The Rough History of Submission - The Closed Painful Double Inverter | Expedition Alton Towers

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/expeditionthemepark10201 Submission vs Slammer? Which is better.

[@expeditioned2821]

Definitely Slammer

[@sofa_king_ay]

I still remember the sound of that coin now

[@tonyisreal446]

I think slammer, submission hurts and I hate that flat ride.

[@shuders1190]

My mum is on the promo video at 10:14

[@melwatson442]

Slammer 100%

[@ConcernedAlien]

So, in trying to make a ride that looks like a futuristic torture device, they made an actual modern-day torture device.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yes ha

[@TheBaldr]

That the sorta commitment to theming you really want to see in a Theme Park.

[@ghhhp]

😂😂

[@wpiyl]

*laughs in hero flamingo land* edit: hero thorpe park? OH MY GOD

[@arlenegreenfield8073]

But it is dead

[@22minni]

Still feel like Towers are hugely missing a solid flat ride line up, especially after removing Ripsaw and Submission. Taking into account the planning restrictions with regards to height, you would think the park would be sprawling with good, modern and proven flat rides. Excluding a drop tower, they could surely work in a Larson Loop, air race or gyro swing etc etc. There is space in the park for such attractions and would fill out the park's lineup.

[@AnastasiaThemis]

I just hope that's the next big addition. The pirate area especially seems so out of place now that I think that area, the area where ripsaw was, and some of the land down bottom of xsector, could really use some flat rides as a big park upgrade. It currently feels really stilted the layout of the park, and the fact that there's like 1 major flat ride now is silly

[@Tomneom]

@@AnastasiaThemis Yea.. We got that.. But unthemed flats

[@frogwaterr4286]

We now have the retro squad which I love btw themed flat rides

[@TKbeatwerk]

Now enterprise doesn’t even operate anymore, but they have brought in some fair rides and that’s it. I would kill for a cool flat ride or something.

[@zartig09]

The biggest issue with Alton Towers is now the lack of flat rides. It has a good selection of amazing rides, but very little for the rest of the family who don’t enjoy rides, and it’s good to have filler to lower queue lengths. Yeah

[@chazzwozzio]

That's a shame. Because my fave ride are the small flat rides that spin

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Great video! I actually really miss Submission, even if it was slightly uncomfortable to ride!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thanks guys! Me too actually ha

[@matthewsouthwell9653]

Hi Sausage Roll Shawn 😂

[@lauracoles5595]

Everyone’s favourite sausage roll!

[@ragingbulltaking268]

What is up british thrillseeker

[@matthewsouthwell9653]

@@ragingbulltaking268 yo. Not much rlly, just enjoying some ETP content

[@richardbagley3139]

When it is a “futuristic torture device” and it succeeds, you know Alton Towers REALLY goes hog wild with their rollercoaster ideas

[@IsabelleandHerbie]

This was my first ‘thrill ride’ when I was a kid and couldn’t get onto the bigger rides. All I can remember was how fun it was. I probably wouldn’t say the same almost a decade later however fond memories none the less.

[@RolyWestYT]

Yes the same as the slammer it was rather painful to ride and i didn't want to go on more then once

[@EVILBUNNY28]

Despite their similarities i found The Slammer to be WAY more comfortable than Submission. I’d even go as far as to say that The Slammer was my favourite flat ride at Thorpe Park

[@hollyhs3222]

@@EVILBUNNY28 I loved the Slammer, I'm really sad I only got to ride twice I thought it was great! Submission always made me feel a bit sick and dizzy

[@viddork]

Wouldn't it make more sense to go on it once, then more?

[@THE_IRS0]

The greatness of Alton is back

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yessss

[@THE_IRS0]

@@ExpeditionThemePark I just remembered about the old willy wonks ride and spin ball did u enjoy them too?

[@gamingandcraftswithlogan8714]

@@THE_IRS0I read it and said out loud “I love Willy wanker!”

