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Postby FParker185 on February 14th, 2008, 5:04 pm
for FOF the building was the first thing built, the inside of the building has a built in crane network which was used to construct the ride indoors and now is used for maintenance and Evac if necessary. I think RnRC at Disney was built then enclosed though.
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Postby Demon_07 on February 14th, 2008, 5:53 pm
Do you know if space mountain was built that way?
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Postby cycamps on February 14th, 2008, 6:19 pm
I've never noticed that little park before.
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Postby Demon_07 on February 14th, 2008, 8:28 pm
Me either. I was always just focused at the field where shockwave was lying.
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Postby FParker185 on February 14th, 2008, 10:27 pm
not sure how Space Mountain was built, but when it was torn down and rebuilt (CA) it was done entirely indoors.

And that park is South Park, if anyone gets really really bored in the off season you can get pretty decent pics from there of the park, To get there you take grand to Milwaukee then turn right on South Rd.

Was funny, back during Raging Bull construction, park security would pop up by the fence and harass picture takers in South Park
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Postby Coastermonkey61 on February 14th, 2008, 10:34 pm
Also, wouldn't constructing the building first allow for them to build the ride without having to worry about the weather?
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Postby demon boy on February 15th, 2008, 12:37 am
demon boy wrote:^The only logical reason i can come up with is so that if they get the building up first, the sh!ty weather in Illinois will now not be a factor the rest of the building process. Seems smart to me.

^Yep, thats kind of what i said :lol:
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Postby DominatorDude05 on February 15th, 2008, 1:27 am
I think they are building it first so that they know their boundaries and stuff... (I really don't know)
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Postby Colonel Mustard on February 15th, 2008, 1:40 am
How eloquent.
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Postby Coastermonkey61 on February 15th, 2008, 11:50 am
demon boy wrote:^Yep, thats kind of what i said :lol:


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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 15th, 2008, 1:36 pm
DominatorDude05 wrote:I think they are building it first so that they know their boundaries and stuff... (I really don't know)



Well, generally, the site plan tells them where their boundaries are. :lol: If i get a chance (since i'll be driving others), i'll do my best to get pics. Hopefully people in the immediate area (not two hours away like me) can get pics as the weather gets nicer.
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Postby Demon_07 on February 15th, 2008, 7:04 pm
^That may not be for a while. TWC says there's gonna be a snow storm this weekend.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 15th, 2008, 9:59 pm
^well that's going to suck tomorrow, but i'll still try! I'm extremely excited for this coaster now, Six Flags, don't let me down! :)
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Postby demon boy on February 15th, 2008, 10:05 pm
I have auditions tomorrow and i'm gonna take pics. I'll be by Dejavu (grand music hall for auditions) so that should be easy to get pics of. And i'll see if theyll let me go by TDK but i highly doubt it. I"LL DO MY BEST TO GET PICS!!!!!!!!!
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Postby SFfan on February 16th, 2008, 1:07 am
SFNE just started their construction progress

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Postby DominatorDude05 on February 16th, 2008, 2:04 am
demon boy wrote:I have auditions tomorrow and i'm gonna take pics. I'll be by Dejavu (grand music hall for auditions) so that should be easy to get pics of. And i'll see if theyll let me go by TDK but i highly doubt it. I"LL DO MY BEST TO GET PICS!!!!!!!!!


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Postby demon boy on February 16th, 2008, 9:27 am
^I'm just going to be a roaming character (looney tunes). So i'm not really sure, probably just some scenarios of how i would to things.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 16th, 2008, 9:48 am
Maybe since our park is the only one without a construction page, not much has happened yet here.....
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Postby Demon_07 on February 16th, 2008, 11:35 am
^ I just think they haven't done anything worth putting up.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 17th, 2008, 6:56 pm
Well, i checked out that park to a certain extent. The view isn't really great and i couldn't walk close enough to get any pictures. However, i can definitely tell you that there is no vertical development on the scale of SFGAdv's version. However, it looked like the area was cleared and there was a black tarp over the site (meaning the concrete was probably laid for the slab). Sorry i came up short guys, and that park is deceivingly small and hard to get to with all the snow on the ground right now. :?
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Postby rctfan1556 on February 17th, 2008, 10:13 pm
demon boy wrote:I have auditions tomorrow and i'm gonna take pics. I'll be by Dejavu (grand music hall for auditions) so that should be easy to get pics of. And i'll see if theyll let me go by TDK but i highly doubt it. I"LL DO MY BEST TO GET PICS!!!!!!!!!

I look forward to any pics you get!
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Postby T.K. on February 17th, 2008, 10:53 pm
Six Flags Ameirca as the number 1 park at SFI.... this is JOKE!
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Postby FParker185 on February 17th, 2008, 10:57 pm
why a polish site has the best pics so far of Dark Knight construction really raises alot of questions for me :)

Of course the best coverage of Canada Wonderlands new coaster along with some other new US rides has been on Dutch and German sites. Not sure why that is though
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Postby rcoaster on February 17th, 2008, 11:07 pm
^^ Me being 100% Polish, i can tell ya, we figure things out and get the info very easily and sneakily....

or of course, it was probably a polish construction worker taking pics!

anyway, SCORE FