10 Defunct Alton Towers Attractions - Attraction Graveyard

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
  • In this Attraction Graveyard episode, we discuss 10 defunct Alton Towers attractions. This historic park has had many attractions come and go through the years. Many were replaced for one reason or another. Rides like the Flume, Corkscrew, Black Hole, The Beast and Twirling Toadstool all enjoyed long tenures at the park but were removed due to deterioration. While Thunder Looper didn't comply with height requirements for the park. Submission and Ripsaw were two flat rides that had both gotten older and less comfortable as time went on.
    Nemesis Sub Terra was a strange removal due to high operating costs and only stayed open for 3 years. Three rides occupied one building throughout the years, all of which are gone now. They are Around the World in 80 Days, Toyland Tours, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Ride. The Alton Towers Dungeon now occupies this space. While the park's development has been great overall, we thought it would be nice to stop and look back at old old defunct attractions in Alton Towers Resort that made this park what it is today.
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Комментарии • 92

  • @ThemeSeekers
    @ThemeSeekers  3 года назад +6

    Which one of these defunct Alton Towers attractions do you miss most? 💀

    • @emily-tristancresswell1863
      @emily-tristancresswell1863 3 года назад +2

      Definitely Corkscrew - it was pure fun, and as a smol thrillseeker, I appreciated a rollercoaster with a lower height limit. That said, in the years before it closed, I remember my head being bounced around like a pinball, so I understand why it had to go.

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  3 года назад +2

      Yeah it's sad that it had deteriorated and become uncomfortable. Maybe someday they will build a replica!

    • @literallycannotbeasked
      @literallycannotbeasked 3 года назад +1

      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory defo

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  3 года назад

      Us too! 🍫

    • @louiswright8282
      @louiswright8282 3 года назад

      @@ThemeSeekers Maybe for Alton Towers 50th anniversary?

  • @x_jaskier_x8385
    @x_jaskier_x8385 11 месяцев назад +18

    Great to see that Nemesis: Sub-Terra has made its way out of the graveyard at this point!

  • @batmummy6166
    @batmummy6166 10 месяцев назад +3

    Thunder looper is still missed by me. It was such a fun ride. Loved the black hole. Ripsaw was so bad with the water jets, it was a good laugh though. I had forgotten about the beast! Love Alton towers. Went every year as a child and now I enjoy taking my kids too ❤

  • @gemmi1
    @gemmi1 10 месяцев назад +4

    That nemesis sub terra was the weirdest thing I've ever experienced

  • @SteveAndAlexBuild
    @SteveAndAlexBuild Год назад +8

    Yep it’s the thunder looper I miss most . Back then it was a really thrilling coaster 😍😍🧱👍🏼

  • @zaineecake912
    @zaineecake912 Год назад +10

    When he said the flume lasted 6 mins I thought that was its whole lifetime for a second

  • @sarahwatkins4520
    @sarahwatkins4520 Год назад +3

    Of all the rides on this list, Black Hole is the one I miss the most 😢

  • @autumnbailey2416
    @autumnbailey2416 7 месяцев назад

    Just went on Subterra this weekend. Glad to see it has resurfaced!

  • @giannihallett4951
    @giannihallett4951 2 года назад +2

    Yes I remember queueing 6 hours for the corkscrew in 1980

  • @timduncan9745
    @timduncan9745 2 года назад

    Will watch this later..cheers for doing it

  • @LILC63
    @LILC63 2 года назад +9

    I love log flumes and it’s a shame it had to close.

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  2 года назад +2

      Here's to hoping they open another one in the future! 🚿

    • @sarahwatkins4520
      @sarahwatkins4520 Год назад +1

      R.I.P to that giant killer rubber duck 😂😂

  • @darrengrimmer8541
    @darrengrimmer8541 2 месяца назад

    I’m 53 now.. so for me corkscrew is my memory growing up

  • @markylon
    @markylon 5 дней назад

    Glad to have ridden all of these. Sub Terra is back open now

  • @cinemainsymphony737
    @cinemainsymphony737 Год назад +3

    Great video, great memories. Last rode Thunder Looper in 1992 and lastly in 1995. Last rode Corkscrew in 2005 along with Black Hole. Going to Alton Towers this weekend for the first time since 2005 (I think, anyway! Have been doing the parks in the States since, and lastly in the UK with Thorpe Park in 2015).

