Nemesis (roller coaster)

Inverted coaster at Alton Towers

Not to be confused with its sister roller coaster at Thorpe Park, Nemesis Inferno.

Nemesis Reborn

The first corkscrew of the original Nemesis (2008)

Alton Towers
Location| Alton Towers
Park section| Forbidden Valley
Coordinates| 52°59′13″N 1°52′58″W﻿ / ﻿52.98694°N 1.88278°W﻿ / 52.98694; -1.88278
Status| Closed
Soft opening date| 16 March 1994 (1994-03-16)[1]
Opening date| 19 March 1994 (1994-03-19)
Cost| £10 million
General statistics
Type| Steel – Inverted
Manufacturer| Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer| Werner Stengel
Model| Inverted Coaster - Custom
Track layout| Terrain
Lift/launch system| Chain lift hill
Height| 13 m (42.7 ft)
Drop| 31.7 m (104 ft)
Length| 716 m (2,349 ft)
Speed| 81 km/h (50 mph)
Inversions| 4
Duration| 1:20
Capacity| 1200 riders per hour
G-force| 3.5[2]
Height restriction| 140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Trains| 2 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
Website| Official website
Slogan| "Sit back, it’s fright time!"

Fastrack available

Nemesis Reborn at RCDB

Nemesis Reborn, previously known as simply Nemesis, is an inverted roller coaster located at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the ride was designed by Werner Stengel, while overall development was overseen by attraction developer John Wardley. It opened in the Forbidden Valley (formerly Thunder Valley) area of the park on 19 March 1994.

The 716-metre-long (2,349 ft) ride stands 13 metres (42.7 ft) tall and features a top speed of 81 km/h (50 mph). The four-inversion roller coaster was one of the first B&M rides to be installed outside of the United States and the first in Europe as an independent company. For the 2023 season, the ride was closed for a major refurbishment and retracking with significant theming adjustments and is scheduled to reopen in 2024 as Nemesis Reborn.

## History[edit]

### Development history[edit]

In 1990, Alton Towers added the Thunder Looper roller coaster; the addition was only temporary due to planning restrictions imposed on its installation.[3][4] The park began planning for a new roller coaster on unused land adjacent to Thunder Looper.[5] They desired a roller coaster that was big, different, and exciting. But they were constrained by the tree-level height limit imposed on the park.[6]

One of Nemesis' trains exiting the first corkscrew (2006)

Alton Towers approached Arrow Dynamics for the new roller coaster. The Utah-based company was working on a prototype of a pipeline roller coaster, similar to TOGO's Ultratwister design.[6] John Wardley proposed the concept for a ride themed as a secret military weapon, codenamed "Secret Weapon".[5] Due to the design of the ride and the height restriction imposed on the park, the Secret Weapon would only have a track length of 300 metres (980 ft). A year later, a revised layout was drawn up, dubbed "Secret Weapon 2". Rock blasting was used to excavate space for the planned ride.[6] However, the Arrow pipeline project was cancelled when Wardley rode the prototype, describing how it was "very slow (and rather boring), looked cumbersome, and was very energy inefficient". The park began to look for an alternative.[5][6]

Tussauds became aware of a new roller coaster model being built by Bolliger & Mabillard at Six Flags Great America and entered into discussions with Six Flags, who agreed to privately disclose information about the new ride.[6] Jim Wintrode, the general manager of Six Flags Great America at the time, proposed the concept of an inverted roller coaster that featured inversions and worked with Bolliger & Mabillard to develop Batman: The Ride.[7][8] Tussauds directors rode Batman: The Ride prior to its May 1992 opening and wanted to add a similar ride to Alton Towers.[6][9]

The inverted roller coaster, now dubbed "Secret Weapon 3", was planned throughout 1992. Wardley and Nick Varney, marketing director of Alton Towers, came up with the theme for "Nemesis" as an alien creature excavated from the ground.[6] According to Wardley, the ride's name was conceived one evening after himself and Nick Varney drank a bottle of Southern Comfort.[10] The ride's layout was designed by Werner Stengel. Tussauds collaborated with a landscape architect to design the excavated area and create a ride that could be exciting for both riders and non-riders – the final inversion was built at the eye level of an observer, and the queue winds all the way around the track.[2][6]

### Operational history[edit]

The £10 million Nemesis officially opened to the public on 19 March 1994, following a soft opening three days prior.[2][1] It opened as one of the first Bolliger & Mabillard rides to be installed outside of the United States, along with Diavlo at Himeji Central Park, Japan, which opened four months later.[11]

