BenC Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Latest construction update now up at the usual place, although I expect many of you have already seen during FN visits the progress made . Building is certainly taking shape, but how have we got to October and still not really have the first clue as to what's going inside?! Bravo, Thorpe . Morgan.B, Kerfuffle, L7123456 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 That's a very tall maintenance door. Kerfuffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) My thoughts exactly. A way for getting some very tall screens in (and out) possibly? Edited October 15, 2015 by JoshC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L7123456 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 On 10/15/2015 at 6:58 PM, JoshC. said: My thoughts exactly. An way for getting some very tall screens in (and out) possibly?Or track pieces [emoji57] (even though loads of people are telling me it's not a coaster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Screens come rolled up, that would be for something that needs removing regularly such as a ride car. A robot arm perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Well if its trackless it may just need sensors and foundations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Ooh, most of the building is done, I'm getting a little bit excited here, Thorpe's marketing team are doing a great job so far. Looking at the building, it is definitely looking much more of an orangey red now compared to the similarities of the light brown it appeared to have earlier on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Really not surprising to see a large doorway back there tbh. Those (few) who've been round the back of Atlantis Submarine Voyage would've seen it coming. Jordanluke2009 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 On 10/15/2015 at 7:02 PM, MilesK said: Or track pieces [emoji57] (even though loads of people are telling me it's not a coaster) Seriously they're telling you it's not a coaster because it isn't. 100% sure it isn't. Hoping this thing is trackless, but due to the cost and the fact WC16 loads on the first floor and not the ground floor, I doubt it will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 All dark rides have a large access point. Large pieces of equipment you wouldn't have expected and potentially vehicles have to go in and out of even your average dark ride. It's not a real indication, in fact judging from that photo (!!!! NB: don't judgee scale by anything you see on the internet!!) it looks relatively small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L7123456 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/15/2015 at 10:00 PM, Altitude said: Seriously they're telling you it's not a coaster because it isn't. 100% sure it isn't. Hoping this thing is trackless, but due to the cost and the fact WC16 loads on the first floor and not the ground floor, I doubt it will be Ok so a large door to put in whatever they need to put in without people seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Not Necessarily, the door is mainly used for maintanance for when the ride has been built. Most most rides have access to them but due to this being in a shed it means that access is limited therefore they have put a large door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L7123456 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/16/2015 at 6:57 AM, MarkC said: Not Necessarily, the door is mainly used for maintanance for when the ride has been built. Most most rides have access to them but due to this being in a shed it means that access is limited therefore they have put a large door Ok, a big door for maintenance access then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 There was a video from Legoland Germany when they were putting in the massive Lego X-Wing in their Robo-Arm ride building which showed off a massive maintenance access door as well... Given that usually the building shell is built first before any ride mechanisms, of course it'll have a giant door so that construction vehicles can enter it... There's so much desperate jumping to conclusions for this thing, don't people know how much the trackless technology costs? HermanTheGerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Coaster Man Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Anyone else noticed that there is new merchandise for the 2016 ride/attraction in Sweets & Souvenirs and also in the Megastore? It doesn't give much away, but it's kinda interesting. I'll try to get photos next time I'm in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenC Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 It's all very well talking about the large maintenance door, but what about the mysterious hatch of mystery...? Only around shoulder height... mysterious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Cooler outlet? Omg fridge: the ride MachoMachine, Matt 236, Kerfuffle and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/16/2015 at 8:34 AM, electricBill said: Cooler outlet? Omg fridge: the ride The Freezer returns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretchy Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Nope you all have it wrong, the ride will be themed around Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and this is obviously the entrance for the Oompah-Loompahs. Its going to be called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Inferno Han30, Kerfuffle, Matt 236 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/16/2015 at 8:03 AM, BenC said: It's all very well talking about the large maintenance door, but what about the mysterious hatch of mystery...? Only around shoulder height... mysterious. Could that be indicative of the actual ride vehicle size, and this be the point they can swing them outside should they need to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 it's probably the exit the bad eggs get thrown out of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/16/2015 at 7:59 AM, Mad Coaster Man said: Anyone else noticed that there is new merchandise for the 2016 ride/attraction in Sweets & Souvenirs and also in the Megastore? It doesn't give much away, but it's kinda interesting. I'll try to get photos next time I'm in the park. Are you talking about the T-shirts pictured on page 102? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/16/2015 at 2:14 PM, pluk said: Could that be indicative of the actual ride vehicle size From the hatch we can deduce the vehicles are shaped like this: Jack F, Morgan.B, StealthRider and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Definitely starting to prefer the Disney/Universal way of disclosing everything beforehand. This discussion has just gone plain weird. Glitch, Ricky, 3Dimensions and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiedeaves Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 On 10/16/2015 at 5:41 PM, Mark9 said: Definitely starting to prefer the Disney/Universal way of disclosing everything beforehand. This discussion has just gone plain weird. You know aha, the ride will most likely based on automatons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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