New Ride For Alton Towers 2013!

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Alton Towers is a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England, UK. In 2011, it attracted 2.7 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom and the 9th most visited theme park in Europe. It employs in excess of 2,000 staff members during the summer months, over 1,000 of which are full-time. It is based north of the village of Alton in Staffordshire.

Currently at Alton Towers there are many rides suitable for all ages and heights. There is a ride for everyone to enjoy! At Alton Towers there are 10 thrill rides, they are:

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·         Air

·         The Blade

·         Nemesis

·         Nemesis Sub-Terra

·         Oblivion

·         Rita

·         Ripsaw

·         Submission

·         Enterprise

There are also many rides which are classed as ‘Laughs & Frights’, they are:

·         Congo River Rapids

·         Duel

·         Hex

·         Runaway Mine Train

·         Sonic Spinball

·         The Flume

·         Marauders Mayhem

·         Battle Galleons

·         Haunted Hollow

And finally there are many rides for the younger ones to enjoy, they are:

·         Driving School

·         Twirling Toadstool

·         Wobble World

·         Charlie And The Chocolate – The Ride

·         Frog Hopper

·         Berry Bish Bash

These are the current rides at Alton Towers but in 2012 there was a new edition to the park called Nemesis Sub-Terra, a former friend of Nemesis. However there is yet again ANOTHER ride coming to the park. It is yet again another thrill ride, great news for those who love to take to the extreme. The new ride is called SW7. The ride holds 16 people per train, in rows of 4 and the whole ride lasts 165 seconds. This new ride will be located in the X Sector, the area in which Oblivion is. Also the ride has a 30m drop, the track is 1170 metres long and the top speed of this ride is 85km/hr. That’s very fast indeed! However like for most thrill rides at Alton Towers, you have to be a minimum of 1.4m metre to get on this spectacular ride.



THE SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE SW7!

Finally, this ride is set to be a new world beating rollercoaster which means it will be the first of its kind in the world! How amazing!? The reason why it is set to be a new record is because there is a certain feature among it which has never been added to a roller coaster before. Few has been said about the special feature on the ride, but amazingly the people who are building the ride have shown a short video and some images of the SW7’s special feature, but they have also shown some images of what the overall ride looks like! So for all those thrill seekers out there, be sure not to miss the opening of this amazing ride! Why not take a look at what the SW7 ride is planned to run like by watching the video below....

Read more about the SW7 on the Alton Towers website by visiting this link: http://www.altontowers.com/