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ACE UK! 2015
THE ACE UK! 2015
TOUR INCLUDES
EIGHT GREAT PARKS
JULY 18–25, 2015
PAULTONS PARK
ROMSEY
OAKWOOD
THEME PARK
NARBERTH
ALTON TOWERS
ALTON
BLACKPOOL
PLEASURE
BEACH
Nemesis, Alton Towers
BLACKPOOL
Photo: Jeff Johnson
FLAMINGO LAND
MALTON
With 62 great coasters, ACE’s 2015 United Kingdom trip
is going to be a great adventure! Classic coasters, new coasters,
wood coasters, steel coasters — this is a trip you do not want to miss!
GREAT YARMOUTH
PLEASURE BEACH
GREAT YARMOUTH
JOYLAND
AMUSEMENT PARK
GREAT YARMOUTH
PLEASUREWOOD
HILLS
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Dragon’s Apprentice, Legoland Windsor
Big Dipper, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Rage, Adventure Island
The Smiler, Alton Towers
Roller Coaster, Great Yarmouth
Pleasure Beach Photo: B. Derek Shaw
Dragon’s Fury, Chessington World of
Adventures Photo: Jeffrey Seifert
Big One and Big Dipper, Blackpool
Pleasure Beach Photo: B. Derek Shaw
Megafobia, Oakwood Theme Park
Saw – the Ride, Thorpe Park
Photo: John Fidyk
Photo: Jeff Johnson
Photo: B. Derek Shaw
NOT ENOUGH?
ADD THESE SIX
PARKS TO YOUR
ACE UK! 2015 TOUR
JULY 26–29, 2015
DRAYTON MANOR
DRAYTON BASSETT
LEGOLAND
WINDSOR
Photo: Keith Kastelic
WINDSOR
CHESSINGTON
WORLD OF
ADVENTURES
CHESSINGTON
ADVENTURE
ISLAND
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
DREAMLAND
MARGATE
THORPE PARK
CHERTSEY
Photo: Jeff Johnson
Photo: Cheri Armstrong
TAKE THE ACE UK! 2015 TOUR AND THE OPTIONAL
ADD-ON PARKS AND YOU’LL ENJOY
62 COASTERS AT 14 PARKS!
THE COASTERS OF ACE
=ACE Coaster Classic
ACE UK! 2015 TOUR PARKS
PAULTONS PARK, Romsey
paultonspark.co.uk
Cat-o-pillar 2000 Zierer Tivoli steel coaster
Flying Frog 2003 Zierer Tivoli steel junior coaster
Cobra 2006 Gerstlauer steel Bobsled
OAKWOOD THEME PARK, Narberth
oakwoodthemepark.co.uk
Bobsleighs Wiegand Alpine slide with lift
Treetops Rollercoaster 1989 Zierer Tivoli steel
coaster
Megafobia 1996 CCI wood twister
Circus Clown 1997 Pinfari steel kiddie coaster
Speed: No Limits 2006 Gerstlauer steel
Euro-Fighter
Crocodile Coaster 2013 powered kiddie coaster
ALTON TOWERS, Alton
altontowers.com
Runaway Mine Train 1992 Mack powered coaster
Nemesis 1994 B&M steel inverted
Oblivion 1998 B&M steel diving machine
Air 2002 B&M steel flying coaster
Sonic Spinball 2004 Maurer Söhne steel spinning
Rita 2005 Intamin steel Accelerator
Th13teen 2010 Intamin steel coaster
The Smiler 2013 Gerstlauer steel multi-inversion
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure 2015 steel
family coaster
BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool
blackpoolpleasurebeach.com
=Nickelodeon Streak 1933 Paige wood out and
back
=Blue Flyer 1934 wood junior coaster
Big Dipper 1921/1934 Miller/Strickler/Paige wood
out and back
Grand National 1935 Paige wood out and back racer
Wild Mouse 1958 Valeria Bros./Wright wood wild
mouse
Steeplechase 1977 Arrow steel Steeplechase
Revolution 1979 Arrow steel shuttle loop
Avalanche 1988 Mack steel bobsled
The Big One 1994 Arrow steel hypercoaster
Infusion 2007 Vekoma steel SLC
FLAMINGO LAND, Malton
flamingoland.co.uk
Dino Roller 1988 Cavazza Diego junior steel
Velocity 2005 Vekoma steel Motorbike
Kumali 2006 Vekoma steel SLC
Runaway Mine Train 2007 Zamperla steel family
coaster
Mumbo Jumbo 2009 S&S Power steel El Loco
Zooom! 2011 Zamperla steel family suspended
Twistosaurus 2013 Zamperla steel spinning
Hero 2013 Zamperla steel Volare flying coaster
Go Gator Wisdom powered kiddie coaster
GREAT YARMOUTH PLEASURE BEACH, Great Yarmouth
pleasure-beach.co.uk
=Roller Coaster 1932 Heidrich wood scenic
railway
Big Apple 1998 Pinfari steel kiddie coaster
Family Star 2013 Fabbri steel spinning wild
mouse
HOST PARKS
Our host parks are listed in the order
they’re expected to be visited.
