Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

The facade for Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Status Operating
Cost £5.25 million
Opening date 29 April 2013 (2013-04-29)
Replaced The Gold Mine
General statistics
Attraction type Track-based
Manufacturer WGH Transportation Engineering
Designer Farmer Attraction Development
Model indoor
Theme Wallace and Gromit
Length 275 m (902 ft)
Vehicles Slipper-themed vehicles. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per vehicle.
Duration Approximately 4 minutes
Height restriction 90 cm (2 ft 11 in)
Theming Aardman Animations
KD Theming Technologies
Paragon Creative
Scenes 20

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic is an indoor family ride at the Pleasure Beach Blackpool, a theme park in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It opened in 2013, replacing The Gold Mine ride, which closed in 2011. It is based on the Wallace and Gromit films[1] and was opened in April 2013 by Nick Park, Amanda Thompson, Nick Thomas and Merlin Crossingham.

Design and ride experience

The ride, which cost £5.25 million to make, was created by Blackpool Pleasure Beach design in association with the creators of Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animations.
The cars on the ride are designed on one of Wallace's slippers, so that, when a rider is seated, it is as if they are sitting inside a large slipper.
The ride lasts almost four minutes, and features scenes and audio from the Wallace and Gromit films A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and A Matter of Loaf and Death. Riders also experience small drops and sound effects throughout the ride.[2]
Next to the ride is a shop selling Wallace and Gromit merchandise including products such as T-shirts, toys, mugs, hoodies, and keyrings.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wallace And Gromit Head To The Beach". Coventry Telegraph. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Wallace & Gromit at Pleasure Beach". Park World Magazine: 7. September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Wallace and Gromit are coming to Blackpool Pleasure Beach!". PRWeb. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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