The Closed History Of The Flume: The Path to Secret Weapon 8 | Expedition Alton Towers
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Join us as we start the path to Secret Weapon 8 on Expedition Alton Towers by looking at the iconic classic Log Flume or later The Flume: Unplugged. This was one of the first rides built at the park as it began to transform into a fully fledged theme park. Before it was replaced with Secret Weapon 8 - Wickerman. Feed The Flames.
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I knew that giant duck wasn't a fever dream
Still haunts.me
Everybody would laugh at me screaming at that demon duck in the dark i am glad I am not alonr
Bruh, the Flume was intense man...
That rubber ducky was honestly way too scary, should've had a warning.
Exactly
Should’ve been 18+
omg yes i remember the first time i went on it i was like 9 and had a panic attack lmaoo
I literally cried when I was little lmaoooo
Nah me and my brother thought it was cute
the flume should have had the smilers theme, but with quacks instead of laughs, *THAT WOULD BE SCARY AS HELL*
Amazing aha
Quack quack quack, quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack
The Quacker.
For ducks sake
@@connie1758 Hey, this ain't Mario Kart wii!!!
That bloody duck scared the life out of me when I first saw it
Still have nightmares
Me too lol
Agreed!
Hey guys I have a story
QUACKKKKK
QUACK
QUACK
That duck scared me as well
list of memories i have with this ride
- kid that bullied me lost his bag on that ride and cried his eyes out (i had to pretend to be sad, very difficult.)
- saw a kid going down the final drop with his ipad out (still struggling to process this)
- got genuinely spooked by the rubber duck (on my first ride, ok?)
I'm glad he lost his bag!!
Im not picking sides here but, I kinda feel sorry for him. Mainly cause kids crying in general make me feel sad :,-(
Karma is real
You're a nicer person than me. If that was my bully I'd rub that s**t in their face hard and relentlessly. I always took my shot with bullies and to this day have never regretted it. Especially if a group of fellow classmates got to witness it too.
Kids nowerdays
When I was a kid I didn't even know what the duck looked like, I always closed my eyes while in the tunnel because I was so scared of it.
Haha don't blame you
My first visit to Alton Towers was in July 2016 so unfortunately I didn’t get to ride the flume. My second visit was August 2017 and I have not been since
You can tell this man was genuinely disturbed by that ducky as a child...
When this launched height restrictions were less strict. I was 2 years old and allowed to sit on my mothers lap in the front of the boat. Being perhaps a bit silly and first time rider they never knew about the drop in the dark. I was launched out of the boat upwards and forwards but somehow was yanked back into the ride mid drop by the use of child reigns/straps. The kid sat on the lap 6.29 is perfect example of it. I still have my on ride photo from 1989. The guy gave you a ticket at the top of drop. You went to kiosk paid the person and then it took about 3/4 weeks to arrive in the post. You never got a preview and just had to chance it was good!
Love this story!
Rest in peace, may The Flume never be forgotten.
Poor duck
At least what replaced it was good
It will never be forgotten
@@lizdilworth7533 what was replaced? also what happened to the duck?
@@cloudrz The Flume was replaced with The Wickerman
Oblivion:”I’m the scariest ride, I force people to look into a dark hole they get dropped in”
Thirteen:”No I’m the scariest ride as I had an age restriction”
“Amateurs”
Thirteen:”You say something punk?”
The Flume:”Amateurs”
Duck: *quack*
@@thebluerobot5407 Th13teen: AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH
@@thebluerobot5407 *Intense and traumatising memories intensifies*
The Smiler: "All of you are adorable..."
Rita: ...
12:36
Thorpe Park, take notes, Alton Towers demolishes their log flume on the SAME YEAR it closed
Yupppp
I feel like log flumes are such fun rides, it would be really cool to see a park add a new one with good theming. I can only hope :) I know we have Valhalla, but a ride using the traditional boat design/logs.
GeorgiChan there is one at my home park with GREAT theming and log themed trains! AND a 140 ft drop! Search Wild West falls at movie world Australia
@@nikora2626 ohh thank you! I will :D
Talking about crappy imperial Leather sponsored closed water rides, could we have an expedition BubbleWorks? A lot of history in that!
Best ride on earth I miss it so
It was the best!!!!
I remember I went on it the last week it was open, I was crying my eyes out. Although it broke down like 5 times whilst I was on it.
I remember that at Chessington, it was splendid!
It used to terrify me, but now I miss it
That duck was horrifying, I remember having nightmares about it as a kid.
