The lost rides of Alton towers pt.5: Energizer and...

Bone shaker

Bone Shaker was a Super Nova thrill ride manufactured by Mondial. It was originally sited in Festival Park, behind what is now the Corkscrew On-Ride Photo booth, and was called Energizer. With the creation of the X-Sector in 1998, Energizer was relocated into X-Sector, and also given a paint job, of silver and black to make it fit in with the colour scheme. It stayed here until the end of 2000, when it was again moved back into Ug Land, the new Festival park. Again, the ride was repainted, which made it look better than it ever had before, with the supports painted blue, and a large bone forming the top support of the gondola.

The ride itself was a long gondola, supported by two large arms. These arms could rotate independently of each other, thus allowing the ride to move in pretty much any direction, and creating a slight feeling of weightlessness. Standard lap restraints were used to stop you being thrown around too much. The ride program varied, and sometimes it could be quite a thrilling ride, but other times it could be pretty tame.

It was said that Bone Shaker became even less of a thrill ride in 2001, with ride programs being slower and less intense than ever before.

The ride had a major gearbox fault at the end of 2003, which stopped it from working. It sat, closed off, in its Ug Land home until late 2004 when it was moved to an area by the flag tower, to accommodate the construction of Rita. It was finally removed from the site in June 2005, and sold back to Mondial.

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[sawtheride09]

ther both the same :)

[brightestbulb]

that's really strange, i remember it as the red energizer, and as the bone shaker, but i have no recollection of it but i can't recall the black and silver one

[DeadOrSpawning]

ah i remember these rides :')

[tangodrink]

This song reminds me of Mrs Doughtfire :)

[AwsomlycuteHabbo]

energizer looks like ripsaw a litle

[GooseAnimatics]

Damn, Energizer looked cool in the X-Sector...

[misty4033]

nice memories. but a major poo ride

[jp235]

@ArtfulDodger92 It was both.1995-1997, it was roughly where part of Rita/Thirteen's queue are now. It then moved to where Submission is now from 1998 to 2000, then from 2001 returned to its original position.

[jp235]

@KingAntonius What total rubbish - Black Hole closed because the HSE insisted the ride needed new evacuation platforms, andthe park decided it wasn't worth the cost. Oblivion did have problems with noise complaints, but that had absolutely nothing to do with the Black Hole

[xxdolphinsxx780]

@fablab43 no

[RocketeerRaccoon]

This was a good ride, shame it had to go. =p

[EpicDuck01]

@QTXAdsy nah , Oblivion , nemesis and air are the best rides. Energizer doesnt look that good and bone shaker looks the same as it