Roller Coasters

[Coru]

Roller Coasters!
I love them, if I could go to a theme park every day I would. After a while of not going to them I long to go back, haha.

As I live in the UK and have never been abroad, I have only been to two theme parks that are the closest (The nearest being like a 2 hour drive) and those are Alton Towers and Drayton Manor.
Alton Towers is packed with roller coasters being the bigger park whilst Drayton Manor is filled with more thrill ride types.
My first ever ride was Pandemonium at Drayton Manor. I went when I was in year 7 and went with my Girlfriend at the time and her friend as a school reward trip and she said she had been on it before and loved it. It is a ride with two huge arms that have maybe 40 seats on either. When it starts, the arms rotate throwing you forward and backwards in huge circles. The worst part of it is the fact that there is a chance you could get stuck upside down at the top for a while. I think I got stuck upside down like that for maybe over a minute before. I know a minute isn't long, but it does get pretty uncomfortable quite quickly. My first actual coaster was Shockwave at Drayton Manor. It's a stand up roller-coaster with 4 loops (I think) I was petrified at first but after I went on it, I loved it and have loved roller coasters ever since.

My favourite roller coaster has to either be Nemesis or Air from Alton Towers. I also liked Oblivion, but it's quite short so I prefer the others. They are two of Big Six at Alton Towers and they are great. You have to really see them to know how good they are Nemesis is just a classic coaster with loops and corkscrews and stuff and Air is a little different. You are angled in your seat to face the floor as you go round as if you are flying. Air has now got a rebrand and is now called Galactica as you have virtual reality headsets on while riding so it feels as if you are flying through space. Apparently you can ride with and without virtual reality so you can still get the original feel of it being a roller coaster. I haven't tried it since it has added the virtual reality feature but I plan to go back this year and try that out.

I have been on every ride in Drayton Manor and they are great. I have also been on all the bigger rides at Alton Towers, apart from the Smiler due to it's... accident, and I never intend to go on it. I love roller coasters as you get such a thrill and even though they can be potentially dangerous, I feel accidents are fairly rare so I don't dwell on that, unless there was a really bad accident that happened on one ride and don't want to ever risk that.
I intend to visit Thorpe Park next. I want to try the Saw ride as it looks amazing. I also would like to go to Universal and Six Flags if I ever visit America in the future.