And they had the audacity to replace it with a weak Charlie and the Chocolate factory ride. That barely survived a few years and is now some dungeons experience that you have to pay extra for. Downgrade after downgrade!
This must have been taken towards the end of the ride’s lifespan. I remember Sonic’s head used to turn from side to side when you entered the SEGA section.
I remember going on this when I was very little and I was terrified, One thing I remember very clearly is the teddybears and how freaked out I was by them. Although I wish it was still running, it'd be interesting to ride it again now that I'm older.
Katelin The same happened to me on Pirate Adventure at Drayton Manor. I rode it once when I was very young but never rode it again. It terrified me! When it closed I was gutted I never tried it again!
went on this ride the same year it opened pretty good memories even though i was just 4 at the time, really enjoyed it especially the sonic room, it was actually the only time coincidently i ever went to alton towers i wish i would have seen it again a couple of times prior to closing.
This ride was my childhood. Along with its retheme Charlie, I grew up with this ride when I went for my first rides in 2005 and then my first ride on Charlie in 2006 (opening year). So many memories came flooding back watching this ride footage
once autumn starts, I find myself coming back to this video a lot. My trips to Alton Towers were normally in October for Scarefest, so Alton Towers is very much a autumn thing for me, with Toyland Tours being my favourite ride, I loved the floating feeling as you went around. So sad its no longer around. I really hope they bring it back with upgrades and improvements. It'd get so much attention
The designers of this ride put so much effort and heart into it its a real shame it closed the year before I was born but at least we have footage of it still
I remember this was the only ride I could get my mum to go on...I remember we used to stay on the ride and go round more than once if the operator would let us... Its a shame we can never ride it again.
It's like "it's a small world" with toy and Sonic the Hedgehog! (and a song that is not as gun, but it's still very catchy and I want an mp3 of the Sonic segment!
No, I believe the sonic statue is with the Toyland tours remains in storage or scrapped, a new sonic statue was put outside of sonic spinball and is now outside magic HQ since sonic spinball closed
@@harryfoley2294 I hope it's still in fairly good condition, especially after seeing what the Sonic and Sally statue from Sega World Sydney looks like now.
Rosy it is unlikely the toyland tours sonic statue is in storage, the remains of toyland tours appear to be a few walls with patterns on them, but u never know
Yep your eyes dont decive you that is him in his genisis atire sadly this ride is no more replaced with something else it is unknown where sonic is now
I know it’s nostalgia talking and I don’t really remember much from the ride apart from Sonic, but it’s criminal that the UK used to have really fun and unique dark rides for kids that gave us the “Disney” feel, and now they’ve all been replaced.
apoligies to keep bragging on but i just love the theme tune its too too catchy an i love it , tell wonka where to shive it and bring toyland tours back, aggee?
Theres a lot of animatronics and props not working in this video, and a lot of the original lighting just forgotten about which is a shame. Still, its better than the two pieces of crap they have replaced it with since.
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Genuinely I think it was a catastrophe they replaced this with Charlie and the chocolate factory. The new ride was completely soulless and lacking in character. I’d love it if Alton Towers restored the original ride just as it was with sonic and the dancing hippo right at the end! Make it happen! Anything is possible!
I still hate how this got replaced with charlie and the chocolate factory. I mean that rise looked dated when it was new this one still looks impressive now.
i agree with all these comments that willy wonka is crap and it cost 8million to make willy wonka. so much fun toyland tours even though ive never been on it, but looking at the video makes me wish i went on it before they retired the ride
Sonic and THAT jingle are the only things I can remember about this ride! Once you hear that jingle, IT NEVER LEAVES!!!
Such joyful memory. Thank you 🙏🙏
R.I.P. Toyland Tours 1994-2005
McPizzaPerson but this was uploaded in 2008
Toyland tours actually stayed till 2007
2006
Alex Holland it didn't
Shrub Duh that doesn’t mean anything
Whoever made the decision to remove this ride has blood on their hands 😢
And they had the audacity to replace it with a weak Charlie and the Chocolate factory ride. That barely survived a few years and is now some dungeons experience that you have to pay extra for. Downgrade after downgrade!
@@grahamedeI’m sure they did that to coincide with the Tim Burton Wonka movie with Johnny Depp.
@@adultmoshifan87Sort of I guess at the time.
