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Adz wrote: Boz, A few aerial views of the park taken from a private aircraft recently appeared on Flickr...
Do you have a link to these images? Maybe a new topic with these images in would be great.
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How The Station and spider is going to look from a ariel view
Thanks for this. The area still looks quite small for what's proposed.
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anybody else find it odd how the old BH queue line shelters have not been demolished yet?
it would seem like they are working around them, without any intention of demolishing them  :?
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Do you have a link to these images? Maybe a new topic with these images in would be great.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29432635@N ... otostream/
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Boz wrote: anybody else find it odd how the old BH queue line shelters have not been demolished yet?
it would seem like they are working around them, without any intention of demolishing them  :?
I'm pretty sure they will do, it'll be pretty cool if they do as well.
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im sure they will, just seemed odd that they have ripped up the pathway inside them, but not removed them :? would have thought it would be easier to remove them before taking up the pathway?
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Now that's Alton Towers from another point of view!
Great pics :)
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So, THAT'S how Alton Towers should look in RCT3...
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Closeup of one of the queue line huts. If theyre going to reuse this then they need to give it some TLC
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Close up of new prefab building, possably a sub station.
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View from toilets - what you cant really see is they have uncovered the old car track and it looks like they are currently distroying that. You can see this far better from the top of Oblivion
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They don't look like there in a rush to get the site leveled ready for footers. Not a lot been done really in the space of just over 3 months. 8 months to go.
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i don't think much is going to happen until the park quietens down after the summer holidays.
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I was there on Monday, and it looked like they were clearing one of the old queueline huts. Well at least that's what I saw in the 2 seconds at the top of oblivion :D I did get some pictures but they didn't come out very well because I was using my phone and the sun was causing glare.
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stretchy wrote: Photos from Today

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How do you know that THIS is not the finished attraction? :D I mean you see all that stuff on the council website but how can you be sure? This is totaly it, inspired by digger land.

(p.s I think landscaping will happen before anchors)
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What Im intrigued in is the three metal post in the background you can see that have been erected anyone any idea ???
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it's actually just not been dismantled. it's part of the Black Hole Tent, and there is a building at the base of it. I'm not sure what the building was for, but i'm sure its was probably electrical/pneumatic systems. why it's been left however is anybody's guess
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It was a workshop,

seen earlier in this thread (posted by strechy)
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And the below photos belong to towersalmanac.com

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My apologies for going a bit off topic :)
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Really intresting, perfect place for the workers to have a cup of tea :D
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From the alton towers guide on facebook...

Ground works continue at pace, and look like digging down has begun.
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fantastic stuff  :D are there any more piccys, it would be good to get another perspective of exactly where on the site that hole is. really glad to see some proper groundwork going on now :D
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You would have thought they have more diggers onsite to get it moving along quicker not a lot been done in 4 months after how quick the tent came down
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I don't think much more will happen untill closed season, maybe the general landscaping and concrete but that's about it, the coaster itself will go up pretty quick.. It's just a pain that we won't be able to see what's going on in closed season.
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