Project 2022: Pantheon
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But isn't the service road right behind the fence there, so in order to use it there would have to be another bridge over or intersection with the backstage area?
Yes but they still don't make them walk past any shops/food locations. That means less potential for them to decide they are hungry and want a snack or they want a souvenir. It would quickly become the main path to Festa from Germany and vice versa as there would be no need to walk through Italy. This would significantly reduce the money made in Italy. It just wouldn't make sense for BGW to build a path that would cause them to lose money.
I'm not sure how many people remember/know about it but there used to be a bridge in Germany that went from near the carousel to by Mach Tower and the pretzel shop. This path was removed a long time ago nectar it was realized that this path caused a lot of people to not walk up to the festhaus and through the rest of Oktoberfest causing them to miss a significant amount of revenue opportunities. I'm not sure when exactly they removed the bridge but I believe it was in the late 80s or early 90s.
There's really only one viable option if the park wanted to build a second path into the coaster area and that is from the Italy Gardens next to Marco Polo. It would still make people go Italy and there would be no significant revenue opportunities missed because after they rode MMXX they would most likely go over to Apollo and Tempesto. There are a number of reasons why the park ultimately decided against that. A primary one being that it restricts access during the day to the back side of Marco Polo. As a major restaurant it frequently gets deliveries and and needs maintenance to have quick and easy access with potentially a large piece of equipment that they wouldn't have with the expanding that direction. In addition they would have to completely redo the back side of Marco Polo in an effort to hide all the employee areas and things like storage sheds and the trash compactors. This would most likely just end up being a fence along the pathway which if you ask me wouldn't be a good look for the pathway as you would have to walk along a large fence the entire way.
And cost is the major concern. Such a path would be approximately 600ft, some with partial bridges over some RPA terrain, with (as @BGWnut pointed out) no potential to grab a few dollars from guests along the way. Frankly, they don't care whether visitors want to optimize their time...they want to keep them exposed to potential expenditures as long as possible.
Perhaps it will be will addressed if/when they expand on the other side of MMXX... ROI of ‘T’ intersection with existing bridge across Rhine vs. new pedestrian bridge.
Don’t forget the “entrance plaza” to MMXX is a fairly significant circular shape as opposed to the end of a path. The way the plans have it laid out, there is definite opportunity for expanding and adding/subtracting pathways and service roads.
I would propose that they could eventually do a “sunken” service road through MMXX if they want to and turn the current service road into a pedestrian path back over by San Marco.
I would propose that they could eventually do a “sunken” service road through MMXX if they want to and turn the current service road into a pedestrian path back over by San Marco.
Thinking out of the box, at time of expansion on other side of MMXX... rather than additional pedestrian bridge across Rhine, put 2nd level on existing bridge. 2nd level connecting Germany to MMXX and points east. Pedestrian option on Germany side to go lower deck to Italy, or upper deck to Italy points east.
Retheme bridge to aqueduct.
Retheme bridge to aqueduct.
I believe that this has been discussed but the entry plaza and access road go over the colonial pipeline. This makes it unlikely that they would ever build anything on top or around it as there are substantial restrictions placed on building in the pipeline area. They require sightlines to the ground level which would be blocked by a bridge.
This would have the same effect of losing revenue opportunities for Italy. There would be almost no reason to do this as the ROI would lose them money. I don't see it likely they would ever build a bridge between MMXX and Festhaus Park unless Festhaus Park were a significant country expansion. Even then given the layout of MMXX the most likely point to connect them would be in Festa near Roman Rapids. It's really unlikely the park would ever do this as it would still cause them to lose revenue opportunities in Germany and Italy.
I kinda like the way the paths are laid out right now.
Can confirm, very big Launch 1 footers are poured, along with final brake run footers. Some new piles for the ravine helix exit too, hard to see if they continue down the ravine.
If coaster route follows story of Hercules in same sequence ... trident conferred before top-hat, immortalization and garden afterwards.
I believe it's the old Splashus Maximus sign from before Tempesto joined the park.
[Price is Right sad trombone] Nope. I was researching something else and this was a portion of a name (Circus Maximus) of a Chariot racing video game. Thought Maximus might be a cool name.
I think we're officially in the phase where most sane people want the fucking thing officially revealed so the level of guessing can die down.
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