Cedar Point Announces New Water Ride for 2010 Season

Given that guests aren't walking by it, I'd guess not. Granted, there are some that will see it via the train, but not nearly as many.

But, if the smell is bad, it won't matter if you can't see it.

Good point.

It is really enjoyable to watch the process unfold on the webcam. I wish there were a way to make it refresh faster than every 30 seconds, or better yet, have it refresh as my background on my desktop. :)

Well, you can't do the first.

But you can make it a desktop item.

Right-click the desktop, select properties.

Select Desktop tab and Customize Desktop

Select the Web tab and then New...

Enter the URL for the image: http://www.cedarpoint.com/_upload/cpcam/STRCam_1024.jpg

Click Ok on all the boxes.

Now you'll have the image available, just right click and select refresh (or you can set a schedule to have it refresh).

Anyone know of a desktop widget that can show the webcam maybe for google desktop or yahoo widgets?

Something isn't quite working right. When I right-click and 'refresh' the desktop, the background doesn't update the way it should, it just stays the same, time, date, everything (yes, I have waited longer than 30 seconds, and even a minute.)

Rapids 77-78 said:
Wonder when they drain that portion of the lagoon how many carp will be left wiggling in the mud. That won't be a pleasant smell!

New item on the menu for this weekend only....Fish and chips at the Midway Market. :)

Jugga, I've used active desktop during previous construction projects. I really find it convenient. But, for some reason, refreshing the screen doesn't always refresh the image. It's weird. I never had the problem before.

Hmmmm. That's how I've set it up in the past.

I put the address into a webpage and the same old image came up. When I refreshed the webpage, that image AND the desktop one both refreshed. So there is probably some kind of caching issue with where AD is pulling the image. Might have to blow away your browser cache.

Draining has begun...

They're really going to town now. I've never watched a construction project before, this will be fun this fall/winter.

Kyle, it is exciting, and I'm sure there are quite a few people keeping an eye on the construction. But you probably don't need to provide construction updates.

That said, I'm glad they're finally getting into some serious work. It looks like the bulk of this project shouldn't take long at all.

The concrete work for the trough will probably take the longest. I'm guessing that the concrete work for the footers will be done this year. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the pouring of the channel didn't start until the spring. You can pour concrete all year long, but it's more expensive to pour concrete in freezing temperatures.

While on the subject of concrete, I know that the CP website says the ride will have "Tan-colored supports and steel trough." Does this mean the entire ride trough will be steel, or just the trough coming off the drops? I would assume anything embedded in the ground would be concrete as opposed to steel...

Yes, the ground-level trough appears to be 100% concrete, which makes sense. The only steel would be the hills & station.

My backround refreshes every minute...

I will admit I have a strange fascination with watching construction of any kind. However, despite watching several construction projects of different types I always get the impression that when the heavy equipment first arrives they just randomly move around copious amounts of dirt for what appears to be no reason while final surveying/marking/jobs not yet requiring the equipment is taken care of. I know there's probably a reason that happens, but I still haven't figured it out. I think that's one reason I watch construction so much, hoping to figure out why that happens. It sounds like some here have experience with large construction, so maybe someone can finally enlighten me.

Its not random. The operators and machines each carry a hefty hourly cost, and are usually in demand by their companies. And earth-moving machines are typically coupled with hauling trucks, which carry similar costs and demand.

I'm not intimately familiar with this type of construction (highway bridges mostly), but I think they begin by removing unwanted/unneeded material from the site, then just start marking and digging holes for footers and such.

I understand what you mean BlueStreak....I once watched a road construction project in front my workplace. All summer long I saw the same excavator and dozer dig holes, pile up the excavated material, and then fill the hole in and level the ground again. It seriously happened all summer...of course, I was watching DOT employees and equipment... ;)