Corkscrew - Revision history

Dan77: categorise

2013-02-26T20:56:41Z

categorise

Sam198: Isn't Vekoma situated in Holland? (where they speak dutch)

2012-03-16T15:57:10Z

Isn't Vekoma situated in Holland? (where they speak dutch)

DanDan at 19:03, 9 November 2010

2010-11-09T19:03:26Z

Delta79: Adding Category

2010-08-12T11:22:33Z

Adding Category

CoasterCrazyChris: Tiny little corrections.

2010-08-10T12:47:58Z

Tiny little corrections.

Delta79: Brackets within brackets? What a tit I am.

2010-08-10T05:58:08Z

Brackets within brackets? What a tit I am.

Sammy: OK, so I copied half of this from my review of the ride I first wrote 4 years ago. Sue me.

2010-08-09T23:01:26Z

OK, so I copied half of this from my review of the ride I first wrote 4 years ago. Sue me.

Sammy at 22:59, 9 August 2010

2010-08-09T22:59:09Z

Delta79: Started this page, got tired and went to bed... anyone feel free to finish it off. Or I'll do it tomorrow. Corky deserves a good page.

2010-08-09T22:31:31Z

Started this page, got tired and went to bed... anyone feel free to finish it off. Or I'll do it tomorrow. Corky deserves a good page.

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Corkscrew was a [[roller coaster]] located at [[Alton Towers]] between April 4th 1980 and November 9th 2008. It opened as the first double inverting [[roller coaster]] in the UK (although that's a bit of a cheeky claim, considering Irn Bru Revolution in [[Mandyland|Blackpool]] had technically been inverting riders twice per ride since 1979).

== History ==
Corkscrew was purchased by [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] from Ikea, as a flat packed [[Roller_coaster|roller coaster]] (it was designed by two stoned Dutch engineering students (later to be known as [[Vekoma]]). The instructions stated that assembly should have taken approximately 45 minutes but ended up taking about 6 months, as Towers staff stuggled to understand the Swedish instructions.

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 == History ==
-Corkscrew was purchased by <nowiki>Alton Towers</nowiki> from Ikea, as a flat packed [[rollercoaster]] (it was designed by two stoned Dutch engineering students - later to be known as [[Vekoma]]). The instructions stated that assembly should have taken approximately 45 minutes but ended up taking about 6 months, as Towers staff struggled to understand the Swedish instructions.  It eventually opened as the first <nowiki>rollercoaster</nowiki> in the UK to turn riders upside down going through a corkscrew rather than a loop and without any launches (or something).
+Corkscrew was purchased by <nowiki>Alton Towers</nowiki> from Ikea, as a flat packed [[rollercoaster]] (it was designed by two stoned Dutch engineering students - later to be known as [[Vekoma]]). The instructions stated that assembly should have taken approximately 45 minutes but ended up taking about 6 months, as Towers staff struggled to understand the Dutch instructions.  It eventually opened as the first <nowiki>rollercoaster</nowiki> in the UK to turn riders upside down going through a corkscrew rather than a loop and without any launches (or something).
 Despite the fact that Blackpool already had a looping ride, everyone conveniently forgot about it and all descended on <nowiki>Alton Towers</nowiki> instead.

