Alton Towers set for major new attraction in 2013/14 as SW7 project kicks off
Submitted by Nick Sim on Monday, June 21, 2010 20:12
Speculation has already started over the nature of Alton Towers' planned new attraction for 2013/14.
Alton Towers is set to begin planning a major new attraction during the next few weeks, with the aim of opening it in 2013 or 2014.
Towers Times reports that initial planning will begin in three weeks time, with 2014 being the more likely opening year. The project has been dubbed "Secret Weapon 7" (SW7), in line with previous headline attractions at the park.
The news was revealed by legendary coaster designer John Wardley at a special event to discuss the park's past, present and future. Wardley also claimed that the ride will be aimed at thrill seekers, unlike 2010's Thirteen which is targeted squarely at families.
Fans of wooden rollercoasters will be disappointed to hear that the park is unlikely to install one, despite submitting detailed plans in the past. Alton Towers claims that surveys have revealed that many theme park-goers view wooden coasters as unsafe, posing problems for the park's marketing department.
Those hoping for improvements to the effects in Thirteen's crypt section, which has come under fire (including in TPT's own review) for its lack of special effects, are also set to be disappointed. Alton Towers says that there are no plans to install any additional effects, despite rumours to the contrary.
Full details of the Alton Towers event, including the park's plans to reuse the tent that once housed the Black Hole rollercoaster and discussion of how Thirteen was built, can be found in Towers Times' report.
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Source: Towers Times
4 comments on "Alton Towers set for major new attraction in 2013/14 as SW7 project kicks off" so far. Why not add yours?
what i think the new sw7 for alton towers shoulld bee like.
i think the new sw7 rollercoaster shoulld have a awlsome tunnel where you wallk throu. and as you go in there shoulld be smoke and a door where it tackes 10 minits to open. then when the doors open you go throu a corodor thats got a glass floor so it looks liuke your wallking on air. and theres wallter fall of blood under neath you.
nowe to the rollercoaster plat fourm.
the plat fourm shoulld have a dark fealling somthing like a church whith some zomnbie noises and a church bell.and thay shoulld have the wourkers that get u in the rollercoaster to wear clothing that popes wear.
just so this will give a evill fill.
and now the rollercoaster tracke.
i think thay shoulld have a lift chain hill that gose up 124 ft high and then stop. then a church bell rings then you fall. straight after the fall theres a 100 ft diving loop then you have g fource twists and courck screews then have a inverted loop so you doint go up like a nourmall loop you go upside down as you go on the loop then a finall free fall drop then a 50ft loop then you go in two the station.
nowe the roller coaster train.
shoulld have a train like the saw ride but it shoulld be blacke and read whith a cage that gose over youas you sit in. aand also the bellts shoulld be a over shoullder restraint whith a bar that gose between your legs like submishion the ride .
pls reply back smoeone so i have a good i dea of what other people thinks.
m8 ur ryd snds syk
m8 ur ryd snds syk
hi thought your ride was
hi thought your ride was great!it would be really really good if thats what they built!!!!!
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can sum1 tel mee wot it says, carnt reed it
