Nemesis Reborn 30th Anniversary Ft John Wardley & John Burton - Alton Towers Resort

[@RonniMenziesStirling]

John Wardley single handedly brought BIG theme park rides to the UK, and John - we LOVE you for it! Long live Nemesis! ❤

[@dougbriglmen716]

And his good friend over in Blackpool, Geoffrey Thompson!😉

[@Daniel-f7z9z]

Long live nemesis ❤

[@etrandex6407]

How John hasn’t been awarded a knighthood yet is just unbelievable. This man has contributed so much to the UK theme park industry and should be recognised for it.

[@acidalex420]

John is such a legend

[@jackmilne9764]

I hope he has no plans to stop riding rollercoasters too

[@CatsnCoasters]

Big thank you to the 2 John's! It's not only Neme's bday today, it's also mine! 🎉

[@AttractionSource]

Happy birthday!

[@CatsnCoasters]

@@AttractionSource thank you 😊

[@nnemmesiss]

Ayyyy same as me! March 19th! :D

[@CatsnCoasters]

@yoshiijoshii get in! Happy birthday dude!

[@nnemmesiss]

@@CatsnCoasters Thank you!! And happy birthday to you! :D

[@lizsavagar2860]

Great to see the legendary J W, he started something really special❤

[@AttractionSource]

Absolutely!

[@bp19870]

The blood river was such an iconic piece of theming on the original, and now it’s not there, it just feels like you’re bowling through a construction site 😢

[@1TSS0FLVFFY]

its very touching to see this original creator give his blessing these are the things i dont get to see enough of , i wish more theme parks did this dont change something unless the original creator says so

[@iitzfizz]

I've got to say I was a little bit unsure of the colour change at first when I saw the design but seeing it all together now they definitely made the right choice, it looks amazing!

[@RossTurner94]

I'd kill to meet John Wardley! 🙌🏻

[@VelocicoasterFanboy]

John Wardley good to see you!

[@AttractionSource]

Long live JW!

[@dannyj.246]

This was brilliant ❤

[@PassoutProductions]

Hey that's me and my friends at 1:02 !!!

[@michaellyall6528]

Love to ride that, ive been on the Nemesis 7 times so would love to try the new version, looks more intimidating👍💯

[@BeefbossZilla2011]

Im gonna go on this ride in 2-3 weeks time and i just have one question..... Should i clench my but for the vertical loop?

[@AlpineBefore11]

Not me thinking he was the bloke out of SAW!

[@DjMjk]

It’s so cool 0:04

[@chrisogrady28]

"an inverted roller coaster that went upside down, no one had ever done it before" but the first batman was in 1992 and it has more inversions than nemmy. I always thought nemesis was the 4th invert B&M constructed

[@GoudLoodje]

I think he meant in Europe. If he didn't, he mentioned the original Nemesis took over 2 years to build, so plans started before march of 1992 and maybe even in 1991, when Batman hadn't even opened to the public yet (Batman at SFGAm opened in may 1992) and maybe not even announced, though I don't know that last bit for a fact.

[@iitzfizz]

Yeah idk why he said that lol, it was first in Europe but Batman was first.

[@attractionshubno1]

I would love to meet John Wardley, a legend of the theme park industry. Without him, we wouldn’t have Nemesis

[@sparkyUK]

A real shame it's lost the roaring sound it made, but it's still one of the best rides.

[@MyInsanityPersonafied]

Plot twist: John Wardley is nemesis. 🤔

[@x7ides]

Naaaa imagine getting a nemesis reborn tattoo 😂😂💀💀

[@AttractionSource]

Let people be passionate without mocking them.

[@Cdiwins1]

where is gromit?

[@KidneyMush]

Whatever happened to that Justin Garvanovik? The guy who was laying on the track

[@AttractionSource]

He’s still around and active within the European Coaster Club.

[@lazrseagull54]

I thought Nemesis was one of Werner Stengels designs.

[@iMizzy777]

YO I though John Wardly retired 💀glad he hasn’t 👏

[@AttractionSource]

He definitely has, but it's great to see him involved again!

[@smith9808]

0:35 back when B&M track got delivered raw with no paint…unless Alton wanted to pay to spray it themselves?

[@FrankieTheThrillseeker]

#seekthetruth

[@Andy-fb1db]

The old adage if it aint broke don't fix it is so true. Should have been kept the way it was, no red an black, reborn rubbish or removal of front queue line. Nemesis rest in peace 1994-2022

[@tosspot1305]

The 'hole' sealed it's fate. They could never justify the cost of either digging more out or refilling it. If Nemesis wasn't in that hole it would have been replaced with something different.

[@TPtyla]

why is john burton so zesty

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Corkscrew was better than this

[@kratcliffe5680]

Biggest waste of investment imo......Novelty will be gone within 12 months and will be back to walk on.

[@PassoutProductions]

No way you actually believe it would've been better to scrap what is arguably the most important rollercoaster in the UK?

[@BBROPHOTO]

I don't agree it was a waste of investment simply because Alton Towers, due to the geography, can't exactly put any other ride in place of this. The landscape is fully custom for that specific ride. Not just that, Nemesis being world renown means they *have* to maintain it as that ride single handedly puts Alton Towers on the map for international visitors, like KingdaKa did at Six Flags. That said, I agree the novelty will wear off pretty quick and the black and red paint won't wear very well, due to UV fading the paint and dirt showing up extremely well on the black. The good thing is that they've shown they're dedicated to the park instead of just letting it go to waste.

[@TheSilverPhoenix356]

Noone asked you

[@sadiporter2966]

waste of investment? it would have been pretty cheap to do. They had to pay for ~90% new track but only a small portion of the supports needing replacing. The station didn't need rebuilding, not much electrical cabling to do other than replace the friction breaks with magnetic breaks. Re-theming isn't that expensive. They know that this ride is many people's favourite, getting rid of it would harm ticket sales. It is a shame that the seat restraints weren't changed for lap bar restraints though.

[@somethingsinister8493]

Lap bar restraints don't exist for B&M inverted coasters. I'm not sure there's really a need.