Announcement Theory

I thought of this today, what if they did the press release and announced it on the same day that they topped it off.

Think about it, all the news and press is there on the day the final piece is put on, and they can have pictures and video up on the news that night. That way it's not just a yellow tower with half the track on it, but its major feature is complete and towering over the press.

I think that would give the ride even more publicity and probably make the general public aware of this new rides existence, and make them want to come to the point next year. People might even start planning vacations sooner and reserving a room at one of the resorts at CP for next year.

That is just my idea I'm throwing it out there for conversation.

Somebody mentioned this in one of the other topics. I don't remember which one.

That is a pretty good idea tho. And yer right it would probably be a lot more publicity if they announce it then.

I think they also did this with Silver Star at Europa Park:

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery1414.htm?Picture=15

I'm a believer in this theory as well. Unfortunately for us, that means the ride will be practically finished before we get any kind of pictures or diary entries from the park.

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-Chris Woodard
"If you're standing in an uncomfortable position, that means you are in the right position because you are riding Mantis!" - Mantis ride op doing spiels on closing day.

I mentioned this theory a few weeks ago, in another post. It was part of longer post focusing on a different subject, and I never thought about starting a new thread.

Announcing the ride at the same time the tower is complete not only makes sense from a PR point of view, it explains why so much work is focused on the tower, not ballanced toward the back (station, electric), AND it also answers the question - why did they start so early.

If this theory holds out, an announcement could (should) happen before Christmas, given the progress they made this week.

Tom

One reason why a lot of the work is focused on the tower is because they can't even pour the remaining footers for the launch run until the tower is complete. This is because the cranes need a lane to get out, and if they poured the footers or put up the supports for the rest of the launch before the cranes got out of the "infield", the cranes would be trapped.

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I understand the need to leave an escape route open for the cranes. It just appears very little construction is taking place in the turn around (back) section of the ride by ID. There are a lot of reasons to focus all the initial construction in the tower area (weather, etc...). Announcing the ride when the tower is topped off, could also be another.

Tom

RllrCstrDude187 said:
Somebody mentioned this in one of the other topics. I don't remember which one.

Yeah, that was me and it was here.

Not that it was all that earthshaking to begin with...it just makes sense.

-'Playa

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It really does make sense. I will be surprised if the tower is completed or topped off without an announcement.

I know this is off topic - is it possible to see (get) a list of my 19 posts on this forum.

Tom

The tower is getting closer to being completed know. It should be finished by the end of December. So That kind of adds to the theory of the january announcment.

Tom- What are you talking about they arent doing much by the ID. There is ALOT of work going on there. pouring footers, Foundation...ETC

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Tom said:
It really does make sense. I will be surprised if the tower is completed or topped off without an announcement.

Why? What difference does it make?

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Jeff
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"Climbing as we fall, we dare to hold on to our fate, and steal away our destiny to catch ourselves with quiet grace" - The Stairs, INXS

It doesnt make any difference, it just makes sense. Topping off any large world record structure (building, bridge, coaster) always get good press - kind of anticlimatic if they top it off, then announce the ride a month later (IMO). I think they would get a bigger bang for their PR buck by coordinating the top off and the announcement.

Tom

we dont even know how tall the ride is yet! how can we say its gonig to be a world record or not.

i am not saying i dont want it to be a world record but if you think of it, it doesnt really look any taller them MF right now and there really rent any yellow support pieces left.

I hear ya Billy, you make a valid point, however having seen the tower in person, I believe another posted who calculated that each catwalk is 55 feet apart. Even at 50 feet, with 7 catwalks in place, the tower should be at least 350 feet - this ride (IMO) is going to be the new world record holder - given there is one more catwalk to go up along with the top hat.

Tom

true true

Perhaps construction started so ealry in order to prevent another problem like X or Mr. Freeze in Dallas. Think about it, this ride is obviously going to extreme, but likewise will reqire exteme testing...

I think your right Doctor X, when the opened Superman: The Escape it didn't work and didn't open untill 1997 instead of 1996 like it should have. But if you mean start early testing then they would have to start in March. I thought it would be cool if were to have fireworks and big explosions as they topped it off .

MF got something like 1000 hours or testing in. They started it in March, and didn't even have the yellow train approved by inspectors when it opened. I think that CP would like to avoid something like that at all costs.

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Yea...considering what happened with the Xceletator. They werent done testing it and had some problems with it. I'm not sure but i think it opened like in June.

Although, The idea of them announcing the ride when the tower is complete Is Smart, But its horror for us enthusiasts. We have to wait and wait and wait, Just speculating. I'm getting tired already.

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- Dennis

Tom said:
It doesnt make any difference, it just makes sense.

No, it doesn't make sense. People made the same argument about going vertical with the ride.

The announcement date is the announcement date, and has zero to do with the construction schedule.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Climbing as we fall, we dare to hold on to our fate, and steal away our destiny to catch ourselves with quiet grace" - The Stairs, INXS

The announcement date (wihich is part of the marketing plan of the ride), and construction schedule are two seperate and distinct items. However, they certainly are related and determined in conjunction with eachother.

I do not think CP throws a dart at a callender to determine the annoucement date. I suspect the construction schedule is detrmined first, and then based on the goals of the marketing plan, the announcement date is determined.

Tom