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DON’T LOOK DOWN!! | Meet the World’s FIRST Dive Coaster! | Oblivion at Alton Towers!

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What’s going on guys and welcome back to the channel! In 1998, a roller coaster opened that would pave the way for its model, and strike the world with one of the newest and most innovative concepts yet. Having experienced quite a few of them myself, I have to say the model is great, and I do enjoy most of my rides on them. That said, today I want to focus on the one that started it all, and give you a brief history of its design as well as installation. With a drop nearly double its height that reaches nearly 90 degrees, today’s coaster has been deemed one of the most photogenic coasters in the world, and remains an icon for its park and the coaster community. I think it’s great, and believe it definitely deserves some credit on top of a pretty cool history! So what is it? And where did it come from? This is the story, of Alton Towers, Oblivion! 💥🎢
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@badmoonrising7795 Год назад

This coaster is so underrated. Diving into a hole that doesn’t appear you’re gonna fit through with the force of what feels like as spaceship then into mist with a noise you wouldn’t believe reverberating around the entire x-sector. It’s honestly breathtaking.

@withfor0912 Год назад

Its honestly not even that good its just a drop and a turn

@LcSlimline Год назад

Fun fact: it's the fastest coaster in the park.

@micoasters Год назад

@@LcSlimline faster than rita

@bomb3rhhh176 Год назад

@@withfor0912 That’s the point mate. It does what it was designed to do and doesn’t mess about

@LcSlimline Год назад

@@micoasters 1. Oblivion 68 mph 2. Rita 61 mph 3. Smiler 58 mph 4. Nemesis 50 mph 5. Galactica 46 mph 6. Wickerman 43 mph I dont think we notice how deep it goes as we go through so fast, if it was above ground, it would be the UKs third tallest Rollercoaster. only 7 meters shorter than the Big Ones Drop.

@TheMaverick987 Год назад

Thing is with Oblivion, it is the best dive coaster in the world when it comes to the execution of the "vertical" drop element. Of the Dive coasters I've done, Oblivion has always been the best at creating that feeling of dread as you approach the crest of the drop. The amount of the drop that's in the tunnel also gives it a greater sense of speed. Even more so than the taller and faster ones like Sheikra or Griffon.

@ValueNetwork Год назад

The theme is easily what makes this ride. It’s not overly detailed but it captures its Orwellian ascetic perfectly. The lord of darkness is easily my favourite Queueline video, a perfectly acted role that fills me with fear every time. Basically this rides theme is the smilers edgier 90s older brother. Yeah… the rides also fine. No real notes. It’s basically acting as Altons drop tower! It’s also the fastest ride in the park, faster than the Hydraulic launch!

@EyeCoaster Год назад

Alton Towers is my home park, and I go there all the time. Oblivion is a MUST DO everytime I visit! Its very intense, especially when you even out in the tunnel. It may be short but my god this thing packs a punch!

@MattMcIrvin Год назад

It's interesting that nobody else has ever done this with a B&M dive (make the dive go into a deep, deep hole in the ground) though it was the situation that it was originally designed for. For Alton Towers it was one of their ingenious ways to deal with the strict height limits they are legally required to observe. They can't build up, so they build down. I suppose that if you don't have to do that, you won't be motivated to spend the money.

@MrJGandAOffical Год назад

Oblivion has to be my top 3 favourite rides at Alton Towers. With Nemesis being my all time favourite ride. I dont know why, but there is something special just looking into that hole and then being engulfed by the darkness . Oblivion is a 8/10 for me. DONT... LOOK... DOWN...

@grahamcollins6810 Год назад

Whenever I go to Alton Trousers, I try and ride Oblivion first - it's a great wake up ride, and usually a short queue line for a first ride as everyone rushes to the other latest and greatest coasters. Nice video, thanks!

@billclinton984 Год назад

Oblivion is the scariest dive coaster I have ever ridden. The reason for this is because you have no idea what goes on inside that ginormous tunnel and it’s terrifying being up there staring into nothingness. The drop feels like forever, and it’s different to Yukon Striker or Valravn in that in both of those the ride is drop and then slow inversion into MCBR and then more slow inversions. Oblivion is down, up, down a bit and back up into brakes. It never loses speed or the sense of fear. It’s honestly one of the only rollercoasters that still scare me to this day.

@markymark-r Год назад

My local park. Great coaster. It’s the way it creates the fear of falling.

