The Curse at Alton Manor
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The Curse at Alton Manor
Alton Towers · GB · Mack Rides Continuous-loading tracked dark ride with 35 cars
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Fast facts
- A dark ride in Alton Towers' Gloomy Wood, near Alton, Staffordshire. en.wikipedia.org
- The ride system was built by Mack Rides. en.wikipedia.org
- Its ride lineage began in 1992 with The Haunted House. en.wikipedia.org
- The cars travel at about walking pace, near five kilometres per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- Its manor-fronted show building stands an estimated twelve metres high. en.wikipedia.org
- There are no inversions; this is a journey through darkness rather than a roller coaster circuit. en.wikipedia.org
- Its continuous-loading system carries about one thousand nine hundred and twenty visitors per hour in thirty-five cars. en.wikipedia.org
The story of The Curse at Alton Manor
The ride first appeared at Alton Towers in 1992 as The Haunted House, part of the park's important early development as a full theme park. Its bespoke transport system was designed by Mack Rides to keep the cars moving separately, with their speed varied from one scene to the next. en.wikipedia.org· darkridedatabase.com
The original building and transit system were later adapted for an interactive dark ride. For The Curse at Alton Manor, the laser equipment was removed and the cars were restored to their six-seat arrangement, allowing the old machinery to serve a new generation of visitors. en.wikipedia.org· darkridedatabase.com
The present attraction was developed as a narrative journey through a Victorian manor, with new scenery, projection work, sound and special effects set within the long-standing Mack Rides system. The result keeps the measured procession of a traditional haunted house while making careful use of modern theatrical craft. altontowers.com· framestore.com
Contemporary reporting praised the rebuilding for giving the old attraction a fresh life, while retaining its separate-moving cars, darkened passages and sense of suspense. In Gloomy Wood, the house remains a notable piece of Alton Towers engineering and theatre. darkridedatabase.com· framestore.com
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- darkridedatabase.com Acceptable source
- altontowers.com Preferred source
- framestore.com Acceptable source