The Ultimate, Lightwater Valley | Both Lifts Destroyed!
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- With The Ultimate at Lightwater Valley now closed for good, the second lift hill has now been pulled over and is laying in the field. Currently being dismantled. This was filmed on April 17th 2023 from a Drone.
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We have reached the end of an era…god bless The Ultimate…one of the best roller coasters to ever exist.
I agree 💯
So sad to see, I grew up going to Lightwater Valley, rode The Ultimate with my parents many times, went on school trips there too nearly every year. Rollercoasters like this should be protected. Sadly Lightwater Valley has gone downhill over the years and only caters to young children so I'm not surprised. When I was young I enjoyed the extreme rides as soon as I was tall enough, desperate to get on. Enjoyed the soopa loopa too, especially the couple of backwards seats if you remember those! Absolute madness and so sad tearing down such a significant rollercoaster. Following Covid my days are spent in front of a laptop. What I would give to ride the Ultimate instead. Can we not destroy laptops and Teams and build more rollercoasters? Surely that makes sense.
Absolutely insanity to destroy this one of a kind roller-coaster, is like vandalism 😢😢
I agree ☝🏻
A great but sad video. Watching Lift Hill 1 come down brought tears to my eyes. So sad to see such a great and unique ride being torn to bits like this :(
I remember many years ago we went there and the rain was pouring down so the park was almost empty! Later in the day it dried up and became quite a nice day but still empty.
Me and my brother rode this ride 5 times without getting off because there was hardly anyone there!
Started feeling sick in the end and it was so rough my whole body hurt but it's a day ill never forget
Tears rolling fown my face watching this. A legend destroyed. RIP The Ultimate 😢
The ultimate is gone but not forgotten a sad ending to a great roller-coaster, its very upsetting to see it all being stripped away 😢
Must say it’s a testament to its lifts’ build quality how they fell almost complete. Still very sad to witness though IMO.
Woah this is haunting, sad, beautiful & eerie at the same time, your drone footage is so atmospheric, Darren, another one gone, sadly I think this marks the beginning of the end for this park, had many a day trip to Lightwater Valley. Great video. 👍😊
Thanks Alison
This genuinely makes me sick. That's my childhood, and as a 40 year old roller coaster enthusiast, one of my favorite rides ever. BPG know the price of everything and the value of nothing and I hope they f***ing go bust tbh.
Yes, proper accountants as they say. I visited their rotten pier last Sunday and with pints of beer at £7 we voted with our feet. Never went on one of their crummy attractions either.
It makes feel sick in the stomach too and one day in the future they could make the place into a nature reserve or even a housing estate!
Such a shame I hope the company realises they have ruined the park for a lot of people 😭
They’ll be shut down soon enough.
Visitor numbers are shocking , if it survives this year I will be shocked
The company doesn't care, they just want it gone
They want to hasten the process so they can stick more golf courses and holiday homes there, they wanted the land not a theme park.
all good things must end, had happy memories here many years ago. It is what it is. Maybe something else will come along in future!
gone but not forgotten darren
This was about the only reason to go to Lightwater Valley, now it's gone
At least I had the privilege of riding on the Ultimate Beast many years ago.
It was an amazing coaster.
What a waste, demolishing this iconic ride 😢
Such a sad and tragic ending for a place that once made a lot of happy memories for a great number of people 😢 Thanks for sharing Darren
This is tragic to see but thanks for documenting it Darren.
That was a tear-jerker, another one bites the dust. Never went there but so many of these theme parks end up the same. So sad.
Back in 1991 Blue Peter (BBC programme) invited my year at school to go ride the ultimate for their show. We were the first members of the public to ride it if I remember correctly. Spent a full day going round and round. We all got a Blue Peter badge.
Good memories. I have a BP badge too.
Great video and Another heartbreaking watch. Still struggling to understand why this amazing ride has been destroyed. How i wish someone who cared about the ride and the parks history had purchased the park instead of the money grabbing brighton pier group. Give it a few years luxury lodges will sit on the land.
