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Austin Towers
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Chained Oak b&b. Can't recommend it enough. Walking distance to the theme park and the owner, Liz, is a star.
We got drenched one year as it rained constantly both days of our visit and she let us use her tumble dryers to dry our soaked clothes so we wouldn't be packing them away wet. She also let us hang our waterproofs and shoes in the boilerhouse so they'd be dry for our second day at the park.
We got drenched one year as it rained constantly both days of our visit and she let us use her tumble dryers to dry our soaked clothes so we wouldn't be packing them away wet. She also let us hang our waterproofs and shoes in the boilerhouse so they'd be dry for our second day at the park.
Matt.GC
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in the boilerhouse
Even has its own scaremaze? Place sounds awesome!
Ashborne travel lodge, there are also some in surrounding areas if you are prepared to travel further (Stoke and Burton Upon Trent), look out for deals as you sometimes can get a room for as cheap as £13 on selected days. Usually you will pay on average £50 for a room.Travel lodges are cheap and cheerful, so don't expect them to be anything special
Also Lower Miklin farm in Denstone, tiny chalets and camping...very good, used them 2 years ago...smaller than Star.
Can recommend this too, lovely spot on top of a hill, very quiet unless someone's playing football in the dark behind your tent lol. Big plots too.
Couldn't get a booking this year, had to resort to the Travelodge, not that I'm not regretting it now, considering how the weather is supposed to be.
Dizzynatnat
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Thanks to everyone for all the replies.. plenty of suggestions for me to look Into this evening.
Wasn't expecting much of a response so I'm really chuffed to see there's so many helpful and kind people on this forum.
Will definitely be staying around to either do my bit to help or for anything else I may need advice on.
Thanks everyone xxxx
Wasn't expecting much of a response so I'm really chuffed to see there's so many helpful and kind people on this forum.
Will definitely be staying around to either do my bit to help or for anything else I may need advice on.
Thanks everyone xxxx
Thanks to everyone for all the replies.. plenty of suggestions for me to look Into this evening.
Wasn't expecting much of a response so I'm really chuffed to see there's so many helpful and kind people on this forum.
Will definitely be staying around to either do my bit to help or for anything else I may need advice on.
Thanks everyone xxxx
My advise? Run for the hills, if you spend too long round here, it won't be long until we've turned you to the dark side and you do nothing but bemoan Merlin operations, reminisce about the good old days, buy the rose tinted glasses and spend all day F5'ing the pet hates thread.
Skyscraper
TS Member
I know that Nemesis has an extra queue for the front row in the station; do any of the other coasters have one?
Skyscraper
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Do they still let people on the front row?Rita...though it is often closed off peak.
Do they still let people on the front row?
They do, but if the front row line is chained off, then you have to sit where instructed
Skyscraper
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How jolty is it? (Never done it before)
Brad97
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How jolty is it? (Never done it before)
It's not painful IMO, it just rattles you a lot. If you're on the taller side, it shouldn't give you any trouble. I do enjoy it for the launch and some pretty good airtime too! Just a shame it is such a short ride. You should give it a go!
The Smiler is what I would consider jolty, but don't think that's so bad either.
Skyscraper
TS Member
I'm quite tall (6ft 2), so maybe I'll do it. Also, how jolty is Nemesis?
Brad97
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Nemesis is smooth, there's no jolts to speak of. It's pretty aggressive due to the intensity, but in a good way! It's tied with Montu as my favourite coaster!I'm quite tall (6ft 2), so maybe I'll do it. Also, how jolty is Nemesis?
Skyscraper
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At least it is short though
. That is another reason for me to do it.
I don't feel that being in the front row makes much of a difference on Rita. It's just as rattly as the rest of the rows!
Front row on Rita is brilliant, especially at night in the dark, however I wouldn't queue for front row if the front row queue is more than a good 10 minutes wait or more