Space Invader (Dark Ride POV) Blackpool Pleasure Beach

It is a dark ride so not too much to be seen.Seeing as this ride is no more I thought I would upload this old video because the sounds bring back memories for me : )

Space Invader 2 was an enclosed, sit down roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Blackpool, England.

The ride was built in 1984, and was refurbished by KumbaK Coasters and renamed in 2003. After leaving the station, cars make a 90° turn to the right and are carried to the top of a chain lift hill, the cars then decend a 59 ft drop in the dark, at an incline angle of 36°. The ride then has several drops, banked turns and helixes, before cars reach the brake run and return to the station to be unloaded.

Space Invader 2 operated single car trains. Riders were arranged inline in three rows for a total of three riders per car with a T-bar restraint. Before 2003, the ride used cars which were able to carry 4 people and riders were restrained by a seatbelt.

The ride was out of operation since September 8, 2008, the ride was planned to be sold at some point, however this did not ever happen. Reportedly, the rollercoaster is to be moved a closed off area of the park, known to fans as the "scrap yard" of the Pleasure Beach, which is located beside Valhalla, an indoor water ride. It is also reported by some fans that the facade of the building may be taken down soon, with something new and unspecified to take either the building, or the space of the building, in the future.
Type Steel - Enclosed
Status Standing But Not Operating
Opened August 21st 1984
Manufacturer Zierer
Designer Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Lift/launch system Chain Lift Hill
Drop 59 ft (18 m)
Length 1,490 ft (450 m)
Max speed 37 mph (60 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 1:30min
Max vertical angle 36°
Max G force 2.6
Height restriction 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

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[lukyloo6]

Im sure space invaders went outside? 

[mesmoland]

@lukyloo6 no,it's a dark ride.

[NINJAMONKEY326]

is this space invaders like the video game



[mesmoland]

@NINJAMONKEY326 same name but nothing like it really.

[ThemeParkObsessive]

What happens on this?

[DaveyBabey]

The queue for this ride was horrendus. It kept on going! Terrible! Not a bad ride though, but it definitely got worse when they put the over head restraints in, better when they changed it to a lap bar again. Not sad to see it go because the restaurant thats there now is lovely!

[ScottRobertson1993]

The boy who died (Chris) was a "hyper" kid to put it that way, chances are he wouldve been carrying on.

He was usually at something

[mesmoland]

@turke47 His name is Christopher Sherratt.

After managing to slip out of the car on 21 July 2000, the boy struck his head against a stanchion and ended up hanging from another car.

That's not the reason it closed,it worked for many years after that.

[turke47]

@mesmoland some dumbass stood up and got his head taken clean off

[gingybread10001]

@Lozza1983uk Someone died on it . . lil boy : / x