[@MadameChristie]

Lol. Canada's Wonderland has the exact opposite relationship with flat rides. We have a whole bunch of really interesting ones. Even the older ones like Cyclone are still fairly popular from what I know. And if course we have the one and only Sledge Hammer XD

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Sledge hammer is my fav when it works

[@Wilipeidia]

The thing about the crushing restraints is that when they first come down it's a solid "oof" and THEN the lap bar crushes it into your gut. I saw people have to request to get off as they couldn't breath or were in pain. And then the ride was just. . .meh. Middle rows you felt nothing other than your blood moving and as said it didn't exactlty feel wild. You just wanted it to end to free your ribs.

[@kaneworthington]

Always sounded like there was a thousand loose pennies rattling around, anyone happen to know what caused that sound?

[@alaeriia01]

A thousand loose pennies rattling around, obviously.

[@kaneworthington]

@@alaeriia01 😂

[@PoisonousPen]

Another great video 👍 It’d be great to see a full 30/50minute “Expedition/history of Alton Towers” From humble beginnings to today, going through each ride instalment and the effect that they each had on the park :) It’s a lot to ask and no doubt a huge project, but you know Towers well and as a life long Towers fan, it would be awesome to see 👍

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Maybe one day great idea!

[@PoisonousPen]

@@ExpeditionThemePark Thanks dude :) Keep up the great work 👊🏻

[@FlowerWho92]

Didnt know that it had been removed last time I went a few years ago with my brother. Oblivion and Submission were some of the first rides I went on as a kid, and when I got to x sector and found the patch of grass my heart sank. Still took a picture same as every trip of us on submission, just sat on the floor with arms up this time. That ride will be very much missed by us.

[@Wdast]

I always loved submission I felt it fit in with x-sector (unlike smiler witch made them change most the theme of the area!) the only problem was how uncomfortable it was lol

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Right!

[@RyannMarshall96]

I loved this ride when I was younger! Every time me and my fiancé go to the Towers we always say how we wished it was still running or that they at least replaced it. Same with Ripsaw too. They really need to get some solid flat rides there, just like Thorpe Parks managed to do

[@lakerboy16]

The inverter is one of my favorites rides. Surprising to hear.

[@n9nes9]

I remember a college trip back in about 2006 where we got on virtually nothing all day. Busiest I've ever seen the park. Queued for nearly 3 hours just for Nemesis and had to leave the Oblivion queue after 2.5 hours without riding because our coach was leaving. We saw no queue for Submission so we thought we'd ride that instead. It broke down at the end of the cycle. We ended up stuck, painfully for around 20 minutes off the ground in those restraints, wondering if our coach would leave without us. I remember it being a lot more boring to ride than it looked until it broke down. We had to run for the coach, which was thankfully still waiting for us and got greeted with a bollocking for being late. Theme parks are really lousy when busy.

[@maxcanes1146]

Submission used to be one of my favourite rides when i was kid the fact it was uncomfortable made it 10x better for me who the hell goes to alton towers to be comfortable

[@blueice735]

Exactly

[@mystic_edits3478]

When my phone fell out of my pocket 😂

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Traumatic moment

[@doopy6123]

YASS EXPEDITION ALTON TOWERS HELL YES

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Happy Halloween!

[@doopy6123]

@@ExpeditionThemePark Happy Halloween to you too!

[@mystic_edits3478]

IKR

[@danielleb7089]

can proudly say this was my first ‘big’ ride when i was 7 , was a great ride :)

[@MagicKillerClub]

The coins rolling around! Just the mention of that took me right back! I didn’t ride often, but I really loved what Submission added to the area. It looked amazing as you walked into X-Sector to see it swinging down at the bottom of the path.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

The History of The Haunted Mansion Holiday.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Maybe next year

[@the_angry_empath]

This was one of my favorite ride designs. We had it at Six Flags New England under the name Double Trouble. Something about the ride's movement was so hypnotizing and satisfying to watch. I miss that ride and Chaos so much ='[

[@andreworders7305]

I like how you set the filming location as Alton Towers. That’s pretty funny.

[@thecinematicmind]

Ah Submission, that one ride I always wanted to go on, but it never opened or broke down when I came close. Thank goodness I managed to get on Ripsaw.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Sounds right ha

[@ScDarkness913]

Never realized Oblivion was the world's first brand new roller coaster! That's sick

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Yep, it was the worlds first ever vertical drop rollercoaster.

