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Inside Alton Towers Black Hole Tent

April 20th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Ive had this set of photographs lying around for some, Ive had a couple of offers from various people to publish them but I suppose ive been a bit selfish really and kept them to myself.

A bit of History about the ride. The Black hole is a Schwarzkopf Jet star 2 coaster with a length of 1919ft, Height of 44′3 and a duration of 1min 50 seconds. It was originally brought to Alton Towers as the Black hole in 1983 before going through a couple of name changes, New Black Hole, Black Hole 2 and finally back to Black hole again. The ride was closed in 2006.

So finally heres a set of photographs taken in July 2007 from inside the Black Hole Tent at Alton Towers.

From outside, some of the old artwork.

Some of the original theming still hanging about

A bit dark but showing the full dome.

Track lying across the floor

Shot of the cars.

Clearly showing the supports still in place.

The ride cars.

Control systems

The loading bay, still pretty much intact.

If you want to use any photographs on this blog please get in touch paul@ridemad.com im quite happy to share and have high resolution copies of everything used, to see the complete gallery visit the Ridemad Gallery

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  1. Comment by nicola hunter on 3 May 2008:

    hi what fab photo’s such a sad shame i remember riding it when it first openend and the que was always massive even right to the end.

  2. Comment by Admin on 3 May 2008:

    Hi Nicola,
    It was, I dont know how many times i turned up to queue and it was right back up the hill, always worth it though from what i remember ;-)

    Cheers

  3. Comment by Sam on 29 May 2008:

    It’s a shame that this ride has been left simply to rot. It was always fun and truely I don’t know what they’ll do with it. It’s a piece of coaster history and unfortunatly people dont seem to care. It’s a sad day when they do this and just leave it there collecting dust.

  4. Comment by phil on 12 June 2008:

    it’s not been left to rot, they’ve sold it to a place in brazil

  5. Comment by Admin on 13 June 2008:

    Hi Phil,
    Thanks for the comments.

    I think what was meant was it was closed some time ago and becuase of the problems getting the ride exported “it had been left to rot” as its been a while now.

    Thanks

  6. Comment by Lisa on 15 July 2008:

    Heyyy.
    How come it closed?
    I heard someone fell of hit the bottom and cracked there head and died? o.o;
    Is this trueeee?

  7. Comment by ridemasta on 27 July 2008:

    Hi i can remember goin on this when i was younger i was about 7 or 8 wen i went on it but i neva managed 2 get bak on it again n i no sum 1 hu works there

  8. Comment by theappleman on 31 July 2008:

    It ay true lisa it was shut down cos it was 2 old n the health n safty would cost 2 much

  9. Comment by Charlie Davies on 5 August 2008:

    Hi, This Truly Was A Good Ride, Never Been On it but i think they should keep the tent Up as a memorial to the ride but clear out the stuff or put some museum ish stuff inside to keep the spirit of black hole alive, a great ride though, its amazing though because it almost feels like somebody died you know?

  10. Comment by thegravityclub on 8 September 2008:

    hi, i’m really enjoy all schwarzkopf rides. we need help to find a jet star 2 for buying. rumors always is it when a ride its left de park to introduce a new ride. so if you can, contact the park and tell me how much cost this ride.

    best regards.

    the gravity club

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