Theme Parks

krudler · 24-04-2013 09:59AM #1

Anyone got any favourites? Love me a good theme park, proper ones now not Funderland, we could really do with a decent one in this country if the weather was there for it. Havent been to any in the UK yet but would love to go to Alton Towers, been to Disneyland in Paris, its good but really expensive food and drink wise, some great rides though Space Mountain is fantastic.

Duggy747 · 24-04-2013 10:01AM

Mosney was the bees knees.

I remember it as the only place where you could drive your bumping car any direction without some fella in a dodgy accent roaring abuse at you to go clockwise.

"Tarn around ahnd kape too dah wan direction!!!"

Alton Towers or a place like that is on my list of places to check out, anyways.

kickslate · 24-04-2013 10:04AM

Ino it is abit far away but if you were holiday in Spain, definitely worth a trip to PortAventura in Salou .

krudler · 24-04-2013 10:05AM

"Keep your haynds in the soides!

Dick Turnip · 24-04-2013 10:07AM

Was in Six Flags in Connecticut - ten times better than Disneyland Paris which in truth has only 2/3 rides worth going on.

Superman rollercoaster in Six Flags is nuts!

Edit - was in Thorpe Park outside London when I was a kid, can't really remember it though!

hdowney · 24-04-2013 10:08AM

Been to Alton Towers (love it), Thorpe Park (v good) Drayton Manor (ok), Disney Florida (it's Disney!) Universal Florida (amazing - but pre Harry Potter so MUST go back)

seenitall · 24-04-2013 10:08AM

Legoland, Windsor.

A good time was had.

Yakult · 24-04-2013 10:09AM

Tayto park... irish style

fryup · 24-04-2013 10:11AM

Funland - on Craggy Island is a must

i ask you where else can you get...the Tunnel of Goats, Freak Pointing, Spinning cat and............the Ladder

such entertainment:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cing-9DjpWc

summerskin · 24-04-2013 10:14AM

Universal in Florida is the best I've been to, an amazing place, way better than DisneyWorld.

In the UK Alton Towers is the best, been there about a dozen times. Thorpe Park and Chessington are ok too, Drayton Manor is reasonable enough, and the Gullivers Theme parks are fantastic for under 12s.

eviltwin · 24-04-2013 10:16AM

Alton Towers in the UK and Knotts Berry Farm in the US, both excellent

krudler · 24-04-2013 10:19AM

Agree on Universal being better than Disney, was in Orlando a few years ago and spent most of the week between the Universal parks and Sea World, didnt bother with Disneyworld, which is more for kids really. I'd like to see the Harry Potter part as it was being built when I was last there. Loved the Spider-Man and Mummy rollercoasters.

you know the pic they take of you near the end of the ride? we came out of the Mummy one and were looking at the screen to find ourselves, and the guy behind us was on his phone! we were laughing about it and he was standing next to us saying his girlfriend had dropped her phone on the ride the previous time around and he was ringing it to see if it was there, seriously? you think you'd hear a phone ringing underneath a rollercoaster going around 50mph in the dark?

xLexie · 24-04-2013 10:20AM

Knots Berry Farm is my favourite too, but I liked universal too. Disneyland was fun, just couldn't be doing with all those queues. Amazing at night with the fireworks display.

Korvanica · 24-04-2013 10:22AM

Busch Gardens
Six Flags Magic Mountain

Both class parks !

Montu & the X2 are such good coasters

reap-a-rat · 24-04-2013 10:23AM

Was in Six Flags outside Chicago a couple of years ago. Wow. Amazing stuff. I had been to Disneyland Paris a few years before that but I don't know, overall it seemed so tame compared to Six Flags! Superman, Batman, Vertical Velocity, The Big Drop - have a look at some videos on the YouTube to judge for yerselves how ****rifying the whole day was. But best day ever

Great theme park, highly recommended.

mfceiling · 24-04-2013 10:30AM

Tibidago in Barcelona...costly entry for the family but everything was free inside and very little queues made for a great day.

FatherLen · 24-04-2013 10:46AM

islands of adventure or bush gardens.

dueling dragons or sheikra are the best roller coasters i have ever been on.

anncoates · 24-04-2013 10:48AM

Been to Alton Towers as a kid but my favourite, although not technically a park, was always Blackpool. My ma and Da used to take us all the time when we were kids.

krudler · 24-04-2013 10:48AM

Queues are the definite downside of them alright, unless you buy fast passes (not easy if its a family) or go the right time of year, like just before or after school holidays or really off season, I was in Orlando just after Spring Break so the colleges and schools had all left and it wasn't really busy.

Yawns · 24-04-2013 10:49AM

Anyone know if they charge for the rides inside Legoland or is it just the gate price & once in everything is free to get on. Was thinking about bringing the kid over for a day in a few months.

Robbo · 24-04-2013 10:58AM

The only roller coaster worth talking about is Mr Bones Wild Ride.

blue note · 24-04-2013 11:04AM

Any opinions on Oakwood? I keep meaning to organise a trip there.

SEPT 23 1989 · 24-04-2013 11:07AM

Oktoberfest,Munich

joe stodge · 24-04-2013 11:08AM

Sea world in Orlando, the manta roller coster is insane and islands of adventure, the hulk is a whopper roller coster too.

BillyMitchel · 24-04-2013 11:10AM

Bush gardens Florida is pretty good. Alton towers has some shît scary rides. The other one in Salou another poster mentioned is good. Blackpool pleasure beach is great craic too.

Ireland defo needs one but it will never happen because it would be closed 9 months of the year. Bankrupt in year 2.

God I'd love a good ride now.

seenitall · 24-04-2013 11:18AM

Yawns wrote: »

Anyone know if they charge for the rides inside Legoland or is it just the gate price & once in everything is free to get on. Was thinking about bringing the kid over for a day in a few months.

The gate price includes all the rides and sights inside, except for a few extra stalls that you will see on the footpaths, mostly just 'shoot the target and get a prize', no big loss.

Be prepared for the expense of the 'Big Shop' (right beside the entrance, of course :rolleyes:); there is a smaller shop behind it that sells discounted, discontinued stuff for much cheaper, look it up on the map that you will get with your tickets.

Be sure to check out the Lego Miniland - the world landmarks in miniature.

Enjoy!

Korvanica · 24-04-2013 11:31AM

Robbo wrote: »

The only roller coaster worth talking about is Mr Bones Wild Ride.

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BizzyC · 24-04-2013 11:35AM

Alton Towers is great.

Dravokivich · 24-04-2013 11:54AM

The only theme park I recall being to was a place called Camelot somewhere near Blackpool. Think I was 5 or 6 at the time.

krudler · 24-04-2013 11:56AM

I much prefer rollercoasters to stuff like waltzers, can't stand Funderland type rides, being spun around on the spot isn't my idea of fun. anyone in Disneyland ever go on the Finding Nemo rollercoaster? went on it thinking of this will be grand, its for kids like, my arse it is, you go sideways down a huge incline in a car thats made like a giant turtle shell that spins on it own axis, the kid in the car we were in was in hysterics afterwards :pac:

gurramok · 24-04-2013 12:27PM

I've been to Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, all the Orlando & Tampa parks(Busch Gardens) which are very good. And yes Disney parks were really for kids.

Nearer to home there are Six Flags parks in Holland and Belgium. Give them a try well worth it.

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