June 13, 201312 yr comment_160655 Hah, I remember how confused the people working at the outlet were when several enthusiasts were reading every detail picking out potential hints to the future... Wouldn't be surprised if the next thing was in place of the Flume though...
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160664 I remember the plans for the Vekoma Motorbike coaster that would've intertwined with The Flume. Ahhh the days. But yeah there's a huge chunk of space there that could have something awesome in it, but instead has The Flume.
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160702 I believe the flume replacement plans were for 2014 but are no longer on the cards. That doesnt mean they will never happen though. But SW8 is unlikely to be there even though I would love a pirate themed woodie that starts there and scoots out down the side of the park, which was also mentioned a while ago. Just think of a huge pirate ship as the station sitting on the flume lake, it would have been magnificent.
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160715 Why are people hating on The Flume? It's the best Merlin log flume by far (bar Tidal Wave), and at the moment the only intact one!
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160718 Why are people hating on The Flume? It's the best Merlin log flume by far (bar Tidal Wave), and at the moment the only intact one!I wouldn't mind it so much if it didn't constantly throw you from side to side just by going around any turn.
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160738 Aww that's fun though. About that poster, what did it say about Lord of the Darkness again? Be interesting to re-read it!
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160748 For me, the best Merlin flume goes to the Pirate Falls at Legoland. Slightly biased view considering I grew up with it but still. If any UK park are going to bring back the woodie, I think it deserves to be Alton. Unfortunately, my gut instinct tells me it will be another steel.
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160754 10 years ago now - http://old.towerstimes.co.uk/history/plans/woodie.htm They were withdrawn, and never seen again.. *cue overly dramatic music*
June 13, 201312 yr Author comment_160755 Gahhh, thats a shame! probably would have been a fantastic ride, I still have hope though, I pray that Megafobia won't be the last woodie built in the UK.
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160756 A wooden coaster won't be built by a Merlin park anytime soon, the market research has put paid to that until the general public perception of them changes drastically... Would need a smaller park to build one first...
June 13, 201312 yr comment_160761 10 years ago now - http://old.towerstimes.co.uk/history/plans/woodie.htm They were withdrawn, and never seen again.. *cue overly dramatic music* 10 years ago?! That makes me feel so old because I remember my excitement even back then.
June 18, 201312 yr Author comment_161266 Which area do you guys honestly think it will be, because if the woodie cross valley plans were scrapped then maybe that wont be a good location, I have heard about the Air Carpark and The flume as mentioned above, but which is more likely?
June 18, 201312 yr comment_161277 2 to1 air car park 5 to 1 x valley 20 to 1 flume My odds, based on nothing
June 18, 201312 yr comment_161278 Air car park seems most legit although I'm way more keen for flume and valley.
June 21, 201312 yr comment_161516 My problem with the Air Carpark is that the park is just growing towards the Hotels and if they keep doing that it will beome even more unballanced. I do think the car parks will be used, but I think this will be for a down town experience rather than a coaster. Can I throw a spanner or two into the works. Look at the distribution of rides per area. Xsecor - 2 coasters Forbidden Valley - 2 coasters Uggland/Dark Forrest - 2 coasters Katanya Canion - 1 coaster Farmyard/Adventureland - 1 coaster (spinball) Merry England/pirateland - 0 coasters Towers Street - 0 coasters Cloud Cuckoo Land - 0 coasters Next year, I hear Towers are getting a retheme of the farmyard and spinball area. There are alot of runours that Spinball might be already sold/promised to another park. Maybe this retheme is going to reshape that area completely and maybe we will see a new area arriving which will maybe leave space for a new SW? There were also, a few years ago, rumours that one of the future SW's wasnt going to be a coaster. I think this sparked from a question asked to JW himself who said a SW dsoesnt have to be a coaster.
June 21, 201312 yr comment_161519 I would love the next Secret Weapon to be a dark ride!If executed correctly it could be brilliant - they could of course combine a dark ride with a coaster.
June 21, 201312 yr Author comment_161523 I would love the next Secret Weapon to be a dark ride! If executed correctly it could be brilliant - they could of course combine a dark ride with a coaster. Like Revenge of the mummy at universal! Ooh I'd love that!
June 21, 201312 yr comment_161525 Getting permission for a building on a large enough scale to house a SW scale dark ride would be a problem anywhere in the park I'd imagine. Shame, I'd love one too. Like Revenge of the mummy at universal! Ooh I'd love that! Something more like Spiderman/Potter would be my preference.
June 21, 201312 yr comment_161528 Yup a spider-man style ride was something else that has been mentioned numerous times purely because JW has said on numerous occasions that if there is one ride he would like to do, its a UK spiderman.
June 21, 201312 yr comment_161531 For the sake of discussion I'm going to ignore the huge legal and monetary issues and just say there is a difference between effects such as The Swarm's fireball that enhance a ride and almost all of the effects found on Spider-Man/Harry Potter which are required to tell a story. Even one of the effects breaking can destroy the ride experience. If a company can't consistently get some water fountains or mist working then I have doubts about their ability to make something more complex.
August 19, 201312 yr comment_165880 It's such a shame they can't go to high because of the towers On the contrary, we don't have cookie cutter rides like the majority of the rides in America because Towers can't just throw a ride at a place, they have to carefully plan them out to the letter. That brings out far more imagination and creativity in the designers then just throwing a ride at a plot of land imo.
August 19, 201312 yr comment_165884 Yh that's why the smiler would not have of worked at alton towers, there more about height and speed instead of inversions
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