Alton Towers will open a new dark ride in Forbidden Valley for the 2012 season, the attraction will be a psychologically and physically thrilling experience, taking place in a dark, intense underground setting and will be based around the back-story of the original Nemesis roller coaster. Plans show that the indoor attraction will contain three main areas, a pre-ride experience, the main ride and a post-ride experience.

Ride Plans

Located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land Theatre at the theme park, the Ice Age The 4D Experience cinema will combine 3D footage, based on the third movie in the blockbuster series, with an exhilarating variety of physical effects including icy blasts, snow and bubbles providing fans with the ultimate in ultra-cool 4D fun!

Following in a long line of Secret Weapon projects, including SW3 (Nemesis), SW4 (Oblivion), SW5 (Air) and SW6 (Thirteen), comes SW7 a new roller coaster at Alton Towers for 2013.

The ride will be built on the former Black Hole site within the X-Sector, it will feature a vertical lift hill and many inversions within a very compact circuit including a "world's-first" element.

Ride Plans