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-Corkscrew was a [[roller coaster]] located at [[Alton Towers]] between April 4th 1980 and November 9th 2008. It opened as the first double inverting [[roller coaster]] in the UK (although that's a bit of a cheeky claim, considering Irn Bru [[Revolution]] in [[Mandyland|Blackpool]] had technically been inverting riders twice per ride since 1979).
+Corkscrew was a [[roller coaster]] located at [[Alton Towers]] between April 4th 1980 and November 9th 2008. It opened as the first double inverting [[roller coaster]] in the UK (although that's a bit of a cheeky claim, considering Irn Bru Revolution in [[Mandyland|Blackpool]] had technically been inverting riders twice per ride since 1979).
 == History ==
-Corkscrew was purchased by [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] from Ikea, as a flat packed [[Roller_coaster|roller coaster]] (it was designed by two stoned Dutch engineering students - later to be known as [[Vekoma]]). The instructions stated that assembly should have taken approximately 45 minutes but ended up taking about 6 months, as Towers staff struggled to understand the Swedish instructions.  It eventually opened as the first [[Roller_coaster|roller coaster]] in the UK to turn riders upside down going through a corkscrew rather than a loop and without any launches (or something).
+Corkscrew was purchased by <nowiki>Alton Towers</nowiki> from Ikea, as a flat packed [[rollercoaster]] (it was designed by two stoned Dutch engineering students - later to be known as [[Vekoma]]). The instructions stated that assembly should have taken approximately 45 minutes but ended up taking about 6 months, as Towers staff struggled to understand the Swedish instructions.  It eventually opened as the first <nowiki>rollercoaster</nowiki> in the UK to turn riders upside down going through a corkscrew rather than a loop and without any launches (or something).
-Despite the fact that Blackpool already had a looping ride, everyone conveniently forgot about it and all descended on [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] instead.
+Despite the fact that Blackpool already had a looping ride, everyone conveniently forgot about it and all descended on <nowiki>Alton Towers</nowiki> instead.
 ==Ride Experience==
-Corkscrew dominated Festival Park/Ug Land for most of its life, until, in an act of extremely poor park planning, someone plonked [[Rita]] in front of it which made finding the ride a challenge.  A further obstacle was the bucket-trains themselves, which held the record for world's least accessible coaster cars until the opening of Colossus at [[Thorpe Park]] in 2002.
+Corkscrew dominated Festival Park/Ug Land for most of its life, until, in an act of extremely poor park planning, someone plonked [[Rita]] in front of it which made finding the ride a challenge.  A further obstacle was the bucket-trains themselves, which held the record for world's least accessible coaster cars until the opening of [[Colossus]] at [[Thorpe Park]] in 2002.
 Anyone who succeeded in getting onto the ride was in a for a real treat in the form of the spectacular views from the top of the lift hill. A relatively slow turnaround followed, leading to the first drop. This is arguably the best part of the ride and provides great airtime at the back of the train. Unfortunately the train now has to go round a corner, which for some reason it seems rather inept at doing, in the process your head will probably become very well acquainted with the restraints.
-After the corkscrews, a turnaround and the second drop are both smaller versions of the first part of the ride. Older versions of this ride made by [[Arrow|arrow]] ended here, corkscrew’s second half makes that look a good idea, as the rest of the ride has no interesting features whatsoever. The helix that follows meanders up and down slightly - probably as a normal helix would be too boring. As a 'big finish' the ride trundles slowly around its perimeter as if marking out its territory before hopefully arriving back in the station, though occasionally it needed 'encouragement' from the staff to get it off the break run.
+After the corkscrews, a turnaround and the second drop are both smaller versions of the first part of the ride. Older versions of this ride made by [[Arrow]] ended here, Corkscrew’s second half makes that look a good idea, as the rest of the ride has no interesting features whatsoever. The helix that follows meanders up and down slightly - probably as a normal helix would be too boring. As a 'big finish' the ride trundles slowly around its perimeter as if marking out its territory before hopefully arriving back in the station, though occasionally it needed 'encouragement' from the staff to get it off the break run.
 ==Closure==
-In 2008 it was announced that the ride was to close to make way for something half decent ([[Thirteen]]).  The reaction to this news was a collective [[Meh|meh]], as the ride was completely past it by this point, and there was another one at Flamingoland anyway.  Still, it offered enthusiasts an excuse to make yet another trip to [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] to get one last ride on a coaster that the previous year most of them would hardly ever even consider going on.
+In 2008 it was announced that the ride was to close to make way for something half decent ([[Th13teen]]).  The reaction to this news was a collective [[Meh|meh]], as the ride was completely past it by this point, and there was another one at Flamingoland anyway.  Still, it offered enthusiasts an excuse to make yet another trip to [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] to get one last ride on a coaster that the previous year most of them would hardly ever even consider going on.
 ==Legacy==

