Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

Wallace & Gromit'sThrill-O-Matic
The facade for Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic
Pleasure Beach Resort
Status	Operating
Cost	£5.25 million
Opening date	29 April 2013 (2013-04-29)
Replaced	The Gold Mine
Ride statistics
Attraction type	Track-based
Manufacturer	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering
Designer	Farmer Attraction Development
Model	indoor
Theme	Wallace and Gromit
Length	275 m (902 ft)
Vehicles	Single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per vehicle.
Duration	Approximately 4 minutes
Height restriction	90 cm (2 ft 11 in)
Theming	Aardman Animations KD Theming Technologies Paragon Creative
Scenes	20

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic is an indoor dark ride at Pleasure Beach Resort (better known as Blackpool Pleasure Beach) in Blackpool, England. It opened on 29 April 2013 as a retheme of the former The Gold Mine ride, which utilized the building and track from 1971 to 2011.

The Gold Mine was installed at a cost of £150,000, and was originally designed by Arrow Dynamics. The Gold Mine closed following the 2011 season, and the ride was majorly overhauled by W.G.H. Transportation Engineering. The current iteration of the ride is based on the Wallace & Gromit films. ^[1]

Design and ride experience

The ride's opening ceremony was hosted by Nick Park, Amanda Thompson, Nick Thompson, Nick Farmer and Merlin Crossingham.^{[ citation needed ]}

The ride, which cost £5.25 million, was created by Pleasure Beach Resort in association with the creators of Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animations. The ride's cars are designed to resemble one of Wallace's slippers. The ride lasts approximately four minutes, and features scenes from the Wallace and Gromit films A Grand Day Out , The Wrong Trousers , A Close Shave , The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and A Matter of Loaf and Death . The ride shares exactly the same track layout as the previous Gold Mine Ride, with small drops throughout the ride. ^[2]

The ride exits into a gift shop with Wallace and Gromit merchandise. ^[3] Additionally, a concession operated by Picsolve allows on-ride photos to be purchased.

In 2025, the ride was updated to include scenes from Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

See also

• 2013 in amusement parks
• Wallace & Gromit

References

1. "Wallace And Gromit Head To The Beach". Coventry Telegraph. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
2. "Wallace & Gromit at Pleasure Beach". Park World Magazine: 7. September 2012.
3. "Wallace and Gromit are coming to Blackpool Pleasure Beach!". PRWeb. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2012.