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  1. 20 minutes ago, Project LC said:

    All 3 layouts were wing coasters featuring swarms drop and were meant to be a guide to what the park might build. Thorpe does have height limits as set out in the mtdp. They are allowed upto 50m on the island behind swarm. The other sites I believe are restricted to 40m. The mtdp didn't outline any developments of coasters at the loggers site so the height limit on that side of the park is unknown, but looking at saw and Colossus I suspect it would be around 30m. 

    The MTDP also gave a guide in how long the coasters would be which were 800m and 950m. Swarm turned out to be the 800m coaster at a length of 750m. 

     

    The mtdp is almost at the end of the time period it outlined and at this point due to the swarms "failure" and Merlin's change in development I suspect that the mtdp is now a very very loose guide which the park is no longer following. 

    I see! Sorry for the confusion then! :lol:

  2. Just an idea but if you look at these plans which Thorpe Park did a while ago. If you look at the 2nd coater layout I personally think it would be a dive coaster if it was to be built and here's why.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          If you look at what appears the be the main drop of the coaster, it looks very slimmer to what the swarm's drop looks like on the plans. Obviously, Thorpe park wouldn't build another coaster with a wing over drop so this would have to be a half loop which appears on many dive coasters around the world after the first drop! The rest of the layout is also quite short which is typically seen in dive coaster layouts111123.PNG.eb8d877d76bc76f6a4ac9fc5d29baa32.PNG. Thorpe Park also doesn't really have
    any height restrictions in the park so they could easily build this coaster if they wanted to. Just an idea but something I thought I would point out! :)        

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