Nemesis94 has continued to work on his recreation and posted the following images on TowersStreet. Can't help but feel that the sound screens that surround a significant amount of the layout are going to kill the off-ride views that the ride would have potentially had.
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- simononestop
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yep that's what I said earlier in the posts. all the timber walls close to the track round all the corners! or could add to ride if you cant see the other track (where you are going)
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It will be a hideous looking ride if they just plonk loads of wooden walls and tunnels on the ride and don't attempt to theme them with fascades to emerse them into the rides's theme.
Balder at Lisberg is apparently a great coaster but boy does it look ugly. I'd like to think that AT will go a few steps further and at least try to theme it.
Balder at Lisberg is apparently a great coaster but boy does it look ugly. I'd like to think that AT will go a few steps further and at least try to theme it.
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Good stuff: the fewer objections the better
Well have to see about the walls and sound tunnels, with any luck this will have been thought of and taken into account. To me personally theming it's the icing on the cake, it's not vital but it adds to the flavour nicely. Do even if it does look hideous as long as it's a good ride I don't mind
Well have to see about the walls and sound tunnels, with any luck this will have been thought of and taken into account. To me personally theming it's the icing on the cake, it's not vital but it adds to the flavour nicely. Do even if it does look hideous as long as it's a good ride I don't mind
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lewis97 wrote:Historic England have also commented on the application stating that they too have no objections.
Ooh that's great! Am I right in thinking they've objected to other proposed woodies?
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That's a really hard question to answer. Speaking out of no personal opinion (I've never done a GCI! :O), Mitch Hawker's best wooden coaster poll ranked Troy at Toverland to be the best, but this is not to be trusted completely. Like all coasters, it's a matter of personal opinion.Benjsh85 wrote:What's the best GCI woodie out there right now?
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That's honestly quite a hard question. If I was to guess... Probably Wodan at Europa Park, but it's all opinion based. There are other good ones such as Lightning Racers at Hersheypark, Joris en Draak at Efteling and Apocalypse at SFMM.Benjsh85 wrote:What's the best GCI woodie out there right now?
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Nemesis94 has now released an updated POV of his SW8 recreation. The layout is growing on me and I do think it could offer some nice moments of airtime with it picking up some reasonable speed.
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After watching the updated POV I was interested in finding out the rough total ride time. I consider 'ride time' to be from when the train is released from the chain, to when it hits the final break run (for LIM/LSM launch coasters the start is being released from the station). The POV shows a ride time of roughly 48 seconds. Comparing this to Nemesis, which lasts for only roughly 40 seconds, SW8 could have a longer ride time.
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Here's a back row POV:
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It certainly unique to the resort and will offer something different, however I wonder what elements Merlin will add? So far it is marketed as a "Ground Breaking New Ride Development", but I am still wondering what that entails?
It would also be good to see the attraction fully themed with a full backstory!
It would also be good to see the attraction fully themed with a full backstory!