Big Apple (Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach)
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| Manufacturer | Pinfari | ||||||
| Type | Steel - Family | ||||||
| Track layout | Wacky Worm (Big Apple) | ||||||
| Model / product | Big Apple MB28 | ||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||
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Big Apple is a Pinfari steel family roller coaster located at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. It was previously located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire from 1982 to 1997. While located at Alton Towers, the ride was called Mini Apple.
Design[edit | edit source]
Follows the standard Big Apple / Wacky Worm layout and goes through a giant apple. At Alton Towers the ride was painted entirely white and at Great Yarmouth the track was painted green and the supports yellow.
Trains[edit | edit source]
Single train with 6 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Big Apple on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Roller coasters at Alton Towers | |||||||||
| Present | Galactica • Nemesis • Oblivion • Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure • Rita • Runaway Mine Train • Smiler • Spinball Whizzer • Thirteen • Wicker Man | ||||||||
| Former | 4 Man Bob • Alton Mouse • Beastie • Black Hole • Corkscrew • Mini Apple • New Beast • Thunderlooper | ||||||||
| Unbuilt | Secret Weapon 1 & 2 • unknown | ||||||||