Alton Towers Discussion Thread

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^For those of us that don't want to bother clicking the link...do we know what the ride is or any further details?

[andyuk200523This donkey is a Know-it-All]

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Article from LA Times:

Nemesis: Sub-Terra ride set to open in 2012 at Britain's Alton Towers
January 01, 2012|By Brady MacDonald | Los Angeles Times staff writer

A new indoor dark ride debuting in 2012 at Britain's Alton Towers theme park promises to be a psychologically terrifying and physically thrilling experience set in the secret underground catacomb of an alien creature.

Dubbed Nemesis: Sub-Terra, the new ride is based on the original back-story for the 1994 Nemesis inverted roller coaster that travels over a river of blood. The Nemesis legend tells of a brooding and unpredictable extraterrestrial discovered during an excavation and worshipped by a cult.

[SwimaceWhat is this, Joisey?]

^^No. Click the link and you'll become even more confused!

[piersTPR's Hairstylist to the Stars!]

I think its what we all thought it was, I went away from it when I saw Jack Osborne.

[andyuk200523This donkey is a Know-it-All]

^For those of us that don't want to bother clicking the link...do we know what the ride is or any further details?

From all of the Alton Towers websites out there It would appear to be an indoor drop tower similar to Extremis at London Dungeons, should be interesting, but just hoping the whole story keeps going and they don't ruin it!

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^Gotcha, thanks!

[dominoesDoes Jeff Johnson count this donkey as a credit?]

It had better not be like Extremis. If it was then it would just be a really crappy version of Th13teen. I sincerely hope it is the prototype that was shown on the ABC website...

Well we have some plans for SW7 and it looks like the best possible cure for Alton's lackofinversions syndrome.

http://publicaccess.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?keyval=LWI1WJPG0D700&searchtype=PROPERTY&module=P3

"The Thorpe Park ride, “Saw” is the same type and manufacturer as the
proposed ride, including a “beyond vertical” drop."

Taken from the 3.1 of the noise report.

- Theming designs and detail are current still being drawn up and are due to be submitted at a later date.
The track has been designed to be of a similar height to Oblivion, the station will use similar materials to the Oblivion buildings (suggesting an extension of X Sector's theme)
- The roller coaster track will be painted black/grey
- There will be an on-ride photo and a shop
- Ride construction will begin in September 2012
- The cost of this project is £20 million
- Some of the roller coaster will be below current ground level, so there will be some excavation.

Now watch it fail the planning application process.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

Credit! Yay!

Another Eurofighter...meh. I really hope we're looking at one of the newer lap bar only models!

[snoflake15Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Donkey.]

Looks like a lot of inversions from the plans.

Edit - asked what type of coaster it might be but then read the posts again. A Eurofighter.