![]() But we had another friend of ours to film us from the ground, so enjoy!Įvery time I think about the fact that I conquered it, I feel like a kid on Christmas day– all giddy and filled with excitement.BLACKPOOL Pleasure Beach is in talks to build a colossal new ride which will fire thrillseekers out over the Irish Sea. Unfortunately, it costs an extra $20 to get the rights to the video, so we had to pass on that. We watched our video replay that shows our reactions which was hilarious. We were just two best friends making the most of our stampede and we sure did exactly that. Honestly, the SkyRide feels much more dangerous! It was such a great experience to go through for the first time. It was truly exhilarating to ride the Skyscraper, yet I’ve never felt safer on any Stampede ride. Right in that moment, I really wished it could have gone on forever, but the ride slowed down and it was time to get off. Then, just when you think “oh crap,” the ride swoops upwards again and you’re right back to smiles and laughter. It’s a very fast descent to the ground that you can’t even see nor grasp a hold of your position. It’s like those slow motion commercials of people falling back onto a soft cushioned bed, except this isn’t slow motion and it’s not a bed. It’s an entirely new experience to start the ride going downwards instead of up. Then suddenly the ride started moving and you are going backwards. We tried to do countdowns but we missed every time. Not knowing when the ride would start up again, the adrenaline was pumping at a maximum. Us best friends rode the Skyscraper together and we made it! Oh wait, we made it half way! We had to sit in eager wait, getting a one-of-a-kind view of the grandstand (though the show was over by then, you could still sense the excitement). We looked at each other and gleamed with the fact that we made it. And then it stopped and we were stuck on the top. I raised my hands high into the sky, (as well as high into the ground?) as the ride made its rotations. The air rushing by every inch of your body the instantly vanishing views of the sky, then the ground, then the sky, then the ground the fact that you feel like a bird bound by nothing. You get a millisecond to analyse what’s going on before you realise you really are about to go fast, really darn fast. It’s an entirely different perspective that you just don’t get elsewhere unless you’re directly underneath it! The anticipation built up and we were strapped in, not knowing exactly when the ride would start. We made it to the platform, and looking up, the Skyscraper never seemed so tall. I knew I wasn’t going to regret it and I definitely did not. ![]() At that point, I was so ready for my turn. As we watched her ride it, she seemed like a free bird, with her hands high in the sky and her feet dangling off the side like a little kid. I had to ask her if she was out of her mind, but she said it wasn’t her first time, and she feels safer on the Skyscraper than she did on any other ride. That was definitely reassuring but my complete reassurance came when we saw this lady a few spots ahead of us in line for the ride… by herself. We asked the people around me how the ride was, and those that have gone multiple times before said it was the best ride they’ve ever been on. I was just casually taking step by step as the line progressed forward. As we waited in line, the people around us seemed to get more and more excited, and to be honest, at that point I was already too numb to feel excited. We were just a couple of kids amidst a line of grown ups, which surely made us look brave. The experience of walking up to the table to purchase the ticket was already an adrenaline rush, because there would be no turning back. And then Stampede100 happened, and I can proudly say I conquered the Skyscraper and I got to do so with my best friend and it was worth every penny ( or nickel, I guess). The Skyscraper ride at the Stampede has been looming over me for the past several years, and I have wanted to go on it every single year but the opportunity just didn’t arise.
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