Valravn Goes Vertical--Construction Starts

Anything new on the construction of Valravn?

Nothing worthwhile. Just taking care of various things while the drop section is being prepared.

-Adam G- The OG Dragster nut

The final piece of the lift is assembled. Look like we might see the drop topped off today! :)

Raptor rules the sky!

watching the top last piece now.

number of times to Cedar Point:50s/60s/70s/80s-3,1995-1,1996-27,1997-18,1998-13,1999-20,2000-16,2001-8,2002-7,2003-18,2004-14,2005-18,2006-28,2007-16,2008-17,2009-28,2010-26,2011-27,2012-21,2013-18,2014-24,2015-29,2016-46,2017-13,2018-14,2019-10,2020-0,2021-3 Running Total-483 72,000 miles traveled for the point.

Wow! People post in this thread still? I thought nobody paid attention to this topic anymore? (sarcasm)

Now place a giant cushion at the bottom so we can test the big drop!

It's a huge ramp right now. Can you jump across the Midway?

It may make it to the beach! Lol

Looks like they have added the next part into the Immelman. This for me should be the most exciting part to see, as it will give us a good feel of how it will interact with the midway.

Also they are beginning to disassemble the Manitowoc crane.

I'm curious, with the lack of support along the top of the Immelman, will they work backwards from the small supports that are already in place?

Presumably, since it's essentially the same situation as the main drop.

Brandon

If I remember correctly, they worked backwards for Gatekeeper's Immelman.

1999: First visit
Halloweekends- Harvest Fear, Tombstone Terror-Tory
Ride Operations- Professor Delbert’s Frontier Fling

Now it looks like a gigantic "J", yeehaa!

Gigantic "J" - 100 times more pronounceable than Valravyn

New for 2024- Wicked Twister Plus

One support and 2 pieces of track installed. Link to gallery

(best if you open the pic in a new tab)

Valravn timelapse: Videos | Playlist | Cedar Fair Roller Coaster Construction on Facebook

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As suspected, the construction does seem to be moving a lot quicker now that the lift and drop is all done. Do you think that the MCBR will take long though since it's a tight squeeze and all?

1999: First visit
Halloweekends- Harvest Fear, Tombstone Terror-Tory
Ride Operations- Professor Delbert’s Frontier Fling

one piece of track installed. Link to gallery

(best if you open the pic in a new tab)

Valravn timelapse: Videos | Playlist | Cedar Fair Roller Coaster Construction on Facebook

No trees were harmed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

davidw said:
one piece of track installed. Link to gallery

These are great, thanks for doing this! I would love if you could put the latest image on a static URL so I could just periodically refresh that to see the latest image. :)

..Al

^ You can. Just go here: http://cs1.pixelcaster.com/cedar/camera1.jpg

Brian
Valravn Rides: 24| Steel Vengeance Rides: 27| Dragster Rollbacks: 1