Erm......its old and not fit to ride no more,dangerous🤷♂️
@@melvynappleyard i would hardly call 30 years an old ride. Blackpool Pleasure beach do an amazing job keeping the classic woodies alive such a shame the ultimate wasn't treated as good 😢
@@melvynappleyard The Big Dipper at Blackpool is turning 100 years old this year. If you actually look after rides they can last for ages, these guys just didn't care. Crazy because you would think The Ultimate would be the main reason to buy the park in the first place.
@@melvynappleyard only dangerous since it was sbno and intentionally neglected. 30 years is in no way old-especially for a steel tracked roller coaster!!! Decent maintenance and essential tcl could have kept this running brilliantly. But no nothing, penny pinching sh*t bags wanted the land didn't they melvyn?
@@moomoo991 well said my friend
Was a great unique coaster. Sad.
Thanks for making the video
The Legend has gone and thier will never be another like her 😢 all our memories will keep her alive, and I hope that one day somewhere if not more fittingly here.... that they will rebuild a World's longest Rollercoaster again! Back in Britain for the World to come and see!! for now may she rest in peace our Ultimate, goodbye and farewell. 😪🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is highly depressing, the lifts on the ground look like dead dinosaurs. The Ultimate and The Rat used to be great 😢
Shame, I used to work there during the 90's. Many a happy memories there
I truly hope lightwster valley seizes trading in the not too distant future
Unfortunately this parks days are numbered surely, we went at the end of lockdown and it just can’t compete with the bigger parks now 🤔
Probably then destroying and removing major actions didn't help that?
No words. Thank you for this video
This is so sad 😢 Loved this ride, one of a kind and here in the UK!!
Such an iconic rollercoaster
this is so sad to see , this was one of my first coasters to ride and at least i still have memories of the good days when this park had somethink for me and my family to enjoy . i wontbe going to tis park anymore as there is nothing for us now, thanks lightwater valley😥😥😥😥
Reminds me of the closure of Southport’s Pleasureland. No notice given, so coaster enthusiasts were unable to take a last ride on the much-loved classic Cyclone woodie, and they chainsawed a chunk out of the track at the bottom of the first drop to render it unrideable. Heartbreaking.
Yes I remember that. Or the Wild Mouse.
This just strikes me as destruction for destructions sake (and 💵)
Sad to see, but thank you for filming this. End of an era for me.
I will never be visiting the park again, nothing there to attract me now. What's to become of some of the other old rides like the underground rollercoaster which was once called the rat?
Exactly our view , NEVER going again . This was what attracted many , this park will go down the toilet like Camelot did 15 years ago , now totally demolished and housing estate. Ripon will suffer in many ways within a few years .
That's already gone, removed a few years back. Nothing left there now except little kiddie's rides. I'm sure that'll do well during term time when they're all at school...
The Rat queueline and building still there, just had the coaster sold from out of it.
Darren it was definitely part of Yorkshire or even England’s history, such a shame and I wouldn’t be surprised if they make Lightwater Valley into a nature reserve or something one day in the future, if you or anyone else agrees?!
Thanks for documenting all this Darren. A great, but sad video 😢
Thanks David
So sad to see. All the happy times enjoyed by so many people 😢
Probably the worst decision ever from a park.....☹️☹️☹️
It’s heartbreaking to watch. Spent my 16th birthday riding this for hours. I had hoped to take my kids on this ride now they are rollercoaster ready but…😭😭
found memories off this awesum rollercoster went on it many times thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Sad. Great music. Maybe they have destroyed most of it but you keep it alive by your footage and drone filming. Well done Darren
very sad but super video Darren as allways
This and the Bat? were my first rollercoasters. I was absolutely petrified, but I went for a second go on the Ultimate. I remember you spent a good hour in the queues for it, so one of my school trips there I was waiting in line for most of it 😂 I'm glad I did though.
I recently found a picture I took of the entrance, so I thought to check if the Ultimate was back up and running after COVID. it's awful to see that it's gone now. Another childhood theme park ride gone :(
*Rat rather. The dark coaster. Of course that's gone too :/
Oh ! You knew is was on the cards, perhaps they waited for the weather to improve so they could finish the job. Sad to see it go :( .... Great view Darren , thanks for sharing👍
Heartbreaking. Such a terrible demise for this amazing coaster.
So sad to see this go...never had the chance to experience this ride 😢😢
Another piece of history destroyed such a shame its ended up this way. Makes you wounder what they were thinking when they decided to demolish it.
