Enchanted Voyage Lover

It was mentioned before that each train must do 500 runs without any issues. If it does, they must start over.

Welded nuts on the base is the best Loctite you can buy.

Another support going up. They must be on a strict completion date to be working in these conditions.

I can’t believe we'll be riding this puppy in less than 3 months.

Looking at where they are this morning and the forecast, they should be well in to going up the helix by tomorrow evening. The next few sections are ground level and the first support heading back up is already in place.

I love the camera view this morning, reminds me of the night we lost Large Marge.

You can still see a lot of Vortex on the Diamondback cam...(unless I just caused them to go back up and move it).

I don't see the crane with the yellow base. I'm guessing that they're removing the extension off the top since it's not really needed anymore. The tallest hill from this point is 147'.

If they wanted a tunnel to be effective on the first drop it would have to be huge. Traveling at 91mph you are going 133 feet per second. A truly awesome tunnel would need to be at least a football field in length, that ain't going to happen

Both sides are equal! TOP IS COMING SOON!

Who even knows if @sixohdieselrage will even be back after all he's been through on here.

YES! The fountain is almost covered! That's what you were looking for ,right?

I took this while I was at the park last Sunday. Thought it might be @sixohdieselrage, but I know he travels in a high wing. Time for somebody to take to the skies again.

For as little as 19 cents a day you can bring the webcams back to life at Kings Island.... that's less than a cup of coffee. Together we can end the withdraws of coaster fans who tirelessly hit refresh, only to find the same frozen pic from October 20th. Help us end this before it's too late. Show the world you care today.

Will we get to keep the view from this window, or is it gone forever as well?

10/27/19

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It really doesn't matter to me who is taking it down, it's going to happen. The biggest conflict I see with these discussions is people stating that Sky High made a deal on construction of Orion and removal of Vortex. If that is true, you are saying that the park knew that Vortex would be coming down at the end of this season a long time before it was announced. With that being said maybe they worked out a deal with Sky High since they were here. I think Vortex removal caught everyone of guard.

<---- Sits and whistles

Last Drop support is coming up in the world.

Here’s the time-lapse I gave Don and Chad from tonight. IMG_6194.MP4

There's no difference....is this not the webcam rant?

Wrong. I've been going to Kings Island for 47 years and live two and a half hours away. I've have made it a point to come up more this summer and fall and watch something truly awesome be created at the park that I never had the opportunity to do before thanks to technology. I made a point to come to the announcement. Each time I've come I've lugged my camera in to get shots of the construction. I went by CSF to get pics there. I'm coming tomorrow to give my respects to Vortex and take pics. When the most anticipated part of the project begins, it goes dark. When you are told officially by the park to watch and enjoy the construction on the webcams, that's what I have been doing. When they are taken away with no explanation, that's when I get upset. Unlike some, I will continue to stay here and watch the debates and chime in when feeling led to do so. I'm not one to leave a group just because I don't agree with everyone on it.

As far as I'm concerned nothing has been said. There is no official word from KI whatsoever. No blog, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook post about the camera issue, even though people are commenting about it on the park's social media platforms and asking what's the deal. It has been brought up on other forums from around the country and many on these are blown away as well. Some think it's nothing, others are upset. Just because you don't feel like we're electricians and don't know, or whatever else excuse gets thrown out there unofficially, doesn't mean we can't be upset. There's my $0.02.

It's really hard to put this thing into perspective until you see the worker in the orange jacket. This thing is huge!