silver2005

I'm looking through some old photos from other sites (won't post them due to not knowing their legality), and I see supports.

^Maybe I've just been too focused on the track when I visited/viewed photos.

I'm pretty sure RMC is also in-house for both the Topper Track and Iron Horse.

I don't know about most others, but I believe Intamin has their own Swiss steel plant and then ship it. I recall I-305 and Skyrush track arriving in shipping containers. I think Mack has a similar practice. On the B&M steel, I know the Clermont plant makes the track, but I wonder where the supports are made. I don't recall supports ever sitting outside the Clermont plant.

For The Beast trains- did they only re-paint them in-house or did they send them to PTC for a bit more of a rehab?

I'm gonna go out on a limb here- I wouldn't mind a deep shade of purple like Mako or Apollo's Chariot.

How about black track, silver rails and cross-ties with blue supports?

My preferred colors for the alleged giga would be something along the lines of Behemoth and Talon.

^I'm sure KD fans will hate that one.

I think you guys are giving too much credit to YouTube and social media in that they'll participate in such attempts to do away with illegal POV's with how much they focus on views as part of their business. There are a lot of other things (things I can't discuss because TOS) that they also should be censoring but don't.

@Creed Bratton True. Also, I think the RMC in BGT is beyond vertical with the likely use of lap bars, though if it does have lap bars, it'll be the heavier set like SV has, at least compared to the slightly more minimal restraints on, say, Storm Chaser. I still suspect they'd modify it some how (maybe not with a vertical drop but if its beyond vertical, than I think it'd be likely), and I'm not a fan of the vests that restrict air time on dive coasters like Valravn (I'm okay with them on Banshee as its more of a positive G and inversion focused ride) and I hate shin restraints in general. Intamin's T lap bars are also pretty tight compared to B&M lap bars. Even being stapled on a B&M hyper has a bit of room to work with. I think it'd be likely that B&M and/or Ohio gov't might make those adjustments if the first drop and/or layout is too wacky. Just look at how the restraints on Steel Vengeance differ from pretty much every other RMC with the kind of layout it has. I could be wrong, but I think there's enough to go on in context where restraints beyond a simple lap bar are certainly plausible. I think the NTAG accident still dwells in the minds of coaster manufactures and parks. But, this is being nitpicky. I think it'll be a standard 80 degree drop a la every other B&M giga. You don't need that much impressing with a 300+ ft drop.

I don't want too steep of a drop or else it may have to need OTSR's or shin restraints. No inversions either for the same reason. I personally would like to see a turnaround like PortAventura's Shambhala. See the element at the 1:17 mark.

I hope they keep some tables along I-Street. Its one of my favorite places to eat in the park, though, having less shade might be problematic to that end.

One thing I've always wanted to do is set off all the WWC paid sprayers in sequence and make them all hit a single boat. And then, set them all off simultaneously just to see how that'd look.

^I'm talking being able to photograph it from up high. The rest of the good vantage points are from camera-less areas.

I've found that rule applies for the 2 bench PTC stock- ride on the front wheel seat for a better ride, regardless of how far in front or in back. 6-1 on Voyage and Legend are outstanding.

That area will be very difficult to see in any detail from the Eiffel Tower with the Flight of Fear building blocking most of the Firehawk site.

Rainbow Beast is gonna take a bit getting used to. I do like that orange and yellow on PTC stock though.

@IndyGuy4KI breaks this commandment routinely.

^Wow, religion took a hard left turn somewhere. Explains so much, yet so little.

Oh dear, @pianoman is getting, like, 3 new fountains to ERT this season.

*Blows dust and cobwebs off. Here's a link to the thread if you want an idea of timeline with Banshee. For those who want a trip down memory lane, you're welcome. Warning- high levels of shenanigans in store. silver2005, who (mostly) fondly remembers the 2013 season build up to Banshee.

Banshee and Diamondback had footings in the ground and the later had the splash pool ready to pour.

Where in Food did you work?

Banshee and Diamondback had obvious signs of work being done the year before they both opened and it was obvious what both were going to be on day 1. Mystic Timbers had some signs early, but it was more up in the air on what it was going to be due to it being smaller and they were slower in site prep.