Goodbye Apocalypse - Drayton Manor Remove The UK's Scariest Ride!
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2022
- On Sunday 30th October 2022, Apocalypse operated for the final time at Drayton Manor Theme Park. This iconic 54m tall drop tower has thrilled riders for 22 years from 2000 through to 2022. In this special video we look back on the history of the UK's scariest ride. This includes a detailed look back at the ride throughout its lifetime, along with why the park decided to remove this iconic attraction. We also share our last ever on ride POV from Apocalypse, filmed on the final day of operation.
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I can see how much this ride meant to you Shaun. Thanks for giving it a great send off that it deserves. Hoping it’s being broken down and rebuild in another park, as that would be terrible to put this iconic ride in the scrap after all those years it made millions for Drayton, hoping they give that ride the respect it deserves….
Just seen the final saying it’s being sold for scrap metal…. Such a real shame….
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey
Hey im sorry your saaaaaad
Apocalyse i salute you. maybe another park in the UK would give it another shot.
I was there.
Ughhh I’m so sad for you and Charlotte. I know how special those first date memories can be. Seems like such a loss for the park and the industry, I’m glad that you are out there to preserve the legacy of attractions like this.❤
It’ll be missed!
Im over the moon about it
@@marcusfirth6028I don’t even want to hear the reason.
So long Apocalypse, you will never be forgotten. The legacy of the ride will be remembered.
It’ll be missed!
The piano and violin piece at the end was spot on! Emotional, I nearly cried!!! Xxx
Thank you!
I'm glad drayton is honouring the memory of this droptower with the tombstone in the gold rush queue line
I remember riding this ride like 6 times in one day years ago
I don’t really like drop towers but this is an exception. Sad to see it go
Amazing video! We will miss you apocalypse 😢
The saddest thing really is that no one else wanted to buy it. I know it was a 22 year old ride that needed a lot of work but I thought it would have found a new home somewhere, especially with the nominations and awards it received.
The problem is a drop tower is just a drop tower, why buy one that’s struggling to run effectively when you can get a new one built.
This is the sad moment however, the future is looking bright for this park. It is a shame however, but they’re going for the family audience but it’s looking like next year. They’ll be a brand-new rollercoaster being built on there or a new area with a couple of flat rides. This is a big step in the family audience and if you didn’t know shockwave was actually supposed to go instead, however now it’s looking like they’ll get sitdown trains to go to the mall family way of the park. Lovely content, Shawn keep it up. RIP apocalypse
So sad - my first drop tower with my dad when it opened! Great memories 👌 wish I'd been able to get one last ride 😪
Yep we went the other day and saw mr worldwide and we were the 1000 rider
Oh I'm so sorry for you Shawn it's obvious how much it meant to you and the memory for you both I have to say there was tears in my eyes when you had your last ride thankyou for sharing something so personnel to you both xx
It’s such a shame to see it go
I will truly miss this ride ♥. Goodbye Apocalypse!
Such fond memories of apocalypse. One of my first 'big' rides as a kid, my poor dad went on 3 times. I chickened out the first time, had my eyes shut the second. Gone off drop towers these days, but such an iconic ride, I'm surprised how sad I am to see it go :(
So long apocalypse thanks for the memories! And thank you Shawn for this wonderful video!
Hi shawn, this is a bit off topic but I just want to say thank you. I'm currently going through the worst break up I've ever had, and was contemplating ending it at times. Your videos have helped me keep my mind occupied and picked me up. So thank you kindly
Sorry to hear that. We’re glad that our videos are helping!
Rip apocalypse we will miss you and we were 1000 rider for the last time ever
Beautifully done Shawn. A fitting tribute to an awesome ride!
Thank you
A great video and tribute to the ride. The music and your sombre tone made it. Great job.
Thank you!
Shame, was going to visit the place in May of next year. Was looking forward to going on this ride.
Was one of my favourite rides at drayton manor. So sad to see it go 💔😪
Love your documentary style videos, to blend it with a vlog is genius. I loved your video of American adventure and that's what made me subscribe, its a part of my life and I'm glad to have you both to show me things that I don't know. Much love Xxxx Ross
Wish I could share my pics of American adventure on here.
Thank you!
Amazing video cant wait for the next!.
I’ve always wanted to go on that 😢
That's so sad :( I used to have a season pass for Drayton Manor growing up just down the road from the park and me and my friends would go every day after school to ride that. The park won't be the same without it.
Such a sad time for us all. Probably the most thrilling and best thrill ride in the whole of the UK. Nothing will be able to replace it 😔
Yea they said there building new roller coster
To replace it but I guess it will be like Ben 10
Not the most thrilling at all, it's definitely thrilling tho
Great video both. A true legend and it will never be forgotten.
I personally think that Detonator at Thorpe Park is the most intense ride that I've ever been on. Sadly, I never got to ride this masterpiece, which would probably be even more intense than Detonator because of it's height. A sad time for any enthusiast. Let's hope that Drayton install something incredible in it's place.
Rumour has it that the new rollercoaster will be Wild West themed!! 🤠
Imagine something like Pony Express from Knott's Berry Farm, but longer and faster, that would be cool, but I'm sure whatever Drayton decide to invest in, will be amazing.
Detonator is short sharp intense and Apocalypse a longer heavier intense that left you feeling heavy legged walking off it!
Yeah Detonator is a launched drop I believe so it will be more intense initially but I would argue apocalypse is more scary as the free fall feeling lasts longer.
Wow! Sounds like such a cool ride!
The first time I ever rode Apocalypse, I must have been barely 7 years old (about 20 years ago now), and just tall enough to get on the sit down towers. Right before me was a group of older teenage boys/young adult men who walked in, looked up at the tower, and immediately went to the exit. I obviously rushed straight on with my parents and screamed like a banshee the entire way down the drop. The group before me had stayed to watch and looked extremely embarrassed that a small boy had braved Apocalypse when they'd wimped out. Even to my final ride it still kept my anxiety at max levels when waiting to drop, and had my heart going like the clappers when it was over. RIP Apocalypse. Whatever replaces you had better be incredible.
Thanks for sharing your memories!
Really lovely little tribute. I can't believe it's just going to be scrapped!
Thank you
the other week I came here with my dad and I went on this ride all by myself. I can see a lot of people saying they’ve never been on it. That’s very sad. It was a great ride and will always be remembered.
So long apocalypse may your memory remain you will never be forgotten the legacy of that ride will be remembered what a fantastic ride been on it loads over the years so much fun ❤
What a great tribute to the ride and a really interesting history video on the ride.
Will miss this ride!
Deffo
THAT SIREN IS SO NOSTALGIC! I remember going on it for the last time and I was really upset when I saw it been removed! I wish this ride could of stayed longer so I could of got like the stand up because I only rode the sit down on its final year
Stand up floorless was my favourite 😍 what a sad day I rode it for the last time about 3 months ago and got a picture for memories sake 🥰 xxxxxxxx
It was brilliant!
Sad to hear this. I remember riding the 'stand up floorless' when I was around 17 about 20 years ago. We were fearless teenagers who were more interesting in messing about on the ride but this stand up floorless scared the heck out of us (we'd ridden the stand and sitting without any issues whatsoever so this totally took us by surprise).
Park of my youth but sadly I've never been able to get back since then but was hoping to one day ride it again to see if it was as scary and fun as I remembered..
I went on stand up floorless when I was 11
@@Funnystories590 Many congratulations. I'm assuming this was quite recently then?
@@j-cat5315 yeah it was like last year. I only did it once and it was absolutely terrifying
Thanks for sharing!
So so sad to see appocalipse go I loved that ride alot it was the first ride my son went on with me so many memories you will never be forgotten rip lovely video both of you xxx 😭😭😭😍😍😍
Brilliant vlog
This was the first “big boy” ride I ever went on years ago. Circa 2012. Always been my favourite ride, rode it last June 2022, had no idea that’d be the last time. Will always miss this ride😕
I think what makes it even more sombre is that its not even finding a new home its just being scrapped
Greatest flat ride ever known to man 😢
Apocalypse will be missed dearly a great tribute Shawn 👍😭😭
Very nicely done both of you. Fitting tribute
Thank you
RIP Apocalypse, i never had the chance to come to the UK but the thrill had me here in my home of tennessee. you been a great part of shawn and charlotte's life as in mine. i know there is another place for you here on earth maybe something bigger and stronger. goodbye my friend of shawn and charlotte
I was going to go to this park in 2017 and 2018 after seeing your vlogs from there over the years, however we went to alton towers in 2017 and thorpe park in 2018 instead. I've regretted it ever since due to the fact the two main rides I wanted to go on closed (G-Force and Apocalypse). I'm excited for the future of this park but I still wish I went in 2018 and got to ride Apocalypse in the best condition its been in the past few years, as well as riding G-Force which looked like one of the more unique coasters in the UK. RIP Apocalypse 2000-2022
rip to such a good drop ride it was so fun
Drayton manor is turning into a family only theme park
I reckon that's what the park is going for
I don't want taht to happen because it could end up like oakwood theme park.
I hope they don’t end up like Lightwater Valley
@@garyshethers9834 I agree, does need thrills
I fear about this because I haven’t even been there and I get the feeling by the time I have gotten there they were removed everything that I want to ride including the last intamin standup coaster, shockwave
I posted some of these construction photos on TST a few years back. Not my photos but awesome non the less. I have loads more really cool ones, if I had known you was doing this video I would have sent them across. Nice video
Thank you for that. It was such an impressive ride!
Great video
my favourite drop of it counts as one is the blackpool south pier one that flings you out over the pier
Sounds like the previous owners did not keep up on the maintenance on this ride. They did a few things after years of neglect to keep it somewhat going but probably overall it had a lot of deferred maintenance that forced the new owners to look at better options for the space given the likely cost to fully bring it back. Good news is it looks like there will be a lot of room to hopefully create a new iconic roller coaster.
It's sad to see it go, was one of my favourite rides as a kid and living in Tamworth it became great landmark been able to see it from all around Tamworth, I was obsessed with this ride as a kid
So so sad, but you gotta look forward and hope that Drayton can whip up a masterpiece
I never got to ride this drop tower as when i visited the park i was only little but its so sad to see it shut. I actuallu got really emotional at the end of the video and it made me cry when it said a buyer wasnt found and the ride will be left for scrap metal 😢
Great video as always Shawn and Charlotte, RIP 🪦 Apocalypse
Thank you!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide you’re welcome
Is there no chance you could try and save something from it for the museum/your collection?
Watch this space!
Good video pal 😃
Bought tears Tomy eyes living close it means so many memories of screams n laughter rip apocalypse
RIP the apocalypse 😥😭
Hope you have a lovely day
I rode this ride once, in August this year and am so glad I did, it will truly be missed, it was so amazing, hopefully the replacement is worth the removal of a fantastic ride like this🥲
You will be missed apocalypse, some very good pictures and clips there. Excited to see what’s to come in that area.
Let’s hope for a major coaster!
Good coverage 👍, your voice-over is very good talented 👍💪
Thank you!
Apocalypse im glad you guys got to ride iiiiiiit
Yes a fitting tribute to a mega ride that’s no more. Nicely done Shawn 👍
Thank you
The first drop tower i did... I'll miss it
We lost a good soldier today, some say it was one of the best.
R.I.P
Awesome video
Ikr
I wish Alton Towers could've bought it. Even if it required placing it half underground in a hole.
Also you have a very good "documentary" voice. Sounds very professional!
Imagine Apocalypse in X Sector next to Oblivion, both dropping into giant holes in the ground! Such a missed opportunity.
@@nathanberridge7321 yeah you could have rider interaction if you put apocalypse next to the turnaround at the top of oblivion's lift hill 😂
Great video shame to see it go! .
I’m so sad to see apocalypse go :( it was my favourite ride at the park and second favourite of all time!
Sad to see it go! Hope to see future investments! 🎉
I loved this ride. Only ride in UK to really make me think twice about going on 😂 I remember going on it opening year, and the music was so intense! Shame cannot find the original music anywhere!
I feel so sad because of this but I'm glad I got to ride it.
So sad, it was my mine and my sons first big drop tower together. R.I.P my friend
rip this amazing ride
RIP Apocalypse
I’ve allays been to scared to ride apocalypses but I wish I had now 😢
Made me tear up lols
So sad I never got to experience it! Absolutely gutted!
Also love sanbrooke adventures is amazing and so is theme park worldwide keep doing what you are doing
Thank you!
I've probably been on apocalypse around 50 times in my life, had a season pass for three years in the mid-2010s as a preteen, and the ride was always a highlight. I live in Tamworth near the park so when driving on the bypass every week into Ventura, you could always see apocalypse to the left of your window and as a child it always made me excited to be tall enough to ride it.
I know the park is doing a lot better financially now than it was a few years ago, but in my personal opinion, i think it's a shadow of its former self. The thrill element of the park is virtually gone. They've gotten rid of G force, pandemonium, Stand up Shockwave and apocalypse. And the new coaster that is supposedly replacing all these big thrill rides is a family coaster. It's just sad. One of the main selling points for season passes was for local kids to go and ride those rides every weekend but the new owners have seen the success of Thomas Land and decided to familyfy the whole park because its more marketable. Yeah, it looks good, but when I last went in 2022, I wasn't impressed as a ride lover. The new viking section, while it looked good, was boring to ride. It really is a shame because Drayton mannor did hold a lot of bug thrill ride records in the 2000s, and now there's only a memory of that.
I honestly think things started to go downhill after the Splash Canyon incident. They lost a lot of customers because of it and I think thats a big reson as to why they closed G force when it started needing maintenancebut they weren'tmaking the money to fund it anymore. I remember Storm force Ten being shut down a lot due to maintenance at that time too, as well as the apocalypse towers. But covid really was the final nail in the coffin. Even though they had tried to keep up the maintenance of the rides pre-covid, they couldn't once the world shut down. And the new owners are clearly not interested in the parks history and its award winning and record holding rides, which is why the thrill rides have all been slowly dying off. If they wanted to, they could've invested in the maintenence.
If Drayton mannor never had the splash canyon incident which started their financial troubles, they would've been able to keep up with the rides maintenence costs and it probably never would've gotten to the state it did when they finally removed it.
Wrote my name on it the last time I rode it with my friends in 2022 since we knew it would be the last time. It truly was the crowning Jewel of the park that overlooked the whole park. My prediction is the next ride they'll remove is Storm Force 10. From what I can remember, the upkeep was difficult, and it was always having technical issues at the start of every season. I hope I'm not right because it would be a shame to see it go. I will forever miss apocalypse though, one of my all-time favourite rides.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I'm really sad that this ride is gone and especially being scrapped I only got to ride it for the first time this year in the summer and I rode it 3 times in total and I only got to experience the sit down tower I would have loved to have done it standing up and I wish I could have rode it more over the years it was a really good drop tower one of the best I've been on and I love the height and the view and the intensity and speed of the drop and I loved hearing the sirens before it went up too and I look forward to seeing what replaces Apocalypse in the future but for me Drayton Manor will never be the same without this iconic ride and I will never forget it and will really miss it goodbye Apocalypse 2000-2022
It Was My Childhood Ride.
So Awesome!
Was my first large ride, back in 2004, I took my 7 year old on Friday for his 1st then his last ever ride on this amazing iconic ride, I really hope this isn't the start of removing the OG rides from Drayton manor
Very sad to hear. I haven't been to Drayton Manor that much, but from when I went. I don't remember any other rides apart from Apocalypse. Very sad to hear it's gone, and that the management think they need to replace it when it is the flagship ride.
Loved Apocalypse. Went on as a teenager and later with my son, then son and daughter on Apocalypse. Loved the thrill every time. Sad loss to our local park, which seems to be handing over to kids rides. Probably Won't be returning to Drayton Manor.
On that final photo I was on the stand up stairs.
Good job Shawn
I never actually got to ride this amazing masterpiece, the closest I’ve had to apocalypse is the 2drop towers, 1@Gr8 Yarmouth PB, 2nd @Adventure Island Southend-On-Sea, I can understand to some degree how sad it is for everyone including yourself and Charlotte’s first date on this ride with so many happy fond memories experiences you’ve had, hopefully Drayton will have a new fast exciting ride with great theming throughout the new invested attraction similar to Vikings. Have you got any latest memorabilia of Apocalypse to hold onto those amazing times to remember...
Wow! I didn’t even realize that was your voice, Shawn. You should do professional voice-over work. Incredible video.
Thank you!
Good video
I remember this ride, absolutely loved it, it was a great ride - sad 2 see it go 😢
Thats really sad its been running since 2000 to 2022 and just see it go 😢
Taking my kids Drayton manor next week. It’s gonna feel strange not looking out for apocalypse on the drive to the park
U gotta love that ad for apocalypse very short but very scary and great atomospher for it epic ride will be missed
Shockwave will be next on the chopping block I reckon. With the park focusing on the family market.
Let’s hope not!
What a way to send of this incredible ride Shawn. Just the let you know at 6:35 in this video there were some teenagers doing some disrespectful things to you and Charlotte
Unfortunately so!
It’s a shame as back in 2020 it was operating with the floorless, 1 stand up and both sit down. Then at the start of the 2021 season they removed 1 of the sit downs as it was used for spares to keep the other sit down operating so it was down to 3. Then around July 2021 the stand up was taken away as it needed a new cable installed so it was then down to 2 then went down to 1 around the end of April 2022. They did spend money on getting the floorless back up and working and it did go up but failed to release so had to be lowered back down and it been covered over since the end of August as it wasn’t worth spending the money on.
With Maelstrom been 20 years old now will that be the next thrill flat ride to leave the park.
Very sad to see it go!
Charlottes hair on apocalypse 😂😂
Only ride thats ever scared me at a theme park, such a shame its gone.