streetmagix Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Eh, as someone who works in the Media Industry I get what they mean. Advertising is (quite correctly) tightly regulated. Maybe this is a wakeup call to Merlin to be more careful in the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 There's murmurs that the world first claim was only meant to be used for the name announcement (to grab the attention of people a bit more), and for it to disappear shortly after. So potentially this is a load of rubbish and the change occurred of Towers' own accord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 And they weren't technically lying. They were talking about fusing fire with the ride, all being one experience. Having 2 flame towers at the top of a woodie that hardly ever work or theming a racer to a fire dragon isn't really fusing the elements? And Wildfire is literally just called Wildfire, no real fire. It's a clever use of word play but I don't think Towers were wrong in what they said if you look deeper into it. Lightning Rod should be the one getting huffy as that nearly did fully fuse wood and fire in real life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 2018 has to be one of the strangest UK theme park years ever - and we're only in January! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, Mitchada04 said: And they weren't technically lying. They were talking about fusing fire with the ride, all being one experience. Having 2 flame towers at the top of a woodie that hardly ever work or theming a racer to a fire dragon isn't really fusing the elements? And Wildfire is literally just called Wildfire, no real fire. It's a clever use of word play but I don't think Towers were wrong in what they said if you look deeper into it. Lightning Rod should be the one getting huffy as that nearly did fully fuse wood and fire in real life! Dreamland and Blackpool did it before Towers UK wise though... pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 3 hours ago, BaronC. said: There's murmurs that the world first claim was only meant to be used for the name announcement (to grab the attention of people a bit more), and for it to disappear shortly after. Sounds awfully convenient, and not in keeping with Merlin's previous efforts with spurious claims. I personally think it's pretty hilarious, good work that geek! 3 hours ago, Mitchada04 said: And they weren't technically lying. They were talking about fusing fire with the ride, all being one experience. Having 2 flame towers at the top of a woodie that hardly ever work or theming a racer to a fire dragon isn't really fusing the elements? And Wildfire is literally just called Wildfire, no real fire. It's a clever use of word play but I don't think Towers were wrong in what they said if you look deeper into it. Lightning Rod should be the one getting huffy as that nearly did fully fuse wood and fire in real life! Terminator Salvation had proper fire effects on a woodie a decade ago, proper up close feel it on your face fire blasted at you. It is utter BS of a claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Alton Towers did not have a "worlds first" as fire has been used on wooden coasters before, therefore I think it is rightful that they have had to revoke the claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 I guess it depends on how you stretch the definition of 'fused'. Is having a flamethrower / explosion effect / whatever by the track a fusion of wood and fire? Towers could say no, especially if Wickerman has effects where it makes it look like the wood is on fire or whatever. It's a very twisted, wishy-washy, silly and specific claim to make (even worse than Galactica's 'fully dedicated' because we're forcing people to wear VR glasses for a week before making them optional claim), but you could say it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Pic from TowersStreet. Its a a shame my overriding thought is that it’s gonna produce a lot of pollutants. The Wicker Man’s clearly not a tree hugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Well the use of wood as a building material is most likely to make the coaster carbon negative. So even with the pollutants the fire will causes, for the 2 weeks merlin maintains it, sw8 will be far more enviormentally friendly than a steel coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Attraction Images has footage of Wicker Man testing; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Jesus that thing is slow towards the end. I know it's in testing and they might still be working with the timings/wheel configurations but I don't think I'll bother with SW8/towers, I'll just go to Icon instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Doesn't look very interesting, not very fast at all, although it does seem they have released it slowly from the lift as part of the testing, so expect it will be ever so slightly faster. Still looks disappointing overall though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 The bits designed by Magic Making look very slow. Quite concerning if this is going to be marketed as a thrill ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega-Lite Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I'll save my "it's the first test run, stop being silly saying it looks slow" card for Icon. This thing is going to be crap regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Now they dropped the fire marketing crap they could do 'The world's first experience to fuse GCI and boring' Stuntman707, pluk, Sidders and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Haha, did wonder how long before they would have to take the video down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 That bit where it goes through the structure and then sharply up before the banked turn looks like something off Planet Coaster when you move a bend up and forget to smooth the track. pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 You guys are mean. If this was a playground you'd all be the school bullies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Video has seemingly been taken down. I watched it, and it looks as I've always expected it to look. A simple, fun, low key family experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 8 hours ago, Stuntman707 said: That bit where it goes through the structure and then sharply up before the banked turn looks like something off Planet Coaster when you move a bend up and forget to smooth the track. That looks really weird, doesn't it? Like it thinks it's heading into a final break run, but it's actually really early on. Not worth paying too much attention to the speed during testing I know, but even imagining it sped up considerably it still looks like a pretty crap coaster. Spends a lot of time doing not a lot, which is really bad on such a short ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Well the video has been removed, what a surprise. The ride does look a little on the slow side during the testing there, however they are probably just experimenting with it currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 13 hours ago, JoshuaA said: Now they dropped the fire marketing crap they could do 'The world's first experience to fuse GCI and boring' Even THAT'S not a world's first though... It's such a shame that Towers/Merlin marketing seem unable to market things appropriately... If this didn't have the Wickerman nonsense and some strange Pirate theme we'd not bat an eyelid on it being slow (blah blah testing is always slow blah)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Video had to be removed as it revealed the washing machine element, FYI. JoshuaA, Stuntman707, Kerfuffle and 6 others 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 On 29/01/2018 at 2:38 PM, MattyMoo said: Video had to be removed as it revealed the washing machine element, FYI. Haha, I actually thought the Smiler could have pulled that off! Have some strobes, illusions and it would have made a cool marmiliser type element and would have definitely been a unique ride. Almost like a flat ride built into a rollercoaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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