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While rereading the paper on page 192. My best guess will be that only people with the park-to-park tickets are able to board the train. How they're going to check this, only time will tell.

I'm not saying that I don't get it. You aether have a 2 park ticket or you will not be allowed to visited the other park. What I guess is confusing here is that off course both 1 park and hopper park ticket holders are allowed in the park, but only the hoppers ticket holders are allowed to hop. This train will be a hopper transportation form within isle of adventure to inside Universal studios and back. I guess they're wondering when and how they going to check if you are a hopper. Like you have a "conductor" checking your ticket before entering and you are free to leave inside the other park, or all guest are allowed to take the train and they make a back entrance and to enter the other park, what means 1 park ticket holders are forced to take the train back. Personally I hope they do it the first way because the second force the 1 park ticket holders to go from one queue line to another.

^ My best guess is that Universal has both 1 park and 2 park tickets. So they are wondering how they are going to prevent people who bought the 1 park tickets from entering the train and enjoy both parks. With Disney it goes from park entrance to park entrance you are completely out of the park and have go to through the gates. The concept like we know it here will be from within one park to the other.

I'm quite interested in the attraction of this area. If you watch movie 7, how big of a chance will it be a indoor roller coaster or dark ride?

I think they should have a "Special Potter Ticket" for both parks that includes nothing else. Potter ticket holders could be launched into either Potter area via a catapult--or perhaps on rocket-propelled broomsticks. My guess is that people will have to buy a two-park ticket. My guess exactly. I guess they are adding some check in check out points for entering and leaving the train so nobody can go around the system.

Great to have a openings date. Can't wait for the reviews and ride it myself this year.

I'm having trouble with big articles like these. So here is what I get, would someone be nice enough to tell me if I get it or if I'm wrong. They already have Hogwards and Hogsmeade within Ilse of adventure and now are expending with London and Diagon ally in the other park, and plan to do something unique by connecting the two themed area's in both parks and connect them with a form of transportation (which I guess would be a train.). Is that it?

Is it me or do this video's get weaker by every part. The first was great, but this one is like: "okay". I hope future parts will be better.

^^ I believe the second half is also no problem for the ride. Alton Towers guide. Love the look of the camera for the onride picture. We have seen them promoting with Security cams before (like the game scanner) so I love the idea here.

I expected one wing today not both. Looks like a great ride. To join the which wing is better competition. Right has to go through the support jungle which gives it a little extra if you ask me. Left has other winning elements. from that onride it's a right win.

That entrance sign looks awesome. SFFF really did good work with IRat for sure. (I surely must not forget to give RCM (for the track) and Gerstlauer (for the trains) some credit). Can't wait to try this beast of steel.

I can confirm now (via Towerstimes forum) that there have been test last night and probably it is still running at this hour. They start testing at around 6 PM so after closing time. Also this person stated that the ride testing will take around 2 weeks making the 18th of May (rumored opening date) possible. You know I see it open the 18th or Wednesday (have no idea why but Wednesday feels right) the 22nd. I could be really optimistic here but he it looks almost done.

Video from yesterday. Near the end you see a train getting out of the maintenance shed. Good to see that (some) systems are running, there are claims that yesterday the chains where running too. I'm getting more and more exited, I want to see it running.

So far: 1. Toverland Sure to come: 1. Walibi Belgium 2. Phantasialand unsure but planed: 1. Alton Towers 2. Thorpe Park

Today the whole day there stood a train on standby on the transfer track. Who knows Perhaps some testing tonight or tomorrow. towesstreet facebook. Also Towerstimes said that Alton Towers would announce the openings day this week which is good news, I'm ready to hear it.

Looks really weird like this. I really wished I could go to SFGAm but not a chance going to miss this.

Really interesting story. Wonder how it folds out considering that the woman in the early video (within the sanctuary) looks a lot like Trisha I think I know where where they going at there. Good marketing.

^ Look closely and you see 2 more. That picture is by far the most beautiful picture I've seen from the coaster, just twisted steel to the extreme. Thanks for sharing. Just found this on Towerstimes facebook. It seems the served support is now fixed. So it seems the ride is done and could go over to testing anytime now.

^I thought the same thing at first. But I remembered that Thorpe park sometimes placed strange stuff on there facebook, So I thought that Alton Towers could do the same. Looking back the it's official theory seems to have the upper-hand now. Anyways news: Train 1 is now completely on the rails: Also they finally fixing the served support over the toilets. Alton Towers guide Facebook.

Quote comes from Alton Towers Facebook page. It seems like the footage is a fake one, yet I must say It is really well done. Deepest respect for the ones who made this. Something happening on site. The first train of the Smiler is lifted on the track. Train in the air: Towersstreet facebook. Can't wait for the test run of this ride any more.

Tickler testing. The brush on the right seems to have a lot op problems getting up to speed. It surely doesn't look as powerful as the concept. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151373745606050&set=vb.168150643216122&type=3&permPage=1 Hypnotiser testing. This is a bummer. I expected more disc's to be spinning only 2 are. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151373754066050&set=vb.168150643216122&type=3&permPage=1 Great video. If you look at it there are some point that its an official video, like the laughing with the "in the hall of the mountain king" tune, The amount of Hynotiser looking illusions around the house, and the fact that it are tapes they take with them. These are things that a fan-made video won't have (Small details) because you don't think about it that much. And I love the end.

^^ & ^^^ You could both be right. It look like water to me and I watched it several times and still am not 100% sure. It could be a haze or mist shoot out with a lot of air. But to me it looked like a spray of water because it you could see it got caught in the wind and I saw the same effect as with a fountain.

I have some bad news for the anti water group. The Inoculator was tested today and yes it looks like water to me. It's quite a lot if you ask me. Also Giggler was tested today.

I found this article on TowersTimes: http://old.towerstimes.co.uk/news/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1367172301&archive&start_from&ucat=1%2C10%2C11 It shows some of the wrong supports. I mean they say it's normal, but Is it? I never heard before of a cut in a support. Anyways it also says that testing starts next within 2 days, I really hope thats true because I can't wait for the pictures and videos of the train flying through the lay-out.

^ Looking at the KD discussion thread 1st page. Track where delivered June 12 which gives me understanding that April/May groundwork started. So basically the same time like now. Who minds an other inverting woodie?