ACE UK! 2015 TOUR PARKS
Paultons Park is located on the centuries-old
Paulton Estate. The derelict
UK! 2015
estate was bought in 1979. The park
opened in 1983.
Attendees will visit historic StoneJOYLAND AMUSEMENT PARK, Great Yarmouth
henge on the day the trip visits Paultons.
joyland.org.uk
Oakwood Theme Park opened in
Tyrolean Tubtwist 1950 wood powered Virginia
the late 1980s. The park was owned at
reel
the time by the McNamara family, who
Spook Express 1998 WGH steel coaster
sought to diversify into the leisure industry. PLEASUREWOOD HILLS, Lowestoft
Alton Towers was previously the
pleasurewoodhillls.com
Snake in the Grass 1986 Zierer Tivoli steel
country estate of the Earls of Shrewscoaster
bury. Today, it’s one of the most-visited
Enigma 1995 Schwarzkopf steel Jumbo V
parks in the U.K.
Wipeout 2007 Vekoma steel Boomerang
Blackpool Pleasure Beach opened in
Marble Madness 2014 Maurer Söhne wild mouse 1896. In 1923 the park moved to its current location on land reclaimed from the
OPTIONAL FOUR DAY ADD-ON
seafront.
PARKS
The Yorkshire Zoological Gardens
DRAYTON MANOR, Drayton Bassett
opened in 1959 with a colony of flamindraytonmanor.co.uk
goes in its collection. In 1968, the park
Buffalo Mountain Coaster 1987 Zamperla powwas renamed Flamingo Park Zoo and
ered coaster
became Flamingo Land in 1974.
Shockwave 1994 Intamin stand-up
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
G Force 2005 Maurer Söhne steel X-car
Troublesome Trucks Runaway Coaster 2008
opened in 1909. In 1932 a scenic railway
Gerstlauer steel junior coaster
acquired from the 1929 Paris Colonial
Ben 10 – Ultimate Mission 2011 Vekoma steel
Exposition opened at the park. The ride
junor Boomerang
continues to operate today.
The Cole family opened Joyland in
LEGOLAND WINDSOR, Windsor
1949 and still owns the park. The park
legoland.co.uk
offers a variety of children’s rides.
Dragon 1998 WGH steel junior
Dragon’s Apprentice 1999 WGH steel family
Pleasurewood Hills opened its gates
in 1983 with several attractions, includCHESSINGTON WORLD OF ADVENTURES, Chessington ing a miniature railway.
chessington.com
Scorpion Express 1987 Mack powered coaster
Vampire 1990 Arrow steel suspended
Rattlesnake 1998 Maurer Söhne steel wild mouse
Dragon’s Fury 2004 Maurer Söhne steel spinning
ADVENTURE ISLAND, Southend-on-Sea
adventureisland.co.uk
Green Scream 1999 Zierer Tivoli steel coaster
Barnstormer 2000 Zierer Tivoli steel
Mighty Mini Mega 2003 Pinfari steel
Rage 2007 Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter
Kiddi Koasta 2011 Zamperla family coaster
DREAMLAND, Margate
dreamlandmargate.com
Scenic Railway 1920 wood scenic railway
THORPE PARK, Chertsey
thorpepark.com
Flying Fish 1983 Mack powered coaster
X 1996 Vekoma steel custom enclosed coaster
Colossus 2002 Intamin steel multi-element
Nemesis Inferno 2003 B&M steel inverted
Stealth 2006 Intamin steel Accelerator
Saw – the Ride 2009 steel Gerstlauer EuroFighter
The Swarm 2012 B&M steel wing coaster
Learn more about these coasters
at ACEonline.org/census
OPTIONAL ADD-ON PARKS
Drayton Manor opened in 1949 with
a small collection of children’s rides.
