Alton Towers

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

RE: Alton Towers

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

So, needless to say, the Smiler *looks* like it could be pretty awsome (maybe...), who's off to the Towers to ride it this year?

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It looks off the hook! I will certainly be heading up at some point!

Hpeek · Enigmatic Expert

I went up last week... It looks incredible!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It looks a mess, that's for sure. But I'm not getting the same excitment over how it looks, that others are. I'm hoping it will look more impressive in person.

I just pray that it doesn't ride like Saw!

Hpeek · Enigmatic Expert

It's just huge in person!

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I think it looks a mess too but I put that down to it being a building site at the moment. I think it will blow us away!

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

i am planning to go in May or early June..such a journey though... does anyone know whats world first about it yet ?

MattyH · Passionate about Pleasurewood

coolskin wrote:
i am planning to go in May or early June..such a journey though... does anyone know whats world first about it yet ?

It will be both world beating and a world first, the world beating bit is the number of inversions.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

more than 10 then ? and its world first for this ?

alex · Enigmatic Expert

14 inversions

MattyH · Passionate about Pleasurewood

We don't know the world first yet, keep an eye on http://www.towersstreet.com/talk/ for the latest updates.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Needs more inversions!

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

Yeah it's short on them! XD

As of today though, the track is finally complete! Now just the small matter of a couple hundred hours of testing...

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I can't wait to see it complete and in person. At the moment it just looks mental, it's gotta be the record for the longest coaster with the smallest footprint surely?

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

Wardley himself said (I think) that there is more track per square metre than any other coaster in the world... Or something like that anyway. Plus on top of that you have the most inversions in the world and it's just mental.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

i bet it will be rough like saw though....

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I hope not, but that is a worry for me.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Saw was smooth as butter in its first year but its second season was rougher that a Southend one night stand! So just ride it soon after opening for best results.

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

I can't really comment on Saw... Only rode it in it's opening month and haven't been back to Thorpe since. Thought it was a decent ride though.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

One thing that stands this in good stead is that it doesn't have the usual Gerstlauer trains, which are said to be the cause of the torture on most Eurofighters.

I think I'm going to let the hype calm down a bit, and visit after summer, September-ish.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

saw was painful as f*** last september for me...maybe the lankier you are the worse it is....

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Apparently is to do with height, as small people cant seem to feel that horrible 'judder' at the bottom of most elements. It REALLY hurts me, badly, and by the end of my second go I was nearly in tears!