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Alton Towers | Wicker Man | GCI Wood

elephant58

Hyper Poster
I was hoping it wouldn't be completely obscured by trees, like the plans showed it would be, so I'm quite glad. It looks really good with that castle thing and I think the wooden structure will just go with the area really well.
 

davidm

Strata Poster
The photo was taken from the right hand side of the lawns towards CBeebies Land. If it had been correctly sourced from the off then it would have been far easier for people to find out!

:)
Yeah I was trying to just get a reasonable angle on StreetView for the shot to line up the building and the support for the chair-lift to illustrate it wasn't taken in Cbeebies land!.
I hope you noticed that I did include the source in my sarcy reply though - all the (silly) confusion just because someone says "from Towers street" and makes people think its taken from THE Towers Street rather than pinched from TowersStreet(.com) :)
 

Bert2theSpark

Mega Poster
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New construction windows round the front.

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A Towers staple, Scaffolding has appeared on the theming structure.

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Another Merlin Staple, A Shipping Container!

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The first turn around GCI structure is in place.

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Better shot of first drop, appears to be banked.

Credit TS Facebook.
 

elephant58

Hyper Poster
That suggests more chance of a launch, right? I think it's got to be launched, it's perhaps the only thing that could prevent this from being a nondescript and dull coaster and I'd like to think that a park like Towers wouldn't let that happen to a new coaster, nevermind the first new one in 5 years.
 

Bert2theSpark

Mega Poster
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Overview of the site.

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The first drop progress.

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The Lift Hill.

Credit Coaster Bot

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The theming structure has been covered, It is speculated that the theming detail and pipework is being put in.

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View of Lift Hill and the Theming Structure.

Credit TowersTimes Facebook.
 

Sandman

Giga Poster
I love that first image, showing the wider perspective. It really shows how far the lift hill sprawls across the site.
 

Smithy

Strata Poster
First update I've paid attention to in a while.

Entire structure does look quite impressive, this thing should look quite good from around the park.
 

Lofty

CF Legend
I just realized, at 2:30 in the video, is it me or does the final turn into the brakes look outerbanked?
I'd hardly be surprised, usually GCI coasters have banked brake runs to increase brake efficiency, and a lot of those times, those brake runs are banked the opposite direction to the previous banking - so it might just be that.
 

Sandman

Giga Poster
So, aside from the 'theming structure', any clues as to how extensive the theming will be? I'm trusting that the shipping container technique has ran it's course now and judging by the cost, this should be substantial... for Merlin.
 

Pokemaniac

Mountain monkey
Staff member
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Moderator
I'm trusting that the shipping container technique has ran it's course now...

How so? Has the cost of shipping containers risen so sharply that they're no longer the cheapest option for themeing? If not, I wouldn't count on Merlin to stop using them...
 

Sandman

Giga Poster
^ Let me rephrase that. I'm PRAYING it's ran it's course.

I dunno... obviously they could just stick to that lazy effort, but the theming structure is hopefully an indicator that they are willing to go a bit more 'out there' in terms of visual/interactive elements. Please Merlin, think of the kids.
 

spicy

Giga Poster
Dropping and accelerating through that sound tunnel is going to be a real highlight. Hope they add some lighting effects in there.

I may have missed this but do we have a highest to lowest point in ft? The elevation looks quite steep although not as dramatic as Nemesis.

What makes Nemesis so special is the pacing and accelerating throughout the first half of the layout, hopefully this will have similar pace constantly generating speed throughout the first half. A normal chain lift hill will actually be better for this as you will get the gradual acceleration throughout rather than a burst.
 
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