Alton Towers - Thirteen

family coaster, yes the ride will probally be a little family but i dought the crypt or the ride will be all that family to be honest, from the shapeing and the lowness of the hills from the original lift this is going to have some good forces

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... -ride.html

^ Are you serious?

[slosprint]

no, i'd be willing to wager that its just some crap the media is coming out with

[Turbo]

didn't they say like a year before it was built that "saw the ride" was going to require a waiver being signed? ( < and to the best of my knowledge that is false)

What can they do to a roller coaster to make it as scary as R-rated movies? Unless AT comes up with something absolutely ridiculous, I don't see how an age rating will be even remotely appropriate.

Well the article is from the sun.. So it's obvoisly false

it's ridiculous... but i really want it to be true! a scary-ass coaster (or scary ass-coaster XD) sounds good to me whatever way you slice it, i mean i know it's pointless to hope that it will be genuinely scary and it's probably going to be epicly s**te but hey, i can hope for the coaster to genuinely scare the pants offa me... it probably won't happen, but we'll see :3

I just want it to be smoother than the other Intamin's in the UK. Ala Collossus which is really rough when you ride towards the back of the train.

Looks like Corkscrew is being used for more than just Thirteens theming:

http://www.towersnerd.com/news/item.php?id=195


Hmmm, interesting. Could be pretty cool.

now THAT is gonna look pretty damn sexy when it's done...

[slosprint]

it would be cool if they had the track of thirteen going through the corkscrews. at least they aren't just throwing it in the dump.

I really want to ride this coaster as soon as possible. But unfortunately they made that weird age restriction to it, which let's me wait for at least one more year.

Dude, they didn't really make that.

[slosprint]

yeah, that was just a publicity stunt

Damn, I wish Busch Gardens had done something like that with the late Python. I loved that ride...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/altontowersresort/

New update showing the station building. Looking beautiful in my opinion, probably the most suited themed ride to the whole park as well. If they keep this level of themeing up, Thirteen is definately going to be the best themed ride in the park.

I love how all the windows are boarded up and the tree sprawling over the wraith statue. Its going to make one hell of an impact walking up to that station building.

Oh one more thing. Notice how the images are called "petrified wraiths" etc. Im thinking this could be something to do with statues coming alive.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/altontower ... 3/sizes/l/

I have a feeling this is going to be my favourite part of the ride. Its going to give quite a bit of airtime i hope. [:D]

very, very sexy photos, if this thirteen weekender goes ahead as planned, well i dunno, but it should be freakin' awesome

[gouldy]

The station looks to be pretty well themed, looking nice!

I hope they do get the planning permission to put the double corkscrew out front like they're hoping to do, hat's gonna look sweet. Not entirely sure about the colours they're going to paint it though, but we'll see.

I am really excited about this ride actually. I have talked with a couple of you on the chat through this site and some might know my dream is mixing Disney land with six flags. Adult rides but engulfed in theming. So seeing that slowly were getting to that I hope I can get on the bandwagen and make it as a designer....

Can't wait to see this coaster develop. But I wonder what that "state of the art" technology is if its a coaster that's been done before...

[slosprint]

^ by mixing Disney wit six flags you will create the biggest deathtrap in amusement park history. those are actually my least favorite franchises and, unless you want to create a monster, i suggest you stop dreaming immediately.

I don't understand whats wrong with theming adult rides? Take a European look at theme parks and mix it with shrooms and that's what I want. An overly themed adult roller coaster park.

[gouldy]

^ here here. Imagine a park full of Nemesis type rides. Rides like Big Thunder Mountain, only with an intense Intamin Rocket inside it. That shiz would be amazing!

this is going to be an amazing ride, the themeing thats being brought to the merlin parks in whole is outstanding and ive heard roumers about something to do with "the face of fear". i dont know what it means but its something to do with the inside?

[gouldy]

^ probably be in the room with the drop track, it lights up just before you drop or something probably