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[toylandtours]

thinking about when my sister went to towers without me recently(screaming crying climbing the walls). But as much as i adore the place i can only be in a car for so long (the journey is like 6 ? hours)………… I’d love to go again… Missing it a lot… maybe next year that would be fun

[crispinart]

[altontussy]

ive spent a good while recently working on an x sector themed antibear! shes meant to symbolise a happy and sad clown, smiler side being happy (duh) and oblivion side being sad. i plan on making one for every alton towers ride. Except Octonauts. i even have an idea for a runaway minetrain one. please enjoy them theyre really cuddly and i love them sososo much<3

[pot-black]

So I'm a big coaster fan, but I wasn't always that way. In fact for much of my childhood I had such an intense fear of them, that it would not be an exaggeration to call it a phobia. I'm talking a level of fear and avoidance to the degree that Little Me would not walk past the entrance to the queue line for a coaster, even just to retrieve loose articles of clothing that my parents or younger sister couldn't take on. Hell, when i was 15 or 16 I tried to get over my fear, and that ended with a panic attack that delayed dispatch so I could get off. This all started from one (technically three) event(s) that happened when I was 5 or 6, and then was reinforced by two (extremely unfortunate) events when I was 8.

So first, my family took a trip to Hersheypark. That is our home park, and I recommend it for the diversity of rides. I was tall for my age, and this year I was finally able to ride some of the big coasters, with an adult of course. Dad decided this would be a perfect time to introduce me. The ride he chose was the SooperdooperLooper, which despite its name, only has one loop.

It was the the parks first coaster with an inversion when it opened in 1977. It also was the East coast's first inverted coaster. Pretty tame, but it only has a lap bar, no shoulder restraints. By all means, a good coaster to introduce inversions to a young fan. Not the best one to introduce coasters to.

I did not like the look of it . I do not want to ride it. But Dad mistook my apprehensiveness as expected jitters. He thought all i needed to do was go for a round and then I'd be fine.

I came off the first ride in tears.

I did not like the G-forces. I had my eyes closed the whole time. The one time I opened them happened to be in the 15 seconds of the ride when the coaster was in a pitch black tunnel. But my sister and mom hadn't come back yet, and the line was short, and maybe if I went on it again I would understand there was nothing to fear, thought my dad. So we went on it two more times. After that I didn't ride anything for the rest of the day.

In 2006, Grandma died. We were all very sad, but she stipulated in her will that my siblings and I should be taken on a trip to Disneyworld, because she knew we had always wanted to go. Spoiling us to the end. We went for a week over new years at a resort in the park, The Grand Floridian. We also had a mulit-park pass. I actually began to open up here. Mom got me on the Seven dwarfs minetrain... and I LOVED it.

We also did the haunted mansion. I probably would have enjoyed it, if I had opened my eyes. I was the only one in my family looking at the ceiling in the portrait gallery preshow. the portraits on the walls stretch to reveal darkly humorous situations. then right before the doors open, the lights go out, and through the ceiling, actually a silkscreen, a hanging copse is seen laughing. That clocked me out, but the actual ride had not even begun. I was also a real scaredy cat as a kid.

So we went to Hollywood Studios, where I made two serious mistakes. First, to prove to my parents and younger sister (who had been telling me I had been overreacting with the Haunted mansion) that i was brave, I decided to ride the Tower of Terror. The preshow got to me again though, and the moment i saw the peppers ghost I closed my eyes. But what made matters worse was a serious misconception I had with the ride; it was not the same thing as Haunted Mansion. I did not know it was a drop tower, until we dropped. So that ended with tears in the gift shop.

But i decided to so something more relaxing as my second ride. my sister wanted to ride Rock n Roller Coaster, an inside coaster. Someone, (may have been my uncle) compared it to space mountain. My parents had separately tried to convince me to ride space mountain by telling me it was like the dwarfs minetrain, which i had enjoyed. So my logic was the rock n roller coaster was like the minetrain.

It was not. Rock n roller coaster is like space mountain in that both are inside coasters that take place in the dark. Rock n roller coaster is a launch coaster that goes from 0- 60 mph in under 3 seconds. The ride lasts for 80 seconds and has three inversions, and again, takes place in pitch dark. All to the tune of energetic Aerosmith music being pumped through your head rest. I had no idea until right before we boarded. I kept my eyes closed throughout. Man the waterworks poured after that. I did not do anything else at Hollywood studios. Think they may have brought me back to the hotel early.

