Sheepie

8 thick? I have achy jaw just thinking about it....

Monstrous sausage surprise.

Jet lag.... wow I feel high. But blehhh.

The only B&M coasters that I know aren't filled with sand are Kumba, Nemesis, Montu and I'm not sure about Oblivion.

Farewell Mania Hub chat..... until August 30th. I shall return bearing stories and gifts and rainbows.

Fantastic video. Great ride. Can't wait for ours!

Yeah for sure about the land prep, landscaping and general post construction- that takes the longest. It's amazing how many advancements have brought the whole construction industry forward that have enabled to reduce construction times. However I think B&M coasters in general take longer to construct due to their "heavy duty" nature. I'd hazard a guess and say it'll take less time to construct than Inferno though!

I got the impression from the press release and minisite that The Swarm are the aliens as they pick us up and we ride their wings. Paraphrased from the minisite, of course.

You're going to have a facepalm in a minute Benin. It's on the TPM feedback forum. HERE.I wonder if you'll still find an excuse to put yourself in the right though. ;)Banter aside, it should have been discussed in this forum from the beginning, I'll move them over to here seeing as it is a forum issue and not a Thorpe Park Mania one.

Why should people "calm down?" Nobody is really overreacting as far as I can see, just general excitement about a new project that does indeed look awesome and people are congratulating the park on doing everything absolutely on point so far. So far, they have not set a foot wrong in the build up, let's hope it continues.Nobody has wonderful concepts, merely commenting on things we have been told and have seen from the plans. The speculation thread does have some thoughts on potential effects that could be included but isn't that why this discussion forum exists? To have a discussion and to speculate? Everyone enjoy the excitement and talk as much as you like about the ride. I would imagine the brake run will be like how it's shown in this video below.

Just you wait Javs, I predict at least 10 mentions of the ride being a 4D on here between now and ride opening.

I think we'll see some of those water skim effects on The Swarm as seen on Raptor and Manta. You can see Raptor's below from about 30 seconds in.

From Thorpe's Facebook Page: It's probably not the most shocking news, but it's great to see it confirmed. Who's planning on going this year then?

Afternoon guys,Now that more details for LC12: The Swarm have been released and are likely to be getting more as the weeks and months go by, we would like to re-affirm the difference between the two discussion topics dedicated to the new project. This is two help us keep on top of our moderating and to help you guys keep track of what is being discussed.LC12 Updates: The Swarm- this thread is for discussion about any updates we receive such as construction, press statements and anything factual. Speculating about ideas or opinions of the future attraction is not to be posted here.Lc12: Speculation and Theories, however, is where you post if it's something that is speculating what we do not know about the ride. This includes ideas about special effects, themeing, operations... ect.As construction continues, things will get pretty hectic in this sub-forum; as we have reminded you of the two separate threads and their purpose we ask that you please respect this to help us to provide a clear way of presenting discussion.Enjoy the run up to the opening of the ride, it's not too often that we get such exciting times.Best Wishes,Sheepie and the Mania Hub Team.

Please take extra care to look for existing threads before posting new ones. We can understand minor mistakes but I would say that the LC12 sub-forum and relevant topics were pretty easy to find.

You didn't know if there was a thread already when there is an entire sub-forum dedicated to it? Hmm Merged with existing thread.

Sounds good Marc. Cheers for that.

I did have a rather long rant here but I have decided to be the adult. That post you made Holly says more about you than you realise.

Oh hello barbed wire on the construction fence by Stealth. :rolleyes:Why is there Asylum's sound loop playing in the area in that video?

I think it's more just discussion on the facts that we have so far. I would hope that it's an original concept that doesn't involve any sort of film/ game tie-in. However, people are simply bringing lots of different points together. For instance, the concept art showing the trains does has a resemblance to the Starcraft image posted. Even if this has nothing to do with the game, it could be possible that the image itself was an inspiration to the designers when creating the style of the train.Also, there is a film coming out next year, by the same name of this ride, which shares similar things with the ride, such as a destruction of an air base (I'm paraphrasing, I'm afraid) and general urban devastation.It could very well not have anything to do with any intellectual properties, which I think would be better, however people are just summarizing their thoughts and are commenting on the news we have received today.