canyons

What do you guys think the canyons on Maverick will be made out of, I really have no clue what it will be made of.

Molded concrete.

Paper Mache

They won't have them for safety reasons.

^ Wrong again. "Budget", the answer is "budget" reasons.

Lego blocks

I'm guessing concrete much like what was used on this Intamin...er, I mean Vekoma :).

http://www.rcdb.com/ig2389.htm?picture=23

*** Edited 10/3/2006 7:37:02 PM UTC by MrInkspot@aol.com***

Expedition Everest is Vekoma. LOL!!

But yeah, hopefully they're made out of rebar mesh and sprayed concrete.

Probably the greatest a Vekoma coaster can look.

Doesn't matter which coaster maker you use. Spend 100 million on it and it better look good.

What did they do the Millennium Force "rock" with? I never got close enough to touch it.

Now is the pricetag that CP released including the theme elements, or just the coaster?

I had a piece of Millennium Force's "rock" and it was an almost plastery material sprayed onto a mesh of some sort. Best description I can give. *** Edited 10/3/2006 8:50:59 PM UTC by Anonymous***

Anonymous,

Was it like a hard foam maybe? I've made stage sets out of a super-dense foam before - maybe its along the same lines.

I wouldn't think foam would work so well for an outdoor application. Foam absorbs water and would become super heavy in a rain storm. Not to mention it would take forever to dry out (and by then it would stink of mildew).

John, you'd be surprised.

Universal IOA's Suess Landing is entirely sculpted of foam. It's very durable and lifelike once it has been sealed.

Jeff said:
What did they do the Millennium Force "rock" with? I never got close enough to touch it.

Speaking of that "rock" material, I always thought this tunnel was never finished on the Frontier Trail:

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=739

They should have continued that "rock" wall on the right side, instead of that fence and bushes. Not all full wall, but cascading down to the ground where that trash can sits in the lower right hand corner of that picture.

Like exit said jugga, foam can be sprayed with poly coating and made water-resistant, but I don't think it would stand the test of time. I think it would fade over time whereas colored concrete would not.

So far, everything has held its color pretty well here:

http://www.coastergrotto.com/photo.jsp?pic=32p07.jpg

So, I don't know. I'm sure there's some upkeep needed, but I think you'd be surprised.

Speaking as someone who has a little experience: the two main causes of color loss/degradation for polymerics -- or any pigmented surface, really -- are UV exposure and oxidation. Orlando is an extreme environment for UV, so if Seuss Landing can do so well, anything CP could expect would pale (pun, oops) by comparison.