Sunday 12th September. Thorpe Park, stood in a queue of idiots.

Eventually we actually get to the front of the leviathan of a queue and take our place in the little cars that make up the rollercoaster. The usual hush descends as we await the commencement.......... and we’re off.
Again, I have cause to question people's actions. Rollercoasters – why do people raise their hands up high in the air? The only logical(?) explanation is that it’s people showing how brave they are at not holding on. But excuse me. What is this bloody great u-shaped bar that is pressing down on my shoulders and chest? Take all of that away, then see how many people raise their hands in the air. Actually, thinking about who was on the ride, I suspect that at least 50% still would.
The rides these days seem to have a to have a “claim”, a “best of” so to speak. Colossus being no exception. Apparently it’s the rollercoaster with the most inversions - ten. There you go.
I’m quite a fan of rollercoasters, but this one really didn’t do it for me. There was no great drop, there was no extreme speed. There were inversions though, although I’m not sure if there was ten, I wasn’t counting. No-one threw up on our turn.

It was somewhat of an anti-climax and not the best way to start the day.

What next? Rapids. Woop woop, only a fifteen minute queue. The ride itself? I will give it 7 out of 10. It’s didn’t disappoint, but only in the way that expectations to be thrilled weren’t especially high.

Right. Really need to lift our spirits. Let’s go for an old favourite – Nemesis. Good news too, only a 45 min wait! That will do for me....
Except it wasn’t.
It was over two hours.
At one point, we were debating jumping over the fence and just leaving, but we stuck with it.
As a ride, it was quite good. It was typically Nemesis-like. But we were so hacked off with the whole place that we couldn’t really enjoy it.

Should we have stayed and got our money’s worth? Well no. Firstly we hadn’t strictly paid, and secondly why put ourselves through yet more queuing and disappointment?

So that was it. Between four and five hours spent at Thorpe Park, and 95% of that was in queues, full of retards. Chavvy retards.

I’m soooooo looking forward to Alton Towers next year.