Trooper Looper
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Just ordered my copy of 'Creating my own Nemesis'
Absolutely can't wait for it to arrive in a few days time
Absolutely can't wait for it to arrive in a few days time
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[2024] Nemesis Reborn: Construction and Speculation
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Skyscraper
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Enjoy, it's a great book!Just ordered my copy of 'Creating my own Nemesis'
Absolutely can't wait for it to arrive in a few days time
Trooper Looper
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Will do
It’s a good book. Very autobiographical and his Alton Towers years only take up the last 1/4 of the book but it’s still really interesting.Just ordered my copy of 'Creating my own Nemesis'
Absolutely can't wait for it to arrive in a few days time
It's a really good read and it'll explain a lot of things about the rides and how they came to be. It shows how John Wardley came into the position and what his focus was to allow the rides to be an experience.Just ordered my copy of 'Creating my own Nemesis'
Absolutely can't wait for it to arrive in a few days time
Matt N
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Alton Towers have today submitted a planning application "seeking to confirm the lawfulness of maintenance works to the "Nemesis" ride, an existing roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort", according to TowersTimes:
Could this be for, or at least relating to, the heavily rumoured Nemesis retrack? And if it is, could it be for the ride's upcoming 30th anniversary in 2024, perhaps?
Could this be for, or at least relating to, the heavily rumoured Nemesis retrack? And if it is, could it be for the ride's upcoming 30th anniversary in 2024, perhaps?
I would imagine it would be for the retrack or at least I hope so. Nemesis is great and it would be great to experience it in it's full glory and as a new ride. I love the thing now so new I imagine it's amazing.
The term that doubts me is “confirm the lawfulness of maintenance works”.
Is this a retrospective planning application for work that has already been carried out which should have had planning permission? I doubt it as surely we would have heard about it, but the wording seems a little odd for a general request for planning permission.
Matt N
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It could be, I guess, but the park hasn’t resorted to retrospective planning permission for anything since the Broome era, as far as I’m aware; Tussauds and Merlin have been very keen to file planning in advance.
Skyscraper
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If it is for the re-track I'm not surprised, given the scale of it.
Matt N
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I'd assume it's probably just to run the construction by the council, as construction will generate things like noise for the locals, and they may also be clarifying that they're doing it in a correct and legal manner.
jon81uk
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i think this is the reason it’s to confirm the lawfulness. They want to check to find out if a large amount of maintenance (ie a retrack) would need planning permission.
Sounds reasonable. It’ll certainly be a major project but they need to check whether or not it needs planning permission.
Just done some very quick searches on LinkedIn and Yvette who’s the registered applicants name, is the U.K. Resorts Project Director for Merlin, so whatever the plans may be they seem to involve non exec director level leadership meaning potentially big things.
Trooper Looper
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I trust Merlin and B&M with a retrack as long as it isn't made by a computer software and they just reuse its original blueprints even to the smallest of details, such as how whippy some inversions are, and the old B&M sandless tracks, since modern B&Ms cant do that ever since their layouts been made on computer softwares and the addition of sand inside inside tracks to prevent their iconic howling.
*COUGH* Ban- *COUGH* -shee!!!
Hey, at least have John wardley supervise the project. I'm pretty sure he'd be less than happy if they were to ruin his favourite creation of his.
*COUGH* Ban- *COUGH* -shee!!!
Hey, at least have John wardley supervise the project. I'm pretty sure he'd be less than happy if they were to ruin his favourite creation of his.
Rick
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@Trooper Looper You haven't been to Chessington but you've ridden Banshee?
John_P
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To be fair I rode Banshee before I visited Chessington.
Glad to see this looks like it's happening and they'll be able to keep Nemesis (or 2.0) running for another 20 plus years.
Themeparksandy1981
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Don’t shoot me down on this but do you think the planning permission is for structural work needed in the base of the footings to support the new trains as I hear they heavier than the current trains.
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