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  Год назад +1

      Amazing! It's a very different park now compared to 2005 but you will have a blast 😀 Enjoy your trip!

    • @cinemainsymphony737
      @cinemainsymphony737 Год назад

      @@ThemeSeekers yes, I can imagine. I’m struggling to remember if I’ve been there since 2005? I rode Air, Ripsaw, Nemesis, Rita, Corkscrew, et al, my last trips were Nov 1992, July 1995, April 2000, June 2005. Now this weekend! Bring it aaaaawn! Start with WickerMan?

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  Год назад

      Wickerman is a great one to go on first, if it's open! It's been shut the past few days. Another new one for you would be Thirteen which we like a lot.

  • @techtitanuk5609
    @techtitanuk5609 2 месяца назад +1

    Love ripsaw

  • @coasterinc1987
    @coasterinc1987 3 года назад +1

    awsum video and great use of my black hole lights on pov... the number of times i see that crop up is crazy coz of the fact that there were so few of them!
    certainly a few rides missing though like astrodancer/dinodancer/dynamo, enegizer/boneshaker, beastie, the cine360 dome cinemas (2 of them), tri star, the swans, 4 man bob, alton mouse, the many many many shows that were in the theatre (that would make for a video in itself, all the shows and the parade)

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  3 года назад

      Thanks! Yeah maybe we'll have to make another video 😄

    • @coasterinc1987
      @coasterinc1987 3 года назад

      just a video of rethemes and moves could be interesting... like you covered with the log flume changing to the flume, there have been many rethemes of rides of the years

  • @worldofthemeparks3553
    @worldofthemeparks3553 2 года назад

    You k what I like you chessington and alton vids you just earned yourself another subscriber

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching Bobby 😀 glad you like our content!

    • @worldofthemeparks3553
      @worldofthemeparks3553 2 года назад

      @@ThemeSeekers one day I want to be like what you doing I just need few more months and I will get everything I need

  • @sonovadob
    @sonovadob Год назад +1

    The thunder looper used to scare me. Surprised it was only there for 6 years!

  • @AB-om5fq
    @AB-om5fq Год назад +1

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride, closed due to the licence for Roald Dhal IP expiring and AT failing to renew the licence in relation to the impacts from the Smiler incident in 2015.

  • @micgreenson7308
    @micgreenson7308 2 года назад

    One of the best channels on RUclips I've seen wow amazing thanks for the vids

  • @JohnPiltz
    @JohnPiltz Год назад +3

    Black hole, or as I like to call it 'The Beast but in the dark'

    • @Ian_Faulkner
      @Ian_Faulkner Год назад

      The beast wouldn't fit in the black hole tent😂 As the black hole was a jetstar 2 and the beast was a larger jetstar 3 which had a higher spiral lift and, 3 drops, instead of the 2 that the black hole had.😊

  • @Ethan-ey4jx
    @Ethan-ey4jx 3 года назад +5

    I think the Toyland Tours ride was revamped into Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is because of the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie from 2005, which turned out to be a success. Therefore the following year, Toyland Tours got refurbished and was turned into Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  3 года назад +1

      That makes sense! Although it's strange that they went for the style of the book rather than the style of the new movie.

    • @ToonyKid
      @ToonyKid 2 года назад

      @@ThemeSeekers That’s probably because of copyright infringement

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  2 года назад

      Maybe so! Perhaps licencing was out of budget 😀

    • @Ethan-ey4jx
      @Ethan-ey4jx 2 года назад

      @@ThemeSeekers The 2005 movie follows with the book too, as opposed to the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka from 1971.

  • @jamiefloyd6429
    @jamiefloyd6429 Год назад +1

    Corkscrew didn't feature any loops, just two corkscrews, drops and helixes by the way.

  • @andymountain130
    @andymountain130 11 месяцев назад

    They was a river boat like a wakcky fun house mid 80s on the side of the lake

  • @anniejones1555
    @anniejones1555 Месяц назад

    Nemesis Sub-terra is open now

  • @angeleyes7868
    @angeleyes7868 Год назад

    This video made me sad :( last time I visited Alton towers was in 2007 so many rides shut down

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  Год назад +1

      It's still great today, you should make another visit! 😀

  • @markbryan8262
    @markbryan8262 9 месяцев назад

    I rode the flume when I was 10 I rode ripsaw when I was 10 I rode Charlie and the chocolate factory when I was 9 I rode twirling toadstool when I was 10 and I recently rode nemesis sun terra and it was really good

  • @mmaaaaaxxx
    @mmaaaaaxxx Год назад

    When i was younger i never sent on the flume and Charlie and the chocolate factory ride. Wish I did now just to say I'd been on them but hey can't change the past. I honeslty always thought charlie and the factory would have been another 4D movie like ice age was

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  Год назад

      If you've done the Alton Towers Dungeon, some of the Charlie amd the Chocolate Factory ride is still used on that!

