Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride

Alton Towers

General info

Park

Alton Towers
Category

Dark Ride
Type

Boat Ride
Opened

2006
Closed

2015

Description

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride was a dark boat ride, based on the famous novel by the same name by Roald Dahl. While the attraction reused the course from its previous incarnations, the boat ride was shortened a bit to fit a Glass Elevator experience into the building. The Glass Elevator used multiple screens and a vibrating floor in a standing environment to simulate movement.

History

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride is a retheme of the Toyland Tours dark ride. The attraction closed in 2015 and was later rethemed to the Alton Towers Dungeon, which opened in 2019. The rethemed boat ride is part of the Dungeon experience, and is now called the Black River Boat Ride.

Rethemed Versions:

Around the World in 80 Days (1981-1993)
Toyland Tours (1994-2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride (2006-2015)
Black River Boat Ride (2019-present)

Features

Manufacturers

Designed by

3DBA, Falcons Creative Group, Tussauds Studios
Ride system manufacturer

Mack Rides
Media developer

Electrosonic, Falcons Creative Group

Statistics

Ride duration

11 minutes
Number of vehicles

10 vehicles
Seats (per vehicle/theatre)

9 seats

Video

Location

Merlin Entertainments, Alton Towers Theme Park, Alton Towers Resort, Stoke-on-Trent, England ST10 4DB, United Kingdom

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