Airtime&Gravity 1 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Cloud Cuckoo Land Sky Ride station has been completely destroyed in a fire. It is the second such incident to affect the Sky Ride in less than two years, with another station's roof having been wrecked in October 2007. The fire started around 10:30pm and the fire service were called to attend the blaze. No guests or employees were present and as such, there have been no injuries as a result. Alton Towers have confirmed to ATA that the Cloud Cuckoo Land station, at the far end of the park near Rita and Charlie, "is gone". In a statement, the park said: "The station has been destroyed and the ride will therefore not reopen for the foreseeable future. "There will be cosmetic alterations to the park tomorrow as certain areas will have to be fenced off during the fire service investigation into the cause of the fire. "The park will be open as normal from 10am with some rides open for early ride time at 9am." It is expected that the ride will be out of action for the remainder of the 2009 open season, which runs until the start of November. Link Link to post Share on other sites
andyuk200523 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Not again!!! All I can say is at least it was not in one of the main drive stations, so it shouldn't be too bad for the repairwork, wonder what it was this time that started it! Link to post Share on other sites
Purplepills 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Well every time I have been in the last few years it never seems to be working anyway, maybe since I go on off peak days (and seemingly when its windy). I guess it definitely won't be working for a while now. Link to post Share on other sites
Koolkid 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Such a shame, this is the first season in a while when it's been running pretty much day-in day-out. Probably is going to delay SW6 construction a bit aswell Link to post Share on other sites
window 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Here are some more links: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7066781.stm http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641290507 It's a real shame. I can't remember the last time I visited Alton Towers and the cable cars were working. Link to post Share on other sites
CorkscrewFoley 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Thanks for the links Pete, erm...Window. Link to post Share on other sites
Troll 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 ^^ The BBC link for the story is from 2007. The new one can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8162506.stm Link to post Share on other sites
window 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 ^^ The BBC link for the story is from 2007. The new one can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8162506.stm I obviously searched really hard.............. d'oh! Link to post Share on other sites
TheRapidsNerd 1 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Sorry to see this happen, but glad no one was hurt. Will be interesting to see what becomes of the ride. By the looks of the one picture in the previous links, that was a bloody big fire. Link to post Share on other sites
jamjar 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Jeez, I was there on sunday with my friends. We were on the skyride when it stopped a few times, only for a few seconds, but then his parents went on and were stuck for 45 minutes! :\ they came off the ride and got 'unlimited' ride passes, which were taken off of them after a ride on oblivion. Its a shame as it was the first time I'd actually been on it and the views were really nice. Ah well. I guess Alton will always have a jinxed sky ride. :/ Link to post Share on other sites
Capitalize 0 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 An underground nuclear missile base? That is an awesome theme, too bad it never became a reality. That might have been awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
dr.gumbo 0 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 If that suggested woodie a few years ago was called SW6, shouldn't this really be called SW7? Link to post Share on other sites
andyuk200523 0 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 No because they never approved the Woodie, however the Arrow Pipelines were all ready for construction and got cancelled. On this basis as the Woodie never got past the planning stage it could never be called an SW ride. I think we will be getting a vertical track drop (i.e. the entire length of the track which is horizontal drops vertically giving the feeling of the floor disappearing) If you look at the latest photos of construction there is an almighty hole appearing! Link to post Share on other sites
rollerboy 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 ^ Any chance you could post a few photos? Link to post Share on other sites
andyuk200523 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 This photo was taken on the 21st of July, I have seen a more recent one where the hole looks slightly deeper, but cannot find it at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
aldredd 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Fantastic - didn't realise construction had started. Does this mean it has been fully approved? (Planning permission wise?). I'd assume they wouldn't start major earth-works without it anyway. That said, with a baby on the way, not sure when I'll next get to AT! Link to post Share on other sites
rollerboy 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 ^ Correct. That was approved a while back now. Construction's looking good. I really like how much they manage to keep it very secretive. Link to post Share on other sites
dr.gumbo 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 ^ Yet a layout was released about half a year ago. Even so, it should be great. I hope they go all out on the theming like they did with Nemmy. Link to post Share on other sites
rollerboy 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 ^ Yeah, but we still don't know what type of coaster it's going to be. For definite anyway. I'm pretty excited about it. I hope they do as good a job as SAW with the theming. It really does make the ride an experience. Edit: Just realised we said pretty much the same thing. Link to post Share on other sites
monkeyoverlord71 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 New posters for SW6. From Twitter. alton_towers http://twitpic.com/dllel - Ride into the Unknown - March 2010 new ride posters are up across the resort today about 3 hours ago I would have uploaded the picture but I'm on my iPhone. Link to post Share on other sites
Koolkid 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 The posters, the leaflets and the new sign around the construction site look fantastic and much better than the old one. The theme makes me think of Hollywood Tower of Terror at Hollywood Studios as it talks about riding into "the unkown". Looks absolutely fantastic and I'm absolutely brimming with excitement. I would also say that the theme shown IMO almost confirms this will be more thrill than family-orientated. Link to the poster Link to post Share on other sites
CorkscrewFoley 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I'm really excited about this coaster. i do hope it's something with a reverse part of the coaster. I know it's gimmicky, but it's still something that should be fun. Alton are really doing a fantastic job with this. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterfan21 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Fantastic - didn't realise construction had started. Does this mean it has been fully approved? (Planning permission wise?). I'd assume they wouldn't start major earth-works without it anyway. That said, with a baby on the way, not sure when I'll next get to AT! Ya my home park SFNE learned that hard way to always get your permits sorted out. Now what was supposed to be there new coaster is in Mexico. Link to post Share on other sites
lankanboy101 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 ^ Yeah, but we still don't know what type of coaster it's going to be. For definite anyway. I'm pretty excited about it. I hope they do as good a job as SAW with the theming. It really does make the ride an experience. Edit: Just realised we said pretty much the same thing. On the Tower Times SW6 page (http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/news/system/show_news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1245870413&archive=&template=TTBeta) they had release a small press release saying it is going to be built by Intamin and it is a slightly modified mega-lite coaster. Link to post Share on other sites
lankanboy101 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 ^ Yeah, but we still don't know what type of coaster it's going to be. For definite anyway. I'm pretty excited about it. I hope they do as good a job as SAW with the theming. It really does make the ride an experience. Edit: Just realised we said pretty much the same thing. On the Tower Times SW6 page (http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/news/system/show_news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1245870413&archive=&template=TTBeta) they had release a small press release saying it is going to be built by Intamin and it is a slightly modified mega-lite coaster. Sorry that link doesn't work. Use this link and scroll down to "2010 Ride Manufacturer." http://sw6.towerstimes.co.uk/news/ Link to post Share on other sites
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