of course HP are gonna cancel their tablet, they've just got hold of webOS, so they're gonna concentrate development of a tablet with that, rather than release a one shot with windows 7.

I see what looks like a number of corkscrews. Could be a B&M as it's BG favoured manufacturer, but possibly a new type of coaster as there are rumours in that direction for such a prototype in europe next year.

Originally posted by HazBruv You Californians get all the fun. We've had like 1 earthquake, ever. Stop being greedy and give me somez. :) there's been at least 3 in the last decade that I can recall of 1 in dudley, round about 2003/4 1 in folkstone, bout 2007 ish 1 in lincolnshire, aprilish 2008 (t...

love hell, they're really going all out to publicise the ride. Ressurection anarl.

Originally posted by slosprint They only had to support the lift more when it was being constructed because the structure was that of an arch, and until the top was put on It would not be stable. I would not be surprised if this is the most structurally sound track built to date. the load of the ar...

I'd be amazed if there wasn't some deflection in the structure, especially given that they had to support the lift hill more while building it.

Looks awesome, knocks seven shades of poop out of thirteen

Originally posted by slosprint The sad thing is this could have been so much better executed. Rather than having the drop track attached to those giant pillars, they could have it attached to separate, vertical tracks which would allow it to go into actual free fall. I would have also liked to see ...

initial rumours said the F1 coaster would be about 150mph. pictures I've seen show it's trimmed right up the first airtime hill, so it's gonna be fast as hell, thats for sure

pov uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHhWBHsoxA

I had my hopes up for something mega-lite-ish for the bit up to the drop track. It just doesn't look that good atm. Looks like there was a bit too much cost control on the track part imo. The drop itself looks far better on the central news report, where it's filmed from a camera off ride. It just "...

yyyup, that indeed it does.

I think there'll be some povs up tomorrow - today was press day by the looks of things.

heh, there's some guy on tpr still deluding himself, saying "msybe they're only there to keep the dummies in"

cos the PR is gonna look daft if this ride is shite.

the trick for any alton towers story: It's horse poop, if the spokesperson for alton towers quoted is "Sales and Marketing Director" I did this post on towerstimes about this crap that they do. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=503242#p503242">http://...

It's what took so long to get SW6, they had to get rid of the unicorns

sorry.

I would sign a petition against slaughtering unicorns. They're the purest creatures, and it says in harry potter that the killers live a half life afterwards. I don't wish that on the killers.

still not gonna revolutionise the wooden coaster world. That track is going to be far more expensive to work with than wood in initial manufacturing.

Don't know about the smoothness. If the cars are still PTC with their daft (in this day and age) twin axles, they'll still bang all over the place.

weren't you the shitehawk who did that earlier thread about nemmy coming down?

Originally posted by slosprint AT 1:02 YOU GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE TRAIN!!! NO OTSRS!!! don't get too excited. The intamin otsr are a three part construction, see here, not the different coloured strap on the one in the middle http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vm43_ifLSSU/SN-BewTRDEI/AAAAAAAAF04/LfSKc4wa7_...

whey, there's some red squirrels near penrith, used to see them all the time when I was a kid, but I digress :p

aye, it's complete horseshite, managed to get sonic spinball mentioned in all the papers though.... However, daily star took it too far: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/122182/Killer-squirrel-attacks-thrillseekers-at-Alton-Towers/">http://www.dailystar.co.uk/...

http://www.rcdb.com/781.htm

rat ride. all 20ft underground.

http://www.coastercrazy.com/track_excha ... ?tid=16534 How can someone rate a ride, if they've not downloaded it?

http://picnicb.ciao.com/uk/96669785.jpg

not clear, but that's the kamikazi at the place near me. not for anybody with a hefty waist.

the twister is better imo.