Duel - Revision history

Leah at 16:27, 27 August 2015

2015-08-27T16:27:44Z

Hobo joe: /* Zombie Laboratory */

2015-08-22T16:32:06Z

‎Zombie Laboratory

Jordan: add category

2013-06-26T17:19:23Z

add category

Jordan: category

2013-02-27T23:30:54Z

TedTheHuman: Added link to Tacky Gimmickiness

2011-08-07T17:26:06Z

Added link to Tacky Gimmickiness

Neuros at 18:20, 4 August 2011

2011-08-04T18:20:15Z

James at 00:19, 26 November 2010

2010-11-26T00:19:03Z

John: /* Tunnel of Doom */

2010-11-01T08:18:04Z

‎Tunnel of Doom

DanDan at 17:19, 25 October 2010

2010-10-25T17:19:25Z

Olii at 15:03, 2 October 2010

2010-10-02T15:03:42Z

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	At the end, riders are literally blown away as they witness the ride's dramatic finale effect: a green light in a hole in the wall.		At the end, riders are literally blown away as they witness the ride's dramatic finale effect: a green light in a hole in the wall.
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−	~~Well, that's about it. Oh and i forgot to metion u die but only if u r dead~~

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 At the end, riders are literally blown away as they witness the ride's dramatic finale effect: a green light in a hole in the wall.
-Well, that's about it.
+Well, that's about it. Oh and i forgot to metion u die but only if u r dead
-[[Category:Alton Towers]]
 [[Category: Ride]]
 [[Category: Dark rides]]
 [[Category: Wardley's Index]]

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 [[Category:Alton Towers]]
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 [[Category: Wardley's Index]]

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 Well, that's about it.
 [[Category: Ride]]
 [[Category: Wardley's Index]]

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 "This is my dream ride. I have taken into account every aspect of what may happen to it in the future, and am certain that the Haunted House will not be botched up in about ten years."
-Ten years later, the Haunted House was botched up. Once again it was decided that the general public were not intelligent enough to understand "[[Theatrical Brilliance]]", so the ride became based around "Tacky Gimmickiness" instead. The retheme included the addition of zombies, laser [[Guns|guns]] and a Michael Jackson ''Thriller''-style queueline video, just to really rub it in the enthusiasts' faces.
+Ten years later, the Haunted House was botched up. Once again it was decided that the general public were not intelligent enough to understand "[[Theatrical Brilliance]]", so the ride became based around [[Tacky Gimmickiness]] instead. The retheme included the addition of zombies, laser [[Guns|guns]] and a Michael Jackson ''Thriller''-style queueline video, just to really rub it in the enthusiasts' faces.
 ==Ride Experience==

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−	'''Duel''' (also known as '''Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back''', '''Dual''', '''Dool''', '''Nazi Zombies: The Ride''' or '''The House with Scary Fings dat Pop out and dat, INNIT''') is a shooting dark ride operating at [[Alton Towers]]. It originally opened in 1992 as '''The Haunted House''', but was rethemed to include laser [[Guns\|guns]] in 2003, as part of [[Great Dark Ride Interactivity Reformation of the Modern Age]]. To this day, the ride remains a mysterious and relatively unknown ride, mostly because of the fact that [[Alton_Towers\|Alton Towers]] forgot it existed for several years. It is, however, a suprisingly high-tech and world class dark ride, rivalling such rides as ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' at ''Universal Islands of Adventure'' and ''The Haunted Mansion'' at ''Disneyland''. Also, the ride features extremely detailed theming and convincing ghosts, most of which are Halloween decorations from Tesco.	+	'''Duel''' (also known as '''Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back''', '''Dual''', '''Dool''', '''Nazi Zombies: The Ride''' or '''The House with Scary Fings dat Pop out and dat, INNIT''') is a shooting dark ride operating at [[Alton Towers]]. It originally opened in 1992 as '''The Haunted House''', but was rethemed to include laser [[Guns\|guns]] in 2003, as part of [[Great Dark Ride Interactivity Reformation of the Modern Age]]. To this day, the ride remains a mysterious and relatively unknown ride, mostly because of the fact that [[Alton_Towers\|Alton Towers]] forgot it existed for several years. It is, however, a suprisingly high-tech and world class dark ride, rivalling such rides as ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' at ''Universal Islands of Adventure'' and ''The Haunted Mansion'' at ''Disneyland''. Also, the ride features extremely detailed theming and convincing ghosts, most of which are Halloween decorations from [[Tesco\|Faff]].

	==Construction==		==Construction==

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−	'''Duel''' (also known as '''Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back''', '''Dual''', '''Dool''', '''Nazi Zombies: The Ride''' or '''The House with Scary Fings dat Pop out and dat, INNIT''') is a shooting dark ride operating at [[Alton Towers]]. It originally opened in 1992 as '''The Haunted House''', but was rethemed to include laser [[Guns\|guns]] in 2003, as part of ~~"The~~ Great Dark Ride ~~Laser~~ Reformation of the ~~21st Century"~~. To this day, the ride remains a mysterious and relatively unknown ride, mostly because of the fact that [[Alton_Towers\|Alton Towers]] forgot it existed for several years. It is, however, a suprisingly high-tech and world class dark ride, rivalling such rides as ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' at ''Universal Islands of Adventure'' and ''The Haunted Mansion'' at ''Disneyland''. Also, the ride features extremely detailed theming and convincing ghosts, most of which are Halloween decorations from Tesco.	+	'''Duel''' (also known as '''Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back''', '''Dual''', '''Dool''', '''Nazi Zombies: The Ride''' or '''The House with Scary Fings dat Pop out and dat, INNIT''') is a shooting dark ride operating at [[Alton Towers]]. It originally opened in 1992 as '''The Haunted House''', but was rethemed to include laser [[Guns\|guns]] in 2003, as part of [[Great Dark Ride Interactivity Reformation of the Modern Age]]. To this day, the ride remains a mysterious and relatively unknown ride, mostly because of the fact that [[Alton_Towers\|Alton Towers]] forgot it existed for several years. It is, however, a suprisingly high-tech and world class dark ride, rivalling such rides as ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' at ''Universal Islands of Adventure'' and ''The Haunted Mansion'' at ''Disneyland''. Also, the ride features extremely detailed theming and convincing ghosts, most of which are Halloween decorations from Tesco.

