CharlieN Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 I’m not sure how legal/safe/moral this video is, but here is some drone footage of the ride from above. This was filmed when the park was open for their winter event, so it may be entirely illegal (so mods, feel free to delete this post). Credits go to whoever the guy who put this up is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 A generic Alton Towers hotel advert is now referring to SW8 as a "world first roller coaster opening in Spring". This is the first time that SW8 has been marketed as a world first (and I think the first time it's actually been marketed as a coaster), with most key advertising calling it a "world class experience". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Well either 2 marketing teams haven't talked to one another and they just churned out the usual rubbish or we are going to get one stupid world first tag line. SteveJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Spinning woodie anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 11 hours ago, BaronC. said: A generic Alton Towers hotel advert is now referring to SW8 as a "world first roller coaster opening in Spring". This is the first time that SW8 has been marketed as a world first (and I think the first time it's actually been marketed as a coaster), with most key advertising calling it a "world class experience". World's first coaster to have it's name leaked by a demolition company within weeks of demolition starting? L7123456 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 19 hours ago, BaronC. said: A generic Alton Towers hotel advert is now referring to SW8 as a "world first roller coaster opening in Spring". This is the first time that SW8 has been marketed as a world first (and I think the first time it's actually been marketed as a coaster), with most key advertising calling it a "world class experience". Great *Drives straight past to ride Icon. pluk, BenC, Marhelorpe and 4 others 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 New video and it’s another load of cojones. I’ve got to say however, that this eery rendition of “In The Hall Of The Mountain King”, doesn’t seem to work half as well as it did for The Smiler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Reminds me of the Colony at Tulleys Farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 My thoughts are it's gonna be the world's first face-off woodie - the seats are back to back meaning each row alternates in sitting forwards and backwards, so everyone will be facing eachother (apart from the very front row and very back row). So a train of these: This makes the large two-faced theming object make sense - so as the train flies through, the people going forwards will see the human face and the people going backwards will see the ram's face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, MattyMoo said: Reminds me of the Colony at Tulleys Farm Makes me think that someone at Towers' marketing loves Bray Wyatt... Face/Off wooden coaster? Nah, that would be a stupid idea; and I can't imagine a backwards wooden coaster being particularly fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 20 minutes ago, Benin said: Face/Off wooden coaster? Nah, that would be a stupid idea; and I can't imagine a backwards wooden coaster being particularly fun... But 'world's first totally dedicated backwards wooden roller coaster' has such a nice ring to it... [/sarcasm] I imagine it'll be some tacked on world first to do with the theme, theming structure or something similar. First Wicker Man ride or something (they did it with Gruffalo, so I wouldn't put it past them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 22 minutes ago, Benin said: Face/Off wooden coaster? Nah, that would be a stupid idea; and I can't imagine a backwards wooden coaster being particularly fun... I don't find backwards coasters all that fun either, so: Fun? No Marketable? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 God I hope not. I rode Colossus at Magic Mountain backwards and it wasn't enjoyable at all. That trailer Charlie posted is such generic Merlin, I find the whole thing so tedious now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Benin said: Makes me think that someone at Towers' marketing loves Bray Wyatt... Makes sense, considering Icon is going to DELETE SW8 MarkC, yeah, Kerfuffle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 15 hours ago, TPGG said: This makes the large two-faced theming object make sense - so as the train flies through, the people going forwards will see the human face and the people going backwards will see the ram's face. I think the train goes through the structure more than once from different directions already so that can explain the 2 sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Yeah, human face is looking up at you as you enter the drop into the structure, ram face is looking down at you as you come up towards it from the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Don't you dare Merlin! Don't call this ride a world first. They have to focus on the overall experience over another cheap gimmick. They are just going to keep making the same mistake with every new ride! Call it a world class ride all you want. To be honest, Icon still excites me more this year being a completely new, modern ride in the UK and the fact it's a Mack. As much as I love B&M rides, I wish Merlin would build a steel Mack. Not been a huge fan of Gerst really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marhelorpe Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Well, this name was completely unexpected. Apparently bringing wood and fire together for the first time on a coaster. Or something. Given the track record for special effects like fire in other Merlin parks, making a world first claim which is solely dependant on special effects where everyone expects it to work when visiting is a bit risky isn't it? It should've been "World's first rollercoaster experience fusing wood and fire... when it works." (Good promo art though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 The promo art is gorgeous The world's first is: The world's first rollercoaster experience fusing wood and fire I mean, it's not really, but okay. They're also using the 'first UK woodie in 21 years' angle which is nice. In honesty, this is exactly what I expected. It looks fun, the coaster won't be anything special, but I'm sure it'll do the job and fill the gap. I'm a little concerned that they seem to be focusing on the older end of the target market - let's hope it works out for them! Details here - https://www.wickerman.com/story-so-far/wicker-man-announced-as-latest-ground-breaking-rollercoaster-experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 The artwork has been created by world-famous illustrator Kyle Lambert, which looks great. Does look more like a film poster. I’m still reserving judgement until I see how the ride is going to work going through a “flaming” structure and how immersive it will be. I couldn’t care less about it having such a terrible world first title though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Bloody hell, a 1 night stay in a treehouse with park entry is nearly £900! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Tree houses have always been very expensive - I guess the market must be there at that price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I really like the Wicker Man promo stuff. It's just a bit unnecessary to declare it a worlds first when it's actually tenuous. Still, I'm pretty excited to get a woodie for the first time in two decades. This should be a pretty solid family rollercoaster too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Has the opening date been confirmed anywhere yet? Want to start planning a trip Also - just looking at the news articles - Sky mention the Smiler accident, obvs. One of the articles said that the logo was projected onto the London Eye. No it wasn't, it was photoshopped on. You can't project onto what is essentially a hollow circle, unless they temporarily covered the Eye with sheeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Jesus Christ, that's the second most desperate world first they've come up with. Second. Glances over to my profile picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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