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A recent view of the site from a POV video.

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Original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzFO3LRqfE
 
Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st

Glad to see Fanta still has a stranglehold on the park...
 
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Holes for the footers are now being dug, Im sure I saw pictures of the holes, I will try to find the pictures of them.
 
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^ :lol:
That just made my day.

Anyway, Oblivion has new harnesses, so could this mean it will be getting it's much needed refurb in the closed season?
 
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New harnesses? Very interesting. Do these new harnesses have a new colour or are they more different than that?
 
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Nope just a new colour, back to the way it was when the ride first opened, bright orange, they look very nice to be honest. They look much nicer thn mouldy greeny, orangey colour.
 
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owenrita121 said:
Nope just a new colour, back to the way it was when the ride first opened, bright orange, they look very nice to be honest. They look much nicer thn mouldy greeny, orangey colour.
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They quite often refurbish the shuttles on Oblivion, you'll often find that there is one in the maintenance shed by the exit path having some work done, usually restraints being refurbed and whatever else they do with them.

I don't care what ride type this new coaster is, I just hope Towers don't leave us disappointed, they are due a decent SW!
 
Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st

Yeah, they've been slowly replacing the OTSR's on Oblivion for a good few years now.
 
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^^ Their was nothing wrong with thi3teen it's self, but the marketing team made a hash of it. It's marketing would be amazing, if the ride had lived up to it, but it's still a decent coaster.

^ This wasn't just replacing one or two though, this was the whole train getting them. It looks really nice and fresh, the way a B&M should look.
 
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owenrita said:
This wasn't just replacing one or two though, this was the whole train getting them. It looks really nice and fresh, the way a B&M should look.
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Yeah, it's standard maintenance that is carried out all the time.
 
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Scott88 said:
owenrita said:
This wasn't just replacing one or two though, this was the whole train getting them. It looks really nice and fresh, the way a B&M should look.
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Yeah, it's standard maintenance that is carried out all the time.
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Is that why everytime I've been they have always looked a mess.
 
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I hate talking to teenagers :lol:

What you have seen every time you have been is not the whole story. Alton have been slowly replacing the restraints seemingly on a shuttle per year basis for years. Each year there seems to be more and more refurbished ones, but I first started noticing it about two or three years back.

so yeah, it's a task that they have been doing for a long time, you just haven't seen the newer ones on your previous visits. I know you may not believe this, but it's true.

The site for SW7 looks pretty ready for things to start now. The ground is now covered in hardcore and not just a swathe of mud.
 
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For a second I thought they were lap bars, and I got WAY too excited. Now i'm sad.
 
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They're very nice, but this is still true:
Martyn B said:
Yeah, they've been slowly replacing the OTSR's on Oblivion for a good few years now.
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Please read what people are saying instead of just spamming up a topic arguing that black is white.
 
Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st

Im not even arguing, I was just showing people what the new harnesses look like, as their isn't much else going on in this topic, is their.
 
Re: Alton Towers | SW7 | Unknown (Gestlauer?) World's 1st

^At least use the right grammar. :roll:

End of the day, this is a topic about SW7, not Oblivion. Go discuss that somewhere else if anyone really cares (which I can't believe they do). :p
 
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Anyway, I mentioned hardcore, and all around the internet, tiny little trouser tents were erecting themselves ;)
 
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