This fast spinning ride first made an appearance at Alton Towers in 1993.
Painted in several bright colours and with a height restriction of
1.4metres it was then known as the AstroDancer and it replaced the Cine 2000 in Fantasy World.
When Fantasy World was to be overhauled into X-Sector AstroDancer was moved up to Festival
park in 1997, where it continued to pull crowds. In 1999 the ride was
altered to match new theme of Festival Park, Ug Land, and was
renamed the Dino Dancer.
At the end of
the 2000 season the ride was removed and did not make an appearance
in the 2001 line up. The ride was then rethemed yet again and made a
a comeback in Forbidden Valley for the 2002 season, now known as the
Dynamo.
Despite this new lick of paint the
ride was beginning to show its age and became increasingly
unreliable, so much so that it only ran occasionally during the 2003
season.
The ride was finally removed in February 2004 and now sits in
storage behind Duel, however it is highly unlikely to return to the
park.
