Excellent, articulate and passionate interviewees and they were darn right- something bigger and better certainly did come into place! Very sad to see it go but Alton Towers paid the tribute to it that it deserved
Even though the Corkscrew isn’t there anymore, she’s still greeting everyone at the entrance of the park hoping everyone can have a fantastical day at Alton Towers.
Joecake Gamedev I find that if you put "the" in front of any of the ride names (with exceptions of the smiler) it just sounds... Wrong... The Rita The th13teen The Oblivion The Air The Galactica The Nemesis... Don't even get me started on the Thorpe park rides...
I never had the chance to ride corcscrew, but I know if I was there, I would have riden it and after as I leave the exit I would have said a very big farewell. R.I.P corcscrew 1980-2008 You will be missed by all
It’s officially gone! 😢 But it’s getting re made with the same layout though, so not too bad. Well at least hopefully it gets re done and not just destroyed.
I really like how merlin announce ride closures before they actually get removed. I wish blackpool did this with wild mouse and i hope they do it with their rollercoasters that end up needing removal like big dipper and the nash
If only the Corkscrew was a listed ride at Alton Towers, then the ride would still be there and running. But I understand Alton Towers' reasonings for removing the Corkscrew, ie; the ride becoming very rough towards it's end of life, reports from people about the ride being increasingly uncomfortable to ride on due to its age and it's declining popularity from 2005. Then it suddenly gets popular again on the 9th November 2008 on it's very last running day and it's farewell party event as people take one last ride on the Corkscrew before it gets taken down.
its very sad that it went but the type of manufacture meant it couldnt stay forever look at the framework and supports it is steel but not safe enough after a as it wasnt built to last
Just because the corkscrew was an old classic doesn't mean that it should have stayed. It was constantly breaking down, you were black and blue when the ride was finished.. it's time was up
Amazing how some places still have wooden coasters that run daily but this wasnt good enough for A.T anymore. Suppose the corkscrew went to the same scrap heap as the American adventure rides (cr4p place that was BTW)
Because it has a single inversion. Yes, it goes upside down twice, but the circuit only has one inversion, a vertical loop. What you're saying is like saying X2 has the most inversions on any coaster in the world.
ug swinger is now re-named 2 twirling toadstall and has moved somewhere else in the park and there has been rumours that there will b a worlds 1st coaster there instead!
The new ride taking its place will be called Thi13teen, and and supposed to be the most terrifying rollercoaster in the world, and to ride it you have to be over 16under 55, you have to be in good physical and emotional condition and also have to sign a waiver so you cant sue them if you get scared
This comment aged like fine wine 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 In fact this ride seems more scary than their new 13 ride Ever since RITA all their marketing has never failed to disappoint everyone
Sarah Lynch Agreed! It's absolute pice of S***! an insult to roller coasters everywhere. This is a perfect example of a roller coaster being replaced with a gimmick load of garage with no substance to it. While I was not a big fan of corky at least at was a built to be a real coaster and not what ever the hell th13een is.
+lucky 13 I don't care if it's the only one of it's kind! As a coaster I find it to be absalotly crap! A rollercoaster should be judge on how good it ride's like how good the layout is and speed/air time ect ect. Gimmicks don't make a good ride, it's how you do those elaments ubove are done.
Doug Briglmen its not gimmick its original desigh and it is a very good ride as it has over 4 gs and the air time on the first drop is 6.79 so its a very good ride to replace corky beacause the theming is very good and links with hex and the chained with the legend of the towers,
what makes me laugh is the news banner going across the screen at the bottom left ya were at alton towers (message) 262 people died XD not laughing at people dieing BTW
3:09 "Pieces of underwear have been found"
*guy in background looks down*
+TooManyMoths lel
+TooManyMoths somebody's embaraced xD
XD
EXPOSED
BAHAHAHH
Excellent, articulate and passionate interviewees and they were darn right- something bigger and better certainly did come into place!
Very sad to see it go but Alton Towers paid the tribute to it that it deserved
This was my first "proper" coaster where I got my coaster legs and I have been pretty obsessed with them since. Going to Alton Towers again next week!
nanimawa Mine too! What a ride!
Shame that we lost "The Corkscrew" and "The Rita" was re-themed.
At least we still have "The Nemesis", "The Galactica" and "The Oblivion" left.
I sure am exited for "The SW8"!
Haha!
Theme Park Attraction th13teen is brilliant but I miss the corkscrew
Will B IM GOING ON OBLIVION and it hasn’t left
such a shame "The Air" got rethemed to "The Galactica"!
