Best Retired Attrraction ever!

Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:03 pm

RITA has recently been labeled as AT's best ride ever.

Follwing this announcement, lets discuss the best attraction that has been retired from AT.

Mine would have to be the Black Hole, it was just a AT legend, and everyone knew this ride as one of the AT greats!

Lets have your opinions, and reasons for your choice!

Anonymous · Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:33 pm

I think mine is the black hole too! my reason is because it was really cool in the darkness!

Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:37 pm

black hole because its the only ride at AT that i have rode that has been taken

Ant · Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:38 pm

Black hole for me aswell everything about it was great.

Then The Haunted house the whole spooky haunted atmosphere was brilliant then theay go and changed it to tacky duel

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Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:43 pm

Surely it has to be Thunder Looper?? I never got to ride it coz i was too small but its legend lives on to this day.

My personal favourites would be Black Hole and Round the world in 80 days.

Anonymous · Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:27 am

Thunder Looper, without a doubt...

Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:49 pm

The swans. Alton Towers symbol! Everything that Alton Towers stood for. A magical ride! Demolished by a £3 rubber dinghy! What were they thinking!

BRING BACK THE SWANS...BRING BACK THE MAGIC!!!

Anonymous · Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:59 pm

I agree, they were so iconic and have been swapped by cheap boat things

Not a good move Alton!!

Has to be Thunder Looper, which by the sounds of older members could of rivalled Nemesis in popularity to this date infact. With a bit of modern themeing is would be so better suited to Forbidden Valley than Ripsaw & Blade. I guess it was a real nussence though, not an Oblivion affair.

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Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:28 pm

[quote=""marky.com""]Thunder Looper, without a doubt...[/quote]

Theres no need to say more. Totally agree with you. By far the best ride that AT have had. sadly missed

Dave · Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:50 pm

its definatly a close call. between thunder looper and black hole...

but seeing as i never got on thunder looper i'll have to go for black hole.

Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:02 am

Never really liked black hole, so gonna say Thunder Looper, and a happy 16th birthday to me, lol.

Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:38 am

1001 Nights

Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:05 am

Thunder looper, I still haven’t gotten over its departure.

-Roddy

Website · Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:19 am

Got to be Thunder Looper. For the sheer thrill, speed, and air time, all in a matter of seconds it took to complete the ride. Not only that, the thru-put of the rdie was excellent, you even went through the largest of queues pretty rapidly.

The black hole does come a very close second though.

Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:37 pm

Dynamo was always great fun, and normally had a nice short queue

Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:39 pm

I would of like to of riden Graviton? I can't remembr what it's called but it's called Graviton or something, that looked fun.

It's at another park I know but I doubt I'll ever be going there.

Satch · Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:43 pm

ThunderLooper and BlackHole were both classics that should never have left the park/gone SBNO. Both had a mark of quality that epitomised Alton Towers, and are iconic of the park. TL may only have been in operation for 7 years, but it was a part of the park, no doubt about it

Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:49 pm

Black Hole, by time i first went to the park thunderlooper was gone. I loved black hole though, even if i only went on it once.

Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:09 am

Bone shaker any day bring it back

Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:30 pm

It would have to be The Beast - my first rollercoaster.
I miss Dynamo as well