Lightwater valley was great when i was a kid,loved that ride,sad times.
This is sad, I used to work at LWV in 2012, as well as many of my good friends. The ultimate was probably the best thing they had, such a shame to see this park go down in flames.... there isnt many left now in the UK worth visiting... what happened?
Closed after covid and never reopened. They would have needed to spend some cash to get it back open but they wanted the scrap money instead.
Sad to think in 6 mmonths nature will have reclaimed the forest again and there be no trace.
Thanks for keeping us updated. Sad to see such an integral part of my school holiday memories being demolished for scrap. They'll come for the train next 😭
Nice filming
One of the first rollercoasters I went on. I was only a young child and was scared sh**less lmao. Still got the onride photo for it. Went back probably a year before it went into SBNO, and wanted a photo again, but they didn’t take card payments. Sad times. Seeing that lift hill being dragged over was sad :(
Devastating 😢
I was lucky enough to go on it and my God it hurt
This may sound funny but I have watched this Coaster on RUclips more times than I can say. To me it was one of a kind ride and I just knew I would love it if I ever had the chance to ride it. I feel so sad for the people who have ridden this Coaster and enjoyed it many times over. 😢
Hi. Apart from the awesome history you post on your channel. I really love the music. P.s keep up the good work
Unforgettable ride evr
Has anyone been back since this video was made? Would be interesting to see what is left, if anything, now the main season is well underway
I'll be back soon for another update
Someone said that there's very little left on site now, just the station building with the hall of mirrors, the track in the station still remains for now, the train cars have been placed into storage for time being and likely never to run again! 😢
Went to Lightwater Valley yesterday Darren and got some great pics of the now abandoned station 👍
Such a shame to see
I don't understand how this didn't have heritage status, it's a historic structure, it should've been protected.... So sad.
This park used to be so good had the best times here with my kids i have many memories on this coaster it’s such a shame
Another excellent video.
Am I the only one who expected a considerably more impressive noise from the lift coming down?
Yeah me too
Gutted, would have loved to have gone on that it even seen it, why do such interesting things get destroyed all the time.
So sad to see. An amazing ride, just wish I had had a go on it.
I was planning to visit to have a go on the ultimate this summer. Frankly no point going there no.
No. Nothing left at all now.
Wonder if the park are selling any parts from it?
Some enthusiasts would pay more than scrap value for a small piece of track.
Absolutely breaks my heart to see The Ultimate being demolished. This ride was absolutely one of a kind, and every effort should have been made to save it. Bad move.
You and me both!
Shame I never got to ride it 😭
It was awesome
I find this really sad. Light water valley made a big mistake here
We went on this ride a few times when my kids were a lot younger and didn't realise it had fallen into disrepair.
That sodding virus bug has a lot to answer for in so many ways 😳
It was neglected and not operating long before covid struck btw.
The ride could have been saved under the right ownership, but Brighton Pier Group are appalling.
The Ultimate was only given new chains in 2019 - the last year it operated.
They used the guise of Covid to let this ride fall in to disrepair.
Lightwater Valley's not worth going to anymore. I have a feeling that Drayton Manor is gonna end up like this park if it removes Shockwave
I don't know. New coaster coming to Drayton next year and lots of big investments.
I went on this with my daughter 9 years ago. It just threw me around and really hurt, it was awful, but even i am horrified at this, it could have been saved but the injuries it inflicted could've been sorted out.
It just needed new track and some re profiling of those steep turns. But I suppose it all costs money.
@@AdventureMe It probably cost as much as dismantling it. They could have saved it, they chose not to.
I remember seeing it being built in the days of The Rat and the Soopa Loopa. Gutted that I never got to ride it. By the sounds of things it had been tough going financially for the original family owners since the Ultimate was built and they had trouble finding a buyer for the park. Big business people don't care about the heritage I'm afraid unless they can find a way of making a substantial amount of money out of it. A planned new theme park in the more affluent south has just fallen through and getting people to invest large amounts of money in the north would be a challenge in order to make the park great and exciting enough to attract the amounts of visitors to make it all worthwhile, especially as these are not prosperous times. This will purely be about cold, unfeeling spreadsheets, financial projections and numbers. Sadly Robert Staveley, the original visionary behind the park with the passion to commit to an audacious project of this scale is no more. (Edit, I was mistaken in thinking he had died, thanks AdventureMe) I wouldn't be surprised to see the park being sold off for housing since the upkeep of the site alone must cost a fortune. Still so very sad though. The end of a great era.
