gforce1994 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 There are survey markers that have been placed by The Bat queue. Attatched is a photo. A red marker indicates electrical line or conduit. Thoughts? Im thinking it's a case of Ash Bore. Or not. There's demo going on, image from twitter Theres something being demolished. It’s behind GWL. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyano Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Very interesting and exciting for the future! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Moving walkways for The Bat! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivertown Rider Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 27 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said: Moving walkways for The Bat! That would be wonderful. It will be interesting to see what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 This sighting even makes the sight weirder. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 2 hours ago, gforce1994 said: Or not. There's demo going on, image from @GlauserDan13 twitter Theres something being demolished. Just looks like they are pushing dirt away from that "shed." Don't think there is anything being demolished. 26 minutes ago, gforce1994 said: This sighting even makes the sight weirder. As far as the instagram post...it's not necessarily reputable....if there really were folks seen walking around in suits checking it out, more would be reporting it.....most pages do this stuff for "likes." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 It is interesting to see what results from this speculation. Whenever I see flags and equipment, my mind immediately starts to race. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 On 5/13/2017 at 4:24 PM, chugh43 said: Just looks like they are pushing dirt away from that "shed." Don't think there is anything being demolished. As far as the instagram post...it's not necessarily reputable....if there really were folks seen walking around in suits checking it out, more would be reporting it.....most pages do this stuff for "likes." True, but that doesn't explain the reason why they had bulldozers Closer image shows what looks like is a bulldozer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 @gforce1994 I can't see anything demolished or that has been demolished. The building you're seeing has been there for quite some time and is currently all standing. As of 4:32 today. The same structure has been there and seemingly unchanged since 2015. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 11 minutes ago, chugh43 said: @gforce1994 I can't see anything demolished or that has been demolished. The building you're seeing has been there for quite some time and is currently all standing. As of 4:32 today. The same structure has been there and seemingly unchanged since 2015. It might be leftovers from the Safari, since the stuff being moved looked like it came from a structure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I just got to look at the tree that is marked. I think that tree will be coming down because it is dead. I don't think it has anything to do with new construction. Sorry to be a party pooper. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 The aerial view of that area is just as interesting. This is from before they even started building MT. It would seem there was a lot of fill dirt dumped there. You usually don't dump fill in random places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I heard from a very reliable source, the head manage of dip 'n dots no less, that they are soon going to be raising a building in that area to store the green intamin track. Hang on, its going to be a bumpy ride 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Except that area is historically the area where the park dumps dirt that is removed from elsewhere in the park when they have excess dirt that needs to be dumped somewhere. It is simply the dirt dumping grounds. That way, they do not have to pay to haul the dirt away off site. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Except that area is historically the area where the park dumps dirt that is removed from elsewhere in the park when they have excess dirt that needs to be dumped somewhere. It is simply the dirt dumping grounds. That way, they do not have to pay to haul the dirt away off site. If they have that much excess dirt, they should be selling it, that way you don't have to pay anyone to take it off site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, fyrfyter said: If they have that much excess dirt, they should be selling it, that way you don't have to pay anyone to take it off site. On the other hand, if they need dirt, that don't have to buy it. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 6 hours ago, IndyGuy4KI said: On the other hand, if they need dirt, that don't have to buy it. But Mystic Timbers didn't need a fill/excavation. Most of the ride was placed on terrain, exception being the footers for the steel trusses supporting the sections over water. So where is this dirt coming from? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 The image is older. I suspect it was during Banshee or possibly additions to the water park? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 26 minutes ago, gforce1994 said: But Mystic Timbers didn't need a fill/excavation. Most of the ride was placed on terrain, exception being the footers for the steel trusses supporting the sections over water. So where is this dirt coming from? The park built the foundation for the new restaurant in the water park which did require excavation. Mystic Timbers is built above White Water Canyon which required filling sections of the ride with dirt for construction equipment which was removed from this field and returned at the end of construction. The park also just built a new storage building which also would have required a foundation. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 24 minutes ago, Kenban said: The park built the foundation for the new restaurant in the water park which did require excavation. Mystic Timbers is built above White Water Canyon which required filling sections of the ride with dirt for construction equipment which was removed from this field and returned at the end of construction. The park also just built a new storage building which also would have required a foundation. Yes, but the land that is excavated way exceeds the size of fill for the three sites. Plus storage buildings require mat footings, so the amount of soil excavated would be minimal in this situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 6 minutes ago, gforce1994 said: Yes, but the land that is excavated way exceeds the size of fill for the three sites. Plus storage buildings require mat footings, so the amount of soil excavated would be minimal in this situation. All I can say is I remember seeing the dump trucks move the dirt from the construction areas to this field on the webcams. A bulldozer was used to smooth it out so that it would not be left in a large mound. This disturbed a huge area which is what I think you are seeing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 And don`t forget that footings for Mystic Timbers required some dirt to be excavated. The amount of dirt cut or filled is actually a question on the City of Cincinnati building permit form. If you have excess dirt after building a building, they want to know where the dirt is being moved to. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 In the fall, after they closed WWC, they built a temporary road across it (to aid Mystic Timbers construction) by filling in the channel with dirt. This would have had to be removed and placed somewhere, again. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 In the fall, after they closed WWC, they built a temporary road across it (to aid Mystic Timbers construction) by filling in the channel with dirt. This would have had to be removed and placed somewhere, again. I remember seeing this in the construction photos, but it wasn't enough to equal the amount of dirt that's been dumped over there. Even if they had two crossings across WWC it still wouldn't have been enough. My estimation is well over 100 dump truck loads of dirt. The amount needed to fill in WWC, for its 6~ foot depth, plus the dirt above it would probably have been 10-20 truckloads of it by the time it was packed down and tall/wide enough to work with.For the post before this one, no idea if Warren County has a stipulation in building permits about dirt removal and if they care where removed dirt goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoan Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 They should tell employees to encourage all the speculation on new stuff, just to confuse people and generally keep hype levels increased. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Stoan said: They should tell employees to encourage all the speculation on new stuff, just to confuse people and generally keep hype levels increased. So a ride element on the new coaser gets conplaints of being over-hyped, but now we want to hype up a dirt pile? Sometimes you guys confuse me. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 ^^ Right? My brain hurts at this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I think the point is to be confused 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 1 hour ago, SonofBaconator said: I think the point is to be confused It is quite clear that something is up, since the volume of the fill is larger than the accounted volume of the excavations from the construction this season. That alone means land is being excavated/filled in, but from where, and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial79 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 If it was that big and Kings Island was hiding whatever's going on, wouldn't people see it from the Eiffel Tower? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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