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Tobi has completed the track layout:

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Andy Mc wrote:Tobi has completed the track layout:

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So the train must be pretty short then going by the size of that transfer track. Am guessing it will be 1 or 2 of the spinner cars that they tested on Blue Fire.
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dazza4783 wrote:So the train must be pretty short then going by the size of that transfer track. Am guessing it will be 1 or 2 of the spinner cars that they tested on Blue Fire.
I'd say so. Would make sense given their recent tests on Blue Fire.
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Still, I reckon MACK could do a 5 car train for more Blue Fire style rides. After all, if they can test 1 car on Blue Fire, why couldn't they do a whole train if the cars were more spaced out?
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Tobi has upload a POV of their Lost Gravity track layout. I must say it really rips through the circuit!
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Some aerial shots (perhaps MI7's got a Dutch cousin) of Lost Gravity, which has now begun to receive its theming - it seems Merlin have been outdone with the number of shipping containers that are already in place!

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Walibi Holland have teased some plans for the train for Lost Gravity and it appears that against all speculation, that it is indeed a winged train!

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Indeed, Looopings have a rendering of the train.

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And here is the real thing.

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Would seem Mack are referring to this ride type as 'BigDipper' - " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I love those cars! Hopefully this will be what we see come to BPB next year!
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The park have posted footage of the ride testing on their Snapchat account.
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There are some photos of Lost Gravity's funky theming on the themepark.nl Forum.

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I spy shipping containers :lol this ride does look very good, the 4th picture looks great!
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Is some quite odd theming isn't it? I like it though - it feels very Oblivion: The Black Hole-esque with the everyday things like cars warped and overturned by the gravity. Only thing that doesn't quite sit right twitch me is the entrance, I feel like the red would look more cohesive as a yellow to match the track :P I'm sure it'll all look great in the end though.
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So weird it's great...
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Here's a snippet of the ride's soundtrack. It's a somewhat unique one.
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lewis97 wrote:Here's a snippet of the ride's soundtrack. It's a somewhat unique one.
Indeed, I heard a snippet of this last month. I feel like this is another YouMeAtSix/THE SWARM jobby where the artist has made a separate song for the attraction, which differs from the one around the area. It will be interesting to see if this is implemented into the ride at all.
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On Walibi Holland's snapchat they posted what seems like a snippet of the music video. It even contains floating cars!
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Ooh. This ride looks awesome! I think I'm going to have to find a way of getting there soon :D
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