In August 2004, Nemesis gained the Guinness World Record for the "Most Naked People on a Rollercoaster". The ride set the record at 32 riders - the number of seats on a single Nemesis train.[12] It took the record from Thorpe Park's Nemesis Inferno roller coaster which set the record at 28 just three months prior.[13][14] The ride lost the record in 2010 when 40 naked riders boarded Green Scream Rollercoaster at Adventure Island.[15]

In 2009, Alton Towers received several complaints from nearby residents regarding increased noise levels emitted from the ride. New wheels had to be installed on the two trains before the ride returned to normal operation.[16]

### Retracking[edit]

Sign announcing the closure of Nemesis in October 2022

In January 2022, Alton Towers submitted a successful application proposing that the majority of the roller coaster be retracked for maintenance reasons, including replacing 89 of the 117 support columns.[17] Nemesis closed for the refurbishment on the 6 November 2022,[18] and is scheduled to reopen in March 2024.[19]

In April 2023, Alton Towers revealed the new Nemesis track, which is black with red veins painted along the side.[20] During the refurbishment, Alton Towers built an observation platform next to Nemesis: Sub-Terra allowing up to 30 park guests at a time to view the construction taking place.[21] In September 2023, the park showcased the new red and black colour scheme of the trains.[22]

A new promotional video was released on 3 November 2023 eluding to the backstory of the refurbished ride.[23]

Trackwork was finished on 7 November 2023, however the previous pieces of track were placed in months before the final.

On 8 January 2024 the name was finally revealed to be Nemesis Reborn.[24]

## Characteristics[edit]

The themed station with the first corkscrew in the background (2010)

Nemesis Reborn stands 13 metres (42.7 ft) tall, but due to the modified terrain, features a drop height of 31.7 metres (104 ft). Its track length is 716 metres (2,349 ft), and riders reach a maximum speed of 81 km/h (50 mph). The four inversions include two corkscrews, a zero-g roll, and a vertical loop.[2] Riders experience approximately 3.5 times the force of gravity on the 1-minute, 20-second ride.[2][1] Nemesis Reborn operates with two steel and fiberglass trains, each containing eight cars. Each car seats four riders in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.[2]

## Ride experience[edit]

A train travelling the stall turn (2003)

Riders enter the station and choose between the standard queue or front row (which adds significant queuing time). Riders are batched into rows of 4. Once the train is ready for dispatch the floor beneath it is lowered before the train then departs the station making a 45-degree, right-hand turn towards the lift hill. Once at the top of the 13-metre (43 ft) hill, the train makes a small dip and turns around 180 degrees to the left. The train then descends down a small drop into the first inversion, a right-handed corkscrew. The train then navigates a right-handed, 270-degree downward helix that features 90 degree banking and then the train rises up into the second inversion, a zero-g roll, where riders experience the feeling of weightlessness. It then makes a 180-degree right-handed stall turn into the third inversion, a vertical loop. After a left stall turn the train enters the second corkscrew. The train then passes through an underground tunnel, and through one more 180-degree turn, before being stopped by the brake run and returning to the station.[2][25]

## Theme and Story[edit]

### Theme[edit]

Nemesis is themed around an excavation site in which a mysterious alien creature was discovered. The ride and the surrounding area is decorated with large rocks, various rusted metal structures, a large gun statue overtaken by alien tentacles and various military paraphernalia. The waterfall beneath the ride used to be dyed red to simulate blood (though this was removed for environmental reasons), and the station building is designed as the alien creature itself.[26]

### Story (Initial Opening)[edit]

The story tells of a mysterious alien creature that was found buried underground during some excavation work at Alton Towers. [27] The alien creature landed on Earth around two million years ago after being rejected by multiple other civilizations around the universe. Named ‘Nemesis’ upon its discovery, steel was used to pin it down in order to curb it as a threat, and this steel forms the track that people ride on today.

### Story (Nemesis Sub-Terra)[edit]

The opening of Nemesis Sub-Terra in 2012 was the introduction of the Phalanx into the Nemesis storyline. The Phalanx is a fictional organisation that functions internationally, providing supposedly infallible biohazard containment and security.[28] They have been tasked with the control of Nemesis, and the study of its behaviours. Nemesis Sub-Terra reveals that the Phalanx has discovered an expansive system of caves beneath and surrounding the Nemesis dig site, of which approximately 27 kilometres have been explored. The Phalanx finds an egg belonging to the Nemesis alien, which is being housed in their facility P-A1X. A large nest containing multiple eggs is later revealed to be in a cavern directly beneath the facility.