Even though the Corkscrew isn’t there anymore, she’s still greeting everyone at the entrance of the park hoping everyone can have a fantastical day at Alton Towers.
"The Rita"
Dear god I just got so triggered
Same with me that really annoyed me
Joecake Gamedev I find that if you put "the" in front of any of the ride names (with exceptions of the smiler) it just sounds... Wrong...
The Rita
The th13teen
The Oblivion
The Air
The Galactica
The Nemesis...
Don't even get me started on the Thorpe park rides...
Oh yeah...
Can't wait to ride "The Stealth"
Joecake Gamedev gotta love "the colossus"... Or as the chavs like to call it "The colossal"
(Dear god please end my suffering XD)
Some even go to *thorpe park* saying "the nemesis" without even saying inferno at the end, which is another thing that really gets me!
I never had the chance to ride corcscrew, but I know if I was there, I would have riden it and after as I leave the exit I would have said a very big farewell.
R.I.P corcscrew 1980-2008
You will be missed by all
I'll miss that wonderful ride. I love you, Corkscrew!
Awww man, simpler times
I love to watch these old news articles
lol if the corkscrew met the smiler
I went on the Corkscrew in its first year....I loved it.My first rollercoaster and it was fab...I queued up for hours to go on it eight times x
Oh man, recognising so many of the old CF crew. Such nostalgia!
*"Bring on the next one" THE SMILER:2013!*
ItzLivvy Now for SW8 next year
I rid sw8 and I hate it
It was Th13teen... in 2010..
I miss corkscrew, glad to see the CF members at alton, I couldn't make it. But the info was great and I want to see the next coaster.
When nemesis leaves i will probably cry
Chris B its leaving in 2020! Get the tissues ready!
Arran Melaugh no it’s not you liar
@@arranmelaugh5606 mate it’s 2020
@@alannah7029 it’s 2021 you cock! And clearly I was having people on! 🙄🙄
It’s officially gone! 😢 But it’s getting re made with the same layout though, so not too bad. Well at least hopefully it gets re done and not just destroyed.
I never got to ride it! :(
Don't worry I didn't either. Never been to AT yet but I have been to Thorpe Park.
I really like how merlin announce ride closures before they actually get removed. I wish blackpool did this with wild mouse and i hope they do it with their rollercoasters that end up needing removal like big dipper and the nash
Shame it's gone . Loved the corkscrew
Atleast corkscrew has been remember with part of the track getting a lick of paint and being places right ouside the entrance (:
If only the Corkscrew was a listed ride at Alton Towers, then the ride would still be there and running. But I understand Alton Towers' reasonings for removing the Corkscrew, ie; the ride becoming very rough towards it's end of life, reports from people about the ride being increasingly uncomfortable to ride on due to its age and it's declining popularity from 2005. Then it suddenly gets popular again on the 9th November 2008 on it's very last running day and it's farewell party event as people take one last ride on the Corkscrew before it gets taken down.
its very sad that it went but the type of manufacture meant it couldnt stay forever look at the framework and supports it is steel but not safe enough after a as it wasnt built to last
I went on it in 1984 and found it uncomfortable to ride. I preferred the Looping Star at Margate.
Sam Bee listed buildings have to be old. The corkscrew shouldn't have been listed imo. It's a cloned ride aswell
When the smiler leaves I will cry😢
Will's eyebrows are simply fabulous.
Just because the corkscrew was an old classic doesn't mean that it should have stayed. It was constantly breaking down, you were black and blue when the ride was finished.. it's time was up
wow this one is actually the first roller coaster i ever went on, and wen i went to alton towers aba a month ago i was wonderin wer it was...guttered
It was my first big rollercoaster...
Amazing how some places still have wooden coasters that run daily but this wasnt good enough for A.T anymore. Suppose the corkscrew went to the same scrap heap as the American adventure rides (cr4p place that was BTW)
@FinnandMillie They havent, the corkscrew part itself is outside the entrance
+CoasterForce why didn't you film pop of it on its final day?
Miss this ride :(
I would rather still have corkscrew than th13teen.
I think th13teen is better
No there were 2 corkscrews
Well done CF
Yay that's where I'm from!!!
Are there any demolition videos?
I was only 8 when I first went on the corkscrew in 2005 :)
r.i.p corky
i bet if it had closed now, it'd get a full retrack and be up and running again like nemesis
It closed on my bday
I went on this on the last day!
