Construction Timeline...

When do you guys think DT will be completely demolished? I am also curious as to when things such as supports will start to be put in... Time will tell...

I would imagine that construction will begin very soon with the announcement happening today.

Per the announcement:

DT will be completely gone in two weeks.
SS will stay open through labor day. It will come down in September.
Footers will go in as soon as September.
Track sections and supports will arrive in October.
Vertical construction / steel erection will begin in November.
Station construction will begin in December.

Did I miss anything?

I believe he said station erection would start hopefully in December as well.

Thanks, edited...

Of course, in the event of an erection lasting more than 4 hours, the station must contact its doctor. . .

Erection of steel to be completed by february
Clear the ride by march

If on time. You know cause Cedar Point's always on time. :)

Coaster Boi, we're dealing with B&M now. Which we haven't done in about 15 years. They have a better history of opening on time than other manufacturers.

A much better history. I have no doubt we will be getting a true opening day open for this coaster.

This may have been discussed in the 2013 forum, but I've been slacking on keeping up with it. Monty said in the interview that they would pull over Space Spiral, but will they remove the entire foundation that I believe sits on the bedrock? Or are they just able to leave it there and work around it?

Jason Hammond said:
Coaster Boi, we're dealing with B&M now. Which we haven't done in about 15 years. They have a better history of opening on time than other manufacturers.

Well you have a point there. But weather still plays a huge roll. It looks like we may have a bad winter.

Vince982 said:
Monty said in the interview that they would pull over Space Spiral...

I'm also curious about this, and cannot believe no one asked for more details on how they're going to just "pull over" a 300' steel tower.

I would imagine that technically, they rope off an area and pull it down towards the beach or parking lot when nobody's around.

That's pretty much what Annie said they'd be doing.

Well, duh, that much I can figure out on my own. :)

I want to know details more technical than "we're pulling it down".

djDaemon said:
Well, duh, that much I can figure out on my own. :)

I want to know details more technical than "we're pulling it down".

How much more technical can it get?

I assume it would be like someone trying the hitch of a truck to a tree and pulling it down, just on a much larger scale...

And the foundation....?

From the statement, I got the impression was that there would be a controlled detonation that would cause the ride to fall away from the park once daily operations are over. It will then be chopped up into pieces small enough to haul away for scrap.

Jason Hammond said:
From the statement, I got the impression was that there would be a controlled detonation that would cause the ride to fall away from the park once daily operations are over. It will then be chopped up into pieces small enough to haul away for scrap.

That really isn't "pulling" it down then... But it sounds risky. We might be saying goodbye to a few other rides this year if it falls another way ;)