This must have been taken towards the end of the ride’s lifespan. I remember Sonic’s head used to turn from side to side when you entered the SEGA section.
And the massive jelly at the end isn't wobbling
Where is the jelly????
@@vimes1003 what jelly
@@lethalsword628 4:44 The big green thing with the mermaid on it
Technically video games are a toy... an amazing toy with awesome scores, unforgetable characters, and timeless memories.
What about bouncy castles? Do they count as a toy?
Yeah
This brings back so many happy memories when my children were young.
I remember going on this when I was very little and I was terrified, One thing I remember very clearly is the teddybears and how freaked out I was by them.
Although I wish it was still running, it'd be interesting to ride it again now that I'm older.
Katelin The same happened to me on Pirate Adventure at Drayton Manor. I rode it once when I was very young but never rode it again. It terrified me! When it closed I was gutted I never tried it again!
Attraction Swirl I think I only went once to Drayton because my parents didn’t like it too much but I think I remember something like that ? 🤔
Same thing also happened to me on BubbleWorks by nearly getting wet to the drop. Ever since the Gruffalo I gotten used to the ride and the drop
I come back to this video like every few years and I'm still unnerved by it 💀
@@kawaiilombax dedication 👏
I love the music of the ride!
went on this ride the same year it opened pretty good memories even though i was just 4 at the time, really enjoyed it especially the sonic room, it was actually the only time coincidently i ever went to alton towers i wish i would have seen it again a couple of times prior to closing.
SPREAD THE WORD!! sonic may of been relieved from his duties at toyland tours, but 5 years later he is back!!!
sonic spinball coming 2010!!
And now its gone
This ride was my childhood. Along with its retheme Charlie, I grew up with this ride when I went for my first rides in 2005 and then my first ride on Charlie in 2006 (opening year). So many memories came flooding back watching this ride footage
once autumn starts, I find myself coming back to this video a lot. My trips to Alton Towers were normally in October for Scarefest, so Alton Towers is very much a autumn thing for me, with Toyland Tours being my favourite ride, I loved the floating feeling as you went around. So sad its no longer around. I really hope they bring it back with upgrades and improvements. It'd get so much attention
I miss this ride so much :(
I loved this ride as a kid :) Charlie was crappy lol i hope they make something like this again :)
O yes. This is so nostalgic!
Unfortunately it’s now The Alton Towers Dungeon.
@@FammyPoop I thought it was Charlie and the chocolate factory
@@lethalsword628 yeah years ago
The designers of this ride put so much effort and heart into it its a real shame it closed the year before I was born but at least we have footage of it still
I remember this was the only ride I could get my mum to go on...I remember we used to stay on the ride and go round more than once if the operator would let us... Its a shame we can never ride it again.
I feel sorry for my future kids because they will never be able to go on this :(
I feel sorry for myself
I wish I could I’m so interested in the sonic stuff and where it is now!
Where was Alton Towers Resort?
@@ciaragarrity6425in England
Me too
This looks way scarier than the haunted house ride!
I was devastated when this was rethemed 😭
This ride used to scare the shot out of me when I was little xxx
I never went on this but it looks so good
That's cool so thiers actual footage of this ride with the sonic section in it that's absolutely fantastic
As someone who has been on this, I swear the Sonic section used to be far better lit, with lots of TV screens showing Sonic game footage.
@@EuroMIX2 I have never been on it but you're right. And sonics head used to move
It's like "it's a small world" with toy and Sonic the Hedgehog! (and a song that is not as gun, but it's still very catchy and I want an mp3 of the Sonic segment!
This must cost loads to maintain it daily! So many animatronics and moving things!
its not operated anymore
Which is why some of the stuff is broken in the video
The SEGA part is the best part in my opinion
When that sonic ride made it used move the head and tap the foot
This ride was good for adults to. It was a free acid trip.
I hope that Charlie being closed this year is so they can revert it back to this. Though that is very unlikely :(
But it’s now the Alton Towers Dungeon. 😐
Yeah
I remember this ride
did they sonic get put outside sonic spinball?? or did they use a different model? or has only just occurred to me!
That sonic articulated statue was most likely destroyed or put in storage.the spinball sonic statue was a new design of modern sonic
No, I believe the sonic statue is with the Toyland tours remains in storage or scrapped, a new sonic statue was put outside of sonic spinball and is now outside magic HQ since sonic spinball closed
@@harryfoley2294 I hope it's still in fairly good condition, especially after seeing what the Sonic and Sally statue from Sega World Sydney looks like now.
