teenageninja

Part of the reason it made the drop so awesome, it's coming over the top of the hill with extra speed.

And less than 1% of people that go to the park care about that extra 13 feet. You won't notice it on the ride. Would you rather have 300 with a 287 drop, or 287 with a 300 drop?

The chairs have been mostly removed.

I was a KIU guy for a long time before KIC.

I'm kinda curious if they might get in trouble for the name, because Keystone in Cincinnati owns Mac Shack.

You can't see it from the photo, but that support is taller than the second hill.

Can't tell if it's another crane or the support. I'll be going by there in about an hour or so and will report back if no one else beats me to it.

Yes. It was a great experience, I met some of my best friends working there (even now, 15 years later I'm in touch with a lot of them). The work can get boring/repetitive from time to time, but there are opportunities to try new things. I would recommend Rides or Park Services.

But why?

Might be a travel day for the guys to get back to the job site.

You can definitely touch the top of the tunnel on The Beast, but I am sure that this has been designed so you can't hit your hands on it.

I would put it at 90% that it's a haunt next year, it's a big building and they could potentially even go out into "the woods" from there.

That looks cool, but doesn't look particularly exciting and probably a capacity nightmare.

No they are not down, they are up on the top of the Eiffel Tower.

It's because they aren't really updating the webcams. They are lying, like they lied about Firehawk, Dinosaurs Alive, and probably also lied about Vortex as well. The cams won't be back up until they are done with the lift hill.

Drove by for lunch, didn't see anything past what was done yesterday.

Drop Tower has always been a tight fit for me, due to the size of my chest. Even when I was around 200 lbs, it was a tight fit.

I'm not necessarily complaining, I'm commenting on what was said before. Rivertown would be beautiful without that structure in it, especially when all it houses is a mediocre Haunt maze. Based on what the concept drawings for TR:TR were, it wouldn't be as much as an eyesore, but it stands out like a sore thumb. Doesn't ruin my experience for what it's worth, just a point.

I deleted the photo out of the quote for cleanliness, hopefully you don't mind. I would be very surprised if KI wasn't using Vortex's station for a Haunt next year. It's big enough and I think there is potential that they could have an indoor and outdoor portion in that area, with it being so large.

Not good enough to warrant what the building looks like. Flight of Fear is ugly too.

To everyone complaining about Orion not looking much taller than Diamondback, what did you think? Orion is the shortest Giga, of course it's not going to look as imposing as Fury compared to Intimidator. Fury is 93 feet taller than Intimidator and Orion is only 57 feet taller than Diamondback. It's a significant difference. Does it really matter? No, it's going to look big and imposing in the Skyline and it's going to be a totally different ride than DB. Also, when I drove by this morning, it looked like they may have been installing the head chopper track, it was hard to tell.

Sure. I enjoyed Tomb Raider: The Ride and The Crypt. I thought they were both entertaining rides and generally rode them everytime I was at the park. When I saw what the park delivered vs. the storyboards/ concept photos I was sorely disappointed that the lush jungle you were supposed to walk into was just a brown ugly building that was built in an area where there were a lot of great trees. Now it's an eyesore that you can see throughout the park.

First Firehawk, then Vortex, now the webcams, what's next? The Fountain? Oh wait.

Tower update. The tower uplighting was on this morning as well as the eyes on the top of the tower. The spotlights weren't on.

That's a lot of stress on the breakers, so unlikely. I do think it's funny when I go by every morning, there are 4 bright spot lights on the top of the tower, plus the "eyes" are on. Might be a different power circuit from the uplighting and webcams, but I would think they would want all of the power off, but I'm just an armchair construction individual.