Windseeker construction cam up!

Large counter weight with ladder leaning on it CP cam1?

Lose the question mark and you have a statement cause that's exactly what it is. ;)

On a side note, I wish they'd stop moving the pieces around soo much.:) I thought we we're going vertical toady when I saw that the large crane and smaller crane were both strapped to one of the pieces.

Yeah! Piece 4 is vertical

I'm surprised they're working on Sunday. Didn't think they did that; although, they do have some beautiful weather right now. :)

It sure is taking them a lot longer than it did at kings island.

Maybe the wind off the lake has played a role in that.

Or maybe they haven't been in as much or a rush, since opening day is weeks later in Sandusky than in Mason.

Plus they've been doing things in a different order than Kings Island. Looks like they have all of the "top stuff" already constructed on the ground before the tower is even completed. Kings Island did most of that after their tower was already up.

Corkscrew Headache said:
I'm surprised they're working on Sunday. Didn't think they did that; although, they do have some beautiful weather right now. :)

I wonder since they're working on a Sunday if they are only working a half a day since most companies shut down on Sundays.

Another possible reason for the faster assembly at KI may be due to the fact that there didn't seem to be any tower section staging area at KI. Trucks would deliver the tower sections alongside Racer, where they'd be unloaded from the truck and installed on the tower.

That CP has enough room to unload and store all the tower sections within reach of the crane might lessen the need to rapidly install each piece. Trucks can simply drop off the pieces and head out to their next job site.

Given the fiasco of last year's new ride not being open for business at the start of the season, I'm surprised I don't see a lot more bodies than I currently see working on this thing. I looked at the cams at 8:00 am, and saw very little activity. Granted, there could be a lot going on outside the camera range. Still, if I was the project manager, I would have that ride near completion (weather willing) and ready for testing come 5/1.

Rapids 77-78 said:
Still, if I was the project manager, I would have that ride near completion (weather willing) and ready for testing come 5/1.

Weather Willing being the key phrase here. I give them props for even being able to erect such towering rides during the off season in Sandusky with the weather there.

Im sure they want the tower up just as quickly as we do. I mean having that crane on site has to be REALLY expensive so Im sure they want to get things done quickly so they can give it back to the rental company.

There's still plenty of time till opening day to have this thing ready. They already took care of the top ufo piece and the top hoist assembly (or whatever it's called). And they're almost done with the counter weights. I'm betting they'll start of the gondola sections before the tower is even completed. Once they have the things that need to be hoisted to the top done, Im betting vertical construction will fly.

Oh and weather permitting of course.

I was surprised to see them not take advantage of the entire days nice weather yesterday as the guys at KI did. CP quit about noon while KI worked until 7:30 PM ish.

The CP project probably is not on as much of a time crunch. King's Island opens in less than 2 weeks. Also, the area had very high winds yesterday, not something that lends itself to assembling pieces of the tower.

Only 2 sections left! :D

Looks like they are preping Piece #7!

Wow that thing is flying up today! The seventh piece is getting hooked up and it looks like a worker is checking over the eighth piece and it's only 1 in the afternoon. Does anyone think that apart from the topper they will have the tower up by tonight?

I am wondering if they are Painting on the "WICKED TWISTER"? On the Webcam I see a small crane on the back hill.

It also looks like on the Dragster cam that there are maybe two cranes in the area of the dear departed Deamon Drop.

^^I doubt that is painting.....probably inspection or welding. We've seen cranes over there plenty of times before in the past.