I was there yesterday, forgot there was talk of a new flat ride and wondered what was going on! Yeah did look a bit ugly, you think it wouldn't be too difficult to pop up some phalanx themed warning fences at least.
Glad they listened to me
I was there yesterday, forgot there was talk of a new flat ride and wondered what was going on! Yeah did look a bit ugly, you think it wouldn't be too difficult to pop up some phalanx themed warning fences at least.
Honestly yet brutally - take it out. For me the ride has felt very weak these days and over my rides on it the only one that really stood out at all was my first ride, and everything after that it was just very "I'm on a flying roller coaster". It feels dated and more out of place than ever, and these days just provides a bit of a lacklustre ride experience especially when compared to the other major rides of the park. Hold a major celebration in its final year, embrace what it was and what it achieved, allow it to go out in style, then put something completely new and different on its plot. The park can't cling onto the exact same rides forever, and while I do think there are rides that deserve preservation (Nemesis), the same can't be said for others. Galactica plot is prime real estate for a new modern attraction that would be great for the park.How would Galactica realistically be themed to fit in? Track respray?
Why would Alton Towers use money to dismantle a popular coaster with some flaws when they could probably use that same amount of money to upgrade itHonestly yet brutally - take it out. For me the ride has felt very weak these days and over my rides on it the only one that really stood out at all was my first ride, and everything after that it was just very "I'm on a flying roller coaster". It feels dated and more out of place than ever, and these days just provides a bit of a lacklustre ride experience especially when compared to the other major rides of the park. Hold a major celebration in its final year, embrace what it was and what it achieved, allow it to go out in style, then put something completely new and different on its plot. The park can't cling onto the exact same rides forever, and while I do think there are rides that deserve preservation (Nemesis), the same can't be said for others. Galactica plot is prime real estate for a new modern attraction that would be great for the park.
Why innovate when you can repeat what you did 27 years agoSome more updates on the new flat ride...
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Very much looking to be something similar to Ripsaw.
Worlds First Area to feature rides that closed and were reopened/replaced 20 years later... Only at Alton Towers!It is kind of funny that Merlin have invested millions of pounds into Forbidden Valley just to have the exact same ride line up as in 2015.
Is it confirmed that this will be the floorless model? Huss nowadays offers the theater seating option again under the name Top Spin Classic, presumably with updated restraints and seat design given it's a long time since they made a standard model.this is the new model from Huss, both rows face out towards the guests below.
Yes, it was always confirmed it would be a top spin, and it was always confirmed it would be the floorless model... Anybody who saw that all of the dimensions matched up to the decimal place, and still had ideas or hopes of it being something else is living in cloud cuckoo land. (Pun intended.) We weren't talking roughly matched dimensions, as in to the closest metre, they matched up to the decimal place or CM. There is the gap underneath for the floor to drop into and everything, it's all there, and always has been there, in the plans online.Is it confirmed that this will be the floorless model? Huss nowadays offers the theater seating option again under the name Top Spin Classic, presumably with updated restraints and seat design given it's a long time since they made a standard model.
I really don't understand the negativity of people saying its another Topspin.. It's going to look great when its done and will be such a big visual impact to the area.
The old 'It's the same old ride, why not get something new' crowd need to remember there are at least three other spare flatride spots the park will hopefully be filling.