New TV Advert - All Time Greats!

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ATJakee96

I just visited Alton's website and noticed this new banner " All time Greats" (coming soon) "which one will take the crown ? you decide"
Will this be a new game or something about each coaster competing? By the looks of the picture there are silhouettes of Rita, Air, Nemesis, Oblivion and Th13teen
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certainly fits in with this topic about old adverts being used

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I can imagine this will be some larger campaign, with no new ride this year they'll be desperate to pick the visitor numbers up for the post-summer pre-Scarefest period.

We've seen this sort of thing before. I bet the TV adverts will be each rides original advert run with a "IS THIS THE BEST ALTON TOWERS RIDE EVER? VOTE NOW AT ALTONTOWERS.COM" kinda thing. Don't Walkers do a similar thing with crisps sometimes?
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Walkers do indeed do that every now and then, and a lot of other companies do as well.

I expect there to be some kind of prize draw or something, like whoever voted for the winning ride gets an unlimited fastpass for a day for it or go in to a prize draw for an MAP or something.
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I think Sam has probably got it about right.

We know they are playing some of the old adverts next week - Nemesis, Air and Oblivion, and for all we know they might also be replaying the (horrible) Rita advert and the Th13teen one (which has been played this year already). I can imagine this will all link in with their website and some kind of vote for the best rollercoaster poll.

This way it gets people talking about the old adverts and the memories they have had on them rides in the past!
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I love the second Rita advert!

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I'm liking the idea of this and I can't wait too see what it's all about.

Nemesis too win? [-o<
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If this is the kind of competition we think it is, we clearly need to get organised and pull out all the stops to guarantee a Nemesis win. :)
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Nemesis for the win!

Nothing else will be good enough.
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It must be some kind of poll to decide which of the rides is the best, and hence takes the 'crown'.

But we all know it's going to be Nemesis who wins, so what's the point? But I'm interested in what this could lead too? Surely it's not just a vote? 8-[
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That's also why they are recomissioning the old adverts, maybe we could do a exit poll on here!
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Nemesis will win, hands down. I would go as far as to say it's the nation's favourite ride.
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You see, I'm not sure that Nemesis will win...
I mean, by all means, we can try like hell and do everything in our power to vote for it, but I think its advert is going to look horribly dated to the majority of people voting, and for some reason I can just see Air, Rita, or (the result which Towers probably most want) Th13teen taking the crown.

Then again, Nemesis has been very popular in recent Facebook polls, so there's certainly potential. I would have to wonder if there's a hidden motivation here. This may sound a bit far-fetched but I could see them portraying the Th13teen advert in a much better light than the others, because I'm sure they'd love the idea of boasting "Having only been open for two years, Alton Towers fans consider Th13teen to be the greatest rollercoaster the park have ever built".

Okay, I'm reading FAR too into it now. :lol:
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^ Oh, I don't know. Whether they've been to AT or not, everyone seems to know about Nemesis. It's the iconic AT ride, just like Corky was. I reckon the reputation of Nemesis alone will influence a large proportion of the votes in its favour.
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As much as I would love to see Nemesis take the crown, i'm not sure it is set in stone that it will. I think the majority of chav's will vote for Rita because of their ignorance.
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sounds interesting but there's no telling which ride will actually win, after all we don't even know what criteria we are supposed to judge them by.

i know nemesis does best in the coaster poll, but this year they had problems with too few votes being cast, so really it's all to play for.
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My opinion of the coasters goes like this:
Nemesis>>Oblivion>Thirteen>>Air>>>Rita

However, amongst friends, it's really varied, and infact with many, Air comes out on top, one or two think Rita is best, and many don't say Nemesis is best. Thirteen is either the best thing since sliced bread or crap, and everything in between.

So I'd love Nemesis to win, and it has a chance, but not as much as if it was up to us.
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I believe that oblivion is the Iiconic Alton ride, but nemesis the best.

This will be interesting.

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Just found this on youtube [url=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;][/url]

Basically it just talks about how it will be vote to decide the best alton towers ride and there will be prizes to give away including a chance to design the next ride...
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#-o I can see the "design your own ride" prize turning out to be really bad or ridiculouse unless a enthusiast wins.
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