The park grew slowly until the late 80s,
when it started adding bigger, more
thrilling rides.
Windsor Safari Park opened in
1969. In 1996, it re-opened as Legoland
Windsor, the second Legoland park in
the world.
Chessington traces its history to
the 1300s. The theme park, Chessington World of Adventures, was opened in
1987 by the Tussauds Group, now part
of Merlin Entertainments.
Adventure Island started as Sunken
Gardens, which opened in 1918. The
Miller family bought the park in 1976.
Dreamland traces its origins back
to 1863. Closed since 2004, the historic
park re-opens in 2015 thanks to extensive preservation efforts.
Thorpe Park opened in 1979 on the
site of the former Thorpe estate. A corporate cousin of Legoland and Chessington, Thorpe emphasizes thrill rides.
EVENT INFORMATION
Trip registration will cover coach transportation during the trip, park admissions, ERTs and park meals (where provided),
three- or four-star hotel accommodations (including breakfast at each hotel), a tour shirt and trip guide. Information regarding lodging will be provided at a later date. Prices are per person, double occupancy. An additional fee of $500 (ACE UK! 2015
tour only) or $700 (tour plus add-on parks) applies for single occupancy. Airfare is not included.
Estimated costs for the ACE UK! 2015 tour are $1,550; for those adding the optional parks to the tour, $2,500.
An $800 deposit (ACE UK! 2015 tour only) or a $1,200 deposit (tour plus add-on parks) is due March 16, 2015. The balance
will be announced prior to May 4, 2015, for the second payment. A third, smaller make-up payment, if needed, may be due in
June 2015, based on exchange rate fluctuation.
The ACE UK! 2015 tour is exclusively for members of ACE
Attendance is limited and you are encouraged to register as soon as possible to ensure your place on the trip.
Registration is on a “first registered, first seated” basis, and only registrations with a paid deposit will be
included. Once the maximum number of attendees is reached, registration will close. Members may contact
the ACE management office at 469.278.6223 to discuss options for being placed on a waiting list.
ADD-ON PARKS The four day add-on park package, July 26–29,
is only available to attendees registering for the ACE UK!
2015 tour, July 18–25, 2015.
ARRIVAL You must arrive in London before or on July 18, 2015.
Event registration will take place at the host hotel on July 18.
Accommodations for the night of July 18 are included for all
attendees. You will need to arrange your own transportation
from your arrival airport to the host hotel. If you cannot arrive on July 18, you will need to arrange your own transportation to the appropriate host park or hotel.
Note: ACE is attempting to arrange discounts at our first
and last host hotels for those wishing to extend their trip.
AIR TRAVEL Your airfare is NOT included in the registration
fee, and participants are responsible for making their own air
travel arrangements. You will need to plan on arriving at the
host hotel, near London Heathrow (LHR), in time for checkin the evening of Saturday, July 18. Attendees whose travel
plans involve arriving at a different airport will need to make
their own travel arrangements to arrive at the host hotel for
event registration.
LODGING In the United Kingdom, hotel rooms typically accommodate only one or two people; larger parties will need to plan
accordingly.
Twin beds are not always available; you may need to share a
bed with your traveling partner.
Registration fees are based on double occupancy. If you wish
to have a private room, an additional $500 (ACE UK! tour
only) or $700 (tour plus add-on parks) charge will be assessed.
Please note: ACE will not be matching roommates.
When booking for double occupancy rooms on the second payment/lodging info form, you’ll need to provide
the name and ACE member number of your roommate.
eCRIBB If you need assistance in finding a roommate for the
ACE UK! 2015 tour, visit the eCRIBB page at my.ACEonline.
org.
CHILDREN Children under the age of 12 will not be permitted to
attend. Parents should be cautioned to ensure that any children aged 12-18 will be up to the demands of such a trip.
Children under 18 must be carefully supervised.
TOUR DETAILS Every consideration should be taken when registering for this trip. It will be a physically demanding journey.
As you embark on this trip, you are making a commitment to
keep a level head, exhibit patience and understanding and
represent ACE in a positive manner.
Punctuality in the tour schedule is imperative. The main
focus of this organized journey will be to enjoy the parks and
coasters, though limited sightseeing will be possible.
