Did the hoppers that are now Peter Rabbit at Alton Towers come from here?
I think the location you’re thinking of is SeaLife Oberhausen in Germany. I seem to remember it being mentioned a lot as the location when Peter Rabbit was announced.I think they came from mainland Europe somewhere, can’t remember the exact Sealife location.
I recall a round ride on water, maybe seals? A Ferris wheel and the Log Flume that ended up at Chessington. Plus I think there was a Frog Hopper, was that not the one that ended up at Thorpe? Also the Rockin' Tug.
I was very hungover.
@djtruefitt why would the rides be stored at Alton Towers? None of the Weymouth rides have ever operated at Alton. If they were in storage I would guess they are on Thorpe Farm at Thorpe Park. UK Theme Parks recently posted photographs of Clarence Pier. One of the “new” rides looks remarkably similar to the Seal ride at Weymouth. Adam even wrote “some eagle eyed viewers may no this ride”.Knowing Merlin they are probably sat behind the scenes at Towers or Thorpe doing nothing until they can find a use for them.
Storage.@djtruefitt why would the rides be stored at Alton Towers?
@djtruefitt I wonder what past Merlin rides and attractions are behind the scenes at Alton? I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cars from Toadies Crazy Cars,Ramasis Ravenge,Unsold Flume boats etc are lurking around. Does anyone have photos of the back of house storage area(s) at Alton Towers?I would like to see the contents!Alton Towers has a lot of land to store junk/old rides/stuff that should have been binned years ago.
There’s definitely loads of flume boats and an old monorail train behind Duel. You’ll also spot plenty of rapids and usually battle galleons boats also stored behind Duel near to the staff car park.@djtruefitt I wonder what past Merlin rides and attractions are behind the scenes at Alton? I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cars from Toadies Crazy Cars,Ramasis Ravenge,Unsold Flume boats etc are lurking around. Does anyone have photos of the back of house storage area(s) at Alton Towers?I would like to see the contents!