Ripsaw (Alton Towers)

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Ripsaw

Alton Towers
Area	Forbidden Valley
Coordinates	52°59′26″N 1°53′33″W / 52.99056°N 1.89250°W / 52.99056; -1.89250Coordinates: 52°59′26″N 1°53′33″W / 52.99056°N 1.89250°W / 52.99056; -1.89250
Status	Operating
Opening date	1997

General statistics

Attraction type

Top Spin

Manufacturer

Huss Rides

Model

Top Spin

Ripsaw is a Top Spin ride at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1997.

The ride was manufactured by Huss Rides, a German company who had previously installed a similar ride at Chessington World of Adventures (Rameses Revenge) in 1995. The ride is a 'Top Spin' in which riders sit in a 20 seat wide, two tier gondola rotated by a pair of enormous arms and allowed to freely pivot. Riders are also suspended above jets of water at one point and are lowered towards it.

Ripsaw is situated in the 'Forbidden Valley' section of the park. It is themed around a piece of shrapnel thrown from the pit of the alien that inhabits the nearby B&M inverted roller coaster Nemesis.

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Roller coasters (in date order of opening)	Runaway Mine Train (1992) Nemesis (1994) Oblivion (1998) Air (2002) Sonic Spinball (2004) Rita (2005) Thirteen (2010) The Smiler (2013)

Other rides	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride (2006) Congo River Rapids (1986) Duel: The Haunted House Strikes Back (2003) Hex - the Legend of the Towers (2000) Marauder's Mayhem (Alton Towers) (1987/2008) Nemesis: Sub-Terra (2012) Peugeot 207 Driving School (2006) Ripsaw (1997) The Flume (1981) The Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - 4-D Experience (2012) Twirling Toadstool (2009) Battle Galleons (2008)

Past rides	Around The World In Eighty Days (1981–1993) Toyland Tours (1994–2005) Nickelodeon: Outta Control (1997–1998) Doom & Sons (1981–1992) The Black Hole (1984–2005) Thunder Looper (1990–1996) Corkscrew (1980–2008) The Beast (1988–1997) Beastie (1983–2010)

Areas (Zones / Lands)	Towers Street Cloud Cuckoo Land (was Talbot Street/Land of Make Believe/Cred Street) Katanga Canyon X-Sector (was Springfield Centre/Fantasy World) Mutiny Bay (was Ingestre Centre/AquaLand/Merrie England) The Towers Gloomy Wood Storybook Land Forbidden Valley (was Thunder Valley) Adventure Land (was Kiddies Kingdom) Dark Forest (was Talbot Centre/Festival Park/Ug Land) Old MacDonald's Farmyard (was Britannia Farm/Safeway Farm) The Gardens Haunted Hollow (Alton Towers)

Media	Hold Tight (TV show) (1982-1987) The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)

See also	Cariba Creek Merlin Entertainments John Wardley History of Alton Towers

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