New sets for Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-o-Matic
Pleasure Beach Resort refreshed Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-o-Matic with nods to Vengeance Most Fowl. New figures and updated music give the dark ride fresh details for Aardman fans.
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Pleasure Beach Resort has given Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-o-Matic a focused refresh. The 2013 dark ride, built around Aardman's much-loved characters, recently closed for several days while the park installed new scenic details and adjusted part of the soundtrack. The update follows Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the film released at the end of 2024 by Aardman with Netflix and the BBC. Riders can now spot four static additions during the journey: two robot gnomes called Norbot and two versions of the criminal penguin Feathers McGraw. That gives the attraction a clearer link with the latest chapter in the franchise instead of relying only on familiar older film moments. For visitors, the nearly four-minute ride now rewards a closer look, especially for anyone who knows the new film. For fans, the timing matters as well: twelve years after opening, Pleasure Beach is still investing in a ride that transformed the old Gold Mine infrastructure into a distinctly British film-based dark ride.