Mystic Timbers Construction Progress

[CoasterOhio]

Looks like Higher-up employees in Cedar Fair get to check out Mystic Timbers tomorrow?

[KingsMills79]

We have MT testing on webcam!!

[silver2005]

It absolutely flies through that 2nd hill.  

EDIT: If you want to see it go through the whole course, see the Diamondback cam.  Its tearing through the entire course.  I'm more giddy about this than Thunderhead.  

It's also entering the brake run rather quick to give you an idea of how is pacing through the course. 

[McSalsa]

Seeing MT Test via the webcam for the first time, I have made these observations:

#1- This coaster looks pretty dang fast! As Silver2005 just said, it flies over the 2nd hill, and if you watch the Diamondback cam and can see the train it looks like it flies over the rest of the track to boot.

#2- They are sending out trains very, very fast. I don't know how fast dispatches will be once the ride opens for real to the public, but if they are anywhere near this, this could be the wooden version of Banshee in terms of capacity! And that'd be amazing.

#3- Mystic Timbers apparently has the "slow down lift near the top to build suspense and let other train into shed" feature some other rides have.

Seeing all this stuff, my excitement levels have at least doubled. This ride is very likely going to be amazing.

[CoasterOhio]

Along with McSalsa's observations. I'm seeing that they finished work on the on-ride camera! Was not operating yesterday. 

Also, there's a friendly neighborhood spider on the webcam (Was...)
 

[silver2005]

If they're dispatching that quick, they may be training the crew tonight.  

 

[Gannersdaddy]

And it being dark, I now see where the camera is

[Oldschool75]

^ Actually It looked more like the lights don't operate period, and that it was a reflection from the other lights.

They do light up. Watched it going all the way of the lift.

 

 

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[Ohiocoasterman]

5 minutes ago, Oldschool75 said:

They do light up. Watched it going all the way of the lift.

 

 

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The picture you posted is broken...

[rcwizard13]

I watched one of the test runs just now. It is pitch black out and easy to see the trains have no headlights even on the lift. The only lights are the stationary lights going up the lift hill.

[Creed Bratton]

It does look like there are working headlights.....but I'm not so sure at this point.

Edited April 12, 2017 by chugh43
Changed my view.

[rcwizard13]

After seeing your post, I just spent the last 20 minutes watching both webcams, but still don't see anything I could confidently call headlights. It seems more likely you're just seeing the reflection of the stationary lights on the front of the train. Hence, they 'go off' on the lift, since the stationary lights go away.

I shall see for myself in just 47 hours. 

Edit to add that this is one of those situations where I'd much rather be wrong than right.

[Creed Bratton]

I can guarantee these weren't just reflections. They have their own light source. I took a video of it and you can see where the lights glow to touch the part of the handrails where there is no light "pollution" from the lift lights. The trains aren't reflective enough to carry that. 

 

Edit: I retract the statement. 

Edited April 12, 2017 by chugh43

[JCJTheHurricane]

A little off-topic here, but does anyone else find it interesting that they don't turn off the Fun-Tv's like the ones in the Diamondback queue? Or that they aren't at least on their own circuit, one that gets turned off at the end of the night.

[Creed Bratton]

A little interesting but not surprising. 

[Oldschool75]

**updated

Got it to work in Twitter.

 

 

 

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[teenageninja]

I can assure you that most of the ride crew has already ridden the ride, if they had training this past weekend.

[SonofBaconator]

A lot of work being done today. I like the little landscaping cart seen on the Mystic Timbers webcam

[Drummermattk]

2 hours ago, teenageninja said:

I can assure you that most of the ride crew has already ridden the ride, if they had training this past weekend.

I'm going to be completely honest. I don't think a single associate has rode it yet. Not even the ride crew. So whats ever in the shed will be found tomorrow night for my first time! I don't think anyone other than management/full timers from the park and other parks (Looking at you Tony) have rode. 

[diamonbackandbeastlover]

Most of the time, during training associates don't ride. It's usually just empty trains being cycled. 

[BeeastFarmer]

How things change over the course of a year.  Two days before Passholder Preview last year, we didn't know to "Watch for Falling Trees", many were concerned about the soccer balls hitting riders on Diamondback, we wondered why the park leveled an original Rivertown building and BeastGal and Gavin had not entered the scene (yet!).  A year later, we have what promises to be a great woodie at the park and who knows what else the future holds.  It's going to be a great season at KI!

[LongLiveTheSmurfRide]

Ummm...Kings Island just posted a POV ride through.

More Shed stuff than I thought they'd reveal, but not all.

[JCoaster25]

POV is up!!! It looks fast, smooth, and packed with airtime! Cannot wait to ride this!

https://www.facebook.com/visitkingsisland/videos/10155897099648368/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

Also, that's quite the shed teaser at the end! I love the audio warning!

 

[LongLiveTheSmurfRide]

I have to watch it a hundred more times, but it seems much faster than the virtual ride. 

So excited.

[TombRaiderFTW]

Ohhhhhhhh man.

That audio outside the shed gives me straight goosebumps. Oh my gosh.

There's a chance this might become my new favorite coaster. There's more to see and experience before that becomes official, but that kind of detail is setting my bar very high. I might die of anticipation between now and me riding it.

Side note: it sounds like there's audio on the lift hill, too? Can't make it out, though.

[silver2005]

Dang, even on the slightly more stretched out bits, GCI squeezes in some trick track.  The turn around section looks crazy awesome. 

[rcwizard13]

The above comments are definitely exciting. Although, I'm going to withhold on watching the pov myself until I ride tomorrow. I don't want to know exactly what to expect, it'll take away some of the fun.

[Tijjer]

From listening to the lift's audio I've been able to make out the line "you need to take that truck" other then that the rest was something about going to the shed.

[loginmike]

It looks like it is going to be a very nice ride.

[Elizabeth19]

oh.my.gosh. This just made me 100 times more excited for tomorrow!! Can't believe after more than 160 days without being in the park, I'm going tomorrow!