March 30, 201015 yr comment_88021 The tesla coil in the station should hopefully be working by the weekend and more effects inside the crypt and scenery will be added to the ride in due course.
March 31, 201015 yr comment_88125 Could someone post in a spoiler what actually happens in the vertical drop room / crypt please.
March 31, 201015 yr comment_88141 I am sure everybody has worked that out by now! How could you possibly not know with it being discussed and advertised so much?The train rolls into the crypt and stops. The floor is heard creaking as the track jolts. The floor then 'gives way' and the track is propelled downwards horizontally. The train then rolls out backwards into the underground helix.
March 31, 201015 yr comment_88146 It's more of a launch backwards I'd say, anyway the whole indoor's section is awesome , as is the whole ride to be honest
March 31, 201015 yr comment_88155 I know it drops and goes backwards but what I meant is, is there a countdown and what lighting effects and scenery do they have in there?
March 31, 201015 yr comment_88165 Sometimes there is strobes if that's what you mean. But there are rumours that more effects will be added to the crypt.
March 31, 201015 yr comment_88216 New themeing has been added to the queueline over night. There's a Wraith covered in vines, a man by the van covered in vines reaching upwards and a woman covered in vines but facing the other way towards the trees so all you can see is long dark hair.Not much but a step forward.
April 2, 201015 yr comment_88368 http://www.towersnerd.com/features/games/sims/files/th13teen.swfAwesome Thirteen sim there Gives you a good idea of the ride if you've not been on it. Also shows the awesome theme tune
April 2, 201015 yr comment_88369 ^ I am not a big fan of these simulators but this one looks amazing!Q: Do guests actually board the ride or is it just 'pretend' when the gates open?
April 2, 201015 yr comment_88414 This sounded like a rocky start! with many effects either not present or not wired or just working! I hope when I go up in the next couple of weeks its actually tip top and not still awaiting some props and scenary!
April 2, 201015 yr comment_88415 I personally think that Alton are making it fit it alot better with the effects gradually going up/working, as it seems like The Dark Forest is slowly taking over the area, where as if all the effects were up and working for opening weekend, there wouldn't be as much a sense of mystery as if some new effects/theming turn up one morning...
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88437 Well, no not really. It is that they simply ran out of time.If you look on the GMTV and Central reports, you can see a lot of progress was still to be done so they probably did not have the time.
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88439 ^ Yeah, the amount of work done in the 2 days before opening between boot camp and opening, was astounding. (Not that I saw from myself, reported from a friend )
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88440 The large amounts of snow didn't help either...At least they got it open on time, may have been unfinished, but there would've been a lot more backlash than if they weren't gonna open it...
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88442 ^ Definitely, they did exceptionally well when the weather conditions are taken into account, it was rumoured the snow put them back something like 4 weeks, and for it to still be open on time was fantastic. Not only that it's been pretty reliable for a brand new world first.
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88467 ^ Definitely, they did exceptionally well when the weather conditions are taken into account, it was rumoured the snow put them back something like 4 weeks, and for it to still be open on time was fantastic. Not only that it's been pretty reliable for a brand new world first.Even though it's not really a world first... Though it is an Intamin first, so you're right at it being rather reliable.
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88469 It is a worlds first, worlds first freefall drop on a coaster.It's not the world's first freefall drop on a coaster. A duelling coaster known as Winjas (Winjas Fear and Winjas Force I think) at Phantasialand has the element. Both tracks feature a small (smaller than Th13teen) freefall drop, after which, the track rise back up again and continues. Look it up on rcdb, etc. Also, this image shows the track layout nicely.If you want to be pedantic, you could say Th13teen is the world's first coaster to feature a freefall drop which acts as a switchback. However, when you think it about, all the SWs have featured pendantic-ness when you considering their world first-ness.EDIT: Also, just remembered, I'm not sure if this is true, but a Gerstlauer ride has a track which slowly drops in it's station area. Only something I remember hearing; again, not sure if it's true or not. Edited April 3, 201015 yr by JoshC.
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88471 To be fair, yes it has 'trick track' one of which is a small bounce, not a 'drop' as such. Again as Saw it's a tiny detai.
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88472 This is true, and two of the best MS Spinners, ever.Unless I'm mistaken, the actual 'spin' of the ride is more controlled than freely - isn't it? Not questioning they're spinners, just wondering. I've got to get myself there in the next couple of years.. *Adds to a list of about 50 theme parks he wants to do in the next couple of year*
April 3, 201015 yr comment_88473 Well Phantasialand is one of my favourites. Mamba beats the UK B&M inverts, by a whisker, and Talocan beats any flat in the UK.I would move it to the top of your European list ... after Toverland of course
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