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Re: GCI Wooden Coaster - Europa Park 2012 Wow, that tunnel entrance looks really tight from that angle. There will be quite a sequence of headchoppers as that drop goes through the supports into that.

I'm hearing through Facebook that there was a "major incident" at Alton tonight. A large fight and stuff being thrown and broken. Large police presence also. Was anyone there or know what was happening? Edit: Also heard that a guy was urinating in the Air tunnel... Seems like a risky place, I...

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 So are we going to accept Thorpe's PR and call the first element the Thorpe Park Inversion? If so we can drop the quote marks everyone is employing when typing it. If not; what is it likely to be called? It's similar to the half twist and drop...

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 One at the top, which is already up, and the one holding it half way down. That'll be the one with the footer pretty much under Flying Fish.

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 It looked pretty level, yeah. But the plans do say it will drop slightly before it twists. You can see them on the CF construction blog, I won't repost them as I've posted 2 images in two posts recently.

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 Thanks for the back up! And, if people can cope with my 18 month old motorola just a bit longer I'd also like to show you this one I snapped a little earlier:

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 Unless my version of this thread has some posts missing from it, that's the first photo of the actual top being bolted into place?... it's a phone snap.

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 I've just returned early from Thorpe and I saw the lift hill being topped off. Here's a picture:

I missed Stunt Fall a Parque Warner this year as it was shut for my entire trip. I also have a Big Dipper shapped hole in my count, it was being retracked when I was there.

Re: Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom, 400ft drop tower for SFMM Using the Superman supports should cut a fair bit of cost off the ride, clever thinking.

Re: Superman Ultimate Flight, Premier Rides launch coaster, This looks really interesting. If it rides as smooth as the video suggests it will it could be great. I love the look of the twist out of the loop and into the station! The trim at the top seems pretty severe, but I guess that...

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 ^ Good call. Maybe we should hold off from posting photos of the mud until we get vertical construction, which can't be far off now?

As for a picture, take a look on Google maps satellite view. Although the track is under a roof at the turning point the direction is clearly visible. The train leaves the station going away from the rest of the ride, towards the sea. Edit: Here's a clicky for you... http://g.co/maps/3c8p

My band's album is out now on iTunes and Amazon and all the other ones... http://www.theubiquityproject.co.uk for some streaming. I hope you like it. Update: We're now on Spotify. Search for us to listen for free.

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 Bet they can... One path into the area will create a bottleneck but the Park's not so large as to make it a long walk around.

Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 I'm quite a fan of the trains and the theme idea in general. The trains remind me a bit of Raiders from Battlestar. I'm not too fond of the name though. I think the associations with afore-mentioned film have made it somewhat less scary than...

Re: Mythos - wooden coaster - Europa Park 2012 If anyone can do that it's Europa Park. They don't check restraints and they dispatch the second bums touch seats, before if they can! They'll run at least 3 trains all day with the most efficient of German staff to keep it moving. I bet they'll...

Re: Mythos - wooden coaster - Europa Park 2012 Ah man! You just know this will be amazing! Did Europa Park last year, this will bump it back up the list of places I intend to go to!

I really enjoyed that, thanks.

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