Sunday, August 23, 2009

Roller Coasters

Well after an uneventful week of vacation, yesterday we went to Alton Towers. We were assured that it was the best amusement park around so we took the 2 and a half hour drive to see for ourselves.
We had a good time and rode a few different roller coasters. One called Air has you facing forward on your stomach for most of the ride and then flips you on your back. Another called Oblivion drops you straight down into a dark hole.... I honestly looked at the ride and thought it looked scary.
My favorite part about the park is that the park surrounds yet another English castle. The park had a pond, lots of grass, trees and walking paths all throughout as well. It was such a pretty walk to get throughout the park.


This is us on Oblivion. We are in the front row on the right.

{Mom these aren't our videos but I grabbed them from YouTube for you to see.
The second one you might want to start at 30 seconds in. }

AIR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mdChXl14Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjid05TSfWE
OBLIVION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-EA0l9JUsc

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Both of them are a new twist from what I have done. Once again you have one upped me on the coaster scene. Looks like a blast!!!

Tricia said...

Mom you are funny. I suppose you should come back for a visit and we can take you ; )

Unknown said...

I would love nothing better than to come back. Its just not in the cards for another year at least. So sad...

Tricia said...

Hmmm, you sound like you want us to stay another year. We will see what we can do.

Unknown said...

no no no, there are lots of cities with coasters here in the states. silly