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Sam198 wrote: Gerstlauer are now on site :)

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A shipping container not owned by merlin :shock:

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If anyone thinks its a different manufactorer now, they must be an utter idiot :)
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Well any doubters should now be 100% clear of the manufacturer.
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Do you think the contract between Alton and Gerstlauer states Shipping container, to be supplied by Merlin Entertainments :)
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Well seeing how nice them black supports look I am so hoping that Oblivion,Submission&Enterprize get painted to match.
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if i remember from the planing app that the black on this is the same as on Oblivion and +1 to repaint and clean up
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SpecyBeast wrote: I haven't seen the SW7 track with my own eye's, for those who have seen it; is the same colour as it looks on the images you have posted. By this i mean is it jet black or does it consist of another colour?
I was paying attention to SAW at Thorpe Park the day after I saw the track at AT and it looks identical in colour to me. Totally pitch black.

I am back on park in Alton Towers today so I'll have another look. I'll be leaving in about 15 minutes and should be on park around midday.
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whats the point in getting there at midday?? Thats 2 hours ride time missed!!!
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swfcjambo wrote: whats the point in getting there at midday?? Thats 2 hours ride time missed!!!
I normally arrive at 8:45 as I have a premium annual pass so I get ERT but since I'll be here till 9 tonight I don't think I could cope walking around for 12 hours.
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^ same.

& oo it's getting very exciting now, will have to try have a look out when I go on sunday for the fireworks :)
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tharrison4815 wrote:
swfcjambo wrote: whats the point in getting there at midday?? Thats 2 hours ride time missed!!!
I normally arrive at 8:45 as I have a premium annual pass so I get ERT but since I'll be here till 9 tonight I don't think I could cope walking around for 12 hours.
Is there ERT this weekend when fireworks on as hotel are saying that they are dishing out fastrack tickets instead.

Where is the track laid at the moment which car park?  Is is fenced off or can you go and give it a cuddle?(not sure what the fetish is called).
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Some construction photos from Today.

This track is dangerous and needs to be kept away from the other track.
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The Other track
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Construction site From the Toilets
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Some Trenches at the top.
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The hole.
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Looking up from the hole
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They are draining the water out at the moment
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Overview from 'blivs queue line.
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and the SW for the ride, a water dunk at the start :D
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Lol this water reminds me of how bad the blivvy hole was with water.  This dig hasn't come anywhere near the blivvy hole has it. I mean its not gonna cause any problems with it is it?
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More new track and construction photos have been added to the Towers Times SW7 Mini-Site.

http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/sw7/construction/

Expect another huge photo update later today!
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Matthewr1990 wrote: Lol this water reminds me of how bad the blivvy hole was with water.  This dig hasn't come anywhere near the blivvy hole has it. I mean its not gonna cause any problems with it is it?
Apart from being in sector... it's no where near ;)
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TowersTimes Exclusive: SW7 From the Air - A birds Eye View!

An exclusive view of the SW7 construction site.

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Sorry For the Post being in two topics

Using one of TowersTimes brilliant Ariel Photo's and drawing over the plans i did this using Photoshop
Red=Planned Station
Black=Planned Track
Yellow=Planned Supports
Blue=Current footers

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As you can see everything seems to line up nicely, just a few supports that can be easily changed, the station also is in the tree's but that may be down to the angle of the photo.

Here is the plan if you wish to compare my accuracy

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