Thirteen, Intamin ''psychoaster'' - Alton Towers 2010

[The Grape Wizard]

Most of you think he's a pleb but ah well. Shawn sanbrooke is making weelky episodes of SW6 construction

here's ep 3

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoLFe6kT_Nk[/youtube]

 

[Ben]

lol, I gave up at "Your watching". My watching what? I didn't know I owned a watching?

 

[The Grape Wizard]

He is such a pleb :lol:

 

[Ollie]

Not sure if this has been posted or not as I've not been following the topic.


Sounds really interesting.

A trumpet blast, a charge into the light
From Alton Towers the hunt took flight
The Earl was confused and puzzled to why
His favorite hound was nowhere to his eye.

Upon the hunting parties return
The Earl's young child raised concern
For nowhere was he to be seen
Then suddenly an unearthly scream.

Her clothes covered in crimson smears
Her eyes alight, filled with fear
The maid cried the hound had killed the boy
With blood on it's fangs and eyes full of joy.

The frantic Earl, blinded by grief
Withdrew his blade from it's sheath
An almighty plunge of this hunting knife
Took the hound bereft of life.

The dog's dying cry awoke his son
Peacefully concealed in another room
But nearby, a slain wolf was found
The true attacker lay on the ground.

The Earl realised his dreadful error
His heart began to fill with terror
His child had been saved by the hound
Which lay displaying the fatal wound.

The poor dog's bones were laid to rest
North of the Towers in sacred ground blessed
From that day forth the Earl never smiled
His haunting mistake turning him wild.

His heart ripped and removed
The Earl's sorrow forever proved.

In an unmarked grave in Alton Towers
Lies a simple bed of flowers
In 2009 it's grave was disturbed
The Alton hound's accidental rebirth.

Read the above carefully. Your next information pack will be released in 48 hours from this point in time.

And a kinda trailer thing:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1C6U4Wf7w[/youtube]


From:
http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/viewtopi ... &start=870

 

[Ollie]

Also:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rByz-DS9Bsc&fmt=22p[/youtube]
Both trailers don't show much but the poem is interesting.

 

[Ben]

The story sounds quite interesting, shame we know the layout is uninspiring


And Rita is going to be such a sore thumb.

 

[Ollie]

Yeah, I really like the story. It also explains why there are loads of statues of the dog around the Towers.
Not sure how they're going to put it into the ride though.
And that cloaked figure (which keeps appearing) I assume is the Earl who stabbed the dog.

I agree about Rita though. It's still going to never look good in the area.

 

[Uncle Arly]

Nice story. Weird 'trailers' though.

Ug Land looks really bare now. Can't wait to find out more.

 

[Ollie]

Also ground work has begun apparently. Does this mean this topic gets stickied now that construction has begun?

 

[marc]

The story does sound interesting, but Merlin can not theme for **** so I hold very little hope on that side now. Please Merlin prove me wrong this time lol.

What I also find strange is that Alton will have 2 sort of ghost areas by the sounds of it.

And I recon its a Eurofighter or something from them I have the same feeling that I had when Thorpe Park said they were getting a new coaster.

 

[Gazza]

lol, I gave up at "Your watching". My watching what? I didn't know I owned a watching?

I think he said you're watching.

 

[Ben]

lol, I gave up at "Your watching". My watching what? I didn't know I owned a watching?

I think he said you're watching.

That definitely says "YOUR".

 

[Gazza]

Oh whoops, I must have ignored that...I thought you were talking about the first things the kid actually said

 

[spicy]

So the coasters themed around a dog which was murdered by the Earl and its being reborn?

Am I the only one that thinks that sucks majorly?

 

[Ollie]

I quite like the idea still. It's quite creepy and opens up alot of ideas, while also broadening the story of Hex.
It would be good if they scrap UgLand completely and just expand the area that Hex is in (The Towers) into that area.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

It's...... Interesting that story...

Dunno really, it seems a tad... daft... They've done the old woken something up before (Nemesis) and a dog doesn't exactly match up to an alien in mystery and general awesomeness...

I imagine they will expand the Towers area into Ug Land Ollie, but what will happen to Rita and the cattlepen of doom? That is more interesting atm since as Ben said, untouched, it'll stick out even more than it did before...

 

[Ollie]

The next pack has been released:

Information Pack 2

We can confirm a few facts about the new ride at Alton Towers for 2010.

- The rides codename is Secret Weapon 6.
- This viral marketing campaign is being undertaken by a small external marketing company anonymously on behalf of Merlin. We will be conducting all viral marketing, while Merlin will launch a traditional advertising campaign nearer the rides projected opening date produced in-house.
- The rides story will be "faction", in that it uses genuine historical figures and locations in a fictional narrative.
- The rides theme will surround the legend of the "Alton Hound", the story being revealed in the first information pack. The story is indeed based on the legend of Beddgelert.
- The theme of the ride will be interlinked with Hex to some degree.
- We are the only organization who have been commissioned to create a viral marketing campaign. There are no "duel" campaigns running that purposefully contradict each other.
- The campaign will be split into two distinct parts, a part aimed at enthusiasts and a part aimed at the public. They will be intertwined, but very different.

Now is your chance to have your questions answered by the Secret Weapon 6 marketing team. We will be answering a select few of your questions, please leave them in this topic.

http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/viewtopi ... start=1035

 

[Ben]

THAT SOUNDS COOL.

Hex-related <3

Though, Saw has left me with little enthusiasm for the theming.

 

[Ollie]

Are those artwork images still available anywhere?
The ones that Alton removed to start with about the rumoured 'Mystery forest theme'.
I'm surprised how quiet this topic is seeing as what information has just been released.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

Cos there's not much new there?

The project name and theme were obvious...

After the last 'information pack' we knew of the back-story of random doggy doom...


Then there's not much else to natter about really...