Alton Towers CLOSES Blade - Are you ACTUALLY Surprised?

With the new goes the old, with Blade set to leave Alton Towers. THis is also joined by 2 other closures.

I have to say, i'm not shocked by the closures announced by Alton Towers. With Blade now 44 years old, it has reached the end of its service life, which is we completely understand. Did the park know? Or have more problems been found in close season? We actually suspect the later on this.

This will also be joined by the Dungeons, which was obviously not going to re-open. In addition to the Twister in David Walliams land, which is hired by the park at cost. We give our honest thoughts on this, and it may shock you!

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[alexius_]

Blade will hold a special place in my heart 😭

[jameswatkins]

Far too lenient in this one Adam! 😂 I think what people are surprised about is there’s seemingly no immediate plans to replace them, from a multimillion pound company, at what is/was the UK’s number one theme park! All these closures as you say, would have been foreseen

Each year there’s less to do! Especially for that family 1.2m bracket, who have outgrown CBeebies and not tall enough for the big coasters.

On top of that, the ride availability! Which is objectively one of the worst in a major theme park. The downtime this year !! 😮

If we condone everything the park does and keep visiting the same amount, standards will just keep plummeting in my opinion

I think they’re right to receive backlash! But I appreciate the problems are at a corporate level rather than the park itself

[rainbowsandunicorns]

I really loved the blade I can't wait to see the new changes there

[trainlover]

Good job I rode Blade for the only time when I last went to the towers then.

[kellysummers]

I’ve not surprised but I do hope they surprise us and do something with the dungeons/boat ride .

[stefanhulbert]

I totally agree on twister... the rental costs are staggering; particularly when you consider the total rental duration over the actual purchase cost.

Now here's food for thought - argubly losing The Blade and the twister dors tend to hit that 1.2 - 1.3m riders who are just shy of being able to ride the bigger rides.

However, with a waveswinger (Monkey swinger) and bumper cars (Tuk Tuk Turmoil) to be avaliable imminently from CWOA and we know they are listed to be removed and relocated this may well be their plan and a very shrewd and cost effective solution that would be welcomed by the parks guests?

What do you guys think?

[Coaster-Madness]

So a net -1 flat rides. Sounds great for capacity 😢

[samuelmanley]

As long as the Ride Availability is sorted out for this year, Blade, Flávio’s and The Dungeons shouldn’t feel that much like a loss,

hopefully, we get Toyland Tours coming back, and if we’re lucky, something in the Blade Pit.

I would rather AT focus on Ride Availability, And Maintenance this year than another new ride in the summer

[ToastGhost]

I'm more just sad about Blade as was always just a nice ride to do and it has the history as the park's oldest ride. Plus this completes the decade long killing each area's OG flats with Submission, Ripsaw Twirling Toadstool & Enterprise

[somethingsinister]

I wont miss blade but it's shame there will be a huge gap in Forbidden Valley for a long time as it's very unlikely they will replace it as it would be further investment into that area when other sections need it more. If the rumours are true of a Galactica retheme as well it would be a lot of focus on one area when you've got places like Dark Forest and X Sector screaming out for a flat ride. I'm sure within the next few years we will see new flats across the park, they seem to be heading in the right direction generally, we haven't seen this level of investment at Alton Towers for a long time, it's just a slow process and as enthusiasts we want it all and we want it now!

[ronnieparrettharris]

Yes I will miss Blade! Always enjoyed going on it. The twister and dungeon not so much.

[stevebrown]

I'm with you on this one. I for one rarely rode the Blade or Flavios so won't miss them. And the Dungeons I probably only did 3 or 4 times, so again it won't be missed by me. I think you're right, these 3 rides together are very expensive but add very little to capacity of the park therefore taking them out will save thousands and shouldn't affect capacity all that much for most of the season.

Looking ahead, I wonder if Flavios going - and perhaps the Dungeon closing as well - could be connected to Project Horizon? It could be all part of the plan to start PH, or of course just a happy coincidence. Merlin Magic Making I believe are closing their workshops which are very near to the PH site, Flavios was right in the planned area and who knows if they have plans for the Dungeon building as part of the area refresh - could we see work starting on PH next year I wonder?

[joshslater]

The fandango twister and the dungeons can go for all I care, but getting rid of the Blade is a sad and worrying decision. Now the park will be down to one flat ride. Hopefully Alton Towers just ask Huss to make them a new pirate ship so it can fill the gap.

[stealthoperator_]

Removing 2 flats to add 1 new one makes a lot sense right?

[AudreyMealiff]

I hope they theme the top spin really well. Just look at how amazing Talocan is, so something along those lines would look so impressive. It's good to see the park remove poorly performing attractions like the Dungeon. 2025 will be interesting. We may even get over from Ireland for a visit. 😂😊

[petermc]

Hi Adam, I hope they replace it and sadly I didn't ride it. Kind regards Peter p.s. thanks for sharing your thoughts, it's greatly appreciated.

[LochNessLegend]

We just got a flat ride after complaining that we needed more, and lookie here. Sad.

[blackbearish]

how much milage is there in a swinging boat ride? the only thing they could have done was put a 360 boat in its place, but probably can't due to the tree size. an upsidedown boat ride would hae been good. sorry don't know the right names for these sort of swing rides.

[joeplatt]

So Blade has been the oldest ride at the park since corkscrew closed in 2008. It held that title for sixteen years approx. With it's closure Congo river rapids is now the oldest ride in the park. I do not think the rapids will hold that title for the next 16 years. If it lasts another ten I will be pleasantly surprised. I suspect in my lifetime no ride will match Blades record. So bye blade. I for one thought your post apoc/Edgar Allen Poe theming was very cool.

[MarkDodgson-kzei]

Typical AT Policy, keeping a ride as long as possible until they are forced to close it, the corkscrew and log flume eventually disappeared for good, at last.the rapids is getting tired and wearing, see what I mean, if it still working it stays! Change the boats, it's good for another 30years.once apon a time the car park was free, now we got to pay, that's progress for yah.