Please note that all of the photographs shown were taken with the park's permission. You should not attempt to enter these areas yourself without prior consent. |
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_01.jpg
Filesize=289KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_01.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_01.jpg)
Looking at Nemesis from Air's lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_01b.JPG
Filesize=265KB
Dimensions=1000x750
Date added=Aug 17, 2007 aaa_nemesis_01b.JPG](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_01b.JPG)
A wider shot of Nemesis and the Forbidden Valley from Air.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_02.jpg
Filesize=179KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_02.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_02.jpg)
The Operator's control panel in the station.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_03.jpg
Filesize=207KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_03.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_03.jpg)
Part of the console, notice the "themed" buttons - these trigger the breakdown/weather announcements around the ride area.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_04.jpg
Filesize=188KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_04.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_04.jpg)
A train sitting in the station.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_05.jpg
Filesize=240KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_05.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_05.jpg)
Looking up Nemesis' lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_05b.jpg
Filesize=247KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jun 19, 2006 aaa_nemesis_05b.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_05b.jpg)
Looking back at the start of Nemesis' lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_06.jpg
Filesize=283KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_06.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_06.jpg)
From halfway up the lift hill, we have a look at the loop and stall turn.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_06b.jpg
Filesize=273KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jun 19, 2006 aaa_nemesis_06b.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_06b.jpg)
The Nemesis lift hill gives a nice view on the ride circuit, as well as Air in the distance.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_07.jpg
Filesize=286KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_07.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_07.jpg)
At the top, looking back down the lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_08.jpg
Filesize=181KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_08.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_08.jpg)
Closeup of the top of the lift.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_09.jpg
Filesize=172KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_09.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_09.jpg)
The first drop, seen from the lift platform.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_10.jpg
Filesize=234KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Jan 19, 2006 aaa_nemesis_10.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_10.jpg)
Once again looking back down towards the station.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_11.jpg
Filesize=257KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_11.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_11.jpg)
The first Corkscrew, seen from the lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_12.jpg
Filesize=282KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_12.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_12.jpg)
And again.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13.jpg
Filesize=177KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_13.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13.jpg)
The Computer Room underneath the station.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13a.jpg
Filesize=222KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13a.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13a.jpg)
Inside the computer room, we take a look at a layout diagram for Nemesis. Note that around the track it shows the "safety envelope" - the space around the track that needs to be kept free so that the train does not hit anything.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13b.jpg
Filesize=180KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13b.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13b.jpg)
Another diagram, showing the brake section of track and the maintenance garage. The diagram on the right also shows a shortened version of the lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13c.JPG
Filesize=193KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=May 10, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13c.JPG](albums/features/behindscenes/aaarpg/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13c.JPG)
Some replacement restraints from Bolliger & Mabillard.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13d.jpg
Filesize=175KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13d.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13d.jpg)
This controls the music around the ride.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13e.jpg
Filesize=203KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13e.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13e.jpg)
The Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) for Nemesis.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13f.jpg
Filesize=205KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13f.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13f.jpg)
More B&M circuitry.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13g.jpg
Filesize=185KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13g.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13g.jpg)
A closeup on part of the previous.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_13h.jpg
Filesize=206KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Apr 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_13h.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_13h.jpg)
Looking out of the computer room.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_14.jpg
Filesize=214KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_14.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_14.jpg)
Looking at the front of the station from the lift platform.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_15.jpg
Filesize=258KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jun 03, 2006 aaa_nemesis_15.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_15.jpg)
A train in the station, viewed from the brake run.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_16.jpg
Filesize=254KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_16.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_16.jpg)
Looking at the train from the entrance to the Maintenance Shed.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_17.jpg
Filesize=193KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_17.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_17.jpg)
The other train in the Maintenance Shed.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_18.jpg
Filesize=253KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_18.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_18.jpg)
Looking back down the Nemesis brake run.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_19.jpg
Filesize=221KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_19.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_19.jpg)
Inside the Maintenance Shed, we go to the upper level and take a look.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_20.jpg
