Re: [The Smiler] Construction Updates and Ride Speculation Part 2
I popped over to Towers today. I thought you would like some more photos. Firstly I will point out that there were lumps of mud in places on the track where wheels would have gone which indicates to me that no cars have been sent round yet, Also there was no testing of the ride today.
The footers at the top are now all black
The fences around the are were getting all of those missing panels added, like here by the toilets.
Also the banner was removed for one section and the gap was drawing quite a crowd. It wasn't just enthusiasts either, the majority of the gawpers were members of the general public who seemed convinced the vertical lift was a drop.
Lights have been placed around the ride too. These all look tempor
These are the guys who are installing the lighting. Cake, if you don't know are the advertising company that are used by Merlin at the moment.
Whats that I hear? what do those labels on the packing crates say? I think they may say how long the lights are going to be on site!
And since I do like wires that go into boxes with lights on them:
Steps (2,3,4) have been added to the area. These are the ones that I photographed in the car park last week.
And here we see one of the official step testers testing the steps.
OK onto the station. It seems that the station and the track had the same constructors. This bit doesn't quite seem to fit. I do hope that they finish this bit.
Swirls and legs and hmm whats that at the bottom?
Urm one min let me reposition myself and zoom in a bit.. ahh that's better.
Ohh I wonder what we can see through the other doors? Oooh look a red thing.
And through the other doors? Not as much but look, between them they have installed a telly and left the box on it. Now that's clever.
But the tunnel at the start of the first lift hill has something interesting in it.
The bottom area is now mostly paved.
The marmaliser has some dodgy pixels though.
Finally, my usual overview