[@Amusementnational]

Submission should've stayed! Yeah it wasnt great but we needed it!

[@joshslater2426]

X sector looks quite bare in some parts. The only rides it has are Oblivion and The Smiler, and whilst they’re great, the area could do with another flat ride to balance it out.

[@Sazza]

I found your channel about a year ago and I’ve been entranced since. Your videos are incredible and inspired me to become a coaster fan myself. Good luck with the rest of your expedition and hopefully there a many more to come 😁

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you so much!

[@markchambers7147]

having moved to New zeland from the UK, and being 45 mins from Alton Towers it was my fave park, and one of the things i miss from not being in the UK, Now having said that i don't miss Submission, only ever rode it once, and that was enough!! Love the channel

[@VindiVinchi1]

This is such a beautiful looking ride. I love the paint job and the futuristic look of it

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

Not going to lie, I really enjoyed this attraction when It was open, I think I was 5 so 2013. I remember being so pleased with myself because I got on one of the "big rides". Thanks again for the informative and enjoyable video! 👍

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

Oops, 8 not 5 lol

[@LeeAnnaHolt]

I felt straight nostalgia for the Adventure Dome's Inverter when you were talking about the ride type. It's so weird to get hit with that about a 5 acre indoor park.

[@BowTiesareCool12]

I miss the inverter carnival rides. It was always my favorite as a kid and I loved when traveling fairs/carnivals had it in their lineup

[@cybah54]

I'm not gonna lie, I could binge watch all your videos 3 times and never got bored

[@overbanked]

The Adventuredome in Vegas is one of the few places that still has an Inverter; it also has a Chaos, another rare Chance flatride

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yep! I put a short clip in here

[@rissamarie1280]

Lmao the fucking inverter. OUCH. Chaos was one of my favorite rides as a kid. Love / hate circus circus lol. 🥰

[@clock4143]

Omg another Alton Expedition Can’t wait for wicker man, I remember waiting each day to see if TPW or someone else had posted a construction update!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yessss

[@commandercody8511]

Expedition Alton towers are the best!!!!!

[@5g242]

I thought it was fantastic as a mini thrill seeker and it added to the atmosphere of the area! Also it was great theming for the area!

[@CoasterChallYT]

Yes! Been waiting for this one

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Happy Halloween!

[@CoasterChallYT]

@@ExpeditionThemePark Happy Halloween 🎃

[@fmc9229]

I like his videos because they are not boring and they are interesting

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thanks haha

[@soulpointcomics]

This makes me appreciate how my home park (Adventuredome at Circus Circus) has one of the few permanent Inverters.

[@hattylntamin6613]

YESSS AN EXPEDITION ALTON TOWERS IM SO HAPPY

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Happy Halloween !

[@hattylntamin6613]

@@ExpeditionThemePark Happy halloween :D

[@chrisjoyner3376]

Never rode Submission, but as soon as I saw the Zipper I knew what pain you meant.

[@FreihEitner]

Partway through I was hoping to see more of The Zipper. I used to love riding that at carnivals when I was younger.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Maybe in the future!

[@alleyoliver3315]

Man, I rode that ride with my little brother when we were young, and we were TERRIFIED! Mom was on the ground and thought we were laughing while we screamed and cried. Didn’t really ride it again till I was an adult 😅

[@autumntaylor2533]

Man, this park just LOVES using Hall of the Mountain King in their ads

[@Boosharoo]

It’s the park soundtrack

[@joshslater2426]

Would you rather have it any other way? Whenever I hear the theme I think of Alton Towers.

[@Acer20062]

I remember this ride. I've never truly been on it but I remember ads for this ride. Also great video

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you

[@otterdccaptain9229]

I used to work the Time Warp at Geauga Lake for several summers. Never saw the 2 arms work together. Please do a whole video on Geauga Lake. It was an amazing place to work. So sad to see the park closed and now demolished.

