sparky2u
Mega Poster
A few years ago there was a backstage tour and the below info & pic's were shown, a wooden coaster from GCI:
http://www.totalthorpepark.co.uk/featur ... shop.shtml
2009 Wooden Coaster Plans
Since 2003, Thorpe Park has adopted a growth strategy of adding a major rollercoaster installation every 3 years. The decisions as to what these major attractions will be are not taken lightly, and there are often many competing ideas for the investment. Here's a look into one of these competing ideas for the 2009 investment - a Great Coasters International Inc wooden rollercoaster to sit in the space that SAW - The Ride now occupies.
The ride plans look hugely exciting - tracking through the Logger's Leap tunnel and a station fly-by and fly-under! If you've been on GCII's Millennium Flyer trains you'll know just how improved wooden coasters are these days, when compared to, say, rides like the Big Dipper at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (opened in 1923!). Unfortunately, much to the enthusiast's chagrin, UK parks are reluctant to build wooden coasters, due to the fear that such rides would be hard to market to the UK audience. Wooden rides are seen as outdated and tame - but this often couldn't be further from the truth. With the UK's only decent wooden offering being 1996's Megafobia at Oakwood, here's hoping that Thorpe Park revisit these plans in the near future...
http://www.totalthorpepark.co.uk/featur ... shop.shtml
2009 Wooden Coaster Plans
Since 2003, Thorpe Park has adopted a growth strategy of adding a major rollercoaster installation every 3 years. The decisions as to what these major attractions will be are not taken lightly, and there are often many competing ideas for the investment. Here's a look into one of these competing ideas for the 2009 investment - a Great Coasters International Inc wooden rollercoaster to sit in the space that SAW - The Ride now occupies.
The ride plans look hugely exciting - tracking through the Logger's Leap tunnel and a station fly-by and fly-under! If you've been on GCII's Millennium Flyer trains you'll know just how improved wooden coasters are these days, when compared to, say, rides like the Big Dipper at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (opened in 1923!). Unfortunately, much to the enthusiast's chagrin, UK parks are reluctant to build wooden coasters, due to the fear that such rides would be hard to market to the UK audience. Wooden rides are seen as outdated and tame - but this often couldn't be further from the truth. With the UK's only decent wooden offering being 1996's Megafobia at Oakwood, here's hoping that Thorpe Park revisit these plans in the near future...