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Postby RollingCoasting on October 22nd, 2016, 10:35 pm
Yay. But let's discuss this in the Cubs thread (I think there's one in the Off-Topic Forum)
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on October 23rd, 2016, 1:38 pm
Show jesters...it was there on Friday.
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Postby RollingCoasting on October 23rd, 2016, 3:52 pm
I saw a picture on Instagram that only featured the purple base. I'll try to find it

7:00 P.M. EDIT: Jiggidy posted a video showing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzBNqQRc2CA
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on October 24th, 2016, 10:56 am
Can confirm. Last night:
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Postby Jacklw6499 on October 24th, 2016, 5:00 pm
Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:Can confirm. Last night:
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on October 24th, 2016, 5:54 pm
^Thanks! It was made by Valleyfair! on CoasterForce, so props to him. I actually had it for quite some time, and just today put it on SFGAmWorld. :p

I hope we'll get to see some more work soon, they don't really have too much deconstruction they can do while the park is open.
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on October 25th, 2016, 3:51 am
Over Texas is hauling. I'd say our park & New England are on par with one another in terms of we were are. We've both deconstructed attractions to make room & done minimal ground work.
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Postby great america fan on October 25th, 2016, 9:59 am
gottastrata33 wrote:Over Texas is hauling. I'd say our park & New England are on par with one another in terms of we were are. We've both deconstructed attractions to make room & done minimal ground work.

from an Instagram pic a saw new England has some footers already.
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Postby RollingCoasting on October 25th, 2016, 2:59 pm
Maybe Jokers cancelled and we're getting a giant discovery :lol:
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on October 30th, 2016, 12:36 am
JWR is officially gone:
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on October 31st, 2016, 3:37 am
Another all black night time photo. lol I see nothing, but I take it that's the point haha
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on October 31st, 2016, 9:16 am
Yeah, sorry, my phone doesn't have the greatest camera in the world lol. But yeah, that is supposed to be the JWR plot, which has nothing left.

In other news, the hub cap for Orbit is now gone. Hopefully someone finds it, it'd be one nice thing to hang on your wall!
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Postby GOLI4TH 2014 on November 6th, 2016, 9:58 pm
Orange markings in former Cajun pad. Most likely for supports.
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on November 6th, 2016, 10:04 pm
Can confirm- New Concrete has been poured under the bridge, markings for probable footers are on pad, and more gravel is being pushed against the old RC queue.

In other news, Orbit is slowly being dissembled, with the arm beginning to come apart. Everything from Six Saints Cemetery is gone, but ERC is still there, which does seem counter-intuitive if they're putting the ride up before winter(I'd assume they'd put it back stage for the winter, giving it a full revamp before assembling it?).

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Postby RollingCoasting on November 7th, 2016, 3:37 am
I'm not as excited as I was September 1st, but I'm still looking forward to it. The placement smack in the middle of the path still kind of bugs me. As Cam stated in another thread, it'll just look like a huge wall.

Does anyone know when more details will be announced? (No Coaster Con, I assume?)
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on November 7th, 2016, 5:10 pm
I was really hoping we would get some nice new graphics/renderings. The simple ones we have now are very ...digital looking. Goliath had new ones released later on in the winter but that was due to a change in the design we previously saw. So they prob won't do it for Joker. But we have the real things to look forward to I suppose right?
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Postby Goku1910 on November 9th, 2016, 11:04 pm
SFGAM_Hog wrote:This will probably look great!! Is the bridge moving over or is it going to be a completely different structure?


I doubt it'll look great, that bridge will now be a concrete slab surrounded by blacktop. I doubt it'll be all that appealing. I really wish SFGAm would take a year to skip any new attraction and just improve park scenery. Look how they butchered Hometown the passed few years.
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Postby CH820 on November 10th, 2016, 8:42 am
Goku1910 wrote:
SFGAM_Hog wrote:This will probably look great!! Is the bridge moving over or is it going to be a completely different structure?


I doubt it'll look great, that bridge will now be a concrete slab surrounded by blacktop. I doubt it'll be all that appealing. I really wish SFGAm would take a year to skip any new attraction and just improve park scenery. Look how they butchered Hometown the passed few years.



As someone who just started recently going back to the park after a 15 year hiatus, I couldn't agree with you more. It's amazing how much of the park has become asphalt and peeling paint.
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Postby anewman35 on November 11th, 2016, 8:17 pm
Goku1910 wrote:
SFGAM_Hog wrote:This will probably look great!! Is the bridge moving over or is it going to be a completely different structure?


I doubt it'll look great, that bridge will now be a concrete slab surrounded by blacktop. I doubt it'll be all that appealing. I really wish SFGAm would take a year to skip any new attraction and just improve park scenery. Look how they butchered Hometown the passed few years.


It seemed like maybe they were going to do this in 2015 when they said they were going to "completely refresh" Hometown Square (or something to that affect) and then they did almost nothing. Alas.
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Postby MrsTaxi on November 12th, 2016, 12:28 am
I'm kinda sad that there is no webcam......I enjoyed watching Goliath being built.
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Postby Goku1910 on November 12th, 2016, 12:31 am
MrsTaxi wrote:I'm kinda sad that there is no webcam......I enjoyed watching Goliath being built.


Knowing Six Flags, construction won't really kick off until the new year. Only reason they started so early is for ground work....before it freezes.
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Postby great america fan on November 12th, 2016, 9:05 am
CH820 wrote:
As someone who just started recently going back to the park after a 15 year hiatus, I couldn't agree with you more. It's amazing how much of the park has become asphalt and peeling paint.

How has the park become asphalt the only new asphalt area added in the last 15 years was for metropolis plaza and still that is mostly concrete.
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Postby Muck Finnesota on November 15th, 2016, 12:34 pm
MrsTaxi wrote:I'm kinda sad that there is no webcam......I enjoyed watching Goliath being built.


On the bright side, these things are about exciting to watch go up as a Super Loop.
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Postby stergmi on November 15th, 2016, 8:05 pm
gottastrata33 wrote:I was really hoping we would get some nice new graphics/renderings. The simple ones we have now are very ...digital looking. Goliath had new ones released later on in the winter but that was due to a change in the design we previously saw. So they prob won't do it for Joker. But we have the real things to look forward to I suppose right?


Curious about this. Any links to the original design?


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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on November 15th, 2016, 8:19 pm
^If you look on RCDB, there are a few images of the first renderings. However, the current design was originally planned.

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