I've booked Friday 23rd off, and will be traveling down to Thorpe Park for opening day this season, so if anyone's arriving at Heathrow/Thorpe on the Friday you're more than welcome to join me on park as I'll be staying at a nearby hotel (Staines Travelodge) for the night of the 23rd, to travel up t...
Thorpe Park today confirmed their 2018 season starts on Friday 23rd March, so I'd expect Saturday to be VERY busy when we're there. That being said, we've got something new to look forward to in the form of a rethemed X!
The one on the left that curves around and meets the preshow building at the bottom is the Fastrack queue. The right hand one is the main queue, and the middle one that leads into the middle of the site is a vehicle access road, that may yet be public access for ride viewing.
It's not future problems I'm concerned about. It's the fact that the foundation work mess up last year pushed them back by at least a couple of weeks. Several sources are stating that Icon won't be open till about April.
I'm going to start booking accommodation/transport at the end of January once payday rolls round. So Seth, Meta and I are staying on site at Alton Towers, and most likely in a hotel for Thorpe Park and Chessington. I won't be joining for Blackpool purely because Icon won't be open for this trip.
It's probably worth mentioning here as it has been in the FB chat we're using to organise the event, it seems we may be pushing back this meetup by a week, so we can get Thorpe Park's opening weekend in as well. That being said, anyone nearby or planning to go to SW8's opening day anyway is more tha...
What the plan is so far (we'll be sorting the specifics out closer to the time) is that Seth and Meta will be either staying with me at my place (I live only 25 mins from Towers) or, and this is my preferred tactic, we'll be booking one of the Enchanted Village lodges, since they're amongst the chea...
I got one of these vouchers myself, I can confirm that's the case, plus I have it on very good word that SW8 is 100% on track for a 'start of season' opening, even got lucky enough to walk through the site (in a way) on Saturday night after the show! Obviously season's over now but I already can't w...
The main path from Mutiny Bay to Katanga Canyon which has been out of use all season thus far has today reopened, offering new views of SW8 and the construction site! https://i.gyazo.com/b164a6917d38d7f2916b6d8db6cdd93f.jpg https://i.gyazo.com/3877c6c2c872958db33c61aeee1d62ca.jpg Photos credit to To...
I imagine it's worth me posting the photos I've taken recently showing the changes going on around the site; https://i.imgur.com/gtvJBnt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sjFiKcv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Nsl6FUo.jpg https://i.imgur.com/225lTCt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1hRQfLg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qff3t5u.jpg...
https://i.imgur.com/bu8SwVS.jpg COASTERCRAZY.COM UK MINI MEET-UP - WICKER MAN OPENING March 24 - 26 , 2018 The actual opening date for Alton Towers this year is Saturday 17th March, however, in order to incorporate Thorpe Park and Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the meet-up will take place on the above d...
So it goes without saying it's been a LONG time since I updated here, and truth be told, I just don't have time to update absolutely every media platform we're covered on. So it's time to pass on the torch for updates to you guys, the fans, since as our social media rep I'm now condensing my efforts...
Sorry for the long delay in any updates but Hex is now finished and released! We released our Demo of Virtual Towers Online on the 30th May to rave reviews! If you want your own download link, follow this and download! Then unzip the package, run the file and enjoy! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0...
A special video has gone on our channel today, the second in our blog style updates, featuring Pete and Dave talking about the latest progress in Unreal. With several unique pictures of the work on Galactica's track, and even the first ON RIDE FOOTAGE, this is a big turning point for us. There's 25 ...
With the recent removal of Ripsaw, here???s our tribute. Detoxing survivors of Nemesis for 18 years, the giant device has stood in Forbidden Valley cutting it since 1997 and was only removed in 2015. We have fond memories of this ride, what about you?
The safety bars are present in the full build, they're currently a separate model to the actual gondola as they have their own animation within the entire sequence, so they're not visible on the gondola model
Erm, the motorcycle trains are either there for a theme, or just temporary until I can decide about custom trains or not. But custom trains are a BIG struggle for me
So it's been a couple weeks, and we've all been working very hard on Hex and the surrounding area! Boz and Pete have done some excellent work animating each scene and the vault for Unreal, as well as Boz making this amazing model of the stairs that would lie between the Octagon and the conservatory....