The station is going up!

liebevision

Thursday, January 3, 2013 7:41 PM
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Quick! to the webcam!

http://www.cedarpoint.com/online-fun/webcams


http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/252177_515842585116016_3...7216_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/282868_515843041782637_8...1878_n.jpg

Last edited by liebevision, Thursday, January 3, 2013 7:45 PM

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liebevision

Thursday, January 3, 2013 7:52 PM
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Also some good pictures in the newly posted blog

http://www.cedarpoint.com/blog-article/online-fun/Happy-New-Year-1-3-13-13


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Blake LeMay

Thursday, January 3, 2013 9:18 PM

i wonder if they will skip over the zero g roll to the dive loop, then come back to it once the keyholes are finished?

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Dvo

Thursday, January 3, 2013 11:31 PM
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^I think it'd be a little difficult to drop the track pieces through completed keyholes...


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Guide_Wheel

Friday, January 4, 2013 12:11 AM

The keyhole elements themselves are probably nothing more than forms that are each in two pieces and will be placed around the existing steel supports. Or maybe they'll be in many pieces.

Either way, the coaster will likely be built first. I think John H. mentioned in an article that the towers were arriving at the end of January, which leads me to believe they're not one, solid piece each.


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Maverick00

Friday, January 4, 2013 12:58 AM
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The towers themselves are the supports.


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Bossmccann

Friday, January 4, 2013 2:51 AM

Blake LeMay said:
i wonder if they will skip over the zero g roll to the dive loop, then come back to it once the keyholes are finished?

They are placing the track in the same order that the ride will travel. The track over the front gate is scheduled to be up by February 1st.

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Caleb S

Friday, January 4, 2013 8:20 AM
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Speaking of track assembly, does anyone here know why the the transfer track was taken off? Or even more so, when this happened? Would this have anything to do with the gap that I pointed out months ago?

You can see that the transfer track has been removed in these pictures,

http://www.coasterforce.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=179...&start=658

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liebevision

Friday, January 4, 2013 8:23 PM
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Caleb, from the webcam today it looks like they pulled it off to fit in the crane that's assembling the stations frame


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monstertke

Friday, January 4, 2013 8:51 PM

liebevision said:
Caleb, from the webcam today it looks like they pulled it off to fit in the crane that's assembling the stations frame

Im going to guess that this was a planned move, the track most likely needed to be in position to ensure alignment when the structure was being bolted into place.

As far as the "Track gap" I thought the consensus was an optical illusion due to the transfer track being shifted to the side?

These parts are all fabricated right out of mastercam or whatever CAM package Clearmont uses, I don't like to use the words "Not possible" but it would be a very very big mistake to be inches off on any part of this ride.

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DejaVu2001

Friday, January 4, 2013 8:59 PM
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The "gap" is related to a shock-absorbing system the newer B&Ms have on their transfer tracks. You can see it in this picture of X Flight:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=578425898226&set=a.578425683...=3&theater

On GateKeeper, the shock absorber obviously hasn't been hooked up yet, so the ends of the rails aren't expanded.

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dsloban

Friday, January 4, 2013 10:19 PM
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I just checked the cams and we have another loop!!!Whoot whoot!


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Blake LeMay

Friday, January 4, 2013 10:50 PM

not sure if you are serious, but that is a flat spin. Though i did notice it looks like a loop from the webcam.

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Jesmcsel

Friday, January 4, 2013 11:15 PM

Thank you for that picture DejaVu2001, I've been trying to find a picture of the new transfer pin system for weeks now!

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Shawn Meyer

Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:46 PM

In the past couple of days, On-Point blog posted an update of new concrete being poured. I guess she said the upper level was poured where the riders are standing, but then she mentioned the lower level? What is on the lower level of the station? Is it going to be set-up like Maverick where you wait below the station?

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DejaVu2001

Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:06 PM
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Lower level will have the exit from the lake side of the station running through at the back. The rest will probably be electrical room and storage. There won't be any queue under the station.

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TTD 120mph

Sunday, February 3, 2013 11:58 PM
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I don't recall ever waiting in line under Maverick's station......;)


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Maverick00

Monday, February 4, 2013 12:44 AM
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You must not get Fast Lane :)


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Bossmccann

Monday, February 4, 2013 4:11 AM

DejaVu2001 there is supposed to be queue underneath the station

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TTD 120mph

Monday, February 4, 2013 5:04 AM
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^^No, I wait.......like a good enthusiast. ;)


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