It is with very sad news to report that Metroland at the MetroCentre has now closed down as of April 20th 2008,MetroLand is the small Amusement Park that operated in the Metrocentre,It had operated for a good 20 years(I dont know exactly how long) so it had done well over the years, however due to decline over the years, and lack of investment,It was decided that the park would make way for additional retail space,Thankfully this was annouced in January 2008 which enabled most people a chance to get up there before it closed its doors forever,So please now enjoy my tribute to MetroLand,The UK's Only indoor Amusement Park
Here we are at MetroLand
Welcome to The New MetroLand, At First it was just called Metroland, but in 1996 Arlington Leisure took over the place,Invested heavily into the place, and renamed it as The New Metroland
Lets Enter Metroland
First Up,We better look at what we've come here mainly to ride, Its the New RollerCoaster, I think at First it was just called RollerCoaster, but the renamed it when Arlington Leisure stepped in.So at the start of the ride, it would go off to the left,Up the Lift Hill Tunnel, and into the Drop
The Drop is rather nice and thrilling
Sit in the back seat and you get a rather nice small pop of airtime
Its definatly been designed just right for a good thrill
One Final View of the Drop which leads into ....
The Helix
Certaintly Its the best part of the Ride
Its leads into some good interaction with the other rides nearby and people walking underneath
An Overview of the Helix
A View of the Helix from the Big Wheel
A Train thunders out of the Helix
Apologies for a few shots out of Focus, Its was'nt always easy to take some good pictures,Sometimes my camera doesnt like taking pitures inside
See what I mean, I like the arty effect it caused though here
The Train then comes out of the Helix
Leading into a straight section
which then leads into ....
Another Helix
It takes this helix with a slighty slower pace, but its still fun, It then goes into another Lift Hill
Which leads to the end section of the ride which consists of a few mini airtime hills
Unfortnutly they dont really create any airtime, but it does add up to a nice end to the ride
From here, its leads up and goes sraight back into the station
Where it then goes around again, so you get 2 laps round, woohoo
I thought it was a fantastic little coaster, It just goes to show you that size nor apperance matters to make a ride good, I went on this ride 6 times which easily payed for the cost of my Wristband
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Here we are at MetroLand
Welcome to The New MetroLand, At First it was just called Metroland, but in 1996 Arlington Leisure took over the place,Invested heavily into the place, and renamed it as The New Metroland
Lets Enter Metroland
First Up,We better look at what we've come here mainly to ride, Its the New RollerCoaster, I think at First it was just called RollerCoaster, but the renamed it when Arlington Leisure stepped in.So at the start of the ride, it would go off to the left,Up the Lift Hill Tunnel, and into the Drop
The Drop is rather nice and thrilling
Sit in the back seat and you get a rather nice small pop of airtime
Its definatly been designed just right for a good thrill
One Final View of the Drop which leads into ....
The Helix
Certaintly Its the best part of the Ride
Its leads into some good interaction with the other rides nearby and people walking underneath
An Overview of the Helix
A View of the Helix from the Big Wheel
A Train thunders out of the Helix
Apologies for a few shots out of Focus, Its was'nt always easy to take some good pictures,Sometimes my camera doesnt like taking pitures inside
See what I mean, I like the arty effect it caused though here
The Train then comes out of the Helix
Leading into a straight section
which then leads into ....
Another Helix
It takes this helix with a slighty slower pace, but its still fun, It then goes into another Lift Hill
Which leads to the end section of the ride which consists of a few mini airtime hills
Unfortnutly they dont really create any airtime, but it does add up to a nice end to the ride
From here, its leads up and goes sraight back into the station
Where it then goes around again, so you get 2 laps round, woohoo
I thought it was a fantastic little coaster, It just goes to show you that size nor apperance matters to make a ride good, I went on this ride 6 times which easily payed for the cost of my Wristband
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