Vertical Construction Has Begun!

Camelback is taking shape! :D

Damn! I want to see the camelback but it's dark. See what I miss because of work?

Sause said:
You walked right into that one, Chris49 lol

Perhaps I did, but you all have no idea how tech challenged I am.

Thanks for the help.

Chris

There's no need to get worked up Shawn. You're really not missing much. There'll be plenty of coverage over the course of the offseason. Not getting to see every piece of steel go up on the webcam is definitely not as big a deal as you make it to be. Also, if you're really desperate to see what you've missed, davidw (on here) is keeping an up to date construction time lapse log.

Here: http://pointbuzz.com/Forums/Thread/28269.aspx

And here: http://www.youtube.com/user/thequiz

Or you can just suck it up and by a new modern smartphone. Those come in handy for more than just webcam checking ya know. :)

Anyone have a picture of the camelback that apparently is taking shape?

^I saw it on the webcam right before it got dark, not screenshot though. :(

Don't worry, its only the first section of the "rise up" or whatever it's called. Looked less than 50'.

Shawn, here is the cam as of 5pm yesterday.
http://db.tt/S99RzLpa

The camelback is 50% done now if you haven't noticed yet on the webcams...

TTD 120mph said:
They will stop you at the toll booths. And, unless you have an appointment, you will be forced to turn around.

I am going on Saturday!

Also here is this:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=459554390757616&set=pb.43550...=3&theater

You're going on Saturday to......get turned around at the toll booths? Or are you indicating that you have an appointment?

Yes I meant to include that I have an appointment

Well if you do have an appointment and you get close enough lets see some pictures. If you do not have an appointment and you are turned away goto the back entrance. You can turn down that private drive and get some good pics.

No, don't do that. It's a private drive.

GateKeeper construction has already produced enough trespassing. Don't add to it.

^ wow I wonder how many people trespassed already o _ o

Just curious of today. Did the construction workers work on Gatekeeper today or did they take the day off due to the weather?

Have you been outside at all today? ;)

Yes I have. It's snowing pretty good in Akron, OH. I'm not too sure how hard the snow is falling in Sandusky though.

This is the best picture and view of the keyhole tower footers so far.

This doesn't make it appear that the new keyholes tower and existing ticket scanning gate are going to be one in the same:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=480777775293920&set=pb.12360...permPage=1

The keyholes and towers are going to be about 10-15' forward of the current ticket scanning gate like we've been saying. The only way Brian Edwards would be right by saying that the ticket scanning gate is staying is if were to now be behind the new keyhole towers or under the new gate's roof that might stretch back and encompass part of the old gate making them one piece, getting more interesting.

I'm wouldn't trespass either way, but it doesn't matter because I have an appointment. I do not know if I will be allowed to take pictures, but if I can then I will show them.

^^But he didn't say that they were, for sure, not being demolished. He was asked a question and he answered it best of his understanding. And, if memory serves me right, it was an unsure answer.

The new ticket scanners are (according to word of mouth from certain CP officials) going to be removed and placed under the new roof. This new roof is under Gatekeeper and will be integrated into the 2 tower elements. The guest services and park admissions buildings are staying where they are and will probably be integrated, somehow, into the new entrance plaza. In fact, it would seem that according to this picture, the first part of that process (including the removal of a lot of other things from the entrance) began back at the beginning of November.

Is it really hard to accept that the ticket booth is going to razzed in favor of a new one to fit the new entrance? Or is assuming that it's not going anywhere, based off one unsure answer, the easier alternative?