "horrifying" ? If you can handle Thorpe's queues then at Alton you won't even feel like your queueing... :POblivion is awesome though
March 8, 201015 yr comment_85119 In my experience, Oblivion is one of the shortest queues at any of the merlin parks for a major coaster, and if you go to Alton in mid week, it's pretty much walk on every time!And yes, I prefer it to SAW:The missed opportunity.
March 8, 201015 yr comment_85337 I was always told that Alton had 4 hour long ques for all the rides 90% of the time. But judging by your comments, it's not the case. I'll have to make a point to return to Alton so I can finally ride Nemesis. Thanks.
March 8, 201015 yr comment_85338 The longest iv ever queued for a ride at Alton Towers was about 40 minutes!
March 9, 201015 yr comment_85348 That's pretty good. I guess the day I went was just particually bad. Hopefully I'll be going back later this year.
March 9, 201015 yr comment_85383 That sounds about right, I went on one of those Christian event days where there was 25,000 guests and the most we queued was 90 minutes for Oblivion.Whilst the queues at Alton can be just as long if not longer then Thorpes, the parks rides have higher capacities meaning that whilst you may queue the same amount of time, it doesn't feel as long as you are nearly constantly moving.I'd rather queue 90 minutes for Oblivion for instance then 20 minutes for Vortex.
May 12, 201015 yr comment_91484 thats completely untrue I have been to thorpe park and there queue's are perfectly fine, when I went to alton however the queue's where horrificly long and boring.
May 12, 201015 yr comment_91485 You honestly believe Thorpe's queue's aren't as bad as Alton's ? I never say this but. LOL!If you dig long boring queue's that meander endlessly then ok Have you only visited Thorpe when it's quiet and Alton when it's busy? The majority of the rides at Alton have better throughputs and it's a bigger park, so people are spread out and a lot of people are walking. There is only one queue I think that is worth at Alton than any at Thorpe and that's Rita's and possibly Spinball's. The queue's are one of the things that ruin Thorpe for me personally.
May 12, 201015 yr comment_91492 I went to alton in may and thorpe park in august, summer is usually the biggest time for theme parks and I find thorpe park queue's just fine.However when I was at alton they where hideously long queue's that seemed to drag on forever and we all get incredibly bored.
May 12, 201015 yr comment_91493 I went to alton in may and thorpe park in august, summer is usually the biggest time for theme parks and I find thorpe park queue's just fine.However when I was at alton they where hideously long queue's that seemed to drag on forever and we all get incredibly bored.When in May?When in August?What were the weather conditions?I could go on, but I can't really be bothered... No park should be judged on a singular visit...
May 13, 201015 yr comment_91521 In may when the weather was nice, towards the end of it and in ausgut when the weather was nice.At Alton towers we had to wait in horrific queue's for the coasters such as air it was around two hours and Nemesis was around 1 hour 50, spinall we waited for an hour, oblivion 1 hour and 20 minutes, rita 1 hour 40 mins, the queue's where horrifically long and when going to thorpe park I found the queue's not to be so bad so I've prefered thorpe park, I have been slightly tempted to return to alton towers on occasions but I regularly hear friends talking about horrible queue's on their visits.
May 13, 201015 yr comment_91522 Nemesis 1hr 50mins.. yeaahh thats the queue all three areas open, out the entrance and right up the hill towards lava lump, air two hours is almost a full queue. Considering that happened a total of zero times last year, I doubt you're correct .Remember there are staff on these forums, and they can tell you that queues barely over an hour, let alone horrendous!
May 14, 201015 yr comment_91537 I didn't say it was last year, infact I never said when it was that I visited actually.I was just explaining my experience and my reason for being put of visiting again.
May 14, 201015 yr comment_91539 Wait... So you're basing your ENTIRE opinion on a place from ONE visit that occured a few years ago?Stop being an ejit...
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