@jackbrennan4185 Год назад

The sense of speed on this thing is insane. I think it's the change from light to dark. Your eyes take a second to adjust

@MH_ZeR0 Год назад

I've ridden Oblivion more times than I can count as it's at my home park. I've always wished it was a bit longer but I still love it so much! A trip to the towers is not complete without multiple rides on Oblivion!

@southpuddle Год назад

I think it’s great. It does the suspense of the drop and the spectacle of hanging over the edge better than any other dive coaster in my book. And it’s hard to beat just how cool entering a tunnel at a vertical angle is.

@danielward4868 Год назад

Despite preferring shiekra, this coaster deserves so much more praise! The drop is unlike anything I've ever done because it feels more intense than them

@bjoe385 22 дня назад

Oblivion is a fantastic piece of theatre, from walking up to it and seeing the drop to the videos in the queue hyping it up it's all about building tension and telease. I just wish Alton Towers would refurbish the queue theming and repaint the track.

@michael7054 3 месяца назад

Great video! Looks fun! Not overated at all.

@NL2.JC023 Год назад

Oblivion is my No 3 at towers, with nemesis being number 1 and smiler number 2. I haven't ridden any other dive coasters yet, but I think that their label as 'one trick ponies' makes oblivion seem better than them, cause it does it's trick better than all the others (assuming they feel the same, and they look like they do) and then is over and often has a very short line. Last time I went (Nov 6 2022) Oblivion was the shortest wait of the day if you don't count smiler using single rider, making it easy to re ride

@CoasterGuy95 Год назад

The way you started this video is PERFECT. great job!

@zer0isaher0 Год назад

Alton towers is my favourite theme park in the entire world due to its theming and world firsts, the smiler and nemesis are both the rides I love from this park

@twistedcoasters1533 Год назад

Oblivion is epic. It’s so intimidating and was shrouded in mystery when it opened. It’s super fun and terrifying.

@TheNeofierer Год назад

An OG always gets x10 Extra Kudos....

@Amusementnational Год назад

My absolute favourite coaster! It is just so good!

@underscore_richard Год назад

The drop feels more intense then the newer instalations. Most likely due to the heavy train. I loved this ride during my last visit!

@joeogle7729 10 месяцев назад

Obviously in the grand scheme it really isn't that major but a really sad side effect of The Smiler crash was the park removing some of the preshow videos before this ride. They used to have ones casually mentioning a ride car completely disappearing and another questioning if the ride was safe. (Of course Alton needed to gain trust back after accident so i understand why) The current ones build you up enough but those ones made the anxiety of what's in the hole reach a new level

@technoandrew Год назад

I’ve done 3 dive coasters; Oblivion, Krake (pronounced “Krakuh”) and Valravn. While I really liked all of them, and think Valravn particularly gets too much hate, Oblivion still has the best drop in my opinion. The main difference being that you still feel like you’re dropping vertically when you reach GROUND LEVEL. The rush of the tunnel as you pull out of the drop over 100 feet underground has to be experienced in person.

@brenonymouscoasterdesign6193 Год назад

You need to do Kumali at Flamingo Land - it is a custom designed (cloned once in China) SLC but it is super smooth and a great ride. Nobody knows about it outside of UK enthusiasts, but in my opinion it pulls the same forces and smoothness of Black Mamba at Phantasialand. The same could be said for most of their thrill coasters.

@LcSlimline Год назад

My Home Park ❤ Its short by todays standards, but for locals, we have a special love for it, and still know so many people that wouldn't go on so it definitely holds up that fear factor. it should be coming up for a re-track in the coming years as the other B&M in the park is currently getting. personally, i think it could do with one more element added before the break run, just to lengthen it out just a bit more.

@me-myself-i787 Год назад

Maybe they could replace the wave turn with an outer bank.

@jordanburdett4979 11 месяцев назад

The most convoluted drop tower

@rayqazagotdatdrip Год назад

wow a video on my home park. are yes ''Alton Coaster'' my favourite park

@NationalCoasters Год назад

😂

@JoshB333 Год назад

It’s fun and intense

@mrbald8760 Год назад

I've been towers a few times.. I need go again soon. Last time I went I went on all the roller coasters.. Jees oblivion when you stop at the top I was sitting myself😂

@Sarahwalsh1 Год назад

You said it is claiming to be the worlds first vertical drop coaster and you also said the angles only reaches 87.5 degrees but that is according to two recourses online but according to Alton Towers its marketed as the world first vertical drop coaster and other sources say so too and you also have to think of when it opened too. It opened on the 14th march 1998 and that was a big year for Alton Towers, getting a new land and a new ride getting rid of fantasy world and retheming it to x sector getting rid of the old fantasy world rides and i would like to believe that Alton Tower wanted to build the ride higher but because of the tree line and the height restrictions the park have they had to build down like they did with other rides and they could only build down so much with oblivion

@arkham2835 Год назад

I miss the queue line videos 😭

@Thelightning1out Год назад

While I have never been on this I have indeed been on sheikra

@erazorCTF Год назад

Why does the title say "Alton Coasters"?