I miss the flume so much. It was the first ever larger ride I went on as a child because the ducks always made me feel at ease lmao. R.I.P
It really stood out to me at the beginning when the guy was talking about how they didn't want to just imitate Disney and needed to do something "more solid" for the British audience compared to an American one. It seems to me that a lot of times when people critique Disney for being artificial or contrived, they're not criticizing Disney parks themselves, as opposed to the stereotypes of Disney parks or the experience of many of their crasser imitators. Disney has QUITE a lot to be critiqued about, but theming and design in the parks is (generally) not one of them. (I'm not addressing the back-handed insult of Americans as provincial easily satisfied consumers because all us Anglophone countries talk shite about each other.) XD
Right!?
What is your favorite Log Flume and does it have a scary duck?
I rode on one log flume, Wild West Falls at Movie World back in 2000. Riding it in the middle of Aussie Winter, not a good idea.
Splash Mountain at WDW, and no (at least not that I'm aware of)
i like journey to atlantis which is a water coaster, not a log flume but still love it, a classic at Orlando as a 5 year old it was the scariest thing i ever went on
My one and only log fume is the one at six flags ga and I still adore it, but my first water ride(s) as a kid was at Sesame Place in langhorne pa !! My favorite ride there was the closest thing to a log fume there where you sit in one huge donut with a ton of people and make your way down a big long slide that had a giant rubber ducky on top, smiling as it spat out water that you might go through at the very beginning of the ride!
I would have to say Jurassic Park River Adventure over at Islands of Adventures. And nope. Unless dinosaurs are classified as ducks.
more expedition Alton towers! YAY!
Yayyy
"nothing like a shower on a cold British day"😂
if I remember rightly it was the coldest shower on a cold British day 😂
We absolutely loved the flume, it was a real shame to see what we considered the best log flume weve been on but then it's hard to be too sad when the replacement was the Wicker Man which we absolutely love too!
Every like is a vote that expedition theme park should be sacrificed to the wicker man for leaving us on a wicker man cliff hanger
Sorrrrrry
Let's sign a petition.
@@ExpeditionThemePark Youuuuuu beloooooong to the smiiiiiiiiiler
Wait, no I didnt mean that-
Youuuuuu beloooooong to the Wicker Maaaaaaan
@@pearlleaf3611 :sunglasses:
If Merlin wanted a “Psycoaster” wheres imperial leather rubber ducky the ride?
I wish!
Expedition Theme Park: You will watch anything I make
Me: No I won't
Expedition Theme Park: How about a video about a log flume from a park you've never been to
Me: Watches the video
You really should go. You won't regret it.
As much as I love Wicker Man I wish they could have positioned it elsewhere, there’s not enough relaxing family rides in towers, this complemented the rapids so well... sorely missed and remember it being highly popular ‘til the end :(
i agree
When I worked there was unbelievable the amount of guest in 2019 that thought the log flume was still there !
I'm not surprised
Harry Johnston-Smith A lot where upset to see it no longer be there as it was such a classic ride but a lot were just confused and thought I was lying to them that it was no longer there and tried to go and find it😅
My favourite log flume is the....
Congo at Alton towers
That doesn't count!
That first drop into the pitch black was always terrifying, and then that duck lights up. As a kid I was terrified.
It would be lovely for them to have a new log flume though! I miss having an 'in-between' attraction. Like you say, it was that first step to your first thrill rollercoaster as a kid. Many fond memories!
“You would take your bath with 4 other people with clothing on”
Me: well... nobody rode with me :(
Awwww
I'll ride you. :)
EuroMIX2 I will consider it
I remember us all laughing at the duck, especially my dad, which gave me much fonder memories of the ride than maybe it deserved upon watching this video, I could have sworn it was more themed 😆
The Flume Duck has return for Alton Manor to scare a new generation of guests again! Plus according to the gravestones outside, his new canon name is revealed to be Uncle Duck...huh, go figure 😂
I fear no man...
But that duck..
It scares me
Me too!!
I live in America and have only ever heard of Alton Towers because of the Smiler accident, however I have almost watched all your videos about this park in the past two days. I just have to say I love their commercials for all these rides and they all look like so much fun. Like come on a bathtub. Things you won’t see in America.
