November 26, 201212 yr comment_144686 I'm gonna keep this in my signature until SW7's open day. That way we can either congratulate you for your confidence or mock you for your optimism Rather be mocked for being optimistic in the face of people who don't seem to understand that construction companies do make allowances for potential problems with time frames than for being a bloody miserable bugger and press the panic button way too early... We saw how quickly Fuji-Q's went up (2/3 weeks no?)... Let's panic in Feb if it's not been built yet eh? A month for building, a month for testing (whilst all the other odd jobs like paving, electricals, etc happen)... Groundwork takes the longest, and considering the weather, it's not a shock that it might well be behind schedule (which is just people guessing really, no enthusiast will be 100% privy to such data), but until I have hard evidence to support that it will not open on opening day, then I will be optimistic in my belief that the construction engineers will get it done... Indeed, I'm sure if Towers get really worried, they'll tell the workers to increase productivity... I don't think that enthusiasts proclaiming it will not be built on time (whether it be serious or a 'laugh') is tantamount to a fun place... Especially when I doubt they might not have much knowledge about construction project techniques... Tl;dr - Pessimistic enthusiasts should have a reason, like a crap plonked down ride being built so some stop gap cheap hotel in order to garner some extra income with minimal outlay... Jesus it's DIC all over again!
November 26, 201212 yr comment_144773 You really don't take things in good humour anymore. Mark9 does not like the serious Benin
November 26, 201212 yr comment_144774 I have more confidence that SW7 will open on time than Colossus running on 2 cars for most of the season :-)
November 26, 201212 yr comment_144775 I have more confidence that SW7 will open on time than Colossus running on 2 cars for most of the season :-) I'm pretty sure the broken Colossus train has had a lot of work done to it to enable it as ready for use next season. Pretty strange comparison to make though!
November 26, 201212 yr comment_144778 You really don't take things in good humour anymore. Mark9 does not like the serious Benin I have a job in Central London now, it's serious time across the board
November 27, 201212 yr comment_144803 I'm pretty sure the broken Colossus train has had a lot of work done to it to enable it as ready for use next season. Pretty strange comparison to make though!He's talking about the current working train
November 27, 201212 yr comment_144844 Whilst very briefly going off topic, I worked on Colossus on a very regular basis (2-4 times per week) and Colossus was on 2 trains nearly every day of this season except for early mornings. This was the case until late September when an issue arose. The issue is currently being rectified at Intamin in Switzerland. So actually going on topic, It does worry me ever so slightly, But none the less I'm sure AT will pull through. I do look forward to riding this next year!
December 2, 201212 yr comment_145093 Theme Park Central have just posted this on facebook No idea on the origin but could be for SW7 with what we know about the seating layout. I would be expecting something much more compact though for that tight layout, can't really see that working.
December 2, 201212 yr comment_145111 I hope they are the trains! They look amazing! I can see why people would think they won't be SW7 trains with the amount of inversions or/and the tightness of them but they look very much like Intamin trains, like Maverick and Maverick has some very tight inversions so who knows!
December 2, 201212 yr comment_145112 More like Intamin trains.. Intamin style trains + Gerstlauer track = Decapitation/epic pain. I hope they ride more like B&M or Mack trains to be frank.
December 2, 201212 yr comment_145114 More like Intamin trains.. Yup! The first thing that came to mind when I saw these trains was Fahrenheit at Hersheypark.
December 2, 201212 yr comment_145130 If these trains turn out to be the real ones then it will be fantastic - lap bars!
December 2, 201212 yr comment_145134 Jared on TowersStreet has kindly pointed out the posted image is fan made bull. http://coaster-lab.com/train-designs/ Ignore.
December 3, 201212 yr comment_145155 I've heard that the track went vertical on 21st November, will have to wait and see when TTF go flying this week (if they do) to see if it's correct though!
December 3, 201212 yr comment_145182 Jared on TowersStreet has kindly pointed out the posted image is fan made bull. http://coaster-lab.com/train-designs/ Ignore. Was this ever not the case? ..still it's generated some sort of discussion after a very quiet couple of weeks! I've heard that the track went vertical on 21st November, will have to wait and see when TTF go flying this week (if they do) to see if it's correct though! Looking at the last set of aerial pictures taken on the 21st November it doesn't show any sign of track installation, or even suggests that it would follow soon. If anything I'm stunned that we haven't seen any PR / advertising / teaser campaigns kick in as yet, I mean even a revamped 2013 page on the official site or even some additional content would generate a little buzz so to speak.
December 3, 201212 yr comment_145195 Those trains looked awful anyways in my opinion, especially for SW7. With regards to constructed, TT posted this article a few days ago (don't think it's been posted on here. Going to post it all as there's other bits and bobs there too): As of 28th December, Alton Towers Resort Operations Limited will be no more! All of the business, assets and employees will be transferred to Merlin Attractions Operations Limited. This will not effect the daily operations of the resort but will consolidate the business from a tax perspective. Onto the rides and Rita is currently having its trains totally stripped down and inspected as is usual each closed season. Hex's Slew Ring is currently being replaced by Vekoma from Holland, this is a massive task to give some idea ofthe size of this project , two ten tonne jacks and one 20 tonne jack are just some of the kit required to support the structure! This should hopefully fix the parking issue the ride has experienced in recent years. Th13teen track is being cleaned to remove build up of moss, along with components of Oblivion being cleaned to remove limescale. Progress is being made on SW7 but reports suggest the ride is currently two weeks behind schedule, Alton Towers have applied to the council to extend working hours in the week and also on Sundays to catch up on the completion date. A Specialist sub-station is also being installed to power SW7 Source - http://old.towerstim..._from=&ucat=1,9 Only two weeks behind schedule. Interesting...
December 3, 201212 yr comment_145199 There was a new schedule created, which takes into account all the delays and so on that they have encountered thus far. As far as I know, even with the ride only going vertical in the coming days, it's still scheduled to open on March 16th! I hope so...
December 4, 201212 yr comment_145213 No it hasn't yet - concretes not even finished. The underground section has its footers all ready so track can still go down, even if the rest of the site is still under construction. And I pressume they would want to get the underground section completed ASAP to complete the top portion of the ride and avoid the TT helicopter from getting images of the underground section. But as Stokesyboy said, lets wait and see.
December 6, 201212 yr comment_145307 Shameless plugging ahoy. We at TowersTimes have been flying again! You can see the images in our (members only) SW7 forum: http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/sw7-91/latest-aerial-updates/msg692820/#msg692820 It is a little bit concerning how little has been done so far. Whilst these coasters do indeed go up very quickly this time during Saw construction the ride was in the hands of studios getting the final fix and theming treatment.
December 6, 201212 yr comment_145320 For those without access to the pics, it still looks a lot like this... It does not appear to have gone vertical, but the station has a big concrete floor which I think is suspended above ride are bellow. I'd have thought the ride in there would have been built already, before covering it up, because access would be a big problem now. So maybe it has gone vertical but we just can't see it?
December 7, 201212 yr comment_145419 According to TST it's going up at last... http://www.towersstreet.com/news/2012/secret-weapon-7-vertical-construction-begins/
December 7, 201212 yr comment_145420 According to TST it's going up at last... http://www.towersstr...ruction-begins/ This is the funniest thing I think I've ever witnessed. Oh my God I need to sit down.
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