Alton Towers 2018 - Wicker Man: GCI Wooden [mild spoilers]

[gouldy]

photos from TowersTimes

I think this confirms that there will be a chain lift:



(Photo taken from Towerstimes)

[gouldy]

Yeah, 100%.

Although truthfully, I don't think that was ever really in doubt

[mkingy]

Worlds first chain driven launch

[Dirk_Ermen]

mkingy wrote:

Worlds first chain driven launch

It already exists:



Tornado in Bakken has in my opinion a chain driven launch.

[mkingy]

It's all about the marketing Dirk, you've been around long enough to know that ;D

[gouldy]

Tornado is not wooden Dirk, gosh

[Coasterkidmwm]

The lift still baffles me but oh well

[Dirk_Ermen]

mkingy wrote:

It's all about the marketing Dirk, you've been around long enough to know that ;D

gouldy wrote:

Tornado is not wooden Dirk, gosh

In that case market it as "Worlds first wooden rollercoaster with chain driven launch!".

Yeah, hoping for a fast lift.

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!





Photos credit to TowersTimes SouthParks

The top of the Wicker Man statue has been spotted

[Coasterkidmwm]

Looks like it fell out of the statue level from Goldeneye 64

Paradox wrote:

The top of the Wicker Man statue has been spotted

Or it could be for a separate, smaller theming structure, as is being discussed on Towersstreet.com.

[mkingy]

Yeah I'm not sure they'd be overly happy craning in something that size over all the finished track - couold be wrong though!

From what I've heard it's just a scaled down version of what the actual top will look like.

The end translates to "Pay homage and unite"

I don't think I've logged here in since 2005..........

I think it will be a decent addition despite it's obvious lack of intensity - plus we can all get to Tayto Park door to door in about 4/5 hours to ride a world class woody.

Anyway, speak to you all in 12 years or so.

[mkingy]

Welcome back momentarily!

Apparenlty the other side of the head has the face we saw before.

The official announcement is confirmed for 8th Jan 2018!!

[mkingy]

[Dirk_Ermen]

Looks like it could be good fun.

And now we can see the full statue!







Here's a closeup of the human face on the other side



The yellow box shows the ride's entrance and the red box shows that the interior of the statue is metal meaning there could be fire effects within it.