Heartline Removed!

Anyone know what all the white pipes are?

http://www.pointpics.com/details.php?image_id=6090

Now it wont look like your going to hit the water. I was at the park Wednesday (16) and whatching it test Im sorry to say but it looks really boring. It is incredibally (sp) slow; even out of the launch tunnel. You guys will probably like it but it wont be one of my favorites. And now without the roll it will be even more boring.
*** Edited 5/17/2007 11:16:43 PM UTC by Your mom is to fat to ride TTD.***

Top Thrill 182 said:
Anyone know what all the white pipes are?

http://www.pointpics.com/details.php?image_id=6090

Those indeed are very interesting looking. Maybe water shoots out as the train goes by?

..Al

Most likely a fountain.

Loopy said:
Most likely a fountain.

That was a pond before Maverick arrived, right? Were there fountains there then?

..Al

I belive there was one fountain.

Yes that would be awesome if it shot water at u..or like a misty thing like ID

Hey Bryan, I guess we should have scratched out the heartline roll on the sign on opening day with the sharpie I had.;)

I wonder if the fountain was T&T's surprise?

halltd said:
^ I don't really buy that. They install each piece of track one by one, so they should be able to remove them one by one too.

Well you should buy it, because it's true. When the ride is assembled, it has to be done in a particular order. The supports typically sit at one end or the other of a section, so no significant piece sits unsupported when they go home at night.

^..Who knows with them anything is possible.

What a major dissapointment! I think we all were looking forward to this element on this coaster. You got to wonder how the design engineer who created this coaster screwed up. How much money did they pay this company to design this? How about a refund now. LOL

When I first heard that the roll was to be modified, I thought they would just extend it thorugh that straight piece of track. I'll be curious to see how it turns out.

Those look to be water cannons to me.

Jeff said:Well you should buy it, because it's true. When the ride is assembled, it has to be done in a particular order. The supports typically sit at one end or the other of a section, so no significant piece sits unsupported when they go home at night.

Yeah I know that. But, from the pictures of the track after it was removed, that makes no sense. They chopped the track like a foot from the end. So, had they just unbolted the track or cut it where they did, the track would've been supported by that support anyways. Plus, they were taking it OUT, not leaving it sit overnight. Being unsupported wouldn't have done anything either way.

What John said about the end of each piece of track having a male and female connection makes more sense to me. If they had unbolted that one section of track, they wouldn't have been able to just lift it straight up unless the male/female connection was gone. So, to eliminate that first joint, they just chopped the track off right near the end of the piece. Regardless, the adjoining piece of track has a support right at the end, and the piece they took out also had a support mere feet away. *** Edited 5/18/2007 12:47:14 AM UTC by halltd***

Correct me if i'm wrong, but the only non-male/female piece would be the transfer track and the ends of the pieces that butt up to it.

Wasn't your picture supposed to be taken while upside on the heartline roll too? So where will it be moved to? *** Edited 5/18/2007 1:03:32 AM UTC by Millennium***

Isn't that the last piece of track they put in too?

^^ Yes. The cameras are there for the onride photo, so I guess they'll have to be adjusted or moved.

While I was there today watching the supports being cut off of the footers, I had a feeling this was what would happen.

Disappointing to say the least, but it's still going to be a great ride. Watching it run yesterday was just incredible.

*** Edited 5/18/2007 1:15:30 AM UTC by Mark Small***

Actually the camera won't have to be moved. It's situated right after the heart line. It was tilted, so I'm assuming all they'll have to do is tilt it level.

*** Edited 5/18/2007 1:26:43 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***