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Postby hotdog5113 on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:17 pm
I'm curious to watch the set up of the keyhole. Hopefully that will be visible on the webcam.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:30 pm
^ The keyhole will not be visible on the webcam. It will be just to the right of the view.
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Postby sfgam#1 on Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:46 pm
DejaVu2001 wrote:^ The keyhole will not be visible on the webcam. It will be just to the right of the view.

That's why they need to move it !!! Or just move it to the side :P lol
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Postby Ilovthevu' on Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:19 am
hotdog5113 wrote:I'm curious to watch the set up of the keyhole. Hopefully that will be visible on the webcam.


I would think that the track would go first, and this other part I would think would be 2 separate pieces that would fit after the track was put in.
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Postby FParker185 on Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:29 am
I'd think once construction is completed and the site is cleared, then they will build the keyhole by normal construction means
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Postby hotdog5113 on Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:19 am
When do you all think the track will be completed by? My guess is somewhere in early March, depending on the weather.
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Postby mrsix on Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:03 am
Can someone post a webcam pic
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Postby SFGAm Viper on Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:43 am
You guys should be happy we have a webcam to watch and stop complaining about not seeing everything. Back when we were watching Bull and Superman go up there was no web cam and we relied on those driving by and taking pictures. Imagine if that was the case now with the ride being in the middle of everything and not on the edge of the park.
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Postby ttd rox on Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:23 am
Aren't they able to just adjust the camera to the right a bit. Before, anybody could rotate the camera before SF locked it out from the public but the park can still pan it side to side.
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Postby CstrFan512 on Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:22 pm
They must be workin on the track we can't see. Both of the cranes aren't in the field of view. Just an educated guess
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Postby sfgam#1 on Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:52 pm
I don't see anything new today! They must be taking a break for the day or working on something else.
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Postby rluecht72 on Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:07 pm
Would anyone object to referring X-Flight as XF, like raging bull is RB and Superman is SUF?
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Postby Goku1910 on Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:49 pm
Some AIM users who are too lazy to type will do that. :lol:
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Postby CoasterNick3157 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:37 am
Looks like they added more thrack to the drop but just addedd on top of the bottom part .
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Postby rluecht72 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:04 pm
that section of drop wasnt there yesterday right? i reall couldnt see a whole lot yesterday they must have been working on the top of the inversion
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Postby woohoodude11 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:35 pm
hotdog5113 wrote:When do you all think the track will be completed by? My guess is somewhere in early March, depending on the weather.

Barring a blizzard or whatnot, the track should be done before the end of the month. All the tricky stuff is laid out everything is mostly plug and play. Brakes chains and electric will take awhile.
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Postby Goku1910 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:07 pm
I agree, but I'm sure the ways the cranes move around dictates what track is installed in a specific order.
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Postby ttd rox on Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:32 pm
If they let you choose which side you can go to the first year, I'm definitely choosing the left. The reason why I say "let you choose" is because I wouldn't be surprised to see them equally distribute the two sides to keep the queue balanced the first year. Such as let 16 people go to one side and 16 go to the other so everything flows smoothly once the line splits. They can do that simply with a clicker.

I realize the ride is always going to be packed and once the queue splits, both sides will be jammed. I just wonder if to keep the station organized at first they may try something like this. Just a thought.
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Postby RBullFan97 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:51 pm
They haven't done much within these past two days, but I'm confident that they'll have the track done by March. Hopefully they'll adjust the webcam at some point so we can view the rest of the ride's construction.
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Postby mrsix on Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:08 pm
Can someone post a webcam pic
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Postby B&MGuy35 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:24 pm
The drop appears to be finished.......can someone confirm?
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Postby FloorHead on Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:40 pm
With the support blocking the view, the drop seems to be about done.
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Postby ttd rox on Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:09 pm
Is that track below the drop that's going up the beginning of the zero-G roll?
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Postby sfgam#1 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:48 pm
From the street I just drove by the drop seams to be complete! If only I had time I would of taken pictures.
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Postby B&MGuy35 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:55 pm
Has anyone else noticed that the building that was saved from GAR looks like its in the spot were the hangar it dives through is going to be? Look at the layout and in comparison to the station it seems to be right here.....just a thought. What do you guys think?
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