2004 is a quite extraordinary year.

Already, it has been ten years since the 'Year of the Roller Coaster', the momentous year so dubbed by the British Tourist Board owing to the opening of three major roller coasters; Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Pepsi Max Big One, Drayton Manor's Shockwave and Alton Towers' Nemesis.

More amazingly still, it has been an incredible one hundred years since Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Captive Flying Machines were opened. At a century old, this is one of the most important rides in the world.

Join us as we celebrate these momentous anniversaries by presenting you with comprehensive and far-reaching features on these important and celebrated rides and coasters.

Shockwave | Flying Machine | Big One | Nemesis | General Features

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Opened as the 7-Up Shockwave, this roller coaster was the second of three roller coasters to open in 1994, the year of the roller coaster. 

Blackpool's Captive Flying Machines (1904)

The Captive Flying Machines celebrate their centenary this year and were the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim. We celebrate their centenary.

Blackpool's Pepsi Max Big One (1994)

In its day a record breaker, even today the Big One remains one of the most well-known roller coasters in the country. We look back at the last ten years of the Pepsi Max Big One.

Alton Towers' Nemesis (1994)

Born from a legend that an alien monster was disturbed in the Staffordshire countryside, Nemesis itself has since become legend.

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