after reviewing the pics on virtual midway, i am even more confused now. there are so many things that dont seem to fit. there is this massive support with many "arms" coming off of it but it looks way to big to be put on the tower already built so that raises the question of a second tower. there is now alot of very tight curved track with a support bracket underneath it, similar to a bunnyhill. there are those steel cages and curved ladders. there are also more footers that point not to a L-TH-B ride such as that lone footer by the tower and that cluster near where the station might go. there is also two track supports on the tower that are aligned the same way which means that the track will twist the same way on both sides of the tower which makes me think that there will be a twist before the tophat. give me your views on this stuff because im trying to make some sense of it.
*** This post was edited by Barry 10/19/2002 8:09:58 PM ***
I feel the same way, just when I thought some of the pieces of the puzzle were gonna come together, I got to CP today and view whats in the parking lot and its like they threw me a knuckeball of sorts. Im back to square one of confusion. Its fun tho. I will be sad when the park closes and I cannot return to take more pictures. Maybe they will move a camera closer to the "ground work" so I can see. The "branching" support is definatly bizarre. And I also think that it is for another structure. It just doesnt seem like it'll fit up there. Things I noticed today: (1.) There is 6 or 7 pieces of track that will in some way "crest"a hill. Now I dont know how much bigger than Xcelerator this will be but I cant see 6 or 7 pieces of track all for just the tophat. (2.) There is 3 more catwalks at CP. 2 of them are in Area 51 and one is in pieces in the parking lot. (3.) I counted about 77 seperate tires for the "kicker wheel" assemblies. Thats a lot of wheels. (4.) I saw about 4 pieces of yellow support that have painted "tops" or look like they would "cap" of the tower. Also on a side note, a painting company based in Toledo, the Chas. F. Mann Painting Co., has 2 trailers in the parking lot. So there is some painting going on. How much is to be determined. I know that Chaos &/or Troika are gettting painted but WC looks be be getting some work done and rumor has it MAntis will get a new coat. Thats all I have for now, I will be returning to the park firday to check out whats new from next week.