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[2026] Bluey Coaster in CBeebies Land

My reaction to a bunch of grown men salivating over a kids coaster that happens to have a longer layout that first thought.
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So there is a bonus helix after all!

I did not see that coming... I wonder what made them hide that on the planning application given that it's not exactly a world's first feature or anything?
 
So there is a bonus helix after all!

I did not see that coming... I wonder what made them hide that on the planning application given that it's not exactly a world's first feature or anything?
My thought also. Seems like such a pointless thing to do.
I know people say "Alton have done this before" but to my knowledge they only intentionally did it once before, and that was to hide the inversion record on The Smiler.

On other occasions its been because they actually did alter the design after submitting the planning application.

But this also looks deliberate as noted by the kink in the track. But why...?
 
To keep the thoosies entertained in the closed season?

Seems they only plausible reason

Unless…. No…. It can’t be….
There is a hidden structure to be built in the middle. The helix enters in. Stops. Goes onto some sort of, washing machine type element. Then, there will be a highly themed tunnel sending riders back round the track.

I knew this day would come.
 
So there is a bonus helix after all!

I did not see that coming... I wonder what made them hide that on the planning application given that it's not exactly a world's first feature or anything?

I don’t think they did hide it, I suspect they just hadn’t settled on the layout and needed planning permission for the theming.

I know historically Towers have hidden stuff for big SW’s but in this case I suspect it was just something simple like that.
 
It looks more substantial fully constructed than I thought it would!

Out of curiosity, do we know how long the train will be for this? Some of the Zierer Force coasters have quite long trains!
 
It looks more substantial fully constructed than I thought it would!

Out of curiosity, do we know how long the train will be for this? Some of the Zierer Force coasters have quite long trains!
Looking at the length of the station, I'd say the train length could be fairly substantial. You can see the rear air gates on the left of the image, and they could well extend further to the left. Certainly looks to be longer than Octonaughts' train, that's for sure, and Zierer's website states that Force coasters can accommodate up to 14 cars.

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Photo from TPG
 
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Looking at the length of the station, I'd say the train length could be fairly substantial. You can see the rear air gates on the left of the image, and they could well extend further to the left. Certainly looks to be longer than Octonaughts' train, that's for sure, and Zierer's website states that Force coasters can accommodate up to 14 cars.

AltonTowersBlueyCoaster-29.png


Photo from TPG
I'm presuming that that's not how the station will look when it opens? Looks quite bleak if anything.
 
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