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May 10th, 2009

Long Time no see

Yup, it has been a long time since my last post.  Had kind of got bored of it, and just couldn’t been bothered anymore.

Been busy with the old theme park trips, and am also looking foward to going to Europa Park in October for Terenzi Horror nights, which should be awsome.

Will get round to doing some news updates, and also get round to updating the photo gallery, having finally got round to having a good look around the gardens at Alton Towers, and getting some good photos.

Been many ups and downs so far this season.  Some uppers have been haveing a great visit to Drayton Manor on its opening day.  Also some great days at Alton Towers.

Downers being a poor opening day at Thorpe park, with SAW closed most of the day, and many other rides unavailable.  Even a second visit a couple of weeks later still had many rides out of action, and SAW had a 3.5 hour queue.

Looking to visit Blackpool next month, for the first visit this season, and hopefully Camelot as well, which, despite going in to receivership, has been bought out, and reopens this month.   Looking foward to riding Knightmare.  Am thinking it will be the last chance to ride, as I feel, that despite coming back from the dead more times than a Zombie,  Camelot will not be around enxt year.

November 11th, 2008

Corkscrew, the last day..

I will be giving a full trip report and photos of the last day of Corkscrew at Alton Towers resort.  In the meantime, I have uploaded a short video with some photographs and footage from its final day of operation.

Click here to watch, it is around 24meg so could day a while to load with a slow connection.

October 24th, 2008

Alton Towers scarefest 2008 review.

This review is based on my experiences from the opening weekend of the Scarefest event at Alton Towers on October 18th/19th.

Photos can be found here

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October 20th, 2008

Coming soon….

A full review of the Alton Towers Scarefest mazes, and a review of the opening weekend of Scarefest.

October 20th, 2008

Half Price entry to Alton Towers Scarefest

Adults £18 and Children £13, print of as many as you need, valid throughout scarefest. (You will need Adobe PDF reader to view, and print off the vouchers).

These are Print and Go vouchers, just print them off on your printer, and hand them to the cashier at the ticket booths when you get to Alton Towers.

CLICK ME TO GET VOUCHERS

If you require any more information on this vouchers, feel free to email us at postmaster@rotkiv.co.uk

October 4th, 2008

Goodbye Corkscrew

After 28 years of service, the Corkscrew coaster at Alton Towers will be retired at the end of the 2008 season. A special event will be held on 9th November, where riders will be able to ride Corkscrew for the last time. Other selected rides will also be open. More info Here.

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