Alton Towers Discussion Thread

[willh51I know more about donkeys than women!]

Good for them for making some changes, it all sounds pretty cool to me. I've always been impressed with AT (which I've never visited) for trying to create solid attractions within the strict height restrictions they are saddled with.

[rctneilA zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.]

Great to hear that it has improved. It was noticeable on opening day that they were not happy with the reports from the public about the ride and i'm glad that feedback has been taken onboard to improve it.

I'm looking forward to riding it again in just over a weeks time to compare both experiences.

[coasterfreak101Gimme Some Candy!]

That sounds really cool! Definitely something worth checking out, much more so than the original reviews showed.

[MeteornotesKeeper Of The Carnivorous Bees!]

Pretty awesome that they went back and made changes to the attraction. A lot of parks would just move onto the next project.

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[jammy2by4What would donkeys be like on the moon?]

I came across some information regrading the closure of Enterprise and Submission. On April 8th TowerTimes received a statement from AT reading:

We are delighted to confirm that both Submission and Enterprise in X-Sector will now be opening for the 2012 season.
A huge amount of work has been going on in the background to re-assess how we could keep these two ever popular attractions open should we be able to commence the preparatory work for the planned new rollercoaster opening in 2013, and we are now confident that we can achieve this.
Enterprise and Submission will operate alongside Oblivion and the brand new Fried Chicken Co restaurant which opened during the February half term to fantastic feedback.

Good to hear on my behalf as I'm finally visiting the park for the first time in 2 weeks .

[MayTheGForceBeWithYouStar Wars is gay.]

^Exactly.

This sounds like a pretty cool mash up of Mystery Tower from Phantasialand and Alien Encounter from Disney. Can't wait to check it out.

I think it sounds cool, too. Alien Encounter was one of my all time favorite theme park attractions, so hearing that something like this popped up made me happy.

Also good to hear it got the opening kinks worked out. Sounds like a much better experience than the first few weeks of operation.

[spinning manRandom stuff and poop]

A little update of the progress of SW7. The concrete base has been lifted and it is ready for the footers to be done. Also, there is DIRT!!



Picture taken by roary01 on towerstimes. More pictures of progress(and more dirt) in the following link.
http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/sw7/construction-discussion/300/

[spinning manRandom stuff and poop]

Another update.


Who needs a worlds first rollercoaster, when you have a heap of dirt and bricks.

Picture taken by stretchy on towerstimes. More pictures in link.
http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/sw7/construction-discussion/315/

[MrPantalaymonI Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

I visited Alton Towers yesterday to ride Sub-Terra (BTW scared witless ahah). I checked out SW7's construction area, but my iPhone ran out so I have no pictures but good news there was a concrete truck there and the metal mesh that they use when laying concrete so I presume its either work on the station and buildings or the footers, but either way its still exciting. Sub-Terra surpassed my expectations but I feel there should be more signs warning about how overwhelming it is, I had to help a little boy out because he was crying, but nonetheless I thought it was brilliant, the drop should have been deeper though, would had made it amazing, either way it certainly is unique ;D

[jammy2by4What would donkeys be like on the moon?]

Went to Alton Towers for the first time last week (19-20), Sub-Terra was amazing and scared me s[explicit word]less. Waited just over an hour for it but it was definitely worth it. Managed to see from Oblivion the work being done on the SW7 site. There was only a small pile of rubble left and a digger using an automatic drill to get rid of any concrete from the previous site. The two days I was AT, there was nothing really going on at the SW7 site.