### Story (During Retracking)[edit]

During Nemesis’ retracking, Alton Towers released several marketing videos that expanded on the story over time. The first of these was shown on 6 November 2022, when Alton Towers held its annual Fireworks Spectacular event. During the finale, a video was played that featured a Phalanx spokesperson announcing the closure of Nemesis due to the creature’s abnormal behaviour, and confirming the start of an investigation.

On 25 April 2023, Alton Towers released a promotional video on their YouTube channel titled “LEAKED FOOTAGE - A TENTACLE DISCOVERED?”. It depicts surveillance footage from an undisclosed location, assumed to be a Phalanx testing facility, in which workers are examining the new Nemesis track. Text appears saying “Leaked footage. Share before they take it down. #Seekthetruth”, which shows that this footage was not shared by the Phalanx, and instead introduces an opposing force who wishes to shed light on the organisation’s secretive operations. The video then shows first-person footage of jars labelled “Biohazard” and later a tentacle, which we can assume has been sourced from the Nemesis alien. It is assumed that the individual filming has infiltrated the facility, as they soon flee at the appearance of Phalanx operatives.[29]

On 27 May 2023, another promotional video with the Seekthetruth hashtag attached was posted to the Alton Towers YouTube channel, titled “OPENING CEREMONY LEAKED FOOTAGE - SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT”. The release of this video coincided with the reopening of Nemesis Sub-Terra after its abrupt closure in 2015. The video, taken from the perspective of the individual who wishes to expose the Phalanx’s secretive operations, shows a crowd of park guests gathered around the recommissioned Phalanx facility while the spokesperson depicted in Nemesis’ closure announcement addresses the leaked footage.

The video then goes on to show a plume of smoke erupting from the building, while a pair of Phalanx workers stumble out and collapse. The spokesperson wordlessly re-enters the building, followed suit by the stunned workers who are supported by scientists in lab coats. The video cuts to the spokesperson again, who goes on to formally open the facility to the public.

The end of the video shows the cameraperson spray-painting a symbol reminiscent of a drone or an eye onto the walls surrounding the Nemesis construction site. This symbol will come to represent the anonymous individual or group behind the Seekthetruth hashtag.[30]

On 31 May 2023, another video was posted to Alton Towers’ channel titled “THE PHALANX - EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL”. The video, framed as officially released from the Phalanx as opposed to leaked footage, serves as another speech announcing Nemesis Sub-Terra’s opening.

On 3 November 2023, a video titled “BACK WITH A VENGEANCE” was posted. This video did not present itself as being from the Phalanx or the individual or group who released footage under the Seekthetruth hashtag, but instead served as a more formal announcement of Nemesis’ reopening in 2024. It featured footage from all four aforementioned videos, before fading to black with the text

“Nemesis DNA extraction. 02.11.23. Location: Phalanx research facility”. It then goes on to show a number of Phalanx scientists and officials extracting DNA from a Nemesis egg, before a warning appears on the spokesperson’s tablet that reads “CAUTION - HIGH PRESSURE”. This quickly updates to “NEMESIS STATUS: ACTIVE”, and the spokesperson begins yelling commands and encouraging people out of the facility. Gurgling and screeching can be heard as the workers evacuate. The shot changes to depict two lights facing towards the camera, illuminating the spokesperson and what is assumed to be a security guard, who both are facing away from the camera into nothing but pitch darkness. The security guard advances into the darkness and disappears, before a scream sounds, signalling what is assumed to be his death. The spokesperson follows suit and advances into the darkness himself, before a growl sounds and he is seen collapsing. He is then dragged screaming by an unseen attacker back into the darkness, where it is assumed he too is killed. Then, an animation of a red and orange eye opening followed by text reading “BACK WITH A VENGEANCE 2024” signals the end of the video.[31]

A new trailer released on Alton Towers' channel on 8 January 2024 fully revealed a newly redesigned version of the Nemesis creature, along with the ride being renamed to "Nemesis Reborn".

