{"id":9669,"date":"2022-02-14T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=9669"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:04:56","slug":"the-love-of-my-life-kind-of-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=9669","title":{"rendered":"The Love Of My Life Kind Of Rides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Happy Valentine\u2019s Day all! I thought today I\u2019d commit my time to discuss those rides which will always hold an important place in my heart. After all, today is all about love, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pirates of the Caribbean &#8211; Disneyland Paris:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I wrote a full love letter for this ride, I think you guys are well-aware of my sincere love for this ride, right? I\u2019ll leave the link to my love letter <strong>HERE<\/strong> for those who perhaps missed it.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8e981b1a-27a3-461f-aff4-6ef36b1d9b35-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Flight of the Skylion &#8211; Legoland Windsor:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A ride that left me near to tears by how remarkable it is. Every time I ride it I have this warm fussy feeling all over my body. I\u2019m incredibly ecstatic to be riding it again a week today for my birthday. But Flight of the Skylion truly is something I never expected to be half as stunning as it was. The emotions it left racing through my body after riding was insane.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8699\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B5895CF8-6267-4E11-904C-4358D9D79FF2.jpeg?resize=500%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B5895CF8-6267-4E11-904C-4358D9D79FF2-scaled.jpeg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B5895CF8-6267-4E11-904C-4358D9D79FF2-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wickerman &#8211; Alton Towers:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The first rollercoaster I have ever ridden where I couldn\u2019t accumulate my words on the break-run for how extraordinary it was. Admittedly, I rode this for the first time with pretty bleak expectations and came away with everything adverse to that. Even to this day, I have so much love for this coaster and truly can\u2019t get enough of it.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7986\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/248cc626-3b44-4d4c-b8b0-47e400bff233.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/248cc626-3b44-4d4c-b8b0-47e400bff233-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/248cc626-3b44-4d4c-b8b0-47e400bff233-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hollywood Tower of Terror: The Twilight Zone &#8211; Disneyland Paris:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That airtime though? That\u2019s what dreams are made of. I almost avoided riding it due to having a severe fear of drop towers but the indoor element redeemed this ride for me. Although it\u2019s the maximum airtime I have ever felt on anything. It\u2019s almost kind of unnerving how long my ass wasn\u2019t touching the seat for, crazy times!<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4b4d489e-a63b-4027-a04a-8b97df454e0d-1.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4b4d489e-a63b-4027-a04a-8b97df454e0d-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4b4d489e-a63b-4027-a04a-8b97df454e0d-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4b4d489e-a63b-4027-a04a-8b97df454e0d-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4b4d489e-a63b-4027-a04a-8b97df454e0d-1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4b4d489e-a63b-4027-a04a-8b97df454e0d-1.jpg?w=2880&amp;ssl=1 2880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Phantom Manor &#8211; Disneyland Paris:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Spooky, immense theming, simple to follow\/familiar storyline, eerie audio &amp; reasonable duration, there\u2019s not a single thing I don\u2019t love about this ride! The moment of entering this creepy building to hopping onto the doom buggy to then departing the ride, it\u2019s non stop theming and it\u2019s a severe amount too. Everything about it is perfect.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4772\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Big Dipper &#8211; Blackpool Pleasure Beach:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oh, how could I ever write this list without comprehending my one iconic love, Big Dipper? This has only flourished over the years with the additional TLC it had attained on the first drop. The Big Dipper is a queen in herself. For almost 100 years worth of operation and yet it still is going strong today. Think of all the eras of our families who have had the joy of riding over the years!