Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st
UC, since the whole report was written by a non-enthusiast, couldn't it just be plain freaking possible that due to there being at least 3 companies (Intamin and Mack is being taken out as those are similar to each other without mingling with the other 3) that all use the same style track as Saw does, that it could quite simply be a mistake (again) on their part? I'm ruling out the major companies, but if this is going down to a train, then unless Gerstlauer has designed free spinning trains, then I don't see them coming to fruition with this project.
My logic is this: Mauer Soehne, Gerstlauer and Zierer all make rides with enough similarities that to someone who just has to know basics, that they would all be called the same type (track is similar, trains while different can be similar enough (Wicked and Saw, Dare Devil Dive and Hollywood RRR). I know for a while I thought Goliath at SFMM was a B&M because of the box spine (this was back when I didn't care to know the manufacturer, just the stats). Its simple for someone to say Ride A is Company A, when it is actually Company C. Plus, since the 3 companies could easily be mistaken for one another, you could essentially intermix basic stats for said rides (like a noise comparison).
It is going to be either Gerstlauer, Mauer Soehne or Zierer, with my money being on MS due to the fact that they can give a worlds first with their 4 across X-Train (it is floorless I believe)
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Also, just looked at the Covering Letter itself. The plans are "based off of a similar ride (SAW)", which brings in the comparison aspect. Just cause it is similar, does not mean they will be the same.