Rosy it is unlikely the toyland tours sonic statue is in storage, the remains of toyland tours appear to be a few walls with patterns on them, but u never know
They should make an Alton Towers and Merlin museum. They'll get tonnes of money by me!
it scared the shit out of me dunno bout everyone else!
This is basically It's A Small World with the music from the Bubbleworks.
If I rode this I probably would have been scared because of the large sets and music.
2:39 is the sonic
Yep your eyes dont decive you that is him in his genisis atire sadly this ride is no more replaced with something else it is unknown where sonic is now
@@rztunesandmore5410 it is in the junkyard or the storage of Alton towers (I guess)
I know it’s nostalgia talking and I don’t really remember much from the ride apart from Sonic, but it’s criminal that the UK used to have really fun and unique dark rides for kids that gave us the “Disney” feel, and now they’ve all been replaced.
i only came here to see the sonic robot
Same
@@shabbleponyikr
@@angelpates4085 im english :D
2:44
here he is the fastest thing alive!
This ride lives the shortest life
It opened the same year as Oblivion and closed the same year as The Black Hole
Only being open for 7 years
No it opened in 94, same year as nemesis and closed in 2005 mid season so it lasted 11. Was a great ride rode it many times.
@@jimmyk9523 yeah I found out about it opening the same year as Nemesis (never got to ride it as I wasn’t even alive during its life span)
this ride gave me nightmares as a kid
thats in a boat right? if it is i used to love that ride. i cryed when it closed down:L i am 12 btw HAHA
apoligies to keep bragging on but i just love the theme tune its too too catchy an i love it , tell wonka where to shive it and bring toyland tours back, aggee?
BRING TOYLAND TOURS BACK INSTEAD OF THE DUNGEONS PLEASE!!!!!!!
If TH-cam takes this video down.
I FUCKEN RIOT !
2:46 this part goes strangely hard
3:00 The flashing screen looks like someone was playing Sonic CD!
It was footage of Sonic CD ^^
This looks like a toy version of Disney’s It’s a Small World
Theres a lot of animatronics and props not working in this video, and a lot of the original lighting just forgotten about which is a shame. Still, its better than the two pieces of crap they have replaced it with since.
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Why the bath time scene is so dark
what the hell is sonic doing at alton towers
What have I been smoking?
❤
Genuinely I think it was a catastrophe they replaced this with Charlie and the chocolate factory. The new ride was completely soulless and lacking in character. I’d love it if Alton Towers restored the original ride just as it was with sonic and the dancing hippo right at the end! Make it happen! Anything is possible!
This was soo good - much better than that Charlie crap thats there now :(
Only watched for Sonic
Same
Same
Same
no sonic coaster can replace this. I died
it look like it's a small world ride in disneyland.
Alton towers should have kept this ride as it was. But added in Monster inc films characters
Or Toy story
Sonics head is not moving!?!?!
Yeah after a long life the sonic just deformed
Woah sonic
Maybe put it on ebay ile have it anyday
Sonic was the best part! He's way past cool.
I still hate how this got replaced with charlie and the chocolate factory. I mean that rise looked dated when it was new this one still looks impressive now.
I remember reading the book at the time anticipating that ride only to be bored by what Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Ride was
For people dont know why is sonic in the ride let me exsplane alton towers had a partner ship with SEGA
No shit Sherlock
Such a damn shame :(
it was kind of copied from it's a small world, so sorry!
Sonic
3:00
sara rosario lol
is nobody going to talk about sonic?
Everyone is talking about sonic and people are also just talking about how nostalgic this ride was to them so why would they only talk about Sonic
Looks Like A Fantastic Ride, Unfortunately I Never Got To Ride It, However That Charlie Is A Load Of Rubbish! I Bet This Is Way Better!
i agree with all these comments that willy wonka is crap and it cost 8million to make willy wonka. so much fun toyland tours even though ive never been on it, but looking at the video makes me wish i went on it before they retired the ride
Taking it down was a very bad move!
This may be a rip-off of the Small World, but it's a LOT better kept than Small World....
Far from a rip off mate
Now it’s the crappy dungeons :(