[@HeatherLandon227]

Reminds me of how Knoebels kept 1001 Natcht running until just a few years ago. It was a hassle for maintenance and the ride ops had to balance out both sides because it had a single arm and not the double arm version.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

The colors of these are absolutely sick

[@OutdoorsWithShawn]

Got to ride the short lived one at Six Flags New Orleans quite a few times as well as few at carnivals. Though it was a bit uncomfortable, it was quite a fun ride. Good video, I enjoyed the history of it

[@isaacjacques1946]

Hopefully some day we will see a new flat ride come to x-sector

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Hope so!

[@yepyepchris]

Love that you used the RCT Space style music on this! 😀

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

The best

[@literallycannotbeasked]

Hey Sam! I just wondered if you could do an expedition of the boatride at the back of Alton Towers (where the dungeon is now)?

[@Komicklepto]

I remember riding it when it was a Toytown-themed ride but never when it was Charlie and The Chocolate Factory as I was too old by the time it opened and every time I went in always seemed to be broken down.

[@samichmachine]

seeing the "welcome back sam" as apart of an advertisement and getting highkey paranoid for a milisecond was fun lmfaooo. same name club!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Same name club!

[@samichmachine]

@@ExpeditionThemePark same name club where everyone ALSO typos our name as the word “same,” perhaps? 😂💖 this video is amazing btw, thank you per usual for your brilliant content. Hope all is well, safe, and healthy on your side of the pond!

[@KoasterKing205]

The Queue-Line for Submission is still there with all the Queue Signs etc.

[@wallmart3743]

Another great Sam!! Keep them coming, That’s why I support you...

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you so much

[@ameliacloud2874]

So I went on this and the overhead restraint came down before I had time to realise and trapped my arm in a really painful position. My family who were with me were yelling at the attendant but it was too late. I spent the whole ride that way. When it went upside down the pressure on my arm felt more immense. No visible injury but it hurt a bit afterwards. After the ride the attendant realised what had happened and was so so apologetic! I was in shock, pain and tears. Her response was to offer us another ride and skip the queue. I was like erm no tah! I suppose I could have complained further but we just wanted a nice day and to forget about what happened.

[@drewonfire]

Although it was a little painful, I still loved this flat ride! Also loved Ripsaw... really disappointed Alton Towers keeps removing these kinds of flat rides.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Happy Halloween Expedition Theme Park! 👻🎃👻🎃

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Happy Halloween!

[@Demon-POT]

Oh my dayyyyssss, I remember this, never rode it I was to small lol, but I used to watch it go round for hours when I was at towers XD!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Haha yessss happy Halloween!!

[@Demon-POT]

@@ExpeditionThemePark 🎃

[@samueld92]

So I used to operate one of these at the Kemah Boardwalk before they removed theirs. This was 2008/09. I eventually got promoted to rides supervisor there. One day in 2010 while I was supervisor, the rides left driveshaft that inverts the gondola had one of its bearings break and it vibrated so bad you could feel it in the ground 1000 feet away. Insane. That was it for the ride. The driveshaft breaking and one of its two motors going bad and Landry’s called it quits with the ride. A Larson Fireball now sits where it used to.

[@JEdwardBanasikJr]

I remember that ride there and when they opened the boardwalk. Landry's used to have a warehouse on Katy Rd near N Post Oak. They aviator parts sat on outside the warehouse for a year or two before it was installed at Kemah. You could see it from the adjacent Malibu Grand Prix.

[@samueld92]

@@JEdwardBanasikJr another awful ride. The housing where the hydraulic pump sat was always a mess and the main base of the ride was always spraying hydraulic fluid everywhere. Same with the ride they had there called The Bouncer. What a mess.

[@TobiasKathke]

I actually loved Submission. Such a great and weird ride.

[@marcandrew777]

I loved this ride when it was at Alton Towers!

[@glenntaylor9144]

I loved this ride. So sad to hear that they’ve taken it away. Alton really needs to go all out for some new flat rides.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I’ve never ridden these flat rides these looked pretty crazy

[@Gaben.]

I have never got more excited for a upload

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yay!

