Alton Towers | Wicker Man | GCI Wood
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Sandman
Giga Poster
Which is fair enough if you are pushing the 'family coaster' bit. This is getting even more Thirteen though.
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
3:11 in the video, their looks to be regular anti-rollback teeth like on other GCI's. How do they plan on making that silent?
Zek_Teh_Kek
Hyper Poster
^ Ya, the Millennium lift hill has an electromagnetic anti-rollback system in which as the train passes over, the little slot things open up and if the cable stops, it keeps the train from falling, just like a normal anti-rollback.
elephant58
Hyper Poster
Bit pointless but I've just noticed that the aerial shots from the ITV video kind of make the coaster look a bit more substantial:
This photo just seems to make it look quite nice I think.
This photo just seems to make it look quite nice I think.
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
It is still only InvadR scale, the news reported that it will have over 2,000ft of track, and InvadR has 2,118ft.
It got great reviews, it is supposed to be a family ride.
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
After seeing more and more close up photos of the ride which depict the elevation changes and the sharpness of some of these drops and hills, I bet that the ride will slightly exceed everybody's expectations. These are some pretty substantial drops:
Lofty
CF Legend
There really isn't though - when you see it in person, you realise just how tiny this thing is.
Lofty
CF Legend
There was during ScareFest, they were playing The Welcoming's soundtrack (which is believed to be very similar to the final ride audio).
Bert2theSpark
Mega Poster
There was the IMAScore Hertiage soundtrack playing on that SW8 pathway and a snippet of the SW8 soundtrack on the TV's and until Fireworks the Mutiny Bay music playing as well.
Psycoshark1
Roller Poster
Its such a shame that Merlin are a terrible company. They turned down the option of a really good looking wooden coaster for Thorpe Park in favour of the shockingly rough Saw The Ride. Then instead of a new coaster the year before last they make supposedly their biggest investment to date and add the complete waste of time and money that is Derren Browns Ghost Train or Derren Browns Ghost Replacement Bus Service as I called it after visiting three times and finding it not working. Now Merlin have apparently said that they will now be focusing all their investment on the LEGOLAND Parks and will not be doing large installations at the other Merlin owned attractions.
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For anyone wanting to Youtube "Sw8 Music", I'd wait for a while. SW8 shares initials with a band called Sideways 8. Unless you like looking at pictures of a hairless bear of a vocalist, I recommend waiting.
Will
Strata Poster
Perhaps I'm overtired, but both these phrases have amused me far more than they should have done
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Smithy
Strata Poster
Have I missed something?