As per our article from many moons ago eluding to a Nemesis retrack it has been officially confirmed today by Alton Towers.
Fans have been given a deadline date of November 6th to get their last rides in on Nemesis at Alton Towers before it will cease operation to undergo an exciting revamp before returning in 2024.
Alton Towers Resort’s legendary Nemesis rollercoaster is set to close later this year, meaning thrillseekers have a matter of weeks left to enjoy its heart-pounding and exhilarating twists and turns.
Nemesis, Europe’s first inverted rollercoaster will return in 2024 after an exciting revamp. Until then, visitors to the theme park will have just a few more weeks to enjoy its corkscrews and loops before it starts its transformation this winter.
Park visitors were alerted to the plans after posters appeared on park announcing the closure by order of the Phalanx, the special organisation assembled to control the alien Nemesis beast by laying the rollercoaster track over it back in 1994.
Details of the transformation are being kept under wraps for now with more information to be revealed nearer the time.
Kate McBirnie, Head of Product Excellence at Alton Towers Resort, said:
Nemesis is Europe’s first ever inverted rollercoaster, which has been exciting thrillseekers since 1994.
The legendary rollercoaster is loved by thrillseekers across the UK and beyond, and we want to give fans of the ride the opportunity to experience Nemesis in its current form before it closes on November 6.
Nemesis cost £10m and was crowned Europe’s first inverted rollercoaster when it opened in 1994. Riders experience 3.5 G-force as they race past the rocks and rivers of the theme park’s Forbidden Valley at speeds of up to 50mph.
It carries dangling thrill seekers along numerous twists, turns with four inversions, and has attracted people from across the globe to the Staffordshire theme park.
The story of Nemesis revolves around the ride coming from another dimension, a dimension beyond our imagination! Deep beneath the ground at Alton Towers Resort lived a strange being…
After being disturbed by workmen during routine maintenance, the monster that lay dormant was unleashed, wreaking havoc on the surrounding area. The Phalanx (an elite organisation of experts recruited from government and scientific institutions) immediately launched their extreme security division to pin down the creature and disable it.
It took 250 tonnes of steel, bent and twisted around the monster, and 200 men to hold it down. We converted the steel that imprisons the creature into the tangled rollercoaster you see here today.
When you ride Nemesis, remember its history. This is the Legend. But don’t try to understand it – don’t try to come to terms with it. Don’t even try to think about it.
Just sit back: it’s fright time.
News of the Alton Towers Nemesis revamp has been around for a while but it’s great to get an official confirmation from the park and exciting times lay ahead for the UK’s biggest theme park!
