steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 yeah, the big blue support is going up! 1
Outdoor Man Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Stayed at GWL over the weekend and was able to observe the construction from 4th floor south. Couple of observations: - Thunder Run (though it was renamed before it ever opened)/Top Gun/Flight Deck/The Bat looks great (for the first time in a WHILE)... looks brand new... well almost. (what is the record for number of identities a coaster/ride has been renamed to? - Banshee looks pretty impressive- can't wait to ride. - doesn't look like there's any "re-theme" activity going on in Action Zone - off-topic, it appears that Kings Island still has ALL the parking lot trams still just parked in the field. If you're never going to use them again (and I can't imagine that they ever will)- why keep them? 5
steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 What do they have the new Banshee cam mounted to? Does anyone know? 1
ChainDog Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 My best guess is the old Son of Beast station 3
steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I think you may be right Chaindog, that's what it looks like to me too. I do wish it was moved back just a skosh more to get the entire loop in when completed. 3
Joshua Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 - off-topic, it appears that Kings Island still has ALL the parking lot trams still just parked in the field. If you're never going to use them again (and I can't imagine that they ever will)- why keep them? They're going to give 'em away free with entry. It'll sorta be like Free Bobblehead Day at Reds Stadium. 7
sikkinixx99 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Is it my eyes playing tricks on me or do they have the start of an A frame for the roof of the Banshee station up? 2
steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I'm not sure, where are you seeing this exactly?
sikkinixx99 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Save a still from the camera that's on the tower. Then zoom in to where the station is it looks like wood framing to me
The Interpreter Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I'll Swoop in here with a different pre-Top Gun name. Gee, over in Louisville, there was this wooden coaster named... (I think Dwight meant Thunder Road...still, Swoop it was to be) 8
steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I do believe you are right sikkinixx99, at first I thought that might be the boom extension on a telescoping crane or manlift...but I think you are correct. 1
sikkinixx99 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Quite a bit of ground keeping going on in front of the 1st drop today Be nice if they made an area that you could take pictures as they come down that 1st drop 2
KHFan29 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 It looks like they're putting up the first support beam for the station's roof on the webcam. 5
sikkinixx99 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 They must be doing some top secret things they keep covering up the new cam
steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Covering up that new cam is already starting to become quite an annoyance. As we speak they are installing the piece of track I was most interested in seeing go up. But of course we can't watch that because they have the cam covered up.
sikkinixx99 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 No I wouldn't just wish I understood why I guess when they are moving something that high up you wouldn't want it being recorded
CoastersRZ Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 It looks like it might be burlap or some sort of fabric. I imagine the covering is being caused by the wind, and is nothing intentional. 6
hans1208 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 My guess is the workers are covering the camera when they work because they don't want to be watched all day. Just a hunch. Can't say that I blame them, but it is annoying for all who want to watch the progress.
fyrfyter Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 They could be painting or doing work nearby and are trying to protect the camera. Maybe it was installed to remain there even when the ride is finished?
silver2005 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Wait...if the camera is at the SOB station, couldn't that just be a stray cloth they use for the Wolf Pack props? Maybe wind is blowing them in front of the camera? 12
Gplez90 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 It looks like it might be burlap or some sort of fabric. I imagine the covering is being caused by the wind, and is nothing intentional. im guessing the same thing. I do remember a black tarp being attached to the SOB station (if thats where the cam is mounted) and wind could be causing it to block the cam at the moment the image is updated. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1
Gplez90 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Btw if you take a close look at the station, i believe you can see the A-Frame over the station taking shape! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1
Adventuro Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Stayed at GWL over the weekend and was able to observe the construction from 4th floor south. Couple of observations: - Thunder Run (though it was renamed before it ever opened)/Top Gun/Flight Deck/The Bat looks great (for the first time in a WHILE)... looks brand new... well almost. (what is the record for number of identities a coaster/ride has been renamed to? - Banshee looks pretty impressive- can't wait to ride. - doesn't look like there's any "re-theme" activity going on in Action Zone - off-topic, it appears that Kings Island still has ALL the parking lot trams still just parked in the field. If you're never going to use them again (and I can't imagine that they ever will)- why keep them? If there is a retheming that's going to occur, I imagine it will be painting mostly, and so they would probably wait a bit longer for the weather to get a bit better. The only other thing they would have to really do for a rethemed is new signage, which they could be doing in secret, and maybe remove the awful AZ circle. 2
upstop Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 The left side of the vertical loop is going up.....dare I say, "Wee wee wee"... 6
Diamondback FOF Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I'm sure it's been asked, and probably answered, but do we know how tall all of the inversions are? This second loop (and everything else) looks HUGE 3
Joshua Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 The webcam's uncovered again. I'm sure the only real cover up going on before us was just a literal one, perhaps even an unintentional one. Bigfoot's probably more likely to pass before that camera than some secretive thing we're not supposed to see yet. Because, honestly, there's nothing you can see with that angle beyond what you're supposed to see, which is what you're there to see, and that's the coaster being built. All that's behind it is grass, trees, and parts of the coaster that have yet to be installed. We already know what the coaster's going to look like. So there's no surprises there. In fact, there's not really a whole lot of surprises I can think of that could go in front of that camera without the powers that be going far out of their way to put it there, then hide it from us. No, the other angle would be the one hide secrets from, but that's just my two cents.
steveinphoenix Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Well what I was hoping to see was just how they go about pulling and stretching and whatnot to get the pieces that are up aligned with the ones going in....specifically on that last piece of track they just installed. But the cam was covered during that exact time and then uncovered just as that part of it was done.... coincidence? Maybe...but I guess I should just be happy that we have another cam to view period...so I will quit complaining. 4
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