Nemesis

Nemesis is an inverted roller coaster located at Alton Towers, England. The ride was designed by John Wardley, manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened in 1994. It is located in the Forbidden Valley area of the park, adjacent to Air, which is a flying B&M; roller coaster that opened in 2002. Plans for developing the site began in 1991, when Alton Towers began working on a pipeline roller coaster concept from Arrow Dynamics. The ride, coden... more

Nemesis is an inverted roller coaster located at Alton Towers, England. The ride was designed by John Wardley, manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened in 1994. It is located in the Forbidden Valley area of the park, adjacent to Air, which is a flying B&M; roller coaster that opened in 2002. Plans for developing the site began in 1991, when Alton Towers began working on a pipeline roller coaster concept from Arrow Dynamics. The ride, codenamed Secret Weapon 1, was to be themed around a secret military facility. Development of the project was put on hold due to Arrow's financial problems and Wardley's design problems, but was brought back a year later with the codename Secret Weapon 2 this time with the ride being built in a pit to solve the height restriction problems. However, the project was finally abandoned when John Wardley had the opportunity to ride the prototype and found it to be slow and energy inefficient. The park began to look at alternatives and around this time... less