Alton Towers Discussion Thread

[GavDonkeys are my way of life!]

Yes, but that stupid Scooby Doo ride is Jizzman's only claim to fame! He mentions it in every post!!!

To be fair, that stupid Scooby Doo ride is probably the best coaster in Australia. It's really cool IMHO, and as you know I don't tend to be particularly exuberant with my praise...

Agreed, Scooby is not stupid.

From what I have seen so far it looks reasonably decent...I imagine it will look a bit better once all the theming is properly finished.
As for the worlds first...Well, it has 'hairtime' which looks a lot of fun, but I wish they had perhaps used the drop track for a Tower Of Terror style cycle with multiple ups and downs....They went to all that expense for the drop track, for it to only be used once for a matter of seconds.

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

I think it looks pretty cool. Hard to tell from the footage about speeds etc. but the drop looks as though it will be worth it.

Might need to get there this summer.

[Gigalyte2 + 2 = donkey!]

Looks like a fun coaster with some good drops and nice airtime but like people have been saying for months EXTREMELY over hyped.

I thought there was going to be more going on inside of the building beside just the track dropping, I also thought it would be more tower of terrorish far as like dark ride/drop combo

[andyuk200523This donkey is a Know-it-All]

None of the internal effects were working for the GMTV filming session, whether this is due to technical issues, or it could actually be to hide the effects for the public up until they experience it for themselves, rumours I have heard are the internal section of the ride will actually be twice the time that you saw on the GMTV video.

Good to see there is a shutter which closes to create total darkness, will be a good experience when all working. The drop actually looks pretty impressive considering the height isn't that tall, also good to see that the entire of the final reverse helix is covered over, really looking forwards to riding this in May.

[mouschThis B&M donkey is so smooth!]

My earlier post may have seemed negative but i am still looking forward to riding this on saturday,hopefully with the effects and possible different drop program it will be an excellent ride experience.

[mwm1444A donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

I'd say from that footage that it looks like a fun, enjoyable 'coaster, and definitely for the middleground - I think it'll be a great family ride.

[RCFreakTPR's Favorite Beaner]

^Agreed, it looks a bit on the short side to me, but it still seems like a lot of fun.

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

^there seemed to be a bit of editing in the clip so I'm hoping there may be a bit more to it than was shown.

Either way the focus seems to be on the drop element rather than the rest of the ride. Just another legacy of the blasted height restrictions.

[coasteredI know more about donkeys than women!]

GM.TV POV Footage
Above is a video of the ride... Spoiler, this is a POV so if you want to ride it for yourself then don't watch.

Here is the video on Youtube, if you are not able to view it @ the gm.tv website.

YouTube Videolink

[DobbaI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

I thought there was going to be more going on inside of the building beside just the track dropping

There is, the effects were turned off for the ride that included the GMTV presenter, the bootcamp people apparently had a few rides of it and have been raving about the "dark ride section" amongst all the negativity (all by people yet to ride I might add) on the Facebook page.