Black Hole Last Ride Anybody

[BorisTheFish]

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After 21 seasons of bone rattling, scream inducing action, The Black Hole will run for the final time on Saturday 5th March. To give the ride the send off it deserves, Alton Towers will be holding an exclusive event, which will include the opportunity to be the very last person ever to ride The Black Hole!



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When: Saturday 5th March

Where: Corporate Hospitality Suite, Alton Towers Theme Park

Timings: Arrive at 12.30pm (Park on Coach Park and enter via Admissions)

Welcome drinks in CHS from 12.30pm – 1.00pm

Lunch served between 1.00pm and 2.00pm

Presentation by Terry Dunn, Head of Engineering from 2.00pm - 2.30pm

Last ride in the dark between 2.30pm and 3.30pm

Ride with the lights on between 3.30pm and 4.00pm

Last ride EVER at 4.00pm!! All depart

Price: £40 per ticket


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A draw will take place following the presentation – all attendees names will be placed in a hat and the first 6 pulled out will be the last ever riders on the Black Hole! This is a priceless opportunity for true fans of the ride!!

To express interest and reserve your place, please email blackhole@alton-towers.com. Places are limited and are strictly first come, first served. There is a minimum number required to run the event

[toosie_4ever]

What kind of a ride is this? I saw mentioned that it costs 40 to ride it - is it a bunjee type ride?
Thanks,
Tootsie

[BorisTheFish]

Black Hole is a classic ride at Alton Towers, UK.
Its an indoor Jet Star II, and has been a favourite in the park for many years, an almost identical ride to the New Beast coaster, which was an outdoor version located at the other end of the park.
Sad to know it really is going:(

[toosie_4ever]

Thanks Boris for letting me know! Wow, it sucks when a good ride goes. :(
I wish our Roseland was still open....it was just a small-town theme park, had a wooden coaster and such. I vaguely remember it, only because I was about 7 years old when they closed it down in (I think) 1989. :(
They did relocate the coaster though to another park, so glad to know that it wasn't destroyed. (It is the Skyliner - now in Altoona, PA at Lakemont Park).

[BorisTheFish]

i know the feeling, the nearest one to me used to be a very large park (in fact it the the third inverting coaster to be built in the country, as well as giant ferris wheels, early chute-the-shoots style rides, enterprise, etc.) but nowadays it contains one woody (the first woody to be declared a listed building because of its age) and a couple of other rides (used to have a Maurer Sohne Wild Mouse, Schwarzkopf Looping Star, Schwarzkopf Silver Arrow (called Looping Star:rolleyes: )
most of the rides have been sold though to other parts of the country:(

Cool thing is though i'm making a recreation of it for RCT3 so if it dies, it'll sort of live on.

[toosie_4ever]

Hey, that'll be pretty neat!! I'm sure your recreation will come out great! Makes it special in your own way, a great way to relive it! :)
Maybe I could try making my Roseland too.....will have to see if I can find some old maps, etc of it!