Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride is located in the Cred Street area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. It is based upon the famous Roald Dahl book of the same name, and takes its themeing inspiration from the illustrations of Quentin Blake. The ride is split into two segments, the first being a boat ride along the chocolate river inside Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Passengers encounter all the characters from the book. After disembarking the boats the second segment begins with a short pre-show video. The ride ends inside the Great Glass Elevator and takes passengers on a trip through the rest of the factory.

Contents 1 History 2 Statistics 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The ride was originally called Around the World in 80 Days and was opened 1981. This ride took you on a journey through numerous locations including Egypt, Las Vegas and Paris. The ride was rethemed in 1994 as Toyland Tours. The ride was completely transformed into different scenes from a toy factory. During the 2005 season Toyland Tours was closed and work began converting it to its present incarnation. The ride manufacturers Mack were brought in to alter the water way to add a new disembarkation point towards the back of the ride building. This was necessary due to the new ride featuring two simulators as the second half of the attraction.

[edit] Statistics

1. Construction started: Mid 2005
2. Ride design: Tussauds studios
3. Boat ride manufacture: Mack rides
4. Elevator manufacture: Rexroth Bosch Group
5. Projection system manufacture: Electrosonic and Bose
6. Elevator show made by: Falcon’s Treehouse and nWave Digital
7. Constructed by: JJ Cavanagh Construction
8. Ride type: Indoor freeflow boat ride with elevators
9. Ride opened: 1st April 2006 at approx. 2pm
10. Total cost: Approx. £8million
11. Number of boats: 10 (Normally only 9 in use)
12. Passengers per boat: 9
13. Max throughput per hour: 1000
14. Ride duration: Approx. 660seconds

[edit] See also

• Around the World in 80 Days (Alton Towers ride)
• Toyland Tours

[edit] External links

• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: The Ride at TowersTimes
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride at Towers Nerd
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride at Alton Towers Almanac
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride at darkrides.co.uk
• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: The Ride At TowersNerd

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v • d • e Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Characters Willy Wonka • Oompa-Loompas • Charlie Bucket • Augustus Gloop • Veruca Salt • Violet Beauregarde • Mike Teavee • Grandpa Joe • Mr. Slugworth • The Candy Man • Prince Pondicherry • Vermicious knid • Mr. Salt • Mr. Beauregarde • Mrs. Beauregarde Novels Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Miscellaneous Golden Ticket • Wonka Bar • Video Game • Differences between book and film versions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Attractions Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride