Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Adrenaline Junkie!





Took a days holiday, well it was in March when I last had a real work break, and headed off to Thorpe Park for a packed day of adrenaline shots!
First ride of the day was Stealth: travels to the height of 205ft on a ride that accelerates from 0-80mph in 2.3 seconds! All I can say is awesome, and giggle at Mr S who went round it with his eyes shut and refused to join me for a second run! The adrenaline rush from it was incredible and I was sure nothing could compete...
Not colossus, the world's first roller coaster with ten inversions and four heartline twists in a row, woo!
Neither Detonator, a gravity defying drop ride that winches riders 100ft in the air before firing them back to earth at 75km per hour with a G-Force of 5.5, the most G’s the body can take apparently!
Nor Nemesis Inferno, an inverted roller coaster, twisting and turning (just as well I hadn't eaten before that one!)
Even Slammer, where you're taken soaring 105 feet towards the sky, then flipped over to be slam-dunked towards the ground in a 30mph “free fall” and then swooped skywards again through 360 degrees did not quite compare!
Then we came to Rush, currently the world's biggest swing, all I can say it that I finally found a ride that made me nearly shut my eyes, wondering when it was going to stop and shaking like a leaf when I got off! The most simplest of things, a swing, finally got the better of this adrenaline junkie!

PS: added some pics of the rides, cool bananas eh?!
They're Slammer, Rush, Colossus and Detonator

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