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[The Smiler] Construction Updates and Ride Speculation
rightbackgranty
TS Member
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
Certainly a feasable reason for the lack of progress. You would expect Gerst to want to be on site when the ride is going up as expert consultants, and with the Christmas season they may well have had a week or two with their families at home.
Gersts traditionally go up quickly - lets just hope that this one follows suit!
Certainly a feasable reason for the lack of progress. You would expect Gerst to want to be on site when the ride is going up as expert consultants, and with the Christmas season they may well have had a week or two with their families at home.
Gersts traditionally go up quickly - lets just hope that this one follows suit!
LewisNavex
TS Member
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
Obviously not as spectacular as Russell's. But i took a detour to Towers on the way to Birmingham with member Natalie today and got a few snaps.
It's like a coaster graveyard
That's one twisty piece of track
Not long now till the coaster is ready to ride!
Not a straight piece of track in sight
Best detour EVER!
Obviously not as spectacular as Russell's. But i took a detour to Towers on the way to Birmingham with member Natalie today and got a few snaps.
It's like a coaster graveyard
That's one twisty piece of track
Not long now till the coaster is ready to ride!
Not a straight piece of track in sight
Best detour EVER!
Alastair
TS Team
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
Great photos guys! From what I have gathered reading this thread I'd expect track to be complete by the end of January - especially going by how fast they put up those few pieces that are there now. Here's hoping that everything goes to schedule with no delays in the next 71 days.
Great photos guys! From what I have gathered reading this thread I'd expect track to be complete by the end of January - especially going by how fast they put up those few pieces that are there now. Here's hoping that everything goes to schedule with no delays in the next 71 days.
JAMMY_Jaunts
TS Member
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
Surprise surprise.
I have strong doubts that this will open on the 16th now but maybe that is a good sign that Towers/Merlin are actually going to finish everything before the ride is opened. Here's hoping.
EDIT
Come to think off it, the website and altontowers.com have lost all reference to it even opening in March 2013. Could we be seeing SW7 open later than even March. Who know's.
Surprise surprise.
I have strong doubts that this will open on the 16th now but maybe that is a good sign that Towers/Merlin are actually going to finish everything before the ride is opened. Here's hoping.
EDIT
Come to think off it, the website and altontowers.com have lost all reference to it even opening in March 2013. Could we be seeing SW7 open later than even March. Who know's.
James
TS Founding Member
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
Your picture does not seem to be appearing, and opening the link in a new tab gives me a 403 Forbidden error.
The new page is set out nicely. However it would have been nice if they could have put a live link of the construction site at the top, it would have been nice to have seen a webcam put there.
Not only has the countdown gone, but there's no mention of March on there at all, or any opening date/month!
Your picture does not seem to be appearing, and opening the link in a new tab gives me a 403 Forbidden error.
The new page is set out nicely. However it would have been nice if they could have put a live link of the construction site at the top, it would have been nice to have seen a webcam put there.
Not only has the countdown gone, but there's no mention of March on there at all, or any opening date/month!
Jonathan
TS Member
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
Looks like it may well be delayed after all, then. If that is the case, then whilst it's disappointing, I'd rather wait for the finished product than have a part-done job, as happened with Terry. Good luck to the marketing department if they need to somehow explain the reasons for the delay in opening.
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Looks like it may well be delayed after all, then. If that is the case, then whilst it's disappointing, I'd rather wait for the finished product than have a part-done job, as happened with Terry. Good luck to the marketing department if they need to somehow explain the reasons for the delay in opening.
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Scott
Former TS Team Member
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
It's certainly a bold move, taking the countdown timer away from the website. That alone wouldn't cause too much suspicion (as most people won't have worked out the date it was counting too) but the fact that any references to March have been removed as well makes this change very suspicious.
It's certainly a bold move, taking the countdown timer away from the website. That alone wouldn't cause too much suspicion (as most people won't have worked out the date it was counting too) but the fact that any references to March have been removed as well makes this change very suspicious.
Rob
TS Team
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
If that's not confirmation from Towers that it's been delayed then I'm not sure what will be. I was saying to a few people over new year that I fully expected the mini-site to be updated/changed in early January and the countdown clock to be removed in this update. I doubt they would remove the clock if there wasn't a delayed opening as it was quite a nice feature.
As for the updated mini-site, it's quite nice. I hope it has a further update soon though as I feel the lay out is slightly poor and there is still a lack of features/other pages. I'd rather have a mini-site with multiple web pages that all fit onto a computer screen without you having to scroll down to get all of the major information. I do expect it to change again though so hopefully we will see this eventually.
If that's not confirmation from Towers that it's been delayed then I'm not sure what will be. I was saying to a few people over new year that I fully expected the mini-site to be updated/changed in early January and the countdown clock to be removed in this update. I doubt they would remove the clock if there wasn't a delayed opening as it was quite a nice feature.
As for the updated mini-site, it's quite nice. I hope it has a further update soon though as I feel the lay out is slightly poor and there is still a lack of features/other pages. I'd rather have a mini-site with multiple web pages that all fit onto a computer screen without you having to scroll down to get all of the major information. I do expect it to change again though so hopefully we will see this eventually.
Sazzle
TS Administrator
Re: Secret Weapon 7 Discussion Continued
..we managed to work it out and decipher opening day, and I'd hazard a guess at some other folk doing exactly the same! I'm gonna give families and fans credit and say we weren't the only ones who sat and counted down the days!
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..we managed to work it out and decipher opening day, and I'd hazard a guess at some other folk doing exactly the same! I'm gonna give families and fans credit and say we weren't the only ones who sat and counted down the days!
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