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Numbers 1 to 50 |
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This is the
first 50 coasters that I rode. Unfortunately I am unsure
of the exact order of coasters up to number 43 so for
those I have tried to put them in rough order, but I
seem to see at least 1 coaster I should change the place
of every time I look at it, I've labelled them all 1-43
to account for this fact.
I've also put an extra
number in brackets. This number is the coaster count of
English roller coasters I've ridden, as I thought it
would be interesting to keep track of that in this log
as well. |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Runaway
Mine Train
Chessington World of
Adventures | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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The
Vampire
Chessington World of
Adventures | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Flying
Fish
Thorpe
Park | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The 4 Man
Bob
Alton Towers |
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This
brings back a lot of nostalgic memories. Back to
when I first went to Alton Towers. I was only 10
at the time, and it was during a camping holiday
in the Peak and Lake
district. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Alton
Mouse
Alton Towers |
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This was
before Nemesis and even the Runaway Mine Train.
The main coaster area of the park was Festival
park (Now Ug Land) that had 4 coasters in it. The
only one of these still there now is the
corkscrew. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Alton
Beast
Alton
Towers | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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The
Corkscrew
Alton
Towers | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Black
Hole
Alton
Towers | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Big Thunder Mountain
Disneyland Paris
(France) |
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This was
the first time I visited a foreign theme park. I
was very impressed with this great mine train
coaster and it became (and still is) one of my
favourite roller
coasters. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Runaway Mine Train
Alton
Towers | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Buffalo Coaster
Drayton
Manor | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Python
Drayton
Manor | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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Shockwave
Drayton
Manor | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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The Grand
National
Blackpool Pleasure Beach |
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My first
trip to Blackpool was a bit of a wash out. We made
the mistake of visiting during the off season (we
were taking advantage of a special offer on cheap
accommodation). The park was only open for a few
hours, and a lot of the rides were not
running. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Steeplechase
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach |
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It was a
year or two later before we got around to visiting
Blackpool in a slightly busier time with longer
opening times, and most of the rides operating,
and got to enjoy the park
properly. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Big Dipper
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Roller
Coaster
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Avalanche
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Water
Chute (Later renamed the Vikingar)
Blackpool
Pleasure Beach | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Gold
Mine
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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The Big
One
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Looping Star
Dreamland Margate |
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Dreamland
has had 2 roller coasters called the Looping Star.
This was the first version, that was taken down
and replaced. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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The Scenic
Railway
Dreamland Margate |
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Sadly it
could happen that the whole park is retired. I'm
keeping my fingers crossed that this won't happen
and that the park can be
saved. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Wild
Mouse
Flamingo
Land | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Thunder
Mountain
Flamingo
Land | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Corkscrew
Flamingo
Land | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Bullet
Flamingo
Land | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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The
Ultimate
Lightwater Valley |
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At the
time I first rode this one it was still the worlds
longest roller coaster. (It's now been beaten,
although not by a large amount.) This was a big
draw for us, and is why we went up to visit
Lightwater Valley and Flamingo
Island. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Sewer
Rat
Lightwater
Valley | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Viper
Lightwater
Valley | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Missile
American Adventure
World | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Yosemite
Runaway Train
American Adventure
World | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Twin
Looper
American Adventure
World | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Thunder Looper
Alton Towers |
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This ride
is based on such a simple concept. Where your
speeded through a loop, then reverse back around
it. A simple idea but it was incredibly thrilling.
Of all the rides that have been removed or
relocated in this country I think this is the one
I miss the
most. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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Nemesis
Alton Towers |
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This is
the ride which I feel revolutionized theme parks
and roller coasters in this country, and had a big
influence across the world. Before this there
where great rides about, but nothing this
thrilling or advanced had been built in this
country. It's still one of my all time favourite
rides over 10 years since I first rode
it. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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Oblivion
Alton Towers |
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The next
big ride Alton Towers opened was Oblivion. Another
great thrilling ride, although it was not up to
the standards of
Nemesis. | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The
Rattlesnake
Chessington World of
Adventures | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Sooperdooperlooper
Hershey Park
(U.S.A.) |
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We did go
on a trip to the U.S.A. as a combined site seeing
and visiting friends and family holiday. During
this time we did spend a day at Hershey Park and
managed to ride a couple of coasters. This one and
the Wild Cat, which did become one of my favourite
wooden Coasters, (although it moved down in the
ranks a lot after my visit to
Scandinavia.) | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
The Wild
Cat
Hershey Park
(U.S.A.) | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
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Thorpe
Park | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Klondike
Mine Coaster
Drayton
Manor | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Turbo
Coaster
Brighton
Pier | |
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1-43
(1-40) |
Crazy
mouse
Brighton
Pier | |
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44
(-) |
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Rutschebanen
Tivoli Gardens
(Denmark) |
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This was
the start of the coolest coaster tour (which
accounts for the next 22 coasters). This was a
great holiday where we rode some great rides, and
there was a great atmosphere. The hospitality of
the Scandinavian parks really impressed
us. | |
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45
(-) |
Odineexpressen
Tivoli Gardens
(Denmark) | |
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46
(-) |
Pandaen
Tivoli Gardens
(Denmark) | |
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47
(-) |
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Rutschebanen
Bakken
(Denmark) |
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This is
another Denmark Rutschebanen. My main memory of
this one is being taken around it close to
midnight on no breaks nutcase
mode. | |
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48
(-) |
Mine Train
Ulven
Bakken
(Denmark) | |
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49
(-) |
Racing
Bakken
(Denmark) | |
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50
(-) |
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Dog Fart
Bonbon Land
(Denmark) |
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At the
time I hadn't started counting coasters yet so
didn't know
this was officially my 50th
coaster, although I know of two more now I did
before this which would make it the Mine Train
Ulven. It's not a world class quality coaster,
although it is infamous for it's bizarre
theming.
If you don't want your 50th coaster to
be themed around a farting dog start your count
now. | |