@IsaacBobby Год назад

Oblivion is more forceful than most dive coasters it’s great

@misschieflolz1301 Год назад

I wanted to ride this so much when I was a kid. I didn't end up making the trip until I was in my mid 20's and... the disappointment. While I understand it's a bit of coaster history, I was thoroughly unimpressed. I had a friend watch me on it and on the second ride I apparently looked rather disgruntled and bored. Even in the photo. Perhaps I, too, have been on one too many coasters to appreciate Oblivion

@iliketrains3546 4 месяца назад

I don’t think oblivion should be judged as a complete coaster, it should be judged as a drop. Since it’s drop is incredible it is a really good ride for what it’s trying to be. It’s not trying to be a long ride with loads of elements, it’s trying to be a good drop which it succeeds at

@Tommo1983ful Год назад

It is what it is, its ok, as long as replaced with something decent i wouldnt mind seeing it go.

@juliancrowe9754 Год назад

I rode it when it opened and was and still are disappointed with the ride length especially when you have to queue up for 3hrs for 14 seconds....still a killer coaster tho. ....like the corkscrew was....miss it still....it was my first big coaster as a child.....JULIAN IN THE MIDLANDS UK

@TalentedTom91 Год назад

Oblivion is too short definitely but it’s always worth a ride if the queue’s less than 20mins. Diving into a steaming pit is the highlight of the ride so that box gets checked, especially off ride, but it’s in need of refurbishment or replacement imo

@tierancroft4132 Год назад

you'll never guess who edits the videos

@michaelneal7273 Год назад

I've rode Sheikra, and Emperor at SW San Diego last year ... Oblivion is far better. Overall thrill, theme and intensely powerful.. but oblivion could do with floorless trains

@Th3Sm1ler Год назад

Can you at least talk about The Smiler next seeing it’s in a few clips in this

@HumanStateOfEmergency Год назад

Oblivion is a drop tower on wheels based on how short it is.

@grmav2900 Год назад

Ermm it’s good but would be nice if they extended the drop needs a upgrade

@oneplusfourfourteen Год назад

i practicaly work there

@markcadier Год назад

The problem with all "world firsts" is that they age quite quickly. All divers form the last 15/20 years have had more elements and inversions. Just progression. An intense ride, but not one I'd queue up for too long any more.

@j.1200 Год назад

There's plenty of speed to extend this with a few more elements, maybe a cutback and zero g roll.

@rgmusicom Год назад

Oh it’s a rough old girl now. 😵‍💫

@NeonTrapperKeeper Год назад

How is the tricks wait time in the queue? It looks fun but if if I waited more than 35 minutes I would probably feel like it was not worth it given however short the ride is.

@me-myself-i787 Год назад

It's always one of the shortest lines in the park, not much longer than Spinball Whizzer. Last time I went, it was only around 20 minutes. The Smiler, in the same area, was 2 hours long. It is a very high capacity ride. If Merlin ran all 6 trains, it would have a capacity of 1800 riders per hour, the highest in the park. However, because it's not very popular and doesn't get long lines anyway, they only run 4 trains. Although I'm sure it was more popular when it opened. Back then, the only other major rollercoaster at Alton Towers was Nemesis.

@NeonTrapperKeeper Год назад

Thanks for the details. At 20 minutes wait time, I would definitely do multiple rides on it then. Hope they keep the ride for a long time. Every park needs a thrill ride without the long waits. Plus this is a classic. Good stuff.

@jaystarr6571 Год назад

0:59 They've gone too far with the trim brakes on this run. Such a shame.

@kotchapakmaneechote2062 Год назад

Bro why is Alton Towers called Alton Coasters in the title?

@Sonderax Год назад

Oblivion is an odd one. The ride sits on a hill so its height is more then stated. I still hate it. Ridden it like 15 times but still struggle to look down that drop