I believe the answer is one of each. I think the one closest to the path went up mid week this week but the one closer to Flight of Fear has been added since my visit on Friday. I expect to see lots of movement thus week while the park is closed.
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Those supports by FOF went up this weekend at some point. I have a feeling when we go back to that park on Saturday the track is going to stretch all the way down behind the Coke machines
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with the park empty, and crews being able to work all day, I see the ride being completed with some quickness.
I'm sure people will be there Saturday when the park reopens.
Are we expecting that they will also be working on the weekend, so would see changes from Saturday to Sunday, or will all work stop until Monday? I ask because I'm going to be going on Sunday. As a side note. First amusement park visit this year actually. I'm super excited!
Have fun! I’m not expecting any track work on the weekends, but the station crew might be working.
I’ll stop in Saturday morning for an update.
I’ll be there in the afternoon, and I have to resist the temptation to check this thread before I do. Walking up to Jungle-X and being surprised by what work they’ve gotten done has been one of the coolest experiences of my thoosie-ism.
Thursday night update from the bushes of Doswell. They are complete all the way to the flat spin corkscrew behind Mt Kilimanjaro. The staging area is looking pretty bare now.
I guess I will avoid this thread on Saturday so I can be surprised on Sunday. At least I will try to avoid!
Friday update from the bushes. They have made it to the airtime hill. Track work should be complete next week. Maybe 6 pieces left in the staging area now.
It’s going to be carrying a good amount of speed through that turnaround.
That turn around looks a lot lower than I expected, looks great! It appears all that is left is the airtime hill, heartline roll and turnaround, correct? If so then that's wild how this track will be complete before the season is over.
Yep, that's all we're missing—and the entry to the airtime hill is already in. At this pace, they may be done by next weekend.
Yep, that's all we're missing—and the entry to the airtime hill is already in. At this pace, they may be done by next weekend.
Do we know if all footers have been poured and, especially, the concrete cured long enough to hold the weight of the upcoming installation of the supports/track? Only reason I ask is that, the concrete footers for the supports/track coming out of the airtime hill, heart-roll and final turn into the brake run, were only poured in the last 2-3 weeks. Not being a structural engineer, not sure about concrete curing times.
Yep, that's all we're missing—and the entry to the airtime hill is already in. At this pace, they may be done by next weekend.
Nice! I'm guessing they want to complete track work so they have time to work on the station, queue and overall theming. Just crazy to me as it feels like it wasn't long ago that they installed the first piece of track.
On a side note. I wonder what kind of lighting package this ride will get if any at all. I would imagine at least the outbank turn will have some sort of lighting for it at night time.
I think track work will be done by 9/1. Final piece of track should be here Monday or Tuesday
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