Alton Towers Discussion Thread

[AstroDan]

That photo from TT merely shows the track which is on the car park. This has been openly visible by the general public for weeks.

 

No track has yet been made vertical on site.

[JayTricky]

'Rumored' that this could be the design for the SW7 trains.

 

 

With it confirmed that it will be 4 rows of 4, this could well be it.

[sammmmmy]

^That is just plain beautiful. Imagine the new possibilities gerstlauer has with those trains!

[thestripedtaco]

^^ Those look amazing. This ride just got so much more exciting to me.

[Voxelmatic]

Those are some sexy looking trains! Now, let's hope they ride well .

[andybarnes84]

If those are indeed the trains, which look soooooper, what do we think of the secret element concept discussed so far and how it will work with these relatively long trains?

[RCT3Bross]

Love the looks. I hope I'll be able to ride SW7 in 2013. But if the rumored element is true then these trains are very long.

[RollerCoasterSmi]

^Surely the tunnel is just going to be longer?

[JayTricky]

Well, turns out that picture was taken from here. A shame really, as it's a beautiful looking train. Would be brilliant if it's similar.

[Werner]

^^ They have some great ideas on that site, hopes Intamin takes a look on there soon. Ejector seat, and maybe new restaints designs for ther trains

[SoCalCoasters]

Well, turns out that picture was taken from here. A shame really, as it's a beautiful looking train. Would be brilliant if it's similar.

 

If you do a little digging on that site you'd find that the person who runs it is in fact an employee of Gerstlauer.

[Coaster-Lab]

These are my Trains! http://www.coaster-lab.com

 

As of August 2012 I am a designer at Gerstlauer but I have to inform you that these are not the actual train that are going to be used on the SW7 Coaster.

 

Thank you for all the enthusiasm about my designs. I have spoken to a lot of companies such as intamin at the IAAPA so who knows what could happen. I also talked to Robb a little bit about my company. Can you remember Robb?

Edited December 4, 2012 by Hhappy

[JayTricky]

These are my Trains! http://www.coaster-lab.com

 

As of August 2012 I am a designer at Gerstlauer but I have to inform you that these are not the actual train that are going to be used on the SW7 Coaster.

 

Thank you for all the enthusiasm about my designs. I have spoken to a lot of companies such as intamin at the IAAPA so who knows what could happen. I also talked to Robb a little bit about my company. Can you remember Robb?

 

You have some great ideas on that site.

[cfc]

Can you remember Robb?

 

Yes, I can remember Robb.

[AstroDan]

Quite a lot more track and rebar arrivals in the past few days - and track is now being moved from car park areas to the construction site! Seems the project has gone vertical!

 

http://sw7.towersstreet.com/category/construction/

[Wes]

Is there going to be an announcement about this or are they going to wait til opening?

[JayTricky]

Quite a lot more track and rebar arrivals in the past few days - and track is now being moved from car park areas to the construction site! Seems the project has gone vertical!

 

http://sw7.towersstreet.com/category/construction/

 

Finally. Will be good to see the pic updates over the next few weeks now we have track going up.

[AstroDan]

Is there going to be an announcement about this or are they going to wait til opening?

 

Marketing for SW7 will begin in earnest once the park get their Christmas resort event out of the way. I don't think they want any distractions.

 

First reveal for Nemesis: Sub-Terra was 31st December 2011, so I am expecting things to begin in a few weeks - with a massive campaign through late January, February and into March.

 

[JayTricky]

Always interesting to see which direction Alton will take with their marketing. I predict over the top, ridiculous statements type marketing. Which would actually work this time as this is going to be a thrilling ride.

[SoCalCoasters]

I hope they do another graphic novel for their marketing this time around, I really enjoyed the backstory of Nemesis and Nemesis Sub Terra done through the cell-shaded format.

[AstroDan]

Alton Towers have revealed they will be adding two new themed SW7 rooms/suites for 2013 to the resort hotels, and there's a competition launching later this evening for AT enthusiasts via www.towersstreet.com.

 

You could win:

 

- One night stay for 4 people in one of the new SW7 themed room.

- Park entry for 4.

- Fastracks for 4.

- Behind the scenes tour of SW7.

 

It launches at 7.30pm this evening and there's updates via the TS Facebook page, too - www.facebook.com/towersstreet

 

[jammy2by4]

Yea, I've enter into that, chances are very slim since it's just one person that wins it. But still worth a try . And it seems like a really good prize.

[AstroDan]

Nice tweak to the logo...

 

[vacoaster09]

So if the world survives 12/21/12 its going to get beat to death in March by a smiling roller coaster?

[DBru]

^Sounds like a bold strategy by Alton. Let's see how this works out for them.