The Secret Weapons that Never Were - Alton Towers

This Throwback Thursday we take a look at the unbuilt Secret Weapons 1 and 2.
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[@ThemeParkWorldTour]

Wardley always seemed gutted they never signed off on the cross valley coaster , it would of been a fabulous woodie but it looks like we have something brilliant coming with SW8, another great video btw!

[@SwitchbackSylveon]

I wonder what Alton Towers would be like if SW1-2 was built?

[@PowersTowersProductions]

Forbidden Valley would be very different for sure, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Nemesis and Galactica are great rides!

[@smilerpunk922]

Well, back then, "secret weapon" wasn't going to be a codename, so the codename "secret weapon" wouldn't exist, therefore it's possible that all the other secret weapons wouldn't exist either.

[@Angeloscoffeeeshop]

Wow. I loved this video... *Secret Weapons* are just amazing. please make more related like this!!

[@Rancord123]

Their was also a rejected idea for Secret Weapon 5 which was a wooden rollercoaster going from where Rita: Queen Of Speed is, going through the valleys in between Forbidden Valley and Dark Forest going around where Galactica is today and ending in the same place it started. I guess inspiration was drawn from this to make Wicker Man

[@PowersTowersProductions]

That’s quite cool. They tried to revive this plan for SW8, but the cost was too much.

[@Rancord123]

Powers Towers Productions aye it would be much better than Rita: Queen Of Speed

[@CherriHuscoonVA]

@@PowersTowersProductions Had a thought while reading this...
What if Wicker Man was located in (And themed to) the Dark Forest?
It'd definitely make it much creepier and significantly amplify the effect of the cult aesthetic they have going on, especially with the quasi-cult theme of Th13teen.

[@PowersTowersProductions]

That would be really interesting to see how things would’ve panned out!

[@lukegreen5341]

These Secret Weapons Are Super Awesome. Thanks Power Towers Productions Mate. X

[@MeltedToast84]

Someone should remake SW1 and 2 in planet coaster

[@PowersTowersProductions]

That would be so cool!

[@brandommario2]

I feel like I remember reading about it once

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

now we have the wicker man

[@pigeongaming8160]

*Wickerman

[@aidan7459]

Pigeon Gaming *Wicker Man

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

1 and 2 were also nemesis just in different forms there is a documentary about john wardley.

[@PowersTowersProductions]

Sandra Weilbrenner as far as my research could find they were fundamentally different rides to nemesis.