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Alton Towers SW8

nadroJ said:
^I thought it was settled that those trees were removed for environmental reasons, because they had a virus or something?
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Oh tits, really? That's a shame, but why was it such a like, thin pathway of them...unless they've removed more since. Awww I wanted a woodie to go through there :(
 
From what I have heard, about 10 years ago there were plans for a woodie and a water chute type ride in a new area, which would've been located in the Air car park. Could it be possible that those plans have been kind of resurrected for this project?
 
elephant58 said:
From what I have heard, about 10 years ago there were plans for a woodie and a water chute type ride in a new area, which would've been located in the Air car park. Could it be possible that those plans have been kind of resurrected for this project?
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Probably not because their is a massive SW8 sign in Mutiny Bay.
 
That launched RMC rumour is fairly old hat now, isn't it? I'm pretty certain we had a thread discussing it on here a while back.
 
I don't know that much of the landscape but if this is to go from Ripsaw to the Flume site wouldn't this have to enter into the gardens going under the Skyride? I cant see how that could stretch it out that far as they couldn't build a massive lift to give the momentum required as that area is massive?
 
My prediction is a launching water coaster.

Furie mentioned there already exists such a thing in Asia on Facebook, but I don't know of it.

I think Alton getting rid of their flume is ...weird. Like, really weird. And I'd be super surprised if whatever this is isn't water related. I also think a water coaster is non-coastery but also coastery enough to be viable marketing option post-Smiler from multiple angles.

That's a huge area though, and there were solid RMC rumours.

I say launching just because it's weird that Alton haven't really utalised launches that much considering they need their coasters to stay low... And there was a solid launching RMC rumour for Alton, followed by Dollywood doing just that, so yeah.

Those are my current two pennies.

Water. Launching.

I'd also say "family" but since Merlin are utterly incapable of producing anything for a family audience, either by screwing up height restrictions or a desire to make it aesthetically, narratively and thematically terrifying, I'll hold back on that. But it should be a family ride.

And when I say family I don't mean "lame", I mean accessible. It can still be awesome.

ALSO! Just because SW8 was a woodie at one point, doesn't mean it still is. Things change. Usually rumours that filter down through staff are very outdated by the time they make it to enthusiast ears. That doesn't mean they never were true!

I'd be surprised if it's wood just because of the recent safety issues being in the public eye coupled with the evidence we have of Merlin's research into the perception of wood in the past.
 
Joey said:
Furie mentioned there already exists such a thing in Asia on Facebook, but I don't know of it.
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hehe, I do believe he was hinting at the Aquatrax :p It gets suggested in every new coaster topic.

Oh and Pulsar at Walibi Belgium is a thing and is a launched water coaster. Granted it's only a shuttle based layout so maybe Alton could get a big circuit version?
 
Well done for seeing through the enigma there John :lol:

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owentaylor121 said:
elephant58 said:
From what I have heard, about 10 years ago there were plans for a woodie and a water chute type ride in a new area, which would've been located in the Air car park. Could it be possible that those plans have been kind of resurrected for this project?
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Probably not because their is a massive SW8 sign in Mutiny Bay.
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Well, obviously. I'm saying that a two ride project including a coaster and a water ride, could be implemented in this project.
 
I think I know what SW8 might be...

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Robbie said:
Sandman said:
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but there is now talk of 2 new rides.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/alton-towers-could-open-two-11054888
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Doesn't that article say the 2 new rides are Galactica and whatever SW8 is going to be?

So, 1 new ride then.

I still think the SW8 sign is placed on the Flume site to make up for visitor's disappointment and doesn't really give a firm answer to where the new ride will mainly be.
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Yeah, for all we know they don't even know yet.

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If there are two rides, the second part could be a horror maze. Sure, it didn't work with Saw but Merlin have done it with Krake (Alive).
 
3Dimensions said:
If there are two rides, the second part could be a horror maze. Sure, it didn't work with Saw but Merlin have done it with Krake (Alive).
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No, Saw didn't work, Sub-Terra didn't work so that won't work.
 
I find that a lot of the British public just don't give a damn about scare maze attractions until Halloween. They will happily miss them if there's a coaster or flat nearby. The 2 most recent horror/maze attractions I did were Sub-Terra and Pasaje Del Terror. Both completely dead, which I think is a shame because those are the types of attractions you actually want a bit of a crowd for.

Anyway, the article from The Birmingham Mail was eventually corrected to 1 new attraction (SW8). Must've been a bit of a journo mishap.
 
That's not strictly true, The Dungeons are always drawing in crowds and it all depends on what type of entrance the attraction has. Pasaje Del Terror gets extremely busy when the park closes, yet doesn't retain a large throughput through the day as it's an up charge attraction and isn't actually anything to do with Blackpool Pleasure Beach (apart from them renting the building).

Sub-Terra didn't work because it's not a scare attraction (scare maze is a stupid term). In essence it's a dark ride with an additional themed interactive exit. The attraction was NOT designed to be a scare attraction but due to the customer experience being low they added it to make the attraction feel more substantial - yet it failed and felt like a completely different experience.

I REALLY don't think this will be a scare attraction/ride combination, at all, and quite frankly, it won't be.

Keane Lebt was was created after Krake opened by a few months, they also run a children's version of the attraction making it somewhat a different experience and not a typical 'scare attraction'.


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