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Listen to it Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/In-the-Loop

According to staff, the official website will launch in about 25 minutes: http://www.intimidator305.com./

An up-to-date blog from the event: http://www.kdfansite.com/blog/ In 36 minutes (at the time of post) there will be a live, In the Loop broadcast from the event. This can be listened to over on blog talk radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/In-the-Loop

Could this be the world’s first lift hill achieved 100mph coaster? Indeed the rumoured height of 350ft would be a 12% increase on Millennium Force’s 310ft, and if that was reflected in top speed. A 12% increase on Millennium Force’s 93mph, would be 105mph.

This is what General Manager, Mark Bainbridge said about the ride in late 2008: The full interview is available through the link: http://www.valleymania.co.uk/interview2.php

A new Coaster Crew/KD fan site, construction update has been posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFE1OEPQxpc And the photo gallery: http://www.kdfansite.com/gallery/thumbn ... =70&page=1 I guess a vertical lift has now been ruled out given the arrival of stairs.

Got to be honest, I’m disappointed with this plan, although I can see why they chose it. It’s just a shame that Thorpe Park is now the only UK Park who plans to cater for thrill seekers. And frankly judging by the substandard Saw – The Ride, it’s not to the standard we’d all like. So in...

I don’t think the effect actually has a name, or at least I haven’t come across it. The earliest known example I’ve seen of this was in Wes Cravens “A Nightmare On Elm Street”. In which they used spandex for the effect, which seems to be the most common material used. Indeed some haunt shops...

It was mentioned at the Nemesis X event in 2004, that the wooden coaster into the valley would be right for Alton Towers at some point. I guess we’ll find out whether it’s in the near future or not, today or tomorrow. I just hope they don’t spend all their money on hotels and family oriented...

B&M inverted motors: http://www.rcdb.com/ig3244.htm?picture=42 http://www.rcdb.com/ig3244.htm?picture=31 http://www.rcdb.com/ig4190.htm?picture=2 (Uninstalled) B&M inverted brakes: http://www.rcdb.com/ig4190.htm?picture=1 http://www.rcdb.com/ig3305.htm?picture=28 B&M hyper...

Ok. So whilst browsing throw a lovely site made by a man called Robb Alvey. I stumbled across something that disproved my theory for SW6’s world’s first element. It turns out that an entirely backwards tilt track has been done before: http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastert ... atwister_1...

Yep, the Arrow Dynamics (stuck in the) Pipeline roller coaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er0SrIW9_XQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1ki7PozKo&feature=related And a full POV of the prototype over on Theme Park Review’s Coaster Tube: http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastert ...

MCBRs only spoil a coaster if they trim i.e. Pepsi Max Big One. Otherwise I can appreciate them for two reasons: 1) they decrease queue times, 2) they allow for longer ride times; more value for my money. Without them, many roller coasters would be half or even a third of their length i.e. The...

Hey, there’s a train sitting on the launch track!

Ok so Apocalypse isn’t a roller coaster. But I’m glad they tested it anyway. The adrenaline read outs were off the scale, which was about my estimation too when I first rode it. The simulators were also quite awesome; it’s given me ideas. The program should be available to watch again through...

Top Thrill Dragster’s seats are copies of Expedition GeForce’s. They just feature an added headrest: Goliath: http://www.rcdb.com/ig1565.htm?picture=38 Top Thrill Dragster: http://www.rcdb.com/ig1896.htm?picture=52 If you approached Intamin today with the idea of a launched mega...

The plans do not show box supports, they show I-beam supports. I-beam supports reduce noise without the need for sand dampening, thus reducing cost. Intamin have also used I-beam supporting extensively recently: http://www.rcdb.com/ig3950.htm?picture=5...

Judging by the plans, along with that long since removed leaked concept art, I suspect they’re going for the world’s first entirely backwards tilt track. Indeed the track exiting the station would flow very well from such an element. In which case, the rolling stock only need be a suitably sized...

This will not be a Premier. The plans do show bi-rail track, it has two rails, cross ties and cross struts. However the cross struts go the wrong way for a Premier, in any train direction they go from left (to the next cross tie)-to-right on the new Alton coaster. Whereas the Premier track cross...

The BBC iPlayer Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 6_04_2009/ The main article starts at around 1:36.30. Quite interesting really, they make Saw - The Ride sound worse than it really is. Brendan Walker (the ‘thrill engineer’ working for Merlin) adds his opinions...