Coaster and Park Pictures
Hi and Welcome to my webpage, throughout the year 2003, This page will be full of pictures from Theme/Amusements Parks, so I hope you enjoy
Adventure Island at Southend
A Coaster with the worst name ever, A rather good dark ride, and a better than average kiddie Coaster were the highlights at Southend, View the Pictures above
Brighton Pier
A pier falling into the Sea, A very good Ghost Train and 2 new coaster credits were the highlights of Brighton Pier on a visit in January 03, View the pictures above
Drayton Manor Park AGM with the ECC
A Behind the Scenes look at Drayton Manor Park on a ECC Trip in February 03 with a Walk down the Rapids Ride, and an upclose look at the new ride for 2003, View the Pics above
Hayling Island 24/2/03
Another Off Season trip to Hayling Island near to Portsmouth in February 03, this proved to be a rather good trip with some new coaster credits under my belt, View the pics above
Paultons Park 16/3/03
When you get an oppunity to ride a new coaster even if it is a kiddie one, You just cant turn it down and so I took a trip to Paultons Park on 16th March 03 with my little cousin, and with Glorious Weather all day It really was going to be a very nice day.View the Pics above and view the first internet pictures of the New Paultons Coaster, The Flying Frog
Drayton Manor Park 23/3/03
This was an inseason trip this time on the opening weekend of 2003, It proved to be an interested trip as there was many brakedowns with Maelstrom being down all day sadly, but Apocalypse was thankfully running fine, View a whole bunch of General Park Pics above
Thorpe Park Premier Screaming Event 4/4/03
Here are some pictures from the NI Premier Screaming Event at Thorpe Park on 4/4/03, the day turned out to be rather good, but quite a few rides were not running and NI and Colossus suffered some brakedowns too, View the TR and pics above
Alton Towers 6/4/03
I went to Alton Towers on opening weekend(6/4/03) to try out Duel and to go back on Nemesis and AIR again, The day turned out to be rather good, but Duel broke down twice while I was in the queue, and AIR closed for a brief period of time as well, Anyway view the full TR and Pictures from the opening weekend above
Chessington and Thorpe Park 14/4/03
I went to Chessington and thorpe Park today hoping for some more rides on Vampire at Chessie and NI at Thorpe, and overall it turned out to be a very good day but it was quite busy at both parks which meant I didnt get as as many rides as I normally would, Anyway view the Full TR and Pictures at the link below
France Trip(25/4/03 - 28/4/03)
This was a trip to France I took with the ECC covering Parc Asterix,NigloLand and DisneyLand Paris and overall it turned out to be a great trip. There is no Trip Report with this one, although I hope to make one soon but you can view some pictures I took at all parks above for the moment.
Thorpe Park 10/5/03
Yet another Trip To Thorpe Park although this time it was with the ECC which meant an ERS on Colossus and Inferno, It was a busy day but it was probably one of the best days I've spent so far at Thorpe, Read the Trip report and then view some pictures as well
Alton Towers 18/5/03
My Second Trip to Alton Towers this season which proved to be a very good trip despite some dodgy weather, it was'nt too busy today either which was nice. Anyway Read the Trip Report above and then view some pictures taken on the day
Hayling Island and Southsea 26/5/03
Another trip back to Hayling Island to ride the new AfterBurner ride which was very good. I also went onto Southsea afterwards for a few hrs as well. View the Pictures above
Dreamland 1/6/03
My First Trip to Dreamland which was actually an unnoffical ECC Trip and a campaign to save the park and the Scenic Railway. The day went well and they are still quite hopeful the coaster along with the park can be saved, Anyway View some Pictures from Dreamland above
American Adventure 22/6/03
My First Trip back to American Adventure for 12 years, It proved to be quite a good day with some lovely weather, however the Missile was closed today which was slighty disapointing but it was no bigee since I had ridden it before. Anyway view some nice high quality general park pictures above
Thorpe Park 31/8/03
My last visit to Thorpe was 2 months ago so I felt that another visit was in order, The day turned out to be great with some lovely weather but some big crowds as well, View the Pictures above
Spain ECC trip 8th September to 14th September
This was a trip I took with the ECC to Spain to many wonderful park, we visited 5 parks overall, and it was a fantastic trip, There are reports from all parks in Spain plus loads of pictures as well at the address above :)
Maddam Tussaurds,David Blane and Thorpe Park 28/9/03
This was a trip with a difference as I decided to go to Maddam Tussaurds and then go onto Thorpe for a few hrs, I also went to see David Blane down at Tower Bridge as well for a while, Had quite a good day overall and thought Maddam Tussaurds was excellent, View the Pictures above from my trip
Ohio Trip 16/10/03-19/10/03
This was a trip back to Ohio where I went 2 and a half years ago, Of course the main reason I wanted to go back was because of Top Thrill Dragster and to also visit the park again this time in Halloweekends. I also took a side trip to SFWOA again, View the Reports from both the parks plus lots of pictures from CP especially.