It was the first dark ride at Alton Towers, one of the largest in the UK at the time, and was produced by Keith Sparks for the park's owner John Broome.
The ride station was themed around the London docks and featured an animated Phileas Fogg (Based on the actor David Niven from the movie of the same name) in a hot air balloon.
In 1991, at the end of the ride, was a model of the haunted house's facade, advertising the opening of the attraction in 1992.
The ride was popular in its time, but was closed in 1993 and received a complete overhaul after the Tussauds Group took over Alton Towers.
In 2019, the ride system was reused once again as part of the Alton Towers Dungeon.