[@Scorp93]

I remember the inverter at the fairgrounds in the early 2000’s. I never remember it being painful. It was really popular as far as I remember, but it was removed a few years after.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Might just be submission

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

A new modern version with comfortable restraints of this would be sweet

[@WinnerWinnerTurkeyDinner]

This video was great and I can’t wait for the next one

[@michaeltaylor1603]

Yes! Kemah Boardwalk has one in Kemah, Texas. I is one of those "bark is worse" than its bite (other than painful restraints) It was definitely a ride you were more than glad to run to the when you were released! LOL! I also call those rides (coin suckers) Intamin rides were notorious for getting the chain out of your pocket & stuck in the seats.

[@xsm5525]

loved this ride back then, never found it painful to ride either

[@Ghostvertigo]

Great vid as always! Would love to see more videos on alton towers 'secret weapons' that you have not done yet

[@UKFunfairsTV]

Great video! Really enjoyed watching and can’t wait to see more content 😎🙌🏻

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@brodiechewstuna9663]

This is the best expedition. I expect more soon

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thanks

[@ariellong6412]

Great video ^-^ would love to see your take on Dollywood and some of its rides one of these days

[@haze_productions9715]

Inverters are great rides! Some of my favorite pendulum rides!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

They can be fun!

[@Vgk-Koa]

Rode this in Vegas many a time always regretted about halfway through

[@anonymouscoasterenthusiast]

These videos are really interesting I really like videos like this

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you

[@TracyA123]

I would LOVE to ride the Smiler! Unfortunately I'm in the US and a poor enthusiast so probably not gonna happen but I can't imagine getting off the Smiler and then getting on Submission. Flat rides don't do anything for me. With that said I can see how this ride could be exciting and fun. I just don't think I would want to spend time riding it when I could be in line for Oblivion.

[@sarah2178]

"...to the authority or control of someone else." Fitting

[@scallysays]

I really enjoyed this ride. Was a lot of fun and a good laugh with friends. Although the 'spatulas of doom' were a bit tight for a man.

[@soughtbug]

I was literally thinking “Let me guess: it’s at Alton Towers” before I even saw the full title. Alton Towers loves their twisted themes.

[@richardmuir2380]

Great video , I love your videos , would you be able to do one about ratanga junction in Cape Town ?

[@PJCE15]

we have the single inverter in vegas and it hurts SO BAD so i imagine this is the exact same.

[@someoneyoudontknow2881]

The inverter was at my local state fair back in the day, I enjoyed it a lot as a teenager. It was situated so it suspended you over a small food court where nobody would sit because it was popular to spit off the ride at that point 🤢

[@TheGuvzilla]

Didn't realise this had closed! I must stumble through life ass backwards

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Ha the best way

[@chrislinton03]

this was an amazing ride i miss it everytime i go!!!

[@Awesome4Prez]

Love this channel, especially during these dark times. Would like to see a Wild Artic from Sea World Orlando video or one based on Test Track.

[@bobwalsh3751]

0:28 "YOU HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED TO CHALLENGE SUBMISSION"

[@samlloyd6146]

My first ever theme park ride full stop. Wasn't tall empower for the coasters so we ended up on this, was actually good fun 😂

[@PupRiku]

I wish I'd got to go on this. It was there when I first went but I was too busy on the coasters. I imagine it would hurt, Phoenix in Busch Gardens seems similar in restraints and that HURTS. But you know... Gotta stay in :')

[@spapworth112]

Love your Alton Towers videos. Please do more UK theme parks

[@Georginachester]

Gotta say well done for catching your phone, big applause there

[@NikateeN]

We used to have an Inverter here at the California state fair every year. I don’t remember if it was uncomfortable or anything but I did ride it a lot.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Nice!

[@oliverrea3924]

I loved this ride and never remember it being uncomfortable but I was a kid so I was smaller back then, so maybe me being small back then I probably didn’t find it uncomfortable.

[@kyled6168]

That looks so good to me for some reason

[@OriPrior66]

I grew up in the 90s in jersey and went to the park many times the ride was there. I think I rode it but I can't remember as it was like, 20 years ago.