Update: August 29

GB93 said:
what is this?

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=5371

Why, my friend, that is the infamous 'Waffle' piece that rocked the world when it arrived in the staging area.

Just by looking at the midway vision picture in itself you can tell that this isnt just some ordinary brake run. If it was just a run of the mill brake run we wouldnt have the 'Gap' piece or the 'Waffle' piece. You can be sure to bet that this straight area of track still holds some secrets from us.

Keep up the good work with the updates guys. Every day that goes by that i cant see whats happening because of a badly placed webcam, makes me die a little more inside. ;)

Edit: Oh and a big shout out to checkit3, stop your lurking and get in on the action!
*** Edited 8/30/2006 5:09:53 AM UTC by Steve4Hockey***

When I go to the park today, I will TRY my hardest to get the surface of the track.... Hopefully seeing that part of it will confirm a Launch, or Brakerun. Im pretty tall so this should not be a big problem ;) I hope. Ill stand on the fence if I have to haha

They really need to put the webcam up on top of Mean Streak. Thank god we know what this thing is going to be soon, while we know more about the ride, thanks to the track being put up, I'm getting more confused.

I agree with Gomez. Man they shoulda' put the webcam on top of the Dragster when Millennium was being built ;)

Wow, that just pretty much confirmed EVERYTHING. Well, looks like this ride will either have a lift and a launch, or two launches. Knowing that the train will be coming from up where the first piece of track is, through the S-Bends, into the Bunny Hill, into the Flattened Zero-G Cobra Roll as I call it, then into the turns with a nice headchopper, into the odd looking piece (which will be for brakes), which I think will be enclosed to add to the effect, then the train will roll up into the LIMs from a standstill, causing a LOT of acceleration, up the line of straight supports seen, probably do another Zero-G roll at the apex of the hill, into the high speed turnaround over the Swan Boats pond. And that's only the FIRST HALF of the ride!

Project '07 is shaping up VERY nicely and has already surpassed my expectations and is probably the better of the 2 coasters I'm looking forward to for '07, Maverick (ya, let's just call it that already lol), and Griffon.

So, just to clarify so that around 90 other people don't say, the first "bike rack" area will probably be used as brakes and then the second area with the swiss-cheese track will be for LIMs.

So I think it is safe to say that the track that is in now is indeed a mid ride launch that is under a Dual Loading station (Like Kingda Ka). Anyone against that?

BGRooDoG, that's completely feasable. It's either that, or what I think is more likely, a series of 4-5 barrel rolls as seen on Colossus. I think people aren't realizing that the station doesn't have to be as close to the path as possible, it's better if it's not at the front seeing as it allows for a larger cue since the que has to be able to reach the station. We'll see soon enough though.

Doug, I will also be there first thing on Thursday, though I have no idea how you could recognize me (my avatar is NOT a picture of me).

BlueStreak64 said:
Wow, I can't believe I actually correctly guessed where the bank transition of two rail would be going when I saw it in the staging area in July and then the supports in that are.

That's funny, I thought the exact same thing.

Hopefully we can say goodbye to the Wingwalker threads now...only problem is.....its now open to WTF? threads.

A mid ride launch will be involved with this ride ;)

under a Dual Loading station

I'm probably wrong, and seeing some of the new footer pads that they appear to be pouring, I'm leaning more towards being wrong, but I'm guessing a station inside the old WWL station. I think it's still possible to to happen so the train would take more or less the same path as the boats did, then roll out to what is likely the bottom launch, go out over the swan pond. I have no idea how the rest would work.

This is exciting!

j2k95sunfire said:
Hopefully we can say goodbye to the Wingwalker threads now...only problem is.....its now open to WTF? threads.

A mid ride launch will be involved with this ride ;)

New at Cedar Point in 2007! Intamin's new prototype WTFcoaster! A combination of a Vekoma lollerskater with roflcopter-esque spinning elements!

...That was a 4:30 am haven't slept off the top of the head thing that's probably gonna look really lame when I wake up tomorrow. Ah well.

tyfry87 said:
Whoever has been saying things along the lines of, "All the footers have been poured for this ride," or, "There's no way that this ride will go anywhere else, because there's no way they're going to pour more footers," it appears as though you are incorrect.

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=5374

Great update!

No, it still appears that the ride will stay where it is. Those footers are quite likely for the station, transfer track or some other station-related structure. There are still no new footers/markings anywhere along the perimeter that would indicate that this ride is going to leave the site.

Man, that wishful thinking drug sure has become all the rage lately, I guess, eh?

I'm not wishfully thinking, rather only pointing out that footers are still being poured. The fact that no footer markings exist outside the current site merely suggests that no new footers will be formed and poured. The time required to excavate, dig, form, pour and cure footers isn't terribly long, but you're right, the chance of this ride going outside the current site is low.

But it's not like there is NO chance of it happening.

http://www.pointpixels.com/4images/details.php?image_id=7484

Could the pieces like this be attached to these supports?

http://pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=5372

If not, just wondering if anybody had any idea where those pieces of track are going.

Well, if you look at it from a logistical point of view, the likelihood drops to near-zero. If there were some footers on-site that appeared to head toward the perimeter with no logical turnaround, then I would think there could be a possibility. Since they've already poured (what appears to be) all of the support footers, the pouring of additional ones would be problematic, if not impossible. If you look around the site, you'll see that some supports have been mounted, while others have not, and that some track has been installed, while some remains. The reason this is done is because installing some elements (as in supports/track) effectively eliminates the ability to get heavy equipment where it would need to be to install more components. So, the most likely areas where the track would leave the site would need a bunch of new footers, and most areas have been - or are about to be - closed off to heavy equipment.

Of course, there is a very slight possibility that this thing could leave the site and travel all over the park, just as there's a possibility it could be tied into TTD. ;)

We are also 9 months away from opening, I'de say they have alot more to do

ToddJ - I think that track you linked to is going to be the "lift". Those outriggers are to support the emergency stairs (which you can also see in the staging area). There are a lot of support pieces still on the ground that could link that lift track to the widespread supports you see already installed.

On a side note, are those first pieces of straight triangle track LIM pieces? I can't see a top view of them.

Also, why would there be brakes (the weird pieces of track) where a launch is going?

So its pretty obvious to me that the station is going where the new foundations are being poured. I'm now leaning to the fact that the mid-course launch will be through a "barn" or something. Train loading upstairs in the "loft" and mid-course launch through the bottom of the barn. If it stays, I'm guessing the WWL station is queue.

I'm also curious as to if maybe the Liberty Inn will be going? It'd be nice if they opened up this area to the new ride. I LOVE how TTD is right on the midway. It'd be cool if this ride was too.

The reason for the brakes is for safety, you need to be able to stop the train before the launch just in case a train is stuck somewhere after the launch.

Tim - I'm not sure if this is the same piece, but it sure looks similar to what's already been installed. Sure looks like something is going to be attached to the top, eh? :)

woohoo!! Now what about those first triangle track pieces?