Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride - Revision history

DanF8708: /* Ride Experience */

2020-01-27T18:20:05Z

‎Ride Experience

Ciaran at 06:42, 27 July 2018

2018-07-27T06:42:03Z

Jordan: category

2013-06-26T17:19:53Z

Jordan: categorise

2013-02-27T23:25:52Z

categorise

Cheese: Just added some lines here and there.

2010-11-25T18:36:00Z

Just added some lines here and there.

CoasterCrazyChris: moved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride: +": The Ride"

2010-10-25T15:09:24Z

moved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride: +": The Ride"

CoasterCrazyChris: Adding link.

2010-10-22T18:05:38Z

Adding link.

Delta79: Oops. Cocked up the category

2010-08-09T17:22:21Z

Oops. Cocked up the category

Delta79 at 17:21, 9 August 2010

2010-08-09T17:21:48Z

Delta79: Work in progress. Not yet complete.

2010-08-07T17:40:43Z

Work in progress. Not yet complete.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an <s>abomination</s> dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of the [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] Resort.

== History and Conception ==
When [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] decided that it needed to replace the semi-mythical, fap-inducing dark ride Toyland Tours (which in 1994 replaced the even more mythical yet substantially less fap-inducing Around the World in 80 Days, after park management decided that 80 days was far too long for even for the nerdiest dark ride aficionados) it controversially opted to use the treasured intellectual property of Britain's favourite half Norwegian childrens' storyteller Roald Dahl. After literally days of planning, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was conceived.

Having spunked all the budget up the wall on the name, it was acknowledged that the project would have to be completed on a tight budget. Massive savings were made by leaving half of the original boat ride section totally and utterly redundant (along with constructing the façade out of cardboard boxes salvaged from behind numerous catering outlets across the park). Vain fripperies such as theming and effort were also scrapped.

One area where there was no shortage of effort and funding was the Great Glass Elevator simulator ride. They needn't have bothered though, because this was crap as well.

Appropriately enough, the ride opened on April 1st 2006.

Work in progress. Further sections to follow.

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 == Ride Experience ==
-After enduring the excruciating queue line audio feast, riders take their seats and are transported into the first magical scene... a fat German child being asphyxiated in a pipe full of chocolate. Charming! This scene also contains the first of literally some static Oompah Loompah models.
+After enduring the excruciating queue line audio feast, riders take their seats and are transported into the first magical scene... a fat German child being asphyxiated in a pipe full of chocolate (a real family favourite!!).Charming! This scene also contains the first of literally some static Oompah Loompah models.
 The second scene contains a few more static Oompah Loompahs, some blatantly re-used props from [[Toyland_Tours|Toyland Tours]] and a young girl, again being asphyxiated - this time by her own immense, juice-inflated girth.

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-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an <s>abomination</s> dark ride located in the [[Cloud Cuckoo Land]] area of the [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] Resort.
+Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an <s>abomination</s> dark ride located in the [[Cloud Cuckoo Land]] area of the [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] Resort. It is about as inventive and intelligent as the name.
 == History and Conception ==
 When [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] decided that it needed to replace the semi-mythical, fap-inducing dark ride [[Toyland_Tours|Toyland Tours]] (which in 1994 replaced the even more mythical yet substantially less fap-inducing Around the World in 80 Days, after park management decided that 80 days was far too long a ride duration - even for the nerdiest dark ride aficionados) it controversially opted to use the treasured [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] of Britain's favourite half Norwegian childrens' storyteller Roald Dahl. After literally days of planning, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was conceived.
 Having spunked all the budget up the wall on the name, it was acknowledged that the project would have to be completed on a tight budget. Massive savings were made by leaving half of the original boat ride section totally and utterly redundant (along with constructing the façade out of cardboard boxes salvaged from behind numerous catering outlets across the park). Vain fripperies such as theming and effort were also scrapped.
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 The second scene contains a few more static Oompah Loompahs, some blatantly re-used props from [[Toyland_Tours|Toyland Tours]] and a young girl, again being asphyxiated - this time by her own immense, juice-inflated girth.
 After passing through one of those heeeeeeee-larious "waterfalls wot switch off just as you're about to pass under them" the ride then attempts to simulate speed, disorientation and excitement by blasting riders with mirrors, strobe lights and one simple animatronic squirrel. Obviously this fails. You will then be waved off the ride, bemused, by the one, solitary animatronic Oompah Loompah.
 Victims are then ushered into a small cupboard, which rattles and shakes a bit...
 == Criticism ==

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	Many have stated that [[Alton_Towers\|Alton Towers]] missed a merchandising opportunity by not placing a gaudy chocolate shop at the ride exit. Far more appropriately, Roald Dahl's corpse was relocated to underneath the exit path. Rumour has it that the vibration of the elevator simulator is caused by Roald spinning in his grave.		Many have stated that [[Alton_Towers\|Alton Towers]] missed a merchandising opportunity by not placing a gaudy chocolate shop at the ride exit. Far more appropriately, Roald Dahl's corpse was relocated to underneath the exit path. Rumour has it that the vibration of the elevator simulator is caused by Roald spinning in his grave.

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-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an <s>abomination</s> dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of the [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] Resort.
+Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an <s>abomination</s> dark ride located in the [[Cloud Cuckoo Land]] area of the [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] Resort.
 == History and Conception ==
-When [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] decided that it needed to replace the semi-mythical, fap-inducing dark ride Toyland Tours (which in 1994 replaced the even more mythical yet substantially less fap-inducing Around the World in 80 Days, after park management decided that 80 days was far too long for even for the nerdiest dark ride aficionados) it controversially opted to use the treasured intellectual property of Britain's favourite half Norwegian childrens' storyteller Roald Dahl. After literally days of planning, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was conceived.
+When [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] decided that it needed to replace the semi-mythical, fap-inducing dark ride Toyland Tours (which in 1994 replaced the even more mythical yet substantially less fap-inducing Around the World in 80 Days, after park management decided that 80 days was far too long a ride duration - even for the nerdiest dark ride aficionados) it controversially opted to use the treasured intellectual property of Britain's favourite half Norwegian childrens' storyteller Roald Dahl. After literally days of planning, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was conceived.
 Having spunked all the budget up the wall on the name, it was acknowledged that the project would have to be completed on a tight budget. Massive savings were made by leaving half of the original boat ride section totally and utterly redundant (along with constructing the façade out of cardboard boxes salvaged from behind numerous catering outlets across the park). Vain fripperies such as theming and effort were also scrapped.
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 Appropriately enough, the ride opened on April 1st 2006.
-Work in progress. Further sections to follow.
+== Ride Experience ==