January 6, 201114 yr comment_106218 This year probably. Track will probably only go up towards the end of the year, though. Then the ride will be finished over the closed season.
January 7, 201114 yr comment_106262 ok cool thanks. Does anyone know if it will be like Colossus or nemesis inferno. With Colossus your sitting in a train but nemesis inferno your feet are in the air. (if that make scene )
January 7, 201114 yr comment_106265 We are all hoping we are getting the B&M prototype, where riders will be seated on either side of the track possibly rotating forwards and backwards
January 10, 201114 yr comment_106481 I do not know whether this is true or not but I have heard from a member of TTF that footers are now going in! I doubt this very much because plans have not even appeared on the portal yet.
January 10, 201114 yr comment_106499 Someone who shall remain nameless also said this to me today... Load of rubbish, clearly.
January 10, 201114 yr comment_106507 This TTF member hardly ever goes on TTF and gave practically no information about it other than "footers are going in" and he "has photos". Not very reliable really at all and very unbelievable. I think I will ignore unless better information comes out....Carry on!
January 21, 201114 yr comment_107124 Well its obviously going to be based on some kind of nuclear disaster, I can see them going quite far with the theming for this. Perhaps some movies inside the station building of atom bombs going off, they could theme it on nuclear fallout and have models of people dying from radiation sickness!!!!!!
January 28, 201114 yr comment_107754 They could have the perimeter set up much like Oblivion's construction site was back in the day. Have warning radiation signs up. Have guys walking the perimeter in Nuclear suits / Geiger counters trying to clear people away from looking into the construction site.
February 25, 201114 yr comment_109456 They could have the perimeter set up much like Oblivion's construction site was back in the day. Have warning radiation signs up. Have guys walking the perimeter in Nuclear suits / Geiger counters trying to clear people away from looking into the construction site.I'm sure that will go well with Thorpes target audience...Actor: Excuse me, gentlemen, could you move along? There is nothing to see here.GP: F**k off, you cant stop us ect.
February 25, 201114 yr comment_109457 They could have the perimeter set up much like Oblivion's construction site was back in the day. Have warning radiation signs up. Have guys walking the perimeter in Nuclear suits / Geiger counters trying to clear people away from looking into the construction site.See this would work if that wasn't a little river seperating the island from the new land
February 25, 201114 yr comment_109475 Great news to hear that its been confirmed as a wing rider, and I really do hope that the seats spin cause then effectively it will be a 4D coaster! Good to see that Thorpe Park have thought of something a little different
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109599 as long they put effort into the themingFor Thorpe putting effort into theming means throwing a few bricks and random bits of metal around a construction site. But really I do hope Thorpe put effort into theming, if they could create a perfect post-apocalyptic environment I would be happy.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109600 I think until we start to see this going up, we should get rid of this 'oh it's Thorpe LOL' attitude. It's only fair, I mean from the plans it's obvious they are at least trying with this. If I were on the team designing this, still seeing comments like 'oh it's Thorpe they won't bother because they suck hahahaha' would really annoy me, after releasing plans with such good themeing included. Fair enough, if all of the stuff shown gets scrapped feel free to go back to bashing them, but I for one am giving them a chance.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109602 I'm confident that if Thorpe stick to what we see at the moment, they will deliver some great pieces of theming. Thorpe aren't the greatest when it comes to converting paper into reality (and that's as a whole, not just with theming), but this seems to be the project that could change that.However, there's always a chance that the plans could change. Stealth, with the abolishment of the grandstand queue line. Saw, getting rid off the windmill. As long as that doesn't happen with LC12, and they convert what they're showing on paper to reality, then this will be very impressive!
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109603 As long as it is better than this......Then it will be a step forward for Thorpe Park.Merlin Studios are not that bad when they want to do things well. Being a significant development, LC12 should get the money granted that it deserves for theming. I am confident that the days of bland, "WHOOPS we forgut teh theming"-style rides are over. Nick Varney Mark Fisher said in an interview recently about how they take 'theme' a lot more seriously now, and that "we probably would never do a ride without a story these days" (or something along those lines).Should be lovely, let's just hope that it is more visually pleasing than Saw's rather excessive dust and rubble, there are better ways of conveying an atmosphere of destruction, y'know...
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109604 I think until we start to see this going up, we should get rid of this 'oh it's Thorpe LOL' attitude. It's only fair, I mean from the plans it's obvious they are at least trying with this. If I were on the team designing this, still seeing comments like 'oh it's Thorpe they won't bother because they suck hahahaha' would really annoy me, after releasing plans with such good themeing included. Fair enough, if all of the stuff shown gets scrapped feel free to go back to bashing them, but I for one am giving them a chance.I wasn't really bashing Thorpe I was just saying that I hope Thorpe dont do the bare minimum and really knuckle down and try hard to them this ride well and as you said if the plans are anything to go by we should see some good theming.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109610 Nick Varney said in an interview recently about how they take theme a lot more seriously now, and that "we probably would never do a ride without a story these days" (or something along those lines).Genuinely want to know where this interview is. Always interesting to hear stuff from the leaders...
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109611 Here you go Peter. Here's that interview I think Bill is talking about. They speak of Rita and how they would never do a ride with no story again. Merlin Interview with Mark Fisher.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109613 Rides always run over budget - at any park, even with contingency. Some theming will get cut, but I am sure there'll be enough remaining to create a great experience.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109615 They mention theming is the key element to the ride in the plans; they hype up the theming so much its almost like the theming is more important than the ride.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109616 Quite simply - the theming will not be more important than the ride. If that were to be the case, they wouldn't have gone all out back to B&M again. We'd have seen further Saw - The Ride's.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109619 Gah! Not Nick Varney, I meant Mark Fisher... Yes. Still, one of the leaders anyway at least.
February 27, 201114 yr comment_109621 With anything like this, things change during the development process. Whether it's a theatre show (lighting, set, costumes, sound effects and even the script itself), or an attraction at a theme park (although I see theatre and theme parks as pretty much the same).Everyone wants the project to be successful both financially and for the audience, so there are so many people involved in the project, things are bound to change. Sometimes things turn out better than originally planned, sometimes not as good. If I remember, Saw's layout changed considerably after the initial plan- with another overbanked turn and block brakes, however, I believe the air time hill we have now is much better than what could have potentially killed the pacing of the ride.Even better if something can be done cheaper but still be as good as what was originally planned.
February 28, 201114 yr comment_109626 Quite simply - the theming will not be more important than the ride. If that were to be the case, they wouldn't have gone all out back to B&M again. We'd have seen further Saw - The Ride's.Ok yeah, I meant the ride experience is mentioned as not being the same without theming and therefore making the main parts of the theming cruitical to the rides apperance and on ride experience, sorry I was tired couldnt phrase it correctly. Hopefully that makes more sense?
February 28, 201114 yr comment_109631 'Script' wise, the ride will still be being 'put together' and details aren't finalised, but one thing's for sure, with huge bits of theming going in, I expect marketing to have a field day! Loads of possibilities to grab our attention!While yes, often budgets get scaled down-as Storm Surge (how could it be scaled down any more, you may wonder!), LC12 is a far bigger project and the park will still pull out all the stops and just maybe, will have one or two little suprises yet to reveal about this one.. ;-)
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