NEMESIS: SUB-TERRA [Alton 2012]

[Hixee]

I can't see any of those pics

They're very, cuboidial. In less you understand engineering they won't mean a thing to you. It's parts that seem to be part of the mechanics of the ride. No aesthetics assumingly.

Maybe you should stop learning advanced engineering concepts like cuboids, and take up some elocution lessons...

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

Interesting marketing from Towers...

https://twitter.com/#!/PhalanxControl

 

[Danzibarr]

Pictures from twitter ( @PhalanxControl )

 

[Lofty]

Just a thought, does it say anywhere OFFICIALLY that this has separate "cars/gondolas". I don't know why it can't just be one car that 'turns'. In my opinion, that'd actually be a lot technologically easier. Think of it in the way that the Gyro Drop's do it. A solid base tower with a rotating gondola?

 

[furie]

That's a pretty good point actually Lofty and it might solve the issue, though I found that this explains things better:

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[Lofty]

ROBOSAURUS <3

 

[tks]

Robosauras = 40ft tall.
Sub-Terra = 40ft tall.

Robosaurus = Sub-Terra ??

 

[T0M]

Shaping up to be Mystery Castle-lite.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

Not really a bad thing if it's anything like Mystery Castle...

 

[Lofty]

Robosauras = 40ft tall.
Sub-Terra = 40ft tall.

Robosaurus = Sub-Terra ??

40ft?! It's half that, only 6m which is 20ft.

 

[scw55]

I didn't know you people trolled.

 

[furie]

We don't, this is a serious discussion! ؟

Robosauras = 40ft tall.
Sub-Terra = 40ft tall.

Robosaurus = Sub-Terra ??

40ft?! It's half that, only 6m which is 20ft.

Well obviously... If it was Robosaurus then it would be called super-terra. There's nothing sub about Robosaurus!

 

[Lofty]

I wish Robosaurus was in this topic. It would eat you the **** up :lol:

 

[coasterdude_1]

OK. So it looks like it could be Extremis style towers- but- how do you get on? Apart from the control booth ground floor access which can be seen in the pics and is shown on the plans, it still appears that people enter at ground level.

But surely to board a drop tower you'd have to board at the -1 level where a floor exists so that it's possible to load? And before anyone says that there could be stairs down in that 'turret' seen in the corner, it can't be as Alton would also require a disbled lift to make it accessible and as we've already identified the 'lifts' to be fake and given that there is no other lift marked on the plans, I think its safe to assume people will board at ground, rather than -1 level. So what's with that?

Also, what are those mechanisms curently bolted to the floor- they dont appear to be the same on all sides

 

[Gazza]

And before anyone says that there could be stairs down in that 'turret' seen in the corner, it can't be as Alton would also require a disbled lift to make it accessible and as we've already identified the 'lifts' to be fake and given that there is no other lift marked on the plans, I think its safe to assume people will board at ground, rather than -1 level. So what's with that?

I thought those stairs going down just went to a plant room.

 

[Crazycoaster]

There are four sets of lifts that the ride uses to get you from ground floor to -1. Two to take you down, two to take you up.

 

[rollermonkey]

Boarding could take place at ground level with drop-fold floors.

Not saying it is, just that it would be easy to do.

 

[T0M]

Boarding could take place at ground level with drop-fold floors.

Not saying it is, just that it would be easy to do.

Yes, we can theorise that the towers will load at ground level, and fall to the basement level. I suspect that a dummy 'half' will be bolted onto the top of the actual drop/lifting part, utilising the building's height. People will then think they are about to ascend as per Extremis, and the freefall downwards will come as quite a surprise.

Also, the lifts are certainly fake. They will most likely just shake rattle and roll - not take you between levels.

 

[Lofty]

Um, in my opinion, they're lifts, it's that simple...

The Dungeons in Amsterdam have an actual elevator, I don't understand why it's so hard to believe they're real elevators?

 

[T0M]

Um, in my opinion, they're lifts, it's that simple...

The Dungeons in Amsterdam have an actual elevator, I don't understand why it's so hard to believe they're real elevators?

Because the plans show that the entry and exit levels of the lifts are the same.