Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: Duel

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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.

One of the busts in the station area.

Another highly-detailed bust.

In the operator's cabin, looking at the control console.

You can see Duel's layout in front of the monitor, with buttons for each section of the ride.

This part of the panel tells the operator exactly where each car is on the circuit.

A computer, also with the ride's layout on, monitors everything that's happening.

In one of the corridors between sections, a detailed plan is on the wall. Note that towards the top-left of the drawing is the "house" front that you see when you're in Gloomy Wood - it shows just how much bigger the ride itself is than appears from the outside.

From the main ride circuit, we look into the maintenance bay. The doors are closed when the ride is in operation.

From a balcony above the maintenance area, looking down.

Several cars are being overhauled here.

A look inside one of the cars.

At the end of the room is a computer, with yet more ride drawings.

From the maintenance area, looking back out towards the main ride circuit.

Inside Duel. Note the amazing amount of detail, and the monster ready to jump out...

An early part of the ride, not usually seen in so much light.

A car sits motionless in this section, next to the banqueting table.

A close-up of the banqueting table.

Cobwebs, and lots of them, hanging overhead.

We advise that arachnophobics look away now...

One of the terrifying spiders at the side of the track.

The main spider, the huge one that hangs overhead.

With the lights switched on, it's easy to see how the creature is fixed.

One of literally hundreds of targets on the walls, this spider is ever so slightly smaller!

Another target. In total, there are 700 targets in Duel, of which 50 are the yellow (higher scoring) ones.

A rather dusty bat.

Some nice detailing on the wall, with a sign behind that reads "abandon hope all ye who enter here".

The rotating tunnel, when not lit up.

Another look back through the tunnel, which is incredibly disorientating when the ride is operating.

And here's how the tunnel looks from the outside!

Some animatronic zombies leaning towards us.

Yet more undead creatures.

This zombie's hand is missing, which probably wouldn't be out of place normally, but usually he has a 'blaster' to shoot people with.

Another zombie in a state of disrepair.

You can see the frame behind this one which allows him to move.

This guy's been in here since before the ride was rethemed in 2003.

Another animatronic devil.

Towards the end of the ride, we enter the 'garden' section.

Everything here is so well detailed, though we didn't dare see if the steps would hold our weight!

Yet more theming in the garden area.

A rather unnerving bird.

Another creature.

The hearse.

Again, note the frame which moves this creature as the cars go past.

The Grim Reaper, uncharacteristically dressed in white.

Still in the garden section, another creepy bird.

And a random dead rat.

In the final part of the ride, you see zombies on gantries above you (and another rat).

More zombie's "firing back".

One of two giant 1000w flash guns, at the ride photo point.

At the end of the ride, looking back into the station area.

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