Alton Towers to open UK’s first rollercoaster restaurant
Alton Towers Resort is opening the UK’s first rollercoaster restaurant in May 2016.
The new restaurant is set below a rollercoaster track where diners will see their orders take on two loops and dropping eight metres down a tornado spiral to their table.
Gill Riley, of Alton Towers, said: “The new rollercoaster restaurant will offer guests a unique dining experience that they can’t find anywhere else in the UK
“The intricate network of loops and spiralling tracks is an incredible spectacle and we feel that the new restaurant is an attraction in itself.
Each diner will enjoy a full 360 dining experience at one of the 13 tables and will get to select from the brand new menu of family favourites – including the big bowl of lemon meringue mess!
“We’re looking forward to welcoming guests in 2016 and we believe that the new restaurant will be a top attraction for both theme park guests and those staying with us as part of a short break.”
The restaurant will be accessible via a walkaway from the Enchanted Village and hotels.
The dishes will be tested to make sure they can withstand the force of flying down the rollercoaster allegedly faster than Mo Farah when he ran the 10,000m at the London 2012 Olympics.
The restaurant will be available for pre-bookings.
Alton Towers will also reveal plans for its brand new ride on January 12.
A long term plan published in 2012 suggested that between 2015 and 2019 there would be a large scale dark ride built at the Staffordshire park.
The launch of the new ride, promoted with space theme, will be at London’s Science Museum.
No further details are available on the ride although it is rumoured that it might be a reinvention of the existing ride Air.