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The following logo has appeared around the construction site, however no reference to the name has been posted yet.



Speculation regarding SW8's name continues in the SW8 Speculation and Discussion forum.

Scaffolding around the theming element seems to be coming down today, hoping this means we will get a reveal at scarefest

Thanks for the update. I've been expecting this to happen. It will certainly create a buzz!

iloveshauni wrote:Scaffolding around the theming element seems to be coming down today, hoping this means we will get a reveal at scarefest

Hopefully! I'll be attending this years scarefest and it'd be great to see, especially if they light it up at night!

I do reckon there will be some sort of flame effect for this ride, especially now that logo has been used.. and any update on that scaffolding yet??

The whole of the scaffold came down yesterday. Leaving the entire theming element in a black wrap same as the upper half. I've got some other photos as well, showing that the prep for the queueline passing through the structure is finally taking place, and the ground leveling for the queue up in the middle of the structure is happening too with lines laid out for a few small switchbacks up there before it passes through the structure. The lift rails also definitely have their steel plates now however I was unable to get decent clear photos of these.

Further to Cap'n Barnacle's post above, I was on park yesterday and got similar photos, however there is also this:



Which clearly shows the themeing object is going to be a horned wicker duck. 

WARNING: TRACK ALERT!

These have just been posted onto a SW8 group on Facebook, Steel track is being fitted to the lift hill.

I feel bad saying it, the rails have been laid for several weeks now, but the steel plating is new as of Thursday :P

Capt. Barnacles wrote:I feel bad saying it, the rails have been laid for several weeks now, but the steel plating is new as of Thursday :P

Realise I hadn’t typed specifically enough!

Edited it now

xylyx wrote:Further to Cap'n Barnacle's post above, I was on park yesterday and got similar photos, however there is also this:



Which clearly shows the themeing object is going to be a horned wicker duck. 

The curse of the rubber duck from the old flume tunnel!

That would be amazing if it was! :lol

As already posted on towers street the outer covers have all come down off the theming element pretty much leaving what I would say is almost certainly a ram of some sort..

Haha is this Name confirmed?

The Wicker-Ram

Phild94 wrote:Haha is this Name confirmed?

The Wicker-Ram

I like it! Lol! But knowing merlin it'll be The Wicker Man And His Ram! :P

Knowing Merlin it will be called something like ‘Twigs’  #-o

To be fair, the name "Twigs" sounds so docile that perhaps the newspapers won't keep bashing the towers for having "notoriously dangerous" rollercoasters 

Am I the only one who can make out some eyes and a big open mouth? Is this the face of the wicker man?

Photo from Theme Park Worldwide twitter

Don’t want to quote myself but this is exactly what I said a few posts ago, the reverse of the statue looks like a rams head though

A little speculation.



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