It should be mentioned that cultures and customs may be
different in terms of hotels, smoking regulations, meals, operating policies and everyday life. These differences can cause
challenging opportunities: embrace them as the details that
enrich your travels.
PASSPORT Travel abroad requires a passport; a passport card is
not acceptable. All attendees must have a valid passport.
The United Kingdom requires that passports be valid three
months past the expected end of your trip. If you intend to
travel to other countries on your own there may be different
requirements.
Visit travel.state.gov to learn more about passports.
QUESTIONS Please send any questions regarding the ACE UK!
2015 tour to acetrips@hotmail.com.
TRIP FORUM Stay up to date with plans for the ACE UK! 2015
tour. Join the trip forum at my.aceonline.org/group/UK2015,
and visit the ACE 2015 UK International Trip page on Facebook.
THANK YOU! ACE events would not be possible without the
often-invisible efforts and dedication of those who volunteer
their time and talents: tour planners Kevin Schreiner and
Lace Patton; and Cheri Armstrong, Tim Baldwin, Dave Bird,
Lee Ann Draud, Bill Linkenheimer III, Will Moschke, Jeffrey
Seifert, Ray Topscher, Liz Werth and Jerry Willard.
The Big One, Infusion and Big Dipper at
Blackpool Pleasure Beach; photo by Mark Rosenzweig
ACE UK! 2015 Tour Registration Form
The tour is a
members-only event
Event registration must be
received or completed online by
March 16, 2015
PASSPORT All members of your party must have a passport valid at
least three months past the date you expect to leave the U.K.
DEPOSIT An event deposit of $800 per person for the ACE UK! 2015
tour, or $1,200 per person for tour and optional add-on parks, is due
by March 16, 2015. The second payment will be due May 4, 2015.
A third, smaller payment may be required in June, based on currency
fluctuations. The amount of the payments will be announced prior to
the due dates.
CHILDREN Anyone aged 12-18 must travel with a parent or legal
guardian. Children under the age of 12 are not permitted on the tour.
PAYMENT May be made by credit card, check or money order. Please
make checks and money orders payable to American Coaster Enthusiasts.
LODGING A lodging/second payment form will be provided to you at
a later date; it must be completed by the lodging deadline. If you do not
have convenient Internet access, call ACE’s office at 469.278.6223,
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Central time and a paper form will be mailed to you.
There is absolutely no late
registration and there are
absolutely no exceptions
CANCELLATION If you cancel before May 4, 2015, your deposit will
be refunded less a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellations will not be accepted after May 4, 2015.
REGISTER BY MAIL Mail this completed form, or a photocopy, to:
ACE UK! 2015, American Coaster Enthusiasts, P.O. Box 540261,
Grand Prairie, TX 75054-0261.
REGISTER ONLINE Secure, fast online registration is available at
my.ACEonline.org/ACEUK.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Are there medical, nutritional or special
needs information that ACE should be aware of ? If registering by mail,
include this information on a separate sheet. If registering online, send
an email with this information to acetrips@hotmail.com.
IMPORTANT NOTICE The payment of registration fees by, for or on
behalf of participants releases and holds harmless American Coaster
Enthusiasts Worldwide, Inc., its Officers, Executive Committee members and representatives from any and all liabilities related to those activities.
Please list the name, city, state and age (if under 18) of all registrants. List the person who will be paying the total registration cost first.
Name, City and State
A phone number is required in order
to process your registration.
Please enter your phone number here:
Member number
Age if under 18
PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER
Name of member writing check or sending money order
Member number
PAY BY VISA, MASTERCARD OR DISCOVER CARD
This registration will be:
Name as it appears on card
Double occupancy
Single occupancy
Billing address
EVENT REGISTRATION DEPOSIT
Card number
ACE UK! 2015 TOUR, JULY 18–25, 2015
Members Cardholder signature
x $800 =
Expiration Date
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OPTIONAL FOUR DAY ADD-ON PARKS PACKAGE, JULY 26-29, 2015
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x $400 =
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Discover
The security code is the three digit number found on
or above the signature strip of your credit card
CONTACT INFORMATION AND MAILING ADDRESS
This is your total deposit amount.
An email address is vital to ensure timely communication of changes and updates.
Non-members who would like to be part
of the ACE UK! 2015 tour can
easily join ACE online.
Eligible memberships start at $35.
Go to ACEonline.org/joinACE
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