Google Street View is a great tool. Within the past few years, the panoramic views have gone beyond just streets. Google Street View now allows you to see inside many landmarks, including a select number of theme parks.
We have chosen Alton Towers, one of the most beautiful parks in the United Kingdom, as the first park that we take you inside using Google Street View.
The entrance area is quaint yet expansive.
Directly inside the entrance is Towers Street. Here you can see some friendly pirates welcoming you to the park.
Towers Street is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful areas of the park.
The Towers Street area dumps out onto this large grassy area, something you don’t normally see in American parks.
While there are several open grassy areas, there definitely isn’t a shortage of trees as can be seen in the above shot.
Not far from Towers Street is Sonic Spinball (formerly Spinball Whizzer), a Maurer Söhne spinning coaster that opened in 2004.
Towards the center of the park is “The Towers,” the historic building from where the park gets its name.
The Ug Land area of the park is most known for Rita: Queen of Speed, an Intamin accelerator coaster which opened in 2005.
The ride has one of my favorite entrances. I find it to be very creative.
At the time these images were taken, the park’s newest coaster, Thirteen, was still under construction. This area was once home to the park’s Corkscrew coaster.
A good ways away from Rita is Air, the world’s first B&M flying coaster which opened in 2002.
Like the other coasters at Alton Towers, Air maintains its speed but stays close to the ground. Riders spend a good portion of the ride on their backs.
Part II of this feature can be found here.
Take a look inside Alton Towers for yourself here.
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