Back : Sky Ride
Why?, Where?,
When?
There has been a sky-ride transport system in the park as
long as we can remember. The original one followed the same
route as the current sky-ride, but only went from the bottom
of Towers Street to what was to become Forbidden Valley. The
original cable cars could carry a maximum of four people at
a time, and as the park was increasing in popularity, and
the fact that it would soon be opening a new area of the park
near the Chinese Temple, a new modern sky-ride was purchased
and constructed. The new gondolas were designed and manufactured
by Poma, and civil engineering was done my Sir Robert McAlpine
who also constructed the Grand Canyon Rapids a few years previously.
But What
Is It Like?
The new system uses several gondolas, each of which can carry
up to twelve people at once. This is definitely not one for
vertigo sufferers, as the gondolas travel very high above
the gardens. The gondolas travel at a sedate 4 metres per
second, allowing spectacular views as you travel over the
garden valley from Forbidden Valley to Ug Land.
Please note
that you will usually be asked to vacate your gondola at the
first stop you come to.
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If you have photos
we can use, especially from the past or construction
periods, then please email them to us at pictures@towersalmanac.com
(No bigger than 100k please)
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