<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8784\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CFA90896-8F6F-41CF-8AF0-6DD2A3D7B52D.jpeg?resize=500%2C528&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CFA90896-8F6F-41CF-8AF0-6DD2A3D7B52D.jpeg?resize=284%2C300&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CFA90896-8F6F-41CF-8AF0-6DD2A3D7B52D.jpeg?resize=768%2C812&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CFA90896-8F6F-41CF-8AF0-6DD2A3D7B52D.jpeg?resize=57%2C60&amp;ssl=1 57w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CFA90896-8F6F-41CF-8AF0-6DD2A3D7B52D.jpeg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2014\u2014-<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There you have it a little list of those rides which I\u2019ll forever love. I\u2019d love to hear yours too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">Thank you so much for reading &amp; I hope you have a lovely valentines day!<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4C81DF8B-578C-4D16-89C8-F9DE86FFBDFC.png?resize=600%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4C81DF8B-578C-4D16-89C8-F9DE86FFBDFC.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4C81DF8B-578C-4D16-89C8-F9DE86FFBDFC.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine\u2019s Day all! I thought today I\u2019d commit my time to discuss those rides which will always hold an important place in my heart. After all, today is all about love, right? Pirates of the Caribbean &#8211; Disneyland Paris: I wrote a full love letter for this ride, I think you guys are well-aware of my sincere love for this ride, right? I\u2019ll leave the link to my love letter HERE for those who perhaps missed it. Flight of the Skylion &#8211; Legoland Windsor: A ride that left me near to tears by how remarkable it is. Every time I ride it I have this warm fussy feeling all over my body. I\u2019m incredibly ecstatic to be riding it again a week today for my birthday. But Flight of the Skylion truly is something I never expected to be half as stunning as it was. The emotions it left racing through my body after riding was insane. Wickerman &#8211; Alton Towers: The first rollercoaster I have ever ridden where I couldn\u2019t accumulate my words on the break-run for how extraordinary it was. Admittedly, I rode this for the first time with pretty bleak expectations and came away with everything adverse to that. Even to this day, I have so much love for this coaster and truly can\u2019t get enough of it. Hollywood Tower of Terror: The Twilight Zone &#8211; Disneyland Paris: That airtime though? That\u2019s what dreams are made of. I almost avoided riding it due to having a severe fear of drop towers but the indoor element redeemed this ride for me. Although it\u2019s the maximum airtime I have ever felt on anything. It\u2019s almost kind of unnerving how long my ass wasn\u2019t touching the seat for, crazy times! Phantom Manor &#8211; Disneyland Paris: Spooky, immense theming, simple to follow\/familiar storyline, eerie audio &amp; reasonable duration, there\u2019s not a single thing I don\u2019t love about this ride! The moment of entering this creepy building to hopping onto the doom buggy to then departing the ride, it\u2019s non stop theming and it\u2019s a severe amount too. Everything about it is perfect. Big Dipper &#8211; Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Oh, how could I ever write this list without comprehending my one iconic love, Big Dipper? This has only flourished over the years with the additional TLC it had attained on the first drop. The Big Dipper is a queen in herself. For almost 100 years worth of operation and yet it still is going strong today. Think of all the eras of our families who have had the joy of riding over the years! \u2014\u2014- There you have it a little list of those rides which I\u2019ll forever love. I\u2019d love to hear yours too. Thank you so much for reading &amp; I hope you have a lovely valentines day! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5053,5054],"tags":[3764,3767,1006,134,2674,1029,3761,1161,3763,3762,2867,3765,3766,600,402,1286,2015,434,1187,2032,1540,2498,3760],"class_list":["post-9669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-themed-attractions","tag-affection","tag-dark-ride-lover","tag-dark-rides","tag-disneyland-paris","tag-european","tag-happiness","tag-happy-valentines-day","tag-love","tag-lust","tag-nothing-but-love","tag-passion","tag-rollercoaster-love","tag-rollercoaster-passions-rollercoaster-fun","tag-rollercoasters","tag-theme-park-blogger","tag-travel","tag-travel-blog","tag-travel-blogger","tag-uk-rollercoasters","tag-uk-theme-park-blogger","tag-uk-theme-parks","tag-uk-travel","tag-valentines-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/983999f2-c943-4e6b-b165-8a9c633b1cfa-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-2vX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9670,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9669\/revisions\/9670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}