Coaster Conversations (Ep.1) John Wardley - Alton Towers SW9 CONFIRMED, Duel, Nemesis 2024 & More!

On the debut episode of Coaster Conversations there was no other name in mind that I wanted to speak to and that name was Mr John Wardley and what a chat this was!

Coaster Conversations here on Lift Hills and Thrills is a show where I'll be speaking to well-known and famous faces all about theme parks and/or attractions in monthly episodes.

John Wardley brought the theme park to the United Kingdom and designed some of the most iconic roller coasters in the United Kingdom including Nemesis, Air and Oblivion at Alton Towers just to name a few.

In this John Wardley interview, we discuss a whole plethora of things from old projects, current ride systems, movie IP coasters, special effects and more but we also dived straight into the Alton Towers 2023 projects regarding the Duel refurbishment to The Curse At Alton Manor and the Nemesis refurb but that's not all, we got a confirmation that Alton Towers Project Horizon will be SW9. Or did we?

We also finally got confirmation of what we all suspected. Haunted House will return, without laser guns!

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0:00 - Intro / Quick Fire Questions
3:00 - Retirement and the Lure of Alton Towers
5:37 - Facing your Fears
8:40 - Practical Vs Digital Effects
9:58 - Duel Refurbishment
14:16 - Laser Gun Removal / Dark Ride Rerideability
15:23 - Saw the Ride
19:37 - Loading / Unloading of Flying Coasters
21:11 - Movie Themed IP Coasters
24:53 - Project Horizon Alton Towers
25:18 - UK Vs European Parks
27:35 - Universal Portaventura Rumours
28:53 - Nemesis Closing Date and Refurbishment
31:19 - Closing Thoughts / A Message from John

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