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Oblivion: General Discussion

QTXAdsy said:
Sounds typically frustrating of Towers, do one thing right such as what you mentioned about outside of the hole being cleaned up and yet another thing being wrong with that of the inside of the hole as seen in those pictures.
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The hole is 90ft deep with a 20ft fence around it, it would require some major scaffolding and access works to be able to jetwash it.
 
Dave said:
I’m not going to pretend to be a jet wash expert but to avoid it looking patchy and to actually reach even the top couple of metres a lance extension would be an unwieldy beast.
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He's ok Lance. A bit of an animal, but by no means a beast.

I imagine that much water would cause an issue and where would the washed off waste go?
 
Rick said:
They've been pumping a not insignificant amount of water down that hole most operating days since 1998.
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I imagine there is a big difference between the volume of water from a misting nozzle and a pressure spray. I was more thinking of the gunk though. Do they maintain the tunnel? Surely they must check for stalegtites!
 
Jetwashers don't use that much water, much less than a running tap.
The biggest volume of water comes from heavy rain.
They have pumps, drains, and inspection routines.
The amount of green stuff around the ride means gunk forms very quickly.
 
I think that might be a trick of the lens...I looked down the construction hole from all angles, it was very deep indeed.
I thought the underground bit pretty much mirrored the overground.
 
rob666 said:
I think that might be a trick of the lens...I looked down the construction hole from all angles, it was very deep indeed.
I thought the underground bit pretty much mirrored the overground.
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I always thought it did too, but apparently not according to those pictures. But as you said it could equally be the angle and perception of the shots
 
s_g_k said:
Found some interesting pictures online looking down into the hole. It always feels like the vertical drop continues for much longer than it actually does, but the track levels out surprisingly soon. The mist of course covers up this view when riding. C34D55B3-6CB5-4B25-89B0-BCDA688BC951.jpeg45ECABF8-0E3C-49E1-BB54-6B62CA783413.jpeg
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As somebody said further up this thread, the mouth of the hole is crying out to be painted black - not only to smarten it up a bit but to make it look even darker when viewed from the top!
 
The track starts to level out at the point it hits the entrance to the hole but it takes about 90ft to complete the level out. You only need to look at the other dive machines to see how much height is needed to pull out of the dive.
 

Alton Towers visitors forced to climb down from Oblivion as ride stops before 180ft drop​

People were photographed being led down after a stoppage on the world's first vertical drop rollercoaster

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People were photographed being led down from Oblivion in Alton Towers just before a huge drop



Alton Towers visitors have been evacuated from Oblivion after the rollercoaster stopped just before the 180ft drop. Park-goers were photographed being led down from the world's first vertical rollercoaster as temperatures soared to 37c at the Staffordshire theme park.
A Twitter user named Dean shared photos of the incident, Liverpool Echo reports. He said: "An Oblivion shuttle has stopped at the top, I’m sure the magical bottles of water will be straight out in this heat.

"The magic bottles of water have made it up to the guests on board". Dean provided live commentary of the evacuation process as he confirmed the passengers were safely led down from the rollercoaster.
He added: "Guests are now being evacuated from the top, they have remained safe throughout the evacuation, with bottled water provided, and a harness to walk back down to the ground!"
A spokesperson for Alton Towers described the process as a "routine stoppage". They added: "The ride performed exactly as it is designed to do.




"In line with our well-rehearsed procedures, guests were assisted from the ride and were immediately given water, food, hats and all left happy to continue on with their day at the park. At no point was safety compromised.

Wouldn't fancy doing that yesterday, not sure if I would class it as routine. :weary:
 
Sambiasso said:
Wouldn't fancy doing that yesterday, not sure if I would class it as routine. :weary:
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It's routine as in the stoppage was routine, just that in this case, they evacuated the guests. Maybe if it wasn't so hot and a normal cooler cloudy day they'd have left it a bit longer before evacuating to try and get it going again. Depends on the cause of the stoppage too of course.

I'd do it any day. I'd love an evacuation on any coaster!! Only ride evacuation I was involved in was Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey years ago. Now that was worth it to see it with all the lights on!
 
Steve74 said:
It's routine as in the stoppage was routine, just that in this case, they evacuated the guests. Maybe if it wasn't so hot and a normal cooler cloudy day they'd have left it a bit longer before evacuating to try and get it going again. Depends on the cause of the stoppage too of course.

I'd do it any day. I'd love an evacuation on any coaster!! Only ride evacuation I was involved in was Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey years ago. Now that was worth it to see it with all the lights on!
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I'd love to have a breakdown on RnRC. Any indoor attraction would do it since you'll get glimpses of Behind the scenes.
 
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