Sidders

Pluk raises a very valid point, and one that sounds like The Swarm will actually come to fruition that way, with the lift hill being one of the last piece put into place, and the larger themeing/scenery being positioned when the track pieces around said themeing/scenery is being lowered into place. For those who're still having trouble finding the picture of the newly erected support on Facebook:

Okay, so I love to write, and I love listening to music. Combine the two and waheyyy! We have lift-off. Unreality Shout isn't actually my website but I just have a blog there under the alias "OddOne" (I created it two years ago now, and have since moved on from that alias and would love if possible to change it to Sidders but oh wells).Basically, I review new songs/albums. Today I reviewed Marina And The Diamonds' new song, 'Radioactive': http://unrealityshout.com/blogs/single-review-marina-and-the-diamonds-radioactiveFeel free to give feedback and debate either here in this topic or on Unreality Shout.

Probably the lift hill. I doubt they'd start placing supports and track pieces for the inline twist now because after all, they are very close to the station, which is only in it's skeletal stages as of yet, so bolting tonnes of track into place may make finishing that area of the station quite a task. I reckon they'll start the full circuit now and leave the inline twist till last, because by then the station will have far more structural integrity.

Agreed; I fail to see why Thorpe would store half of the plane on top of/behind a building in the open?

I actually prefer how Thorpe have marketed and built-up hype about The Swarm. With Saw, Thorpe saw the opportunity to market their newly-granted IP and ran with it. This method certainly got the story out but there was very little left to the imagination, especially from those who'd watched the Saw films because the rides would feature elements of the films so heavily that there was little Thorpe could do to surprise because they needed to stay true to their IP.With The Swarm, we know very little. And it's the same with the GP, not just the enthusiasts: nobody knows much about The Swarm. Think about it - the only thing we know is that 'something' is coming. We don't know what, and we don't know when (no pedantry please). Nor do we really know what kind of trouble the swarm will cause. Sure, we know the final outcome - "urban devastation" and there'll be elements of military/governmental intervention - but just how it is all going to happen? All these holes in the story are yet to be filled in and pieced together, and already the construction of it is better and far more intriguing than Saw's allowing the enthusiasts and any member of the GP with a little imagination to enjoy to process of coming up with any number of solutions. Small things like this are frequently overlooked by Merlin so I say well done to them on this because with Saw, the biggest surprise was merely discovering the indoor drop.I'm beginning to really warm to the name as well, after about a month of apathetic deliberation I really quite like it now. It's been branded "The Swarm". The use of the definite article "The" suggests it's the only "Swarm" worthy of such an important status that it's not simply "A" swarm, but more rather a swarm over all other swarms. Little long-winded explanation but it's not that hard to understand, really.

Edited for a sad and unpleasant truth.

In answering Adam's question - in the plan draw-up, you can see how one of the supports for the turn were originally meant to be placed in the water. It appears Thorpe may have had some issues with getting planning permission for that after closer inspection from the council, hence why it made sense for Thorpe to bridge the gap so the support could remain on land?

All these arguments... Pointless arguments. Maybe Thorpe should just stop building coasters and we can save the fights?

Sheepie.

So my mum finally gave away my two kittens Louis and Willow. It sucks not coming home to the sound of their premature meows. :'(

Mate that is one beast of a scissor lift. Track's nice too.

Was at the park (not Thorpe) with my little sister today. A pair of elderly women thought she was my daughter... Instinctively I told them she wasn't but yeah, for some reason it made me sad. I took a few photos of her antics at the park though; she's so hard to keep up with.

In this photo, you can see the first support structure for the tower themeing; the ruined steeple that the train will turn towards and fly through before it's inline twist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cKDq5KHQMShe's back.

I'll always love Colossus. I've never found it uncomfortable, and I've always admired how it maintains it's speed.

Was on park today in a rather impromptu trip that I only found out about on Thursday. That makes it a record-breaking three visits this year for me. Nothing to report Swarm-wise that hasn't already been mentioned. I'll have a trip report knocked together for tomorrow.

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Looks like there really will be a fire in the house church tonight, Mark.

Let's start a Facebook petition:

That's all very exciting that you know this, but the rest of us members are arguably less pedantic and can admittedly confuse things like that. It's possible Fred may have, in his near-tangible excitement ( ) substituted one word for the other, making the connection that most of us would make - that there is little difference between a propellor and an engine.Back on topic, but possibly not so. The Swarm's construction is slow. We know this. It seems like every so often there is a burst of posts that expand this topic by about a page or two then some raincloud is tossed in saying how people should wait until track has arrived or something. The slow tempo of the build for one is obvious, and so long as the thread doesn't stray too far off topic then there is no need to repeat comments and tell people to stop talking about what is easily the most exciting UK coaster construction since 1998.

They're still called propellers (or more commonly referred to as "engines") on jet planes as well as smaller aircraft.

Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_5uVdy5YmA^_^

Besides, the footers are identical and in the same place as the footers in the photos released this time last month.

Theme Park Guide are quoted for saying: Yet below that post, they have a collection of pictures, three of which show large piles of the concrete shells; the footers, as they have been for the past two months. Suffice to say much information from them isn't very reliable. The track will go up when it goes up. I'd rather they take longer over themeing and landscaping elements if I'm honest.

Bolliger & Mabillard.18:22 or 17:15?