Gradually over the years I got better in my fear. Knobels managed to eliminate my fear of wooden coasters. Apollo at Bush Gardens got me over noninverting steel coasters. Then I was 20, on a college trip back to Hersheypark. I had been psyching myself up by watching POV camera shots of coasters on Youtube. I asked my best friend to hold me to my commitment. I wanted to conquer inversions.

We went back to where it all began. SooperdooperLooper. there was a lot of hand wringing. he had to walk me down the aisle at times. I was kicking the ground like a horse, and went weak in the knees, trembling. But then we were in the car. then it was dispatched. up the lift hill, then over and down. Into the loop. I had my eyes open. I loved it. Haven't had any phobia since.

[cherrykitkat]

for your post; what's your favorite smaller ride (I.E. flying fish, runaway minetrain)

you listed my 2 favs

runaway > fish by a small margin tho. it feels longer n u get to wave to the rapids ppl

[v4ultm1ku]

So I need help what alton towers oc should I do next?

[runaway-mine-train]

choo choo guy how many times should i ride the runaway minetrain when im there again...........................

Either:

a) As many times in a row as you can before the queue gets too long,

b) As many times as you can before you throw up, or

c) Until the park closes and they kick you off.

[crispinfandom]

Okay followers, assign me a rollercoaster manufacturer

[harperblue5]

MY LIFE! SIX FLAGS EPISODE 1 MARTHASVILLE RAILROAD #SIXFLAGS #MYLIFE #GOLIATH #SUPERMAN #MINETRAIN

[retrowave-racer]

Alexander Matthews always had a intense passion for trains, going on trips to many railways as a kid. On one of these trips, an unmanned train he was intently gazing at suddenly began to move forward and down the track. Turns out, he had the power to move it with his mind.

Still a day behind but I got the oc_tober I started yesterday done! My Minetrain Alex, appropriately inspired by my own train enthusiast husband @turbojuk ! His lore is that he can move trains with his mind, a power used to transport materials through dangerous places.

[walt-at-disneyland]

Walking through Balancing Rock Canyon, Nature's Wonderland, 1956. #natureswonderland #frontierland #minetrain #walt #disney #waltdisney #disneyland #vintagedisneyland #disneyside #photooftheday #disneyworld #train #minetrainthroughnatureswonderland (at Disneyland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcWLYJrvVOt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lostprincessfiles]

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[hennisphere]

Mine trains are hit or miss for me. This one isn’t the best. #cedarcreekmineride #cedarpoint #cedarfair #rollercoast #rollercoaster #rollercoasters #themepark #themeparks #sixflags #arrow #arrowdynamics #minetrain #disney #disneyworld #disneyland #universalstudios #seaworld (at Cedar Point) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGB1SUZh_vI/?igshid=1jjacc6p7md3o

[altontussy]

i animate sometimes wow! i didnt even put this on my youtube you get EXCLUUUUUSIVE gummies for being those silly coaster fans that you are.

heres my custom lore for my forbidden valley/katanga canyon gooblets in like five seconds (maybe i should make a rapids one it can be mr runaways pathetic australian son) . its fairly obvious to see the lore because im extremely uncreative. same for character designs imagine wearing a sweater with your name on it .

happy el gee bee tee cue month anyways look at the robot and long eye dude because they kiss alot when mister long eye isnt imprisoned

[emersonloves]

Longing for simpler days where the only concerns were queue length and park closing time. 🚂 🎇 . Stay safe, stay healthy, stay home, and we’ll see you at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad very soon! 🎢 #magickingdom #bigthundermountainrailroad #bigthundermountain #minetrain #rollercoaster #rollercoasters #coasters #coaster #coasterenthusiast #coastersofinstagram #waltdisneyworld #waltdisneyworldresort #disneytrip #disneyrides #disneyride #disneypic #disneypictures #disneygram #disneygrammers #disneygrammer #instadisney #instadisneyworld #disneycommunity #disneyaccount #disneyblogger #disneybloggers #disneyvlog #disneyvlogger #emersonlovesdisney #emersonloves (at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-dbJ1yDuvG/?igshid=4pe7cmlvkdjd