Wicker Man Construction Discussion
- 1991troysmith
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Does anyone else believe that this ground breaking ride may be going underground at any point? even on this picture it appears to be some sort of tunnel for access, maybe for health and safety reasons? Along with these concrete tunnels with ladders [picture below] v Could possibly be stacked onto each other as one, to form evacuation access or maintenance access.
Maybe part of underground works were carried out within closed season before pictures were taken, who knows? If the tube station can be built under a entire city, Anything can happen. I'm going on now.
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- TheDuke
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Theyre usually used as part of foundations, they could be buried under the footers to add support but they can be used for a lot of thingsT0mPr1ce wrote:Great pictures. Does anyone know what those concrete cylinders are for? They've been in that spot there for some time, I originally thought they could be pre-made footers. However, they are too large for wooden coaster footers. I think some have ladder rungs in the insides, could they be for underground pipes?
- T0mPr1ce
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It's definitely highly plausible that part of this ride is gong to be underground, there are many things pointing towards it. I'm a bit confused over the station area as the original application shows the building above ground, and we've seen a list of materials for the exterior of the buildings. The current building structure is pretty much fully under the ground level currently. This could mean what we can see at the moment is a base floor, and there could be an external facade which we will enter and go downstairs to the station. Obviously this is all speculation :lol
An underground section and a huge theming element (with fire effects). I believe this ride could be really fantastic and I can't wait to see more progress with the site in the coming months.
An underground section and a huge theming element (with fire effects). I believe this ride could be really fantastic and I can't wait to see more progress with the site in the coming months.
- Owen
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Remember there's still a lot of landscaping that will take place and so what may seem as below ground level now may not be once the final product is complete.
Personally I think people are reading into the wording of "Ground Breaking" and that the ride will follow the plans, which doesn't indicate any underground portions.
Personally I think people are reading into the wording of "Ground Breaking" and that the ride will follow the plans, which doesn't indicate any underground portions.
- Speedy_no1
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Would of been good if they reused the flume underground section.
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- AltonOperator
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I love the idea of the underground section!
I wasn't Aware it had an underground section. Do you mean the indoor bit?Speedy_no1 wrote:Would of been good if they reused the flume underground section.
Thanks Jack
- Speedy_no1
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The dark section was under the ground with the big scary duck. The tunnel is still there.
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- Ryan.B
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it goes under the landscape in that area as far as i'm aware. I remember hearing in closed season they had to sort out the rapid's system before any major work could start on SW8. maybe it's to do with that or possibly Sharkbait Reef. surely the fish won't be ok with the coaster in operation though?
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oh so quiet? no recent updates
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