In Festival Park
Enterprise was first introduced to the park in 1984, as part of an expansion of Festival Park (now Dark Forest) to help absorb the crowds drawn by The Corkscrew. It operated at the far end of the area near the gardens and, when it first arrived at the park, the ride was much more colourful than we know it today, sporting a bright white and yellow colour scheme.
It was one of several 'trailer-based' rides that were added during that period, which made the ride rather mobile. Indeed, before leaving Festival park, the ride was relocated onto the former site of the Spider in 1993, where it operated through to 1997, when it was relocated to X-Sector.
It was the final ride to operate on the site that is now home to the lockers in Dark Forest and to this day remnants of its old queueline can be found in the woods beyond.
In X-Sector
In 1998, when Alton Towers opened X-Sector, Enterprise was deemed a worthy support ride to operate alongside Oblivion. Nestled within the final turn of the coaster, Enterprise offered a suitable and rather photogenic finale for the world's first vertical drop roller coaster
In preparation for The Smiler, in 2013 Enterprise received extensive maintenance work, with several components replaced by newer parts alongside a new paint job. However, during its last years of operation, it was not unusual for the ride to have an extended closed season, as it was one of the final rides to receive its winter maintenance.
Enterprise was last seen publicly running during the Run Alton Towers event in 2021. For the majority of the 2022 season, the ride sat partially dismantled with the gondolas removed and stored elsewhere. On 4th October 2022, the park confirmed via Twitter that the ride was 'not at our resort anymore'.
The ride was finally removed from the park over the following closed season and in 2023 Twistatron, the latest member of The Retro Squad operated on the site for the season.
