Alton Towers Resort is opening the UK’s first rollercoaster restaurant in May 2016.
The new restaurant is set below a rollercoaster track where diners will see their orders take on two loops and dropping eight metres down a tornado spiral to their table.
Gill Riley, of Alton Towers, said: “The new rollercoaster restaurant will offer guests a unique dining experience that they can’t find anywhere else in the UK
“The intricate network of loops and spiralling tracks is an incredible spectacle and we feel that the new restaurant is an attraction in itself.
Each diner will enjoy a full 360 dining experience at one of the 13 tables and will get to select from the brand new menu of family favourites – including the big bowl of lemon meringue mess!
“We’re looking forward to welcoming guests in 2016 and we believe that the new restaurant will be a top attraction for both theme park guests and those staying with us as part of a short break.”
Set beneath a vast rollercoaster track, the new restaurant will allow diners to watch their food tackle two gravity defying loop-the-loops before dropping 26ft – the equivalent of two double decker buses – down a tornado spiral track to their table. Each plate will travel an average of 173 miles each week, the same distance between London and Sheffield, with every dish put through rigorous testing at the Resort’s test centre to ensure the food can withstand the extreme force.
Whether it’s breaking the ice at a teambuilding dinner or adding something extra to a corporate away day, the new restaurant will most certainly put a twist on any corporate event. The restaurant will be available to hire exclusively for up to 150 dining delegates from 13th June 2015.
Ellie Jones, Business Development Manager, Alton Towers Resort said “Here at Alton Towers Resort we strive to put a twist on things, to take something normal, and make it unique and exciting. We’re really turning the dining experience on its head with the new Rollercoaster Restaurant – quite literally – and we are delighted to be able to offer companies holding a corporate event at the Resort a truly memorable time which cannot be found anywhere else.”
The restaurant will be accessible via a walkway running from the Alton Towers Hotel, right into the heart of the Theme Park, and will offer a new premium menu for evening events.