Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ride, Alton Towers, UK.jpg
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 Group
Construction JJ Cavanagh Construction (started mid-2005)
Projection Electrosonic
Bose
Elevator show Falcon's Treehouse, LLC
nWave Digital

Charlie 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.

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