Stormforce 10
| Stormforce 10 | |
|---|---|
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| Drayton Manor | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 1999 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Water ride |
| Manufacturer | BEAR |
| Drop | [convert: invalid number] |
| Rows | 4 |
| Riders per row | 2 |
| Duration | 6-8 minutes |
| Height restriction | 120 cm (3 ft 11 in) |
Stormforce 10 is a ride that recreates the story of a lifeboat rescue, launched in association with the RNLI. The ride is located at Drayton Manor Theme Park near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. It holds the title of the world's first charitable ride and accepts donations on site.[citation needed] Opening in 1999 to replace the ageing log flume, the idea was said to have been thought up by the manager's nephew.[citation needed] Along with G-Force, Stormforce 10 is the most popular ride in the park.[citation needed]. For every ride photograph sold, a donation is made to the RNLI (a scheme through which Drayton Manor has raised £66,000), allowing them to fund a lifeboat called 'Drayton Manor' (an Atlantic 85 rescue boat).[citation needed]
Ride Experience
once your in the boat the operator will send you to the launch room. A black and yellow striped door closes behind you and a RNLI lifeguard shouts "Hold on tight now here we go!" and your launched 10ft into the water below like a real lifeboat and get minimally wet (this feature malfunctioned in 2007 and was finally fixed in 2010) you then pass 2 stone walls with water flowing down them and then start going up the 1st lifthill. Once at the top you rotate left on a platform and you get sent backwards down a 9 Meter (27ft) drop and get absolutely soaked (particuarally if your towards the back) you then rotate left again and go forwards into a tunnel. Then you start going up the 2nd lifthill. Once at the top you've got a great view of Shockwave and the rest of the park but then you plummet 60ft down the final double drop and a huge wave of water is created. Uou then climb the final lifthill back into the lifeboat station.
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