Robert staveley is still alive and owns the land the park sits on. It can't be used for housing as its designated for agricultural use.
It was bought by the Brighton pier group last year, who wanted to downsize the park into a kiddies park.
@@AdventureMe Ah wow, having now re-watched it, I had misheard the info on the video of the story of the coaster. I thought that's why the park had been passed to the family. I'm very glad Robert's still with us but blimey, he must have strongly mixed feelings about the demolition.
Thanks for the information. (Also I didn't realise that Amanda Staveley of NUFC fame is his daughter.)
The charity I worked for has just ceased trading as over the years it had got too big and unwieldy for the tiny team to manage. It really needed to do fewer things well, get some stability and grow slowly with some solid foundations. Perhaps that's what Brighton Pier Group are attempting with their refocusing? Good to hear that Bellway won't be moving in any time soon. Thanks again.
In this day and age having land designated for agricultural use now means nothing. They just change the law or bend the rules. Near my home is farmland, thats designated the same. That is about to be built on. They just changed the use of the land. And on the other side of my village is a small industrial park that designated for business and unites. Its been getting run down since the 90s and now they have changed its use and its getting houses built there and the units knocked down. Its all about the money and if the land is not making cash for someone it will end up being stolen for houses one way or another at some point. It does not matter who objects or what local people think, we just get over ruled as Nimbys or for wanting progress to stand still.....
Why have they demolished the ultimate? It was literally the only thing worth going on at light water valley!
I know. Terrible
Why do they destroy this classic so carelessly… is baffles me
Will there be a final part showing its full removal of where it once was at all mate?
There will yes. I'm going back soon
@@AdventureMe Awesome thanks!
Very sad absolutly loved this ride. And the underground rat ride. Worst thing about it is whenever things like this happen they never get replaced by a similar new ride. To expensive nowadays likely. All theme parks in the uk will cease to exist at somepoint. So many have gone 😢
Won’t be visiting that place again that’s for sure
Me neither
I never even got to ride it.
I think the Brighton Pier Co Have sealed the fate of LWV by removing the only thing people actually went there for, if it lasts another 2 seasons i will be amazed, i would not visit there when there are better alternatives in the same county to visit.
Sadden to see this mighty structure in bits
Why couldn’t it be remade but like icon with no lifthills
I think Lightwater valley is now doomed to failure just as other theme parks have such a shame, I rode the ultimate when it first opened and many times inbetween right up until the very last ride, I suspect that the whole site will be covered in houses in the not too distant future. Another iconic place gone forever.
I had no idea it was in such a bad way. I remember it when it originally opened and it was a big deal, back in the 80s. Went with my parents a few times and on a school trip. Back then it had an operating farm, a large wooden Fort adventure playground and the Hellslide which was terrifying. There was a good boating lake, but the thing all the older kids wanted to go on was the motorbikes. A small figure 8 motorbike track. Then there was the ram, a bloke driving a 6 wheel moon buggy thing that you all got in the back of and it went off road and through woods and along a stream. It was a loooong time ago now. As I grew older the place to go for the big rides was Alton Towers, so that became my fun place for coasters. I never road the Ultimate, even though it was the longest coaster. It meant I would have had to go just for that and there seemed little point after Alton Towers. Still its sad to see it struggle. It will indeed collapse and be sold for housing, you can see it happening. Thats all we do in the Uk now, build houses that people cant afford. And its always on greenbelt land or in the woods, or farmland that we need for crops, the stupidity and greed is sickening.
It ws my best ride evr all time .
Went there last summer and it was the biggest waste of money ive ever parted with, its basically a park fun fair charging theme park price's
So sad to watch this. The first rollercoaster I went on with my late father when I was a kid. I honestly don't know why they'd get rid of this iconic ride. No point to visit Lightwater Valley anymore. It's just a funfair now, not a theme park.
How could they? Now it's a park for baby's.