Filesize=234KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_20.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_20.jpg)
From above, looking down on the other train. As it's undergoing its annual overhaul, you'll notice that each row of the train has been seperated.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_21.jpg
Filesize=242KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_21.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_21.jpg)
A look down towards the rest of the rows.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22.jpg
Filesize=171KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_22.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22.jpg)
In the upper level, spare ride wheels are stacked together, as well as many other spare ride parts.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22a.jpg
Filesize=188KB
Dimensions=1024x726
Date added=Jul 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_22a.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22a.jpg)
Just after the final corkscrew is a tunnel. Here we're looking backwards towards the Mushroom Cloud Luxury Tours bus.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22b.jpg
Filesize=228KB
Dimensions=1024x755
Date added=Jul 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_22b.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22b.jpg)
Still looking backwards, from a bit further on.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22c.jpg
Filesize=191KB
Dimensions=1024x719
Date added=Jul 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_22c.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22c.jpg)
This is the view Nemesis riders will be familiar with - looking forwards out of the tunnel.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22d.jpg
Filesize=247KB
Dimensions=715x1024
Date added=Jul 16, 2006 aaa_nemesis_22d.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22d.jpg)
Further up the hill, and you can see Nemesis' final turn ahead.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22e.jpg
Filesize=227KB
Dimensions=711x1024
Date added=Jan 08, 2007 aaa_nemesis_22e.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22e.jpg)
Just prior to the final barrel roll, the track swoops down underneath the exit ramp.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22f.jpg
Filesize=210KB
Dimensions=1024x711
Date added=Jan 08, 2007 aaa_nemesis_22f.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22f.jpg)
From underneath the exit ramp, looking back down the track.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22fa.jpg
Filesize=212KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22fa.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22fa.jpg)
Looking up towards the first helix, with the Monorail in the background.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22g.jpg
Filesize=224KB
Dimensions=711x1024
Date added=Jan 08, 2007 aaa_nemesis_22g.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22g.jpg)
As you fly perilously close to the ground, you think you'll hit the solid wall ahead - only to be flipped to the right in the tight inversion.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22h.jpg
Filesize=237KB
Dimensions=711x1024
Date added=Jan 08, 2007 aaa_nemesis_22h.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22h.jpg)
Again looking backwards down the track, from a bit further on.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22i.jpg
Filesize=190KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22i.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22i.jpg)
In the mid-ride tunnel, looking out in the direction that the trains head.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22j.jpg
Filesize=140KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22j.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22j.jpg)
Looking back towards the vertical loop.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22k.jpg
Filesize=154KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22k.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22k.jpg)
Looking at the loop from the other side of the tunnel.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22l.jpg
Filesize=222KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22l.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22l.jpg)
One of the fastest parts of the ride, just before the loop.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22m.jpg
Filesize=126KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22m.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22m.jpg)
Looking up at Nemesis' vertical loop from beneath.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22n.jpg
Filesize=232KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22n.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22n.jpg)
The drop before the loop.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22o.jpg
Filesize=216KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22o.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22o.jpg)
Now facing in the direction that the trains go, into the tunnel after the loop.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22p.jpg
Filesize=242KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22p.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22p.jpg)
Looking towards the tunnel from a different angle.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22q.jpg
Filesize=171KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22q.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22q.jpg)
Further up the hill, again looking at the drop before the loop.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22r.jpg
Filesize=248KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22r.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22r.jpg)
This is the section of track immediately following the inline twist over the station.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_22s.jpg
Filesize=131KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jul 17, 2008 aaa_nemesis_22s.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_22s.jpg)
From up the hill, looking back towards the vertical loop and the inline twist.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_23.jpg
Filesize=279KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_23.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_23.jpg)
A look at Nemesis' final turn from Air's lift hill.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_24.jpg
Filesize=242KB
Dimensions=768x1024
Date added=Nov 06, 2005 aaa_nemesis_24.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_24.jpg)
Again from Air's lift hill we look towards Nemesis. In this shot you can see a lot of the ride circuit.
|
|
![Filename=aaa_nemesis_25.jpg
Filesize=336KB
Dimensions=1024x768
Date added=Jun 19, 2006 aaa_nemesis_25.jpg](albums/features/behindscenes/nemesis/thumb_aaa_nemesis_25.jpg)
The final corkscrew and the "Mushroom Cloud Luxury Tours" bus.
|
|
![Filename=DSC00562.JPG
Filesize=226KB
Dimensions=1000x750
Date added=Oct 27, 2005 DSC00562.JPG](albums/RPGbigupload1/thumb_DSC00562.JPG)
At the top of Air's lift hill, looking down at Nemesis' final turn.
|
|
![Filename=DSC00563.JPG
Filesize=216KB
Dimensions=1000x750
Date added=Oct 27, 2005 DSC00563.JPG](albums/RPGbigupload1/thumb_DSC00563.JPG)
From the same spot, looking at where Nemesis exits the tunnel just before the final bend.
|
|
![Filename=DSC00564.JPG
Filesize=185KB
Dimensions=1000x750
Date added=Oct 27, 2005 DSC00564.JPG](albums/RPGbigupload1/thumb_DSC00564.JPG)
Looking across towards the first corkscrew, vertical loop, and barrel roll over the station.
|
|
![Filename=DSC00567.JPG
Filesize=217KB
Dimensions=1000x750
Date added=Oct 27, 2005 DSC00567.JPG](albums/RPGbigupload1/thumb_DSC00567.JPG)
You can see quite a bit of the Forbidden Valley from here.
|
|
![Filename=DSC00570.JPG
Filesize=217KB
Dimensions=1000x750
Date added=Oct 27, 2005 DSC00570.JPG](albums/RPGbigupload1/thumb_DSC00570.JPG)
A closeup of Nemesis' loop from Air's lift hill.
|
|
|
|
|
|