Wicker Man - General Discussion
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Right, I'm not sure if it was just me imagining things - but I'm 99% sure yesterday on the first drop tunnel there was not only the smoke machine that has always been there but also a laser machine on the left-hand side of the tunnel! Can anybody else tell me if I was just imagining things, or whether one has actually been added! :lol
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Not sure if this has been posted here but here is another piece of concept art for the pre-show!
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If people are looking for concept art of Wicker Man, might I suggest the Holovis video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqiIN2Z1fE4&t=14s Not sure if it's been posted yet but that's where I get Wicker Man concept art when I want it.
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Likely posted a while ago when it was first released. Tbh, it's definitely worth rewatching though because I got to agree, there really is some truly amazing pieces of concept art in there, and a fantastic insight into how the pre-show was created!saw-x-smile wrote:If people are looking for concept art of Wicker Man, might I suggest the Holovis video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqiIN2Z1fE4&t=14s Not sure if it's been posted yet but that's where I get Wicker Man concept art when I want it.
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Here are a few images we managed to capture from the documentary.
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
They are certainly works of art. Something that I would like to see Merlin release more of, perhaps in a book or as a print. They definitely deserve to be seen as they are outstanding!
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
Channel 4: Inside Alton Towers / Merlin Entertainments
They are certainly works of art. Something that I would like to see Merlin release more of, perhaps in a book or as a print. They definitely deserve to be seen as they are outstanding!
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The one Coaster Touring has uploaded seems to be slightly less zoomed in, therefore looking a bit better, in my opinion. Not sure if they may have filmed a number of POVs with different settings, or if that’s just the way Towers chose to edit the footage provided to them.
Coaster Touring did film the Alton Towers one. They accidentally set theirs to public before Alton put theirs live and then commented that they'd pressed the wrong button and were waiting for Alton to publish first.
They do appear from the same ride through, the people at the end are the giveaway there. Whether Alton zoomed in their version afterwards, or there were two cameras, which seems unlikely, I don't know.
They do appear from the same ride through, the people at the end are the giveaway there. Whether Alton zoomed in their version afterwards, or there were two cameras, which seems unlikely, I don't know.
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Afternoon ladies & gents.. It's been a while since I have posted anything but since I've only just managed to get round to riding Wicker Man (I have a two year old so most of my Towers time is spent in CBeebies Land nowadays) and it left me buzzing that I had to post on here like some kind of excited kid at Christmas ) I really didn't expect to feel like I did after riding it tbh but, what a great addition to the park it is! The whole ride, from the entrance queue to exit is fantastic! I think Alton Towers have made a rod for their own back with it though as any future ride will now have to match the level of theming as Towers have shown what they can achieve if they invest properly in a ride. The only downside (and this may have just been an error on my part of putting my phone and keys in my pockets when the lap bat came down) was that I found the carriages a bit of a squeeze for a 6ft 2 chap.
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They seemed quite excited about this video like oooo look out our 'exclusive point of view'.
It's really nothing special in fact as people have mentioned its a little rough cut with limited effects and maintenance lights on!
It's really nothing special in fact as people have mentioned its a little rough cut with limited effects and maintenance lights on!
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Speaking of effects, it seems the smoke effect in the station is finally working as it was originally intended, as shown in this picture taken by Thrill Nation on Thursday.