Trauma Towers

Trauma Towers was a themed funhouse and haunted attraction based at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in the North of the United Kingdom.[1]

Formerly The Haunted Hotel, the attraction was a walk through a themed funhouse, themed as a dark traditionally decorated "haunted" hotel, in which you were to make your way to the "Baronial Dining Hall" where you had been invited to dinner by the host, so the story goes. The outside of the hotel is painted blue, and ramshackle with animatronics behind windows, and some plaques and signs on the front, including an AA award saying it is a 3 star hotel. The area outside Trauma Towers was called Trauma Towers plaza, and included gargoyles, ornate stone benches and a fountain which had blood-red stained water. This area has since been taken over by the dancing fountain water show.

As of 2009, the attraction was standing but not operating, and as of 2010 the attraction was discontinued, and is no longer a functioning attraction. Although the facade is still present in its entirity, the upper floors have been gutted.

One of the reasons for the attraction's discontinuiation is that the entrance area was getting very wet due to a new large water fountain feature being erected outside the main entrance, and due to health and safety reasons, the attraction had to close.

The old "reception" entrance is now used as a photographic portrait studio.

Walkthrough

The Baronial Dining Hall

Once seated around the table, the lights would go out and footsteps are heard moving across the room, and a breathy noise was heard, as a shot of air was blown behind the necks of riders. Above, you would see a demon figure in the ceiling with flashing lights, as the lights went out, you would hear flapping noises, and the demon was then shown on the other side of the room in the ceiling, again with flashing lights. As the lights went out, a louder roar was heard, a crunch, and a scream, at which point a small amount of water was released from the ceiling over riders, to imitate a demon spitting on diners.

The chandellier lights would then light again, and the ride then spun very fast in one direction as the orchestral score played, and a piston occasionally made one half of the "bowl" shoot upwards and down again.

Upon the ride ending, visitors would leave via two double doors on the other side of the Baronial Dining Hall, which led outside to the front of the attraction.

References

  1. ^ Trauma Towers at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, UK