  • @spochysrandomnetwork2865
    @spochysrandomnetwork2865 Год назад

    can you do a defunct PortAventura Attractions please?

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  Год назад

      Hey that's a great idea! Watch this space 🤩

    • @spochysrandomnetwork2865
      @spochysrandomnetwork2865 Год назад

      @@ThemeSeekers here are some ideas: el tifon, sea odyssey, trono de pacal, fumanchu..

  • @jumpcutfilms1958
    @jumpcutfilms1958 Год назад +1

    Ripsaw was brutal

  • @markflack
    @markflack Год назад

    What happened to ‘the mouse’ roller coaster? I remember banging my ankles on it as it had sharp turning points..👍

  • @BB_038
    @BB_038 3 года назад +4

    Tip for future videos: turn the music down a little. It makes it hard to hear your voice sometimes.

  • @Cupidssatan
    @Cupidssatan 2 года назад

    I don’t understand all these restrictions due to neighbour complaints. They live near a theme park, what do they expect? What is the issue with the rides being higher than the trees? I’m so confused by it.

    • @southofthemersey7351
      @southofthemersey7351 Год назад +5

      The villages and the houses in them were there a long time before the theme park opened.

    • @Jasontvnd9
      @Jasontvnd9 Год назад

      @@southofthemersey7351 Same folk complaining will be the ones benefiting from the footfall.

    • @southofthemersey7351
      @southofthemersey7351 Год назад +1

      @@Jasontvnd9 Footfall for what? The house you live in?

    • @Jasontvnd9
      @Jasontvnd9 Год назад

      @@southofthemersey7351 how many of the local businesses benefit from a large footfall theme park next door?
      local businesses tend to employ locally.

  • @thetalltourist3053
    @thetalltourist3053 Год назад

    Thunder looper should never have gone !

    • @andrewbrazier9664
      @andrewbrazier9664 Год назад

      Limited planning permission due to noise levels generated for local residents

    • @RAW555R
      @RAW555R 19 дней назад

      Is that why they had to remove it because of the noise of people screaming?

  • @shyamal903
    @shyamal903 11 месяцев назад

    Now Nemesis Sub-Terra has returned and is not defunct anymore.

    • @ThemeSeekers
      @ThemeSeekers  11 месяцев назад +1

      True! Now only 9 more to go 😂

    • @shyamal903
      @shyamal903 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@ThemeSeekers 😆😆😆😆😆

  • @Foxstar1387
    @Foxstar1387 Год назад +2

    Submission aka castration the ride

  • @willrichardson3021
    @willrichardson3021 10 месяцев назад

    I thought Corkscrew would be NUMBER 1

    • @jlee4545
      @jlee4545 2 месяца назад

      They are in no particular order. He says that right at the start of the video.

  • @quinnpaddock4241
    @quinnpaddock4241 Год назад

    X area of Alton towers has always been dodgy where rides break down and where accidents happens

  • @timbob7856
    @timbob7856 Год назад

    Sub terror actors also got put on their asses a few times by startled guests

    • @ok7513
      @ok7513 9 месяцев назад +1

      I remember a story ages ago where someone started trying to fight a guy dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog for the Spinball ride 😂

  • @AltonAxel
    @AltonAxel Год назад +1

    U who un

  • @tornadoe13
    @tornadoe13 2 месяца назад

    You get a thumbs down for no flashing lights warning.
    Epilepsy can kill people so PUT A WARNING ON NEXT TIME!!

  • @techtitanuk5609
    @techtitanuk5609 2 месяца назад

    Nemesis sub terra was awful completely boring.

  • @paulmatthews5470
    @paulmatthews5470 Год назад

    I wonder what happened to the Black Hole tent...

  • @TheDanielShepherd
    @TheDanielShepherd Год назад

    The only thing you failed to mention was that the black hole track was the same as the beast.