	==Construction==		==Construction==

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 Riders enter a large stone-walled, dungeon-esque area with flaming torches on the walls with a giant skull-like edifice with spinning disco ball eyes set ahead of them, suiting the "haunted Victorian house" theme. The car passes into the mouth of this disco/skull hybrid and into the rotating brick festival. The illusion of turning upside down was obviously too clever for a ''UK'' dark ride, so a face with splitting skin open that sticks its tongue out was randomly added at the end of the tunnel, ruining the whole effect.
-This scene was originally planned as the "Gateway to Hell", but [[John_Wardley|John Wardley]] realised that [[Thorpe Park]] had already used that idea. The theme was changed before opening to an even more irellevant brick-y tunnel thing.
+This scene was originally planned as the "Gateway to Hell", but [[John_Wardley|John Wardley]] realised that [[Thorpe Park]] had already used that idea for their entrance. The theme was changed before opening to an even more irellevant brick-y tunnel thing.
 [[File:Fingers = scary.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Apparently not.]]
 ====Giant's Lair====
 Onwards the car travels into the most non-sensical scene, in which: some bats may or may not be seen flying overhead (depends on the attention-span of the rider); some Tesco Value Halloween props appear in some smashed windows; some more Halloween props wiggle about behind some windows; and a Halloween prop appears in a flashing window.

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 ==Construction==
-It was decided that something should be built on the pathway from Katanga Canyon to [[Forbidden_Valley|Forbidden Valley]] (then known as Thunder Valley), ready to open in 1992. [[John_Wardley|John Wardley]] was called in to design a new dark ride for the area, resulting in the concept for an extremely clever and unique experience. The area now known as '[[Gloomy_Wood|Gloomy Wood]]' was originally intended to be theme around a haunted swamp, but this was quickly changed after it was realised that the idea was not gimmicky enough.
+It was decided that something should be built on the pathway from [[Katanga_Canyon|Katanga Canyon]] to [[Forbidden_Valley|Forbidden Valley]] (then known as Thunder Valley), ready to open in 1992. [[John_Wardley|John Wardley]] was called in to design a new dark ride for the area, resulting in the concept for an extremely clever and unique experience. The area now known as '[[Gloomy_Wood|Gloomy Wood]]' was originally intended to be theme around a haunted swamp, but this was quickly changed after it was realised that the idea was not gimmicky enough.
 On completion of the finished ride, [[John_Wardley|John Wardley]] stated:
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-'''Duel''' (also known as '''Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back''', '''Dual''', '''Dool''' or '''Nazi Zombies: The Ride''') is a shooting dark ride operating at [[Alton Towers]]. It originally opened in 1992 as '''The Haunted House''', but was rethemed to include laser [[Guns|guns]] in 2003, as part of "The Great Dark Ride Laser Reformation of the 21st Century". To this day, the ride remains a mysterious and relatively unknown ride, mostly because of the fact that [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] forgot it existed for several years. It is, however, a suprisingly high-tech and world class dark ride, rivalling such rides as ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' at ''Universal Islands of Adventure'' and ''The Haunted Mansion'' at ''Disneyland''. Also, the ride features extremely detailed theming and convincing ghosts, most of which are Halloween decorations from Tesco.
+'''Duel''' (also known as '''Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back''', '''Dual''', '''Dool''', '''Nazi Zombies: The Ride''' or '''The House with Scary Fings dat Pop out and dat, INNIT''') is a shooting dark ride operating at [[Alton Towers]]. It originally opened in 1992 as '''The Haunted House''', but was rethemed to include laser [[Guns|guns]] in 2003, as part of "The Great Dark Ride Laser Reformation of the 21st Century". To this day, the ride remains a mysterious and relatively unknown ride, mostly because of the fact that [[Alton_Towers|Alton Towers]] forgot it existed for several years. It is, however, a suprisingly high-tech and world class dark ride, rivalling such rides as ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' at ''Universal Islands of Adventure'' and ''The Haunted Mansion'' at ''Disneyland''. Also, the ride features extremely detailed theming and convincing ghosts, most of which are Halloween decorations from Tesco.
 ==Construction==
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 The car passes a [[Electric Bill|badly dressed skeleton with a rake for a hand (commonly named, erm... can't remember at the moment... Bob or something?)]], which pulls a lever on an old-fashioned fuse box that sparks. The lights then proceed to cut out, although whether this is down to the skeleton or a blown bulb nobody knows.
-The car turns a corner and travels down what was once a humorous scene of skeletons in bed, constaped skeletons farting on a toilet, and even a terrorist skeleton. Alas, this is no more, and a static vampire prop replaces all of this.
+The car turns a corner and travels down what was once a humorous scene of skeletons in bed, constaped skeletons farting on a toilet, and even a terrorist skeleton. Alas, this is no more, and a static [[Vampire|vampire]] prop replaces all of this.
 Originally, this scene featured a ghost that would fly down the corridor above riders, but it broke. Well, it was designed by Sparks Creative Services, what do you expect?