The station is going up!

Quick! to the webcam!

http://www.cedarpoint.com/online-fun/webcams

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/252177_515842585116016_3...7216_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/282868_515843041782637_8...1878_n.jpg

Also some good pictures in the newly posted blog

http://www.cedarpoint.com/blog-article/online-fun/Happy-New-Year-1-3-13-13

i wonder if they will skip over the zero g roll to the dive loop, then come back to it once the keyholes are finished?

^I think it'd be a little difficult to drop the track pieces through completed keyholes...

The keyhole elements themselves are probably nothing more than forms that are each in two pieces and will be placed around the existing steel supports. Or maybe they'll be in many pieces.

Either way, the coaster will likely be built first. I think John H. mentioned in an article that the towers were arriving at the end of January, which leads me to believe they're not one, solid piece each.

The towers themselves are the supports.

Blake LeMay said:
i wonder if they will skip over the zero g roll to the dive loop, then come back to it once the keyholes are finished?

They are placing the track in the same order that the ride will travel. The track over the front gate is scheduled to be up by February 1st.

Speaking of track assembly, does anyone here know why the the transfer track was taken off? Or even more so, when this happened? Would this have anything to do with the gap that I pointed out months ago?

You can see that the transfer track has been removed in these pictures,

http://www.coasterforce.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=179...&start=658

Caleb, from the webcam today it looks like they pulled it off to fit in the crane that's assembling the stations frame

liebevision said:
Caleb, from the webcam today it looks like they pulled it off to fit in the crane that's assembling the stations frame

Im going to guess that this was a planned move, the track most likely needed to be in position to ensure alignment when the structure was being bolted into place.

As far as the "Track gap" I thought the consensus was an optical illusion due to the transfer track being shifted to the side?

These parts are all fabricated right out of mastercam or whatever CAM package Clearmont uses, I don't like to use the words "Not possible" but it would be a very very big mistake to be inches off on any part of this ride.

The "gap" is related to a shock-absorbing system the newer B&Ms have on their transfer tracks. You can see it in this picture of X Flight:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=578425898226&set=a.578425683...=3&theater

On GateKeeper, the shock absorber obviously hasn't been hooked up yet, so the ends of the rails aren't expanded.

I just checked the cams and we have another loop!!!Whoot whoot!

not sure if you are serious, but that is a flat spin. Though i did notice it looks like a loop from the webcam.

Thank you for that picture DejaVu2001, I've been trying to find a picture of the new transfer pin system for weeks now!

In the past couple of days, On-Point blog posted an update of new concrete being poured. I guess she said the upper level was poured where the riders are standing, but then she mentioned the lower level? What is on the lower level of the station? Is it going to be set-up like Maverick where you wait below the station?

Lower level will have the exit from the lake side of the station running through at the back. The rest will probably be electrical room and storage. There won't be any queue under the station.

I don't recall ever waiting in line under Maverick's station......;)

You must not get Fast Lane :)

DejaVu2001 there is supposed to be queue underneath the station

^^No, I wait.......like a good enthusiast. ;)