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	To mark the outstanding contribution Corkscrew had made to neck injuries over three decades, Corkscrew's corkscrews were retained by the park and erected at the entrance plaza, confusing a large proportion of guests arriving on the [[Monorail\|monorail]] into thinking it's a new ride.		To mark the outstanding contribution Corkscrew had made to neck injuries over three decades, Corkscrew's corkscrews were retained by the park and erected at the entrance plaza, confusing a large proportion of guests arriving on the [[Monorail\|monorail]] into thinking it's a new ride.
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 Corkscrew was purchased by [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] from Ikea, as a flat packed [[Roller_coaster|roller coaster]] (it was designed by two stoned Dutch engineering students - later to be known as [[Vekoma]]). The instructions stated that assembly should have taken approximately 45 minutes but ended up taking about 6 months, as Towers staff struggled to understand the Swedish instructions.  It eventually opened as the first [[Roller_coaster|roller coaster]] in the UK to turn riders upside down going through a corkscrew rather than a loop and without any launches (or something).
-Despite the fact that Blackpool already had a looping ride, everyone conveniently forgot about it when corkscrew opened and all descended on [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]]
+Despite the fact that Blackpool already had a looping ride, everyone conveniently forgot about it and all descended on [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] instead.
 ==Ride Experience==
-For most of its life, corkscrew Dominated Festival Park/Ug Land, until in an act of extremely poor park planning someone plonked [[Rita]] in front of it, making finding the ride a challenge.  A further obstacle to riding was the bucket-trains themselves, which held the record for world's least accessible coaster cars until the opening of Colossus at [[Thorpe Park]] in 2002.
+Corkscrew dominated Festival Park/Ug Land for most of its life, until, in an act of extremely poor park planning, someone plonked [[Rita]] in front of it which made finding the ride a challenge.  A further obstacle was the bucket-trains themselves, which held the record for world's least accessible coaster cars until the opening of Colossus at [[Thorpe Park]] in 2002.
-Anyone who succeeded in getting onto the ride was in a for a real treat in the form of the spectacular views from the top of the lift hill. A relatively slow turnaround followed leading to the first drop. This is arguably the best part of the ride and provides great airtime at the back of the train. Unfortunately the train now has to go round a corner, which for some reason it seems rather inept at doing, in the process your head will probably become very well acquainted with the restraints.
+Anyone who succeeded in getting onto the ride was in a for a real treat in the form of the spectacular views from the top of the lift hill. A relatively slow turnaround followed, leading to the first drop. This is arguably the best part of the ride and provides great airtime at the back of the train. Unfortunately the train now has to go round a corner, which for some reason it seems rather inept at doing, in the process your head will probably become very well acquainted with the restraints.
 After the corkscrews, a turnaround and the second drop are both smaller versions of the first part of the ride. Older versions of this ride made by [[Arrow|arrow]] ended here, corkscrew’s second half makes that look a good idea, as the rest of the ride has no interesting features whatsoever. The helix that follows meanders up and down slightly - probably as a normal helix would be too boring. As a 'big finish' the ride trundles slowly around its perimeter as if marking out its territory before hopefully arriving back in the station, though occasionally it needed 'encouragement' from the staff to get it off the break run.
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 ==Legacy==
-To mark the outstanding contribution Corkscrew had made to neck injuries over three decades, Corkscrew's corkscrews were retained by the park and erected at the entrance plaza, confusing a large proportion of guests arriving on the [[Monorail|monorail]] into thinking its a new ride.
+To mark the outstanding contribution Corkscrew had made to neck injuries over three decades, Corkscrew's corkscrews were retained by the park and erected at the entrance plaza, confusing a large proportion of guests arriving on the [[Monorail|monorail]] into thinking it's a new ride.