So sad to watch part 3 of this coming down. Never been, or went on the ride. Its a tear-jerker to watch. Soul destroying, the back ground music makes it sad to. Whats happening with the tunnels's Darren, ? Will they fill them in ? Then nature takes over, no 1 will know. Loved all the drone footage as you follow the ride. Have you been allowed to take any part of the ride with you ?
No they won't let me have anything.
@@AdventureMe could at least let you have a small bit. Regardless of size. What about the tunnels you went through on the ride. ? Will they just get filled in..?
Thank you Darren for this and a earlier video on the disappearance of the coaster. Will miss seeing it for sure, but at least you have it film to view again. See you on the next, Darren. Cheers mate!B 😊
I rode this a year or so ago( maybe 2🤔) and the track was in appalling condition. However, it does seem a bit daft to destroy it when it could have been retracked
Must have been 2019 in its last season of operation. You're right though, this could have been saved. A survey was carried out in September and the price for all works to bring it back wasn't steep at all - under 3 million - that included new trains and a trench decline out of the tunnel to station to prevent stalling.
@@danlightfoot6592 Where is the source for it being under 3 mill? They bought the park for 5 million so that is quite a lot considering. But then again its the only reason a lot of people went and they could have tweaked the ride to attract more people
@bruceaisher direct from the company who carried out the on site survey. Happy to discuss in person :)
@bruceaisher it's pricy when you consider the cost compared to the purchase price of the park. Consider this though... it takes longer to walk the Ultimate than it takes to walk around the theme park. This ride was the jewel of the park. Now its just a fairground with a permanent fence around it. Also, under 3m is a bargain price. Imagine the cost of a new B&M, Vekoma or Intamin these days if it was 1.5 miles long.
I'm a roller coaster fan from Warren, Michigan, USA. Cedar Point is the go-to roller coaster capital of the Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, crooked US politicians are messing with other astounding US amusement parks. Thank you,
I've yet to go to Cedar Point.
This would have cost more to remove it then to get it back up and running,
I made this argument back last summer. I honestly think one of the caveats for Brighton Pier Group In the acquisition was that they had a cheap way of desposing of the Ultimate. zero ambition, zero vision, zero respect. Asset grubbing scroates.
£2.9m to bring back, which comprised of:
• new track
• new trains
• trench descent out of tunnel towards the station to prevent stalling
An absolute bargain when you look at the cost of a new coaster. Structurally, it was deemed perfect in the on site survey carried out in September 2022.
What have they done with the trains out of curiosity
Stored in Raptor Attack building, but they've scrapped the bogies and frames. Just the shells left
Pass this place a lot now its motorbike season again to and from masham on way to Yorkshire dales..feel my blood boiling and cussing every time I ride past with a shake of my head
ban goes lightwater valley,
I cant see this park lasting much longer. We certainly won't be back. And a lot of people I know have said the same as got older kids and young kids so park doesn't work now for a lot of families. Such an iconic coaster can't believe they've tore it down they've destroyed this park
buzzing
I would give it a few years before this park bites the dust. The Ultimate was my favourite Roller Coaster to ride when I was a lad and I remember it being better than The Nemesis at Alton Towers. It was the only reason a lot of people went there so I don't know what one earth the owners are thinking. Although it's obvious the new owners just want the land are planning on driving it into the ground so they can build houses there. Such a shame as this was an amazing theme park in its day.
The land has gone back to the original owner apparently.
So very sad to see it being destroyed 😢 If this was the USA, I’m sure they’d have preserved it. They look after their old rollercoasters and appreciate them. Here in the UK it’s all about cash sadly 😕
Oh no, this is terrible. Growing up I used to visit maybe 2-3 times a year and I must have ridden the ultimate over 70 times. I’m now living overseas but planning a visit to the UK and promised my son we’d go to LWV. Must say I was pretty sad to hear it had been torn down. Assume the rat ride has gone too. 😢
Yeah all the big rides have gone now
They should of left it standing even if it wasn’t used, wasn’t getting in the way of anything, as silly as it sounds it’s a piece of history and so many peoples childhood, I remember I took my grandad on this ride and we got told he was the oldest person to ever ride it (95) not sure if the operator was just saying that haha but he loved it