Matt N
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Mako (SeaWorld Orlando)
Hi guys. I’d imagine that most of us know the major UK parks fairly well by this point, but there must surely be parks that we haven’t visited or coasters we haven’t ridden within the UK for most of us on here. So my question to you today is; what is the most noteworthy UK park you haven’t visited, and what is the most noteworthy UK coaster you haven’t ridden?
I’ll get the ball rolling with my answers.
Personally, I’m from the the Forest of Dean/Gloucestershire (in the South West), and I have visited all 4 UK Merlin parks, as well as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Paultons Park, Drayton Manor, Oakwood Theme Park, West Midlands Safari Park and South Pier Blackpool.
With that in mind, I’d personally say that:
I’ll get the ball rolling with my answers.
Personally, I’m from the the Forest of Dean/Gloucestershire (in the South West), and I have visited all 4 UK Merlin parks, as well as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Paultons Park, Drayton Manor, Oakwood Theme Park, West Midlands Safari Park and South Pier Blackpool.
With that in mind, I’d personally say that:
- The most noteworthy UK park I’m yet to visit is probably Flamingo Land. It has the joint largest coaster selection in Britain, with 10 coasters in total and a few noteworthy thrill coasters, but I’ve never set foot in the park in my life; Yorkshire is a very long way from the South West!
- There were a few candidates I considered for most noteworthy UK coaster I’m yet to ride. If The Ultimate at Lightwater Valley were operating, that would win the title quite comfortably, and if it reopens, it will regain the title, but with Ultimate currently SBNO, that does make this harder for me to pinpoint. I’d probably go with Odyssey at Fantasy Island; it’s the country’s 3rd tallest coaster, one of the world’s tallest full-circuit inverted coasters, and a true UK coaster icon, but I’ve never set foot in Fantasy Island. Once again, Skegness is unfortunately a very long way from the South West!