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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride 
The entrance to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride. Location Alton Towers Status Operating Cost £8million Opening date 1 April 2006 Replaced Toyland Tours Attraction Type Dark boat ride, Elevator Designer Tussauds Studios Capacity 1000 riders per hour Vehicle type Boat, Elevator Vehicles 10 boats, 2 elevators Riders per vehicle 9 Duration 11 minutes Manufacturer Mack Rides
Rexroth Bosch GroupConstruction JJ Cavanagh Construction (started mid-2005) Projection Electrosonic
BoseElevator show Falcon's Treehouse, LLC
nWave DigitalCharlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride is a dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. It is based upon the famous Roald Dahl book of the same name, and takes its thematic 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 (going from Augustus Gloop to Veruca Salt). After disembarking the boats the second segment begins with a short pre-show video (involving Mike Teevee). The ride ends inside the Great Glass Elevator and takes passengers on a trip through the rest of the factory.
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 re-themed 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.
See also
- Around the World in 80 Days (Alton Towers ride)
- Toyland Tours
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the book that the ride was based upon.
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
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride at ThemeParks-UK
Alton Towers Roller coasters Runaway Mine Train (1992) · Nemesis (1994) · Oblivion (1998) · Air (2002) · Sonic Spinball (2004) · Rita (2005) · Thirteen (2010) · SW7 (2013)Other rides Hex - the Legend of the Towers (2000) · Congo River Rapids (1986) · Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride (2006) · Duel: The Haunted House Strikes Back (2003) · Peugeot 207 Driving School(2006) · The Flume (1981) · Nemesis: What Lies Beneath (2012) · The Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - 4-D experience (2012)Past rides Around The World In Eighty Days (1981–1993) · Toyland Tours (1994–2005) · Nickelodeon: Outta Control (1997–1998) · Doom & Sons (1981–1992) · The Black Hole (1984–2005) · Thunder Looper (1990–1996) · Corkscrew (1980–2008) · The Beast (1988-1997) · Beastie (1983) · Dinosaurs(1980 - 1983) · Space Boat(1983 - 1983) · Towers Express(1974 - 1984) · Magic Carpet (1984 - 1985) · Alpine Bobsleigh(1980 - 1986) · Ferris Wheel(1985 - 1986) · Cine 360(1981 - 1987) · Turbo Star(1984 - 1989) · 4 Man Bob Coaster(1985 - 1991) · Adventure Land 4 - 11(1982 - 1991) · Alton Beast(1988 - 1991) · Alton Mouse(1988 - 1991) · Gravitron(1990 - 1991) · Octopus(1984 - 1991) · Spider(1986 - 1991) · Cine 2000(1980 - 1992) · Fantastic Fountains(1981 - 1992) · Tri-Star(1989 - 1992) · 1001 Nights(1985 - 1994) · Miniature Golf(1980 - 1994) · Mini Apple Coaster(1982 - 1995) · Mississippi Showboat(1985 - 1996) · Splash Kats(???? - 1996) · Rowing Boats(???? - 1996) · The New Beast(1992 - 1998) · Park Railway(1953 - 1999) · Swan Boats(1987 - 2003) · Dynamo(1993 - 2004) · Black Hole(1984 - 2004) · Bone Shaker(1995 - 2004) · 3D Cinema(1981 - 2004) · Toyland Tours(1994 - 2005) · Vintage Cars(1983 - 2005) · Cred Street Carousel(2000 - 2005) · Bouncing Bugs(1981 - 2008)Areas (Zones / Lands) Towers Street · Cloud Cuckoo Land (was Talbot Street/Land of Make Believe/Cred Street) · Katanga Canyon · X-Sector (was Springfield Centre/Fantasy World) · Mutiny Bay (was Ingestre Centre/AquaLand/Merrie England) · The Towers · Gloomy Wood · Storybook Land · Forbidden Valley · Adventure Land · Dark Forest · Old MacDonald's Farmyard · The GardensMedia Hold Tight (TV show) (1982-1987) · The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)See also Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novels Characters Film adaptations Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)Music See also Categories:- Amusement rides by name
- Dark rides
- Amusement rides introduced in 2006
- Mack Rides water rides
- Water rides by name
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