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Alton Towers | Wicker Man | GCI Wood

This will definitely be a great bridge between something like Th13teen / Spinball and the bigger coasters!! I can't wait to see it in person. It really is cool to watch a coaster seemingly go through flames. Now that is a great coaster to see as you enter the park!
 
What is the soundtrack in the background? I don't recognise it.

I still think the coaster seems dull but that wicker man looks fab.
 
So is it gunna be “Mutiny Bay featuring Wicker Man” kind of like how they kluged together “Ug Land featuring Thunder Rock Rally”
 
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As so many have said, it's highly likely that the effects will not so much have burnt out as faded away by the end of the season.
Once again though, I'll congratulate Merlin for knowing they're onto a winner previewing their ride in the dark - this worked well with Smiler, Swarm, even Stealth!
 
The first footage was an aerial/birds eye view from a considerable distance. The coaster looks flatter and because it is further away from the camera, it's speed looks sluggish. The most recent footage is probably not much faster (if at all). Again, comes down to the fact it's shot at ground level of a specific section of track (with a bit of a drop). Plus it's only a 3 second long clip or something, so anything will look faster if you show a very short clip of a small section of track with the car whizzing past. Wouldn't read much into it.
 
The ECC posted some comments from Mr Wardley (after having ridden the ride) on their facebook group this morning.
They have now put them up on their website too so are publically available I guess ; http://www.coasterclub.org/jw
JW said:
What Alton Towers have done is created a fabulous, fast-paced, smooth, thrilling, exhilarating ride which is beautifully and imaginatively presented to a standard far higher than probably any other woodie in the world.
(just a snippet - there isn't much more tbh)

EDIT: tweet with all details;
 
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