A brief history lesson. (no don't click the back button.) The first incarnation of this ride was a coaster called the Velvet coaster, so called because the seats where upholstered with, you guessed it, velvet. It was one of Blackpool's first coasters built in 1909. When a new road was needed the Velvet Coaster had to be taken down. however parts of it where salvaged to create this incarnation, built in 1933.

As woodys go this one doesn't stick out in my mind in any great way. It's behind the Grand National, and Big Dipper in terms of excitement and thrills, and it never seems to reach a speed high enough to get the most out of the bumps and corners.

It's not a bad ride, but it doesn't produce anything memorable.