## Reception and influence[edit]

Nemesis Reborn received positive reception by park visitors and the attraction industry as a whole since its opening.[32] More than 50 million people have ridden Nemesis Reborn since opening.[33] In Amusement Today's annual Golden Ticket Awards, Nemesis Reborn has consistently ranked highly. It is also one of only seven roller coasters to appear in the top 50 every year since the award's inception in 1998. It debuted at position 10 in 1998,[34] before peaking at position 7 in 2003.[34][35]

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Ranking  | 10[34] | 13[36] | 14[37] | 19[38] | 18[39] | 7[35] | 17[40] | 16[41] | 16[42] | 14[43] | 13[44] | 20[45] | 18[46] | 12[47] | 16[48] | 20[49] | 21[50] | 9[51] | 11[52] | 20[53] | 20[54] | 16[55] | 32[56] | 31[57] | 35[58]

Nemesis Reborn has ranked favourably in Amusement Today's annual Golden Ticket Awards, being one of only seven roller coasters to appear in the top 50 steel roller coasters for all 15 years. Nemesis Inferno has never made an appearance.[59] In a poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times, Nemesis received 37.93% of the vote for title of best roller coaster in England, while Nemesis Inferno received 0.32%.[60]

### Spin-off rides[edit]

Two further rides with the Nemesis brand were later opened at Merlin Entertainments theme parks. The first was Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe Park, another Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster. The ride opened in 2003.[61] Alton Towers hosted the second related ride, Nemesis: Sub-Terra. The ABC Rides drop tower which opened on the former Dynamo and Lava Lump site in 2012.[62] It then closed in 2015 but reopened on 27 May 2023 following an eight year hiatus.[21] The ride depicts the eggs of the Nemesis creature.[21]

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* Official website
* Nemesis at the Roller Coaster DataBase

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Alton Towers Resort

Alton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST10 4DB

rollercoaster
rides|

* Runaway Mine Train (1992–)
* Nemesis (1994–)
* Oblivion (1998–)
* Galactica (2002–2015 as Air) (2016–)
* Spinball Whizzer (2004–)
* Rita (2005–)
* TH13TEEN (2010–)
* The Smiler (2013–)
* Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure (2015–)
* Wicker Man (2018–)

other rides|

* The Blade as Pirate Ship (1980–)
* Congo River Rapids (1986–)
* Hex – The Legend of the Towers (2000–)
* Cuckoo Cars Driving School (2006–)
* Battle Galleons (2008–)
* Marauder's Mayhem (2008–)
* Nemesis: Sub-Terra (2012–2015, 2023–)
* Curse at Alton Manor (2023–)

former
rides|

* Corkscrew (1980–2008)
* Doom & Sons (1981–1991)
* Around The World In 80 Days (1981–1993)
* The Flume (1981–2015)
* Beastie (1983–2010)
* Black Hole (1983–2005)
* Twirling Toadstool (1984–2016)
* Enterprise (1984–2022)
* Beast (1988–1997)
* Thunder Looper (1990–1996)
* The Haunted House (1992–2002)
* Dynamo (1993–2005)
* Toyland Tours (1994–2005)
* Boneshaker (1995–2003)
* Nickelodeon: Outta Control (1997–1998)
* Ripsaw (1997–2015)
* Submission (2001–2013)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride (2006–2015)
* Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back! (2003–2022)

theme park
areas|

* Adventure Land
* CBeebies Land
* Dark Forest
* Forbidden Valley
* Gloomy Wood
* Katanga Canyon
* Mutiny Bay
* The Towers & Gardens
* The World of David Walliams
* Towers Street
* X-Sector

see also|

* History of Alton Towers
* Alton Towers Waterpark
* Merlin Entertainments
* John Wardley
* The Grand Knockout Tournament
* Rollercoaster Restaurant

* Category
* Portal: England
* Commons
* Wikivoyge
* Wikidata

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Developed rides|

* Dragon Falls (1987)
* Runaway Train (1987)
* The 5th Dimension (1987)
* Vampire (1990)
* Prof. Burp's Bubble Works (1990)
* Runaway Mine Train (1992)
* The Haunted House (1992)
* Nemesis (1994)
* Megafobia (1996)
* Stampida (1997)
* Oblivion (1998)
* Hex – The Legend of the Towers (2000)
* Air (2002)

Related|

* Chessington World of Adventures
* Alton Towers
* Thorpe Park
* Gardaland
* Heide Park
* Merlin Entertainments
* PortAventura Park
* Oakwood Theme Park

* Category:Rides designed by John Wardley

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