The Mysterious, possible footers

The footers will support the main tower for a staight up straight down 420 foot coaster to be built by S & S. Speeds are expected to be over 100 MPH. Few details are available but it will use some type of air lift system. The track will be very short with room to brake and return to the station.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

"First post!"

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Jeff
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The footers will support the main tower for a staight up straight down 420 foot coaster to be built by S & S. Speeds are expected to be over 100 MPH. Few details are available but it will use some type of air lift system. The track will be very short with room to brake and return to the station.

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You don't say!  Well then...

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James Draeger
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The footers will support the main tower for a staight up straight down 420 foot coaster to be built by S & S. Speeds are expected to be over 100 MPH. Few details are available but it will use some type of air lift system. The track will be very short with room to brake and return to the station.

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So I guess Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Footers has been solved. Congrats to all.

...Anyways, I'm coming around to the possibility of a HUSS giant (maybe the Delerium or the Giant Frisbee) or possibly a slingshotesque pay-per-ride. The more I think about a coaster, the less it seems likely. Just doesn't add up.

"And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids!"

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Jeff
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"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

I see Jeff is looking forward too to Scooby Doo..;)

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Jeff
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Updated mysterious footer photos... where can I find them? I saw a guy running cables just outside of the fence last weekend (Sunday, May 26th...8:45 p.m.). Looked like electrical cables of some sort. Darn...should have acted all sweet n' stuff and got him to tell me the "secret" to Area 51!!! ::grin:: No one was really around... it was pretty quiet over in that area except for that guy... probably won't get THAT chance again!!! ::snapping fingers:: DARNIT!!!

Here's an out there, outrageous idea that I thought of driving home from the Point last night. Wilcat has been moved twice before reaching its current position. Also, the Cedars dormatory buildings have been rumored to come down for a long time now. Say CP wants to build a new ride in the location of the Cedars and behind the Goodtime theatre for next year, and they created this construction site this year to make moving the Wildcat that much easier in the offseason. I have no clue what kind of permanent footers the Wildcat uses (if any, realizing that it is a portable ride), and I also realize that this is pretty unlikely. But hey, its another angle of the Area 51 mystery...

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For a MooreOn, I like the way you think. :)

I never thought about moving those dorms to another location. That would free up a lot of room. They could move the roadway and have new, usable space.

I never have stayed there, but the cabins near MS seem to take a lot of space of for what they do.

That would be one congested coaster area if they did that though.  With Mantis, Millennium, Iron Dragon, and Power Tower all in that area, that might create even more of a bottle neck than there already is... but that is an awesome idea and I don't think it would suprise me one bit.
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Wildcat doesn't need footers like that. In fact, I don't remember off hand if it's "attached" to anything.

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Jeff
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Last time I looked, Wildcat was sitting on railroad ties and other assorted pieces of wood. Remember that it's current location was once occupied by a Bayern Kurve and the Schwabinchen. You can still see the circular cuts in the concrete when standing out in front. Ah, the beauty of a portable coaster :)

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That sounds a bit far-fetched to me, but not impossible. I know at least two people who would be rather nostalgic about those dorms going away. And what would the ghosts do??!?

Digital Daredevil, you realize that those cabins (i.e. Lighthouse Point) are a relatively new addition to the Resorts. No matter how much room they take up, CP isn't about to take them down for another ride.

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After the laser show debuted in 1995, WildCat relocation rumors became very popular. The idea was to make room for some type of seating for the show. I still think at one point it was actually the plan and not a rumor. Who knows ...

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*** This post was edited by Gemini 5/29/2002 4:13:12 PM ***

And if not the Wildcat, maybe a relocation of some other ride in the park for next season. Maybe that is why they prepared the construction site this year--so they don't have to mess with it in the fall/winter.

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Fact- The same type of orange markings on the ground that run from Area 51 towards Chaos can also be seen extending from the Frontiertown First Aid office across the walkway towards the swan boats.

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The closest I'll ever get to riding a B&M Flyer is looking down while on Raptor... :(

The relocation theory is interesting, but how many 'mobile' rides at CP require such large footers? Maybe we should revisit the 'moving Ocean Motion' theory again...i kinda like that one, too.

EDITED: Or, with Michael Darling's fact, maybe we're back to the Sky Ride theory again? But why would it stretch back to Chaos?

The plot thickens.....wheee! This sure is fun!
*** This post was edited by mk468zz 5/29/2002 9:56:38 PM ***

once again i say to everybody......a flat ride does not use footers...they use foundations....only thing that would use footers is either a roller coaster...or sone tipe of ride that has steel poles as supports or somthing like it

Michael Darling, ya got pictures of this?

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