I rode it in 1984 🎢
except the new coaster didn't beat it, did it?
0:40 the Revolution is older and goes upside down twice
Because it has a single inversion. Yes, it goes upside down twice, but the circuit only has one inversion, a vertical loop. What you're saying is like saying X2 has the most inversions on any coaster in the world.
Gwh9 Gaming I know what you mean but technically you go upside down twice
ug swinger is now re-named 2 twirling toadstall and has moved somewhere else in the park and there has been rumours that there will b a worlds 1st coaster there instead!
flamingo land recently got rid of their one.
Matthew Robertson it was better
where is the corkscrew now?
Well the corkscrew bit is at the entrance of the park but I dont know about the rest
Vycter I think the trains are on the vekoma looper at gardaland but the track is either in storage or scrapped
Ugh, it's NOT "the Rita", it's Rita. Get it right!!
Sure, I couldn't ride it, but I have a coaster just like it 3 hours away from me.
Is that bobby from towie
The new ride taking its place will be called Thi13teen, and and supposed to be the most terrifying rollercoaster in the world, and to ride it you have to be over 16under 55, you have to be in good physical and emotional condition and also have to sign a waiver so you cant sue them if you get scared
Bad Minton its shit
This comment aged like fine wine 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
In fact this ride seems more scary than their new 13 ride
Ever since RITA all their marketing has never failed to disappoint everyone
this was filmed on my birthday- the real 9/11
ah the corkscrew, classic ride.
Now I have to ask one question: why the FUCK did they remove it for thirteen? >:(
Sad sad times. My first ever roller coaster and they were crazy to take it out. They'll be demolishing the towers next and putting a "new build" in
I love coaster foses
nooo u cant close it down! i've never been 2 alton towers! not fair ='[ that was gonna b my first ride ='[
it got took down the other month
Hurray for CoasterForce.
2:07 into the clip I swear that's bobby from towie I don't watch it my mum does
The comment is old now, ignore it.
Well then - Th13teen or Corkscrew?
Th13teen
Rest In Peace Corkscew. ~Courtney.
Would I Recommend?
YES, but its dead!:O
@Jmscoaster010 To be fair, the reporter isn't an expert on rollercoasters - so it is an easy mistake to make!
no offense but i wasn't really bothred about this i thought it was quite shit compared to Rita or Nemisis.
Right! Ok! Uuuuhhh....
canobie lake park new Hampshire usa has one
YOU LEGENDS! :D XD
A Limb God
Underwear ? Hahahahahahahahah what lol
U.K. Parks need more Vekoma Corkscrews and Boomarangs
anybody no wat going in place of corkscrew
@FizzyFizzlesRox yeah, and its crap, BRING CORKSCRWEW BACK
@RCT3Chris yep
And put somthing bigger and better in...................Yeah I can't get behind that really.
and enter th13teen!
They scrapped this for the pile of rubbish that is Th13teen...
Sarah Lynch Agreed! It's absolute pice of S***! an insult to roller coasters everywhere.
This is a perfect example of a roller coaster being replaced with a gimmick load of garage with no substance to it.
While I was not a big fan of corky at least at was a built to be a real coaster and not what ever the hell th13een is.
+Doug Briglmen th13teen is the first and only of its kind dont diss it
+lucky 13 I don't care if it's the only one of it's kind! As a coaster I find it to be absalotly crap!
A rollercoaster should be judge on how good it ride's like how good the layout is and speed/air time ect ect.
Gimmicks don't make a good ride, it's how you do those elaments ubove are done.
Doug Briglmen its not gimmick its original desigh and it is a very good ride as it has over 4 gs and the air time on the first drop is 6.79 so its a very good ride to replace corky beacause the theming is very good and links with hex and the chained with the legend of the towers,
+lucky 13 We will have to agree to disagree on this one.
And replaced it with a worse coaster
@Dumblol1 No roller coaster really is that bad. Just to hype up people for it.
@rollercostergirl101 13 is a waste of time in it i want corkscrew bck
they havn't it got moved to the cloud clklnad and is now called twilling toadstools
POV not pop lol
what makes me laugh is the news banner going across the screen at the bottom left ya were at alton towers (message) 262 people died XD not laughing at people dieing BTW
STAY CORKSCREW 13 IS CRAPPY
BBC Banter
;(
Corkscrew looked good and healthy I've never been on it
Why the fuck did 13 replace it and it is trash
i ve rided that i sor someone fel off thats why it s closed
Olivia Steel no it closed because it was getting old and the restraints were unsafe!