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[LaMbChOpZ]

Well Alton Towers is producing more interesting rides and experiences with each coaster. That interlocking cobra roll and pretzel roll actually looks really fun.....

[soggyhotdoggg]

^that is pretty awesome. maybe I'll do that once I finish my current coaster

[Helmut]

I know that one of them is called a cobra roll, but is that other part really called a pretzel roll? I would actually call it a batwing.

[RollerManiac]

So Batman: The Ride @ SFGAm will run backwards this year..... zomfg

https://twitter.com/...659983793942529

I read on Screamscape that it was originally planned for SFSTL.

[timtimlaz]

Does that mean that the carts will be backwards instead of the normal way? Thats really weird.

[Rob2]

so alton towers had this on twitter looking good for you guys.

http://twitter.com/A...2205440/photo/1

Edited by Rob2, 23 January 2013 - 11:51 AM.

[Witting]

is that sw7

[Maxlaam]

I know that one of them is called a cobra roll, but is that other part really called a pretzel roll? I would actually call it a batwing.

Pretzel roll or pretzel knot is actually something different, what you see there is a cobraroll interlocked with a batwing. A pretzelroll actually has the entrance and exit of the element swapped over, as if it were a pretzel.

Spoiler

Hard to see but that is a pretzelknot.

is that sw7

Yes, it is

Edited by Maxlaam, 23 January 2013 - 03:39 PM.

[pkiknex25]

Here's some aerial construction pictures from Towers Times. The Smiler Construction Updates Blog TowersTimes The Smiler

And yes, the name actually is "The Smiler" Alton Towers - A reason to smile

[Jogumpie]

I cannot wait to go back to Alton Towers. This may not be another Nemesis, but it sure looks fun so far.

[pkiknex25]

Also, don't forget about this idea. This was first reported in October, and the rumor never died. The fact that Alton Towers has kept that portion of the ride secret only feeds it, and it's certainly something the park and Merlin would do.

There is a very odd rumor about SW7 starting to float around the inter-webs that sounds crazy... and at the same time, sounds like something Alton Towers would try to do as well. It has come to light that SW7 may attempt to take the inversion record when it opens, but with the track layout already shown to have only eight clear inversions, this was a bit of a head scratcher until now. We know Alton Towers likes to have new gimicks, and that there seems to be an enclosed section​ of track between the station and the lift hill that has so far remained out of sight. Much of the building it travels through was labeled as a maintenance area, but what if there is more to it than that? What if Alton Towers has found a way to only only score the world record for inversions, but do it in such a way that they could evolve the ride over the years to keep the record, no matter what the competition was to do?
Picture this... what if before your coaster hit the first lift hill, you traveled into a special effects tunnel (imagine a Vortex Tunnel effect) on a very special piece of track that would essentially bring your car to a halt, but begin spinning around and upside down a few times before stopping and sending you out onto the lift hill? A typical Vortex Tunnel effect is enough to make most people stagger off balance when trying to walk through it, but imagine a Vortex Effect mixed with a ride car that would actually spin and rotate around the room in the opposite direction!
Certainly the crazy looking icon graphic they’ve been using the tease SW7 with lately seems to almost to hint that just such an element may be possible. But the genius part of this concept that that with a little reprograming, they can add on more inversions to the program for years to come to always keep SW7 as the coaster with the most inversions on the planet. Stay tuned!!

[Knexrule11]

I think that would be a cheap way to get inversions, I can see it as the "First Flipping Track" record. But counting that as inversions is really dumb in my opinion.

[Jumpge]

WOW. That's a dirty move Alton Towers! But I think it sure will be cool to see the POV of the Vortex lighting tunnel.

[Maxlaam]

I cannot wait to go back to Alton Towers. This may not be another Nemesis, but it sure looks fun so far.

Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!

I think that would be a cheap way to get inversions, I can see it as the "First Flipping Track" record. But counting that as inversions is really dumb in my opinion.

WOW. That's a dirty move Alton Towers! But I think it sure will be cool to see the POV of the Vortex lighting tunnel.

Cheap yet incredibly brilliant!