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Post by robdog on Oct 30, 2008 13:46:03 GMT
The Corkscrew will run for the final time on Sunday, November 9 at a special event as Alton Towers retire the ride after 28 years.(the official public date of closure is 2nd November) I loved the Corkscrew.As a kid it was always the 1st ride we'd race to on a day out at Towers.It was such a great,iconic rollercoaster. Agreed its had its day with the likes of Air,Nemesis and Oblivion. I for one will truly miss it  Here's some interesting info abouty the Cotkscrew : Over its 28 year history, the Corkscrew site alone has yielded 800 pieces of jewellery, 53 shoes (none matching), 604 watches, 237 mobile phones, 10 items of underwear, thousands of caps, a prosthetic ear and more recently, a prosthetic leg. |
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Post by TheDee51 on Oct 30, 2008 13:57:15 GMT
Not one to blow my own trumpet but me and 6 schoolmates (at the time) hold the record for the most times on the corkscrew in a day.
148 times without getting off, from 9 til 5.30.
It was for some sort of charity the school did.
We even had our dinner on there, and then we were photographed by the Sentinel, and it appeared on the front page the next day.
Sorry to see it go, but its very lame now compared with newer rides.
RIP.
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Post by ben88 on Oct 30, 2008 13:59:43 GMT
dam,
no more concusions
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Post by Southstander on Oct 30, 2008 14:00:21 GMT
10 items of underwear?! Jesus Christ. I'll be sad to see the Corkscrew go, was it on 'You Bet' that them Scouts had to eat a Sunday dinner whilst riding on it?
Remember the Thunder Looper?
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Post by bigb35 on Oct 30, 2008 15:45:45 GMT
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Post by blurtonboy66 on Oct 30, 2008 16:09:30 GMT
Remember going on the corkscrew in 83,fuckin shite myself
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Post by silverdalestokie on Oct 30, 2008 16:35:31 GMT
It means that the copy of the official training manual I have should be worth a few quid in a couple of years then  Brake testing in the mornings and the birds eye views down cleavages were a couple of the perks of working on it in my time as a Towers Employee....... mmmmmmm boobies  |
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Post by Miniman on Oct 30, 2008 17:51:31 GMT
 Not the safest of rides and is never usually open when i've been so thoguht that was a waste of time. One time I went on it almost crpaped myself |
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Post by luke45 on Oct 30, 2008 17:57:42 GMT
Legendary Ride. R.I.P Corkscrew
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Post by rhodesy on Oct 30, 2008 21:05:22 GMT
I love it. It hurts tho  |
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Post by shiny nosehair on Oct 30, 2008 21:13:46 GMT
I for one will truly miss it Truly miss it? are you sure? Would you have even ever noticed had it not been on a website/ in some newspaper ? The Corkscrew was an important part of your life that will leave some emotional hole? |
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Post by Ghostface on Oct 30, 2008 21:35:58 GMT
Haven't been to Alton Towers since they culled the farm yard animals back during the foot and mouth epidemic. Have some of that for a moral conquest! The bunch of wankers....
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Oct 30, 2008 23:23:12 GMT
Never been on it...
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Post by Block 26 on Oct 31, 2008 0:03:55 GMT
i have, it's shit. head got rattled to fuck.
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Post by santy on Oct 31, 2008 1:11:57 GMT
yea, it wasnt so much of a ride as i think someone at alton towers deciding if you were daft enough to pay the entry fees you'd be daft enough to sit there for a few minutes of abuse then pay for a picture of it lol
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Post by DannyStokie on Oct 31, 2008 1:14:53 GMT
Well I know a lad who works at towers and according to the guys there the ride is going because it just isn't safe anymore. Harnesses have been coming up on people.
He says that it will be back in 2 years after changes are made and its re vamped under a different name.
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Post by santy on Oct 31, 2008 1:44:00 GMT
if thats the case, you have to hope they dont let oblivion get that way before they shut it down, could you imagine being hanging over the edge then the harness coming up, theres always that nervous thought in my mind when i go on it, even though I know its near on impossible lol.
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Post by knowles on Oct 31, 2008 9:50:50 GMT
Always shit myself going on it but that was part of the fun! The beauty of it was that there was never a queue (because there were more exciting rides). Good times  |
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Oct 31, 2008 9:53:07 GMT
The big tea-cups were frightening enough for me.  |
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Post by smapples on Oct 31, 2008 10:58:02 GMT
Legendary, If I ever wanted the head rattling experience similar to 2minutes with Tyson I knew where to go. Classic ride, bit too old for the game now
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Post by RonnieStokie on Oct 31, 2008 11:35:55 GMT
It was the first loop-the-loop rollercoaster i ever went on.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Oct 31, 2008 11:48:48 GMT
I've never been on it, always tried to avoid it because I've been too scared from stories about how painful it is.
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Post by knypersleystokie on Oct 31, 2008 19:24:04 GMT
Me and the Mrs, in the younger days would bob a day off work back in the early 80s, and go Alton Towers on a Monday purely for the Corkscrew..Like you say it is a bit dated, but nevertheless its still worth a go.. Someone mentioned The Thunderlooper, that like a couple of the other Towers rides were pulled down due to contant break downs,,another was the mad mouse [never went on it..cant see it beating Blackpool's... anyone remember THE FUNHOUSE at Alton Towers, back in the 70s?
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Post by Mr Wheeze on Oct 31, 2008 21:15:31 GMT
Corkscrew was great and yet out of all the rides ive ever been on it was the one i felt more nervous about before hand for some reason. I was bricking it in the queue! God knows why!
Now the Black Hole was shite and after being on that it felt like you needed a neck brace.
I've not been Alton Towers for about 5 years but for me you'll never beat Nemesis. Superb!
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Post by DannyStokie on Nov 1, 2008 2:09:17 GMT
I nearly went on Nemesis but I got to the ride, sat down and got off again. I just couldn't bring myself to do it that day. Oblivion was good though.
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Post by stokelad on Nov 1, 2008 3:20:13 GMT
i went towers on thursday i avoided the corkscrew though it just gives you bloody whiplash rita is the one you want to go on now, it goes like shit off a shovel ;D
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Post by JoeinOz on Nov 1, 2008 4:39:33 GMT
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Post by Butters on Nov 1, 2008 12:03:59 GMT
Jesus painfull ride the corkscrew had a many ear bashing on that thing, nothing beats Oblivion love seeing everyone scared shitless just before the drop. |
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Post by slimyouth on Nov 1, 2008 19:08:49 GMT
good ride in its day but a real head banger ,went on few months ago only cuz there was n q.do miss the thunder looper tho,but agree rita is the best ride there,followed by nemesis.
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