UK theme park Alton Towers is currently preparing to reopen for February Half Term, and Sonic fansite Sonic Stadium has heard that apparently the "Spinball Whizzer" attraction at the big UK attraction is being re-designed this year to a Sonic the Hedgehog theme.
The site's source mentions this is for a "relaunch" of the Sonic series, which could mean it's related to "Project Needlemouse", the new 2D Sonic title due this year or simply a tie into Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing. A quick poke at Alton Towers fansite TowersTimes confirms it as it's in resort brochure for the new season in the hotels.
This isn't the first time the blue 'hog has appeared at Alton Towers: Sonic used to be part of the Small World-like "Toyland Tours" attraction which opened back in 1994 with his own special section. He was still there until 2006 when the ride was changed to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
[source sonicstadium.org, via forum.towerstimes.co.uk]
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Why they don't call it the "Tornado" or "Blue Stream"?
Oh, yeah, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is SOOO much better
...especially when Willy Wonka is inspired by post-80s Michael Jackson.
LOL, good ol' Alton Towers. Haven't bn there for a couple of years!
Hopefully it's glitch-free, and lacking in inexplicable deaths.
Maybe the ride will start out pretty exciting and well-constructed, and devolve into a boring, sloppy series of fetch-quests and horrible characters that should be shot and put out of their misery.
LOL Digiki....you win this round
still won't catch me going on it - rollercoasters ain't my bag baby!
@Stargazer: Hey, I liked Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast.
I'll be more interested in the SW6 (secret weapon 6) ride or Th13teen as I believe it will be called, from what I hear they are dubbing it a Pyscoaster and it will have a age limit of 13+.
And thousands of retro sonic fans will complain that the ride isn't in 2-D.
Kinda cool, hope it's really fast and spins.
the cool thing is, they only need to change part of the name of the ride
wow. JayArr's slacking off. he's not even commented on this article.
This ride is not advisable if you were on the town the night before. Baaaad things very nearly happened on there, and and the memory still makes me a bit green.
They need a simulator ride based on Sonic ._.
@JakobG agreed
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