Royal FoolAnother clip recovered from my mouldy old videotape archive. This is a complete POV from the Alton Towers dark-ride "Around the world in 80 days" back in 1991.
The ride was eventually replaced by Toyland Tours which is now Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Alton Towers - Around the world in 80 days - POVRoyal Fool2013-05-26 | Another clip recovered from my mouldy old videotape archive. This is a complete POV from the Alton Towers dark-ride "Around the world in 80 days" back in 1991.
The ride was eventually replaced by Toyland Tours which is now Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Sorry for the poor quality!Chessington World of Adventures - 5th DimensionRoyal Fool2013-05-12 | One of the best dark-rides in the UK, sorry for the poor quality - I recovered this from a mouldy old VHS tape and cut together everything that could be be restored.
Filmed at some point in 1991.
Interestingly the way they built the track meant all the stops and car rotations were 'built into' the track itself - so they had to design the replacement (Tomb Blaster) around it which makes it quite easy to tell which room used to be where.Alton Towers Skyride POV (May 2013)Royal Fool2013-05-12 | Footage from Alton Towers Skyride from Towers Street to Cloud Cuckoo Land