Some changes... To save on servier space, the 2003 trip reports are now here on Geocities. 2004 reports are posted on the usual home site, at www.darkrides.co.uk Thanks to all those who helped organise or who I met up with on the 2003 trips. It was a great season, here's to another great season! (And maybe one day I will finished the Coaster Dorada report...!)
Nottingham Goose Fair
2nd October 2003
I am not a
fair person by any stretch of the imagination, so how would I
cope when I go to one of the largest in the UK?!
Chessington World of
Adventures / Thorpe Park 26th September 2003
Hey? What
are you doing here? This tomb is closed... shut - geddit? No more
stupid tourists in this tomb. Oi! Come Back!
Coaster Dorada 8 - 14th September 2003
A tour with
the ECC covering 5 of Spain's best parks and 7 different trip
reports! Aghhh!
Alton Towers 5th September 2003
Alton Towers.
Where the wallet never closes, where the walking never ends, and
where the train never stops.
Thorpe Park 31st August 2003
More safety
tips then you could shake a cat at. Not that you should shake a
cat mind, it could be dangerous.
Thorpe Park 24th July 2003
I'm sorry,
but I have run out of witty summaries for Thorpe Park. So what
can I say? Just read the darn report will you! :-)
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
4th, 5th and 6th July 2003
A weekend at
the "Coaster capital of the world" after my last visit
in the summer of 2001. Also, some new coasters for the list!
American Adventure,
Ilkeston 22nd June 2003
Another
visit to the park that I last visted in 2002. So what's changed?
Unsurprisingly little, actually...
Dreamland, Margate 1st
June 2003
As part of
the SAVE DREAMLAND CONVENTION. Some touring, some learning, some
listening - and some RIDING!
Funland (Hayling
Island) / Clarence Pier (Southsea) 26th May 2003
Something
you may not have seen before. Oh yes, and do not fear, pictures
have now returned to every trip report! :-)
Alton Towers 20th May 2003
My first
trip to the Towers this season.
Chessington World of
Adventures / Thorpe Park 19th May 2003
My first
double trip of the season.
Foire De Torne /
Parc Asterix / Nigloland / Disneyland Paris 25th - 28th April
2003
The ECC's
trip to France: "Tour De Force". Fairgrounds and theme
parks ranging from known to unknown. A truly moving expirience.
Chessington World of
Adventures 10th April 2003
Opening day
of the daddy of tatt. Chessington opens it's doors for another
season with it's new attraction: Hocus Pocus Hall.
Thorpe Park 9th April
2003
A "top
up" from Saturday, a trip to Thorpe hopefully without that
much queuing. No pictures today folks, sorry about that!
Thorpe Park 5th April
2003
My 50th,
coaster that is, and Thorpe Park's opening day. A day of fun,
sunshine, and shed loads of queueing.
Drayton Manor 23rd Mar
2003
Drayton
Manor again: A farewell, A Milestone and me losing my virginity
to a 180ft Errection are highlights of this trip.
Drayton Manor 22nd Feb
2003
A non-riding
trip, to see Drayton Manor behind the scenes in closed season.
Part of the European Coaster Club AGM.
Brighton Pier - 26th
January 2003
All the fun
of the pier and the pleasure of riding a ride with little to no
safety features. Could we end up the same way as the West Pier?
Adventure Island - 24th
November 2002
Now what
sort of a park names a brand new coaster: "Twizzler Bendz",
and has scenes from the excorcist inside a Crazy Cottage?
Remember to email me with any thoughts, comment, compliments or insults! lewiscox2000@yahoo.co.uk