Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

General info

Park

Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Category

Dark Ride
Type

Car Ride
Opened

2013

Description

The theme of the ride is based on the Wallace and Gromit animation series and films, produced by Aardman studios. The ride includes scenes which are directly derived from the films.

The ride is a retheme of the Gold Mine dark ride. It reuses the building and the ride system by Arrow Dynamics. However, new vehicles were produced by WGH Transportation Engineering.

History

Rethemed Versions:

Gold Mine (1971-2011)
Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic (2013-present)

Statistics

Building cost

£5,250,000
Ride duration

4 minutes
Number of vehicles

5 vehicles
Seats (per vehicle/theatre)

8 seats
Ride length

275 m

Gallery

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Wallace Gromit 01

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Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Features

Video

Location

Wallace And Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, England FY4 1PL, United Kingdom

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