Back in 1997 when i was 7, me and my family stayed for two nights at the newly opened hotel at Alton Towers. When i was standing in the queue for the log flume i was eating a lolly and two wasps flew into my mouth and stung me three times. I turned to my mum with a swollen tongue and said, if i remember correctly, "muhdgurjig" and she replied "oh silly you've bit your tongue" and my brother looking over her shoulder said "no... i think i can see wasps in there" at which point my mum started to freak out slightly and my brother put his hand in and promptly pulled them out. My mum calmed down and then refused to leave the queue because we had already been waiting for an hour. Side fact: on the same holiday my sister chipped her tooth riding the corkscrew. Great video brought back a lot of memories!
1:48 Now I'm imagining the Doom Marine fighting alien demons with some child-sized Doom Marines
I would.go
That duck is like a thing from nightmares
This was my one of my favourite rides in the park, loved the music when it was the flume and it was always fun going on with people who didn’t know about the ducks.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE RUBBER DUCK TO RISE! Wait I think I mixed up rides here 😄
Hahaha
'Terrifying rubber ducky' lol. But really, I've never been on the ride but it looks scary. And also can you do an expedition on Gardaland? Its another Merlin Theme park.
Fabulous video!! I am 56 I loved Blackpools flume, and I loved Alton Towers log flume too. I rode both with my husband, when he was my boyfriend, then fiance, then married and later with our children! So many memories! And I treasure my ride photos! I wish they had kept the flumes, and I totally agree with you re the silly baths, and very annoying showers on the Towers log flume! Thanks Sam! Also lovely to see Jackie on the vid too. x
That brings back many memories, i visited Alton Towers the very first day the park opened in 1980 and have visited most years after that its always been my most favourite
The Alton Tower's expeditions are always my favourites, it's almost like I'm back in the park re experiencing everything from my childhood. It's just so amazing to see The Flumes again which where one of the most iconic landmarks in AtonTowers before the Wickerman.
God I miss Alton Towers The Flume, sadly I only got to ride it 3 or 4 times over the years I have had some great memories of the ride I have also seen videos and pictures from my Dad when him and his past friends and my Mom went on the Flume in the late 80s to the 90s, also pictures and footages when I went on it in the late 2000s, thank you so much for this video love your channel always, been watching for awhile now
Would love you to do one on The Haunted house/Duel.
I will!
: 'dD In
Ah yes, sensory hell the ride
Seeing those Disney costumes at the beginning make me think of how much they’ve changed over time. They look so much better now. And I love the MSEP! This was fun to watch. My favorite log flume is Splash Mountain
'it is just you, your log, and the woods'
weirdly profound. Reminiscent of Walden
I always loved log flumes for the great ride photos you could do. We would always take props with us when visiting, mostly snorkel and masks, bath scrubbers and Shower caps. always got a good laugh from onlookers when we came round to the station.
Amazing standard your docu-style videos 👏🏻
Tha ks!
The ride through the woods sounds really nice and relaxing
Brilliant as always! X
Another great vid!!
So excited for the next one about Wicker man!!
Very nice job as always, Sam!
Thank you
I'm definitely a fan of log flumes. Having part of my childhood in Fort Worth, Tx, I rode the Six Flags log flume its 2nd or 3rd year. It was a huge hit and caused Six Flags' attendance to grow exponentially in a short span of years. Thanks for the great video!
Thank you for watching
So good love coming home from work on a Monday. Lying in the bath ironically and watching one of your new videos. Made my day.
Bath time with attitude !
Log flumes have always been one of my favorite rides. Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knotts Berry Farm and El Aserradero at Six Flags over Texas were my first experiences and I have loved them ever since.
Jett gotta say I love the expedition intro, it's amazing, I love watching it on every video
Thank you!
i’m a big fan of alton towers, your videos about it are very interesting.
I loved The Flume
Every time I hear the soundtrack it takes me back to my childhood
Fantastic video mate! Got the waterworks going 😢🤣 so many memories!
Incredible documentary!
I loved this ride and I'm truly sad that it's now gone
I never rode the flume sadly. When i was really young i walked up to the measuring board and i was just too short. I had to sit and wait for my parents and sisters to get off. i wasn't able to go on it because some stuff happened with my family and we weren't able to go. When we next went, the flume was shut. Now, Wicker Man stands in its place and i really enjoy it with all its theming and stuff! but im really sad i didnt get to ride the flume.
Another great Alton Expedition by the way!
Loggers leap was the perfect log flume, that double down ending was insane!
So happy you did this, one of my favourite water rides in the world! So many find rides on it! The duck really was so scary, once on a school trip it had a boat of teen boys screaming 🤣🤣 it really is soo sad that log flumes are a dying breed now, they really are such fun!
I love your videos! Theyre the best!
Thank you!
Man, this takes me back to all the time I rode La Pitoune at La Ronde. I miss this ride so much.
Have been on all three you mentioned and many other
The best bit for me is when you said about infusion wow very true indeed rough as sand paper
Brilliant history Sam . Enjoyed. 7:13 where there's blame, there's a claim lol 🦆🦆
Loved this video, thank you for including my footage :)
This was the first big ride I went on as a kid and was always a must do on any visit to Alton Towers.
A classic!
The opening of universal studios orlando
The first time the rubber duck appeared quacking in the dark I almost jumped out the bathtub, probably one of the biggest jump scares to date!
The log flume at Drayton Manor is my favourite- I remember being blown away by the theme-ing, especially through the queue. The light house had sprawling stacks of books above you and there was a fake cat asleep in a pile of rope and fake barnacles etc and then animatronic sailer at the start of the ride. Was the first majorly themed English ride that I remember.
Terrifying
Ayyy new expedition Alton towers let’s go my man
thank you for covering log flumes. long may they live
Thanks for watching
Great video again!
Love this series. Hope to see some more. Would love to see some about flamingo land
Log flumes were my fave too- that giant duck made me scream😂 loggers leap was my fave and I also went on one in a European six flags that went backwards- loved that too!
Oh how I love watching these at 2 in the morning
The best time to watch
I love your use of archive footage. It really helps at the same
Think i've watched most, if not all of your videos now. Love the channel! You've got a nice easy to listen to voice. Please keep up the hard work!!! I'm not in a financial position to support the channel more but as soon as I am I will! T
You don't need to support don't worry.i am thankful you watch and enjoy them!
Was last at alton towers in 2011, always loved the log flume, also living near Thorpe park, loved going on loggers leap also, sad to see those both go :(
Great video again, i miss this Log Flume but Wicker Man is awesome and we still have the rapids !!
I'm really glad that Crealy still has a log flume, and it's actually pretty good
That goddamn duck 😂😂 I did love the theme though weirdly. It was a strange one to go with as it didn't fit anywhere but I just found that all the more amusing. I really miss having log flumes in the UK now. The only one I've ridden since the Flume closed in this country is the one at Great Yarmouth, good old soaker that one xD. Ripsaw Falls in Universal last year took first as my favourite but I love the classics.
i totaly i understand you since i was kid i fall in love with water rides
I absolutely love how the duck is in the new haunted mansion ride 😭😭
I still have an old ride photo from being on this ride with friends and family. It was the first thing I always wanted to ride when we got to Alton Towers. It just goes to show how long it's been since a visit seeing as I had no idea that it was gone.
Love this!
You are so right. Log flumes are family friendly and relaxing vs all the crazy coasters. The bath tub theme seem problematic. Thumbs Up!
The log flumes at Bobbejaanland are one of the best. Espescially the one inside with the temple jungle theme! Maybe it was the first log flume inside of the world. Also Chipas at Phantasialand is great with his big drop at the end.
Oh the nostalgia!!!! It should be mentioned that as someone with a genuine phobia of ducks the giant duck on the flume actually seriously terrified me!!!
Thanks Expedition. Now I will see that rubber ducky in my dreams tonight.
Me too!
When you said a ride that lasted 34 years I thought, that's a long time to be on a ride.
Loved your video about Blobbyland (Noel Edmonds used to live near me in Suffolk).
I KNEW this was a ride. I've been saying for years that I remember a water ride where you sat in bath tubs and people thought I was mad and that I had made it up😂
Great video Sam, I miss the UK log flumes too, I do hope they return one day
My first vist to Alton was cancelled due to the current situation, so I'm living vicariously through these videos
It has been years since I last saw it but that duck still quacks in my nightmares... I'm glad to know other people were as scared of it as I was
Ohhhh I’m gonna struggle with the wickerman expedition. I work on it and it makes me so emotional knowing it’s just sitting there doing nothing at the moment. You really do build up a quirky little relationship with the rides you work on. Wickerman is my favourite to host. I work on other rides in the area but bob just has something special!
This is hilarious 😂 that duck still haunts my nightmares
I feel you on the scary ducks man, ever been to bubble works at chesington? I was straight up terrified of that one
A dark void of ducks and bright colours....
I’m so sad they got rid of this ride. I grew up going to Alton Towers and this was always my favourite