Black Hole & Alton/New Beast

[Dave]

the compleat chance in track layout would explain why the memory board outside the tent says the ride opened in 88, as oposed to a quiet replacement with an identical one what wold go unnoticed. how strange people lover her so much, yet not that much concrete evidance is known about the ride...

[Mi-Nigle]

Sorry if i shouldn't create a whole topic on this.

Did AT just put a tent on the beast and move it to x-sector to make Black Hole? They look identicle to me apart from the number of cars per train.

[caffeine_demon]

nope - the black hole was before the beast

http://rcdb.com/pd268.htm

rcdb is the coaster lovers bible!!

[Squiggles]

<deep breathe>

No... they definately didn't. Mainly as the Beast and the Blackhole operated in the park at the same time of each other for 9 years, the entire time the Beast operated.

The Blackhole and the Beast belonged to the same family of rides, but are different models, the Blackhole being a Jetstar II, while the Beast was a Jet Star III (which basically meant it was bigger). They were very similar rides though, to the extent that when the Blackhole was refurbished in 1988 (the year the Beast opened) the Blackhole's old cars were used for the Beast (the beast having come second hand, with no cars of it's own) and used them until it was refurbished itself in 1992.

[jonathan leake]

http://www.rcdb.com/ig685.htm[/url]

look this is the new beast arfter alton towers sold it to Divertido looks just like the black hole but the tent looks aa bit taller

[Wildchild]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Php5O7ndsEQ

Iv found a video off and on the ride

[seanyboyuk]

hello
first post here
i miss this ride too but from riding it several times it definetly
is the same ride as the beast as i can almost remeber the layout
clear as day.
but upon finding this out it does kinda suck alton had the same
ride twice installed!

[seanyboyuk]

Thanks for the info. I'm sure that will close this case, but has anyone seen anything develop inthe empty tent as of late?

[EDIT, please do not post in capitals. ]

[DanB]

The tracks been taken apart but its still in there

[seanyboyuk]

oh right
it would kinda suck if a flat ride is to go in there
i defo want a rollercoaster

[Squiggles]

[quote=""marky.com""] Naturally, some say that the Squiggles we have now is not the same physical person, but that's another story...[/quote]

I think that story came about when I went camping that time. For some starnage reason sitting inside a tent makes people think you changed somehow.