Dar 1 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 At least Blackpool are building a decent coaster for 2018 Link to post Share on other sites
cookiex 0 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 At least Blackpool are building a decent coaster for 2018 And they replaced their Log Flume with an SLC years ago so they have nowhere to go but up. Link to post Share on other sites
scottjenkins 0 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 At least Blackpool are building a decent coaster for 2018 And they replaced their Log Flume with an SLC years ago so they have nowhere to go but up. Â Â This wins the internet for the day. Touche indeed Link to post Share on other sites
I love pie 0 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Isn't SW8 a launched woodie? Link to post Share on other sites
TheCoasterKid211 0 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Isn't SW8 a launched woodie? Link to post Share on other sites
RyanTPM 0 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 ^^The plans do show it to have a launched lift hill yes, but this will likely be slow speed and be used as an alternative to the usual chain lift to keep the sound low. Link to post Share on other sites
Rollercoaster Rider 0 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 ^^The plans do show it to have a launched lift hill yes, but this will likely be slow speed and be used as an alternative to the usual chain lift to keep the sound low. Â Â They could also use an elevator lift to make it quiet Link to post Share on other sites
TheoB 0 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Replacing a log flume with a GCI? You're dead to me Alton Towers. Â Trust me, the flume was absolutely appalling. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 313 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Replacing a log flume with a GCI? You're dead to me Alton Towers. Â Trust me, the flume was absolutely appalling. Â There's no such thing as an appalling log flume. Link to post Share on other sites
Henry M 0 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Replacing a log flume with a GCI? You're dead to me Alton Towers. Â Trust me, the flume was absolutely appalling. Â There's no such thing as an appalling log flume. Â The log flume was really good. It needed a face-lift, but it was long, had fun themeing, went through lots of woods, and is my favorite log flume I have been on. Link to post Share on other sites
Rollercoaster Rider 0 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Replacing a log flume with a GCI? You're dead to me Alton Towers. Â Trust me, the flume was absolutely appalling. Â There's no such thing as an appalling log flume. Â The log flume was really good. It needed a face-lift, but it was long, had fun themeing, went through lots of woods, and is my favorite log flume I have been on. Â Â When they rethemed it to "Bathtime with Attitude", I thought the showerhead looked cool. Don't know if it worked or was just for show... Would be a good addition for many Log Flumes now that I think about it. The rubber ducky also looked adorable. Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Replacing a log flume with a GCI? You're dead to me Alton Towers. Â Trust me, the flume was absolutely appalling. Â There's no such thing as an appalling log flume. I used to think so. Then I went on Jet Stream at Magic Mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 313 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Apparently I see flumes through rose colored glasses because on our last trip to Magic Mountain the only rides in the entire park that we bothered re-riding were Ninja (what a criminally underrated coaster), Tatsu and Jet Stream since we were so pressed for time. Â This was pre Full Throttle and TC. Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Ninja and Tatsu are worthy. I enjoyed a lot of those immensely. Could be that you went pre-drought too, because when I was there for WCB, there was about an inch of water in the trough, the boat ran on its wheels the whole time without floating at all, and it just went back and forth hitting each side as hard as possible. I came off it with a headache from the amount and force of the crashing. You do need to have water in your log flume for it to function correctly. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 313 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Yeah it was a few years ago and I don't remember that happening at all. Link to post Share on other sites
larrygator 7 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I usually don't keep track of costs but isn't £15 million much higher than any previous GCI coasters? Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 ^ That comes out to $19 million USD, and yes, that's high. Most GCIs are in the $10 million range. Link to post Share on other sites
Rollercoaster Rider 0 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 ^ That comes out to $19 million USD, and yes, that's high. Most GCIs are in the $10 million range. Â Â I'll bet a few bucks are going to theming and the launch system, But geez 19m is just shy of Lightning Rod. Link to post Share on other sites
jedimaster1227 80 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 ^I wouldn't discount whatever that element underneath the lift hill is as possibly contributing to the higher cost... I'd imagine Mystic Timbers' surprise in the shed will... shed light on the possibilities for Secret Weapon 8. Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I hear Britain has an expert on sheds. Â Link to post Share on other sites
n1ch0las 0 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Ah, details in news articles are so important not to get wrong. Â Plans of the 200 metre high wooden coaster have now emerged. Â 600 ft tall wooden coaster? I thought they couldn't build above the tree line! Â http://blooloop.com/link/alton-towers-coaster-secret-weapon-sw8/ Link to post Share on other sites
Rollercoaster Rider 0 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 ^I wouldn't discount whatever that element underneath the lift hill is as possibly contributing to the higher cost... I'd imagine Mystic Timbers' surprise in the shed will... shed light on the possibilities for Secret Weapon 8. Â Â I doubt there will be much in the shed except for Screens/AA Link to post Share on other sites
xstech25 0 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Saw John Wardley giving a presentation a few years back and during Q&A someone asked why Alton Towers didn't have a wooden coaster. He said that he constantly tried to get a wooden coaster but Nick Varney would never build one because he didn't think they were marketable enough (no gimmick). Its kind of funny how now that Wardley is retired, it looks like AT is going to finally get a wooden coaster. And not only are they getting a wooden coaster but its likely going to be a GCI which are the least gimmicky of the new generation of wooden coasters (don't go upside down, at least). Link to post Share on other sites
Rollercoaster Rider 0 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Saw John Wardley giving a presentation a few years back and during Q&A someone asked why Alton Towers didn't have a wooden coaster. He said that he constantly tried to get a wooden coaster but Nick Varney would never build one because he didn't think they were marketable enough (no gimmick). Its kind of funny how now that Wardley is retired, it looks like AT is going to finally get a wooden coaster. And not only are they getting a wooden coaster but its likely going to be a GCI which are the least gimmicky of the new generation of wooden coasters (don't go upside down, at least). Â Â Isn't it launching? Plus I guess they decided to play it safe after Smilers.... You know. And I thought John was working on this. Remember, he did retire in 2000-2002. Link to post Share on other sites
thedazza 0 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Saw John Wardley giving a presentation a few years back and during Q&A someone asked why Alton Towers didn't have a wooden coaster. He said that he constantly tried to get a wooden coaster but Nick Varney would never build one because he didn't think they were marketable enough (no gimmick). Its kind of funny how now that Wardley is retired, it looks like AT is going to finally get a wooden coaster. And not only are they getting a wooden coaster but its likely going to be a GCI which are the least gimmicky of the new generation of wooden coasters (don't go upside down, at least). Â There was a formal screening option submitted in march 2015 for a coaster in forbidden valley made from timber truss, which if rumours are to be believed was going to be an RMC launched woodie, like Lightning Rod but with inversions and was probably going to be built to open next year. That would have been easy for them to market as could have been advertised as Europe's first launched woodie, or World's first launched inverting wood coaster (they would have gone with the World first marketing, it is Merlin we are talking about afterall). Then The Smiler crashed and a looping launched wooden coaster became the wrong choice given the general public's safety concerns, so they have gone with a family thrill coaster, but will still be Europe's first launching woodie so they still get the USP. It is a shame that they never built one while John Wardley was there, maybe this is one of his designs that they have modified to include a launch, but he said he's had nothing to with this ride, so probably not. Link to post Share on other sites
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