Colonel_SoB_fan Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Gibson beat me to it, I wish they didnt rotate the camera today
74Gibson Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 ^ Good shot showing the height of the track near the entrance to the Crypt. Some thought it would be low enough to touch but, look at the people standing below. Not as low as it looks in the webcam. DB looks better with each piece they add. I am amazed by this ride! Kudos to B&M, Adena, CF and all involved. I can't wait to ride!
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Earlier I saw a couple people at the end (start?) of the brake run. I wonder if they were prepping the area for the final piece to be installed.
tigellinus Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 So why is it not possible for the final track piece to be installed today? Especially given the impending snow storm?? My prediction, Jan 26th: D-back track work complete!!
Ohiocoasterman Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 They are done with the 2 pieces (almost) its looking good!
coaster_junky Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 lift work should be done today. Track work expected to be completed today January 26, 2009 Track pieces #119 and #120 were installed this morning on Diamondback, leaving the construction crew with just piece #129 left to install to complete the track work on Kings Island's new $22 million roller coaster. The final piece of track is expected to be installed this afternoon. You can watch this momentous occasion live on the Diamondback webcam. - Don Helbig
tigellinus Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 ^^Yay!!! Good thing too, if this upcoming snowstorm tomorrow really is the 'monstah' (for my SFNE friends) as the weather honks say it could be!?
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 They should focus the webcam just on the final track area for this afternoon.
RailRider Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Will the impending creeping white death impeed track piece #129 from being lifted in to place today? Stay tunned to the Diamondback construction webcam to find out. Looks like the cranes are still manuvering around the drop section in to the splash, I see no action by #129 yet. Very excited to see DB completed today. Hopefully...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Im kind of nervous. What is stopping someone from shimming up the support?
74Gibson Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Hopefuly common sense but that didn't work out for a certain, well fenced off inverted B&M at a flag numbereed park. If someone is stupid enough to do it I don't know if there is any safety measure good enough to stop them. Refer to the Darwin awards.
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 I thought I heard they've laced the supports with a slow working acid. Jackson will be the test subject as I believe he has been recorded as hugging one of the supports last season. We'll watch. And learn.
Jasper Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 I think they are going to add a spiral stair case down like behemoth has. http://rcdb.com/ig4005.htm?picture=22 Can be seen here. Now see to me that looks tacky i would prefer like just a normal staircase.
UnrealNightmare Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 I think they just finished working on the drop into the splashdown. Hopefully they move onto the final piece now.
Captain Nemo Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Today is one of those day where you think "OK, The circuit is complete LETS RIDE IT!!" edit- webcam is working now.
UnrealNightmare Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 I think the workers are on lunch break. Which sucks because I have to be to work at 2.
Kawana Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 ^ Good shot showing the height of the track near the entrance to the Crypt. Some thought it would be low enough to touch but, look at the people standing below. Not as low as it looks in the webcam. DB looks better with each piece they add. I am amazed by this ride! Kudos to B&M, Adena, CF and all involved. I can't wait to ride! Yeah, that was me. In one of the pictures on here it looked as if I could have reached up and touched the bottom of the box portion of the track. It looks like I may have been wrong. Oh well. It was just a thought, anyway. I'd have to be insane to try that with a train coming through, even though touching the bottom of the box probably wouldn't hurt me, but still.
Captain Nemo Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Diamondback Compared to the size of the Crypt building... makes you really question the term "Giant Top Spin"! I can not wait to see this on opening day.
goofywdw Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Yeah the webcam isn't working for me. Maybe it's because my school is blocking it or something.
Phantom Theater Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Yeah! I cant wait for this thing to open!!!!!! Its almost complete! (the trackwork at least)
markalan Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 The webcam is working fine for me, and it's showing that one of the white cranes has now moved over to the area where the final piece of track will be installed.
BoddaH1994 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Posted January 26, 2009 While the crane is there, and it almost looks like it's attached to the piece, it doesn't look like the piece has moved in the last hour. Nor does it look like anyone is around it. They still have plenty of time left today to get that piece in!!
UnrealNightmare Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 ::tears:: I have to go to work now and the web cam isn't working for me. lol oh well
RailRider Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Just guessing about track height above the midway, but we know the pullout of the first drop is roughly 15 feet or so above the midway, so I would expect that to be as close to the midway as any of the track comes. Seems like a reassonable amount of clearance, plus we don't know how the park will transform the midway with gardens, paths and fences. Im sure it would require a great deal of effort to get dangerously close to the Diamondback track.
tubaman Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 The webcam is being hit or miss for me. Maybe too much traffic? Who knows. Edit: For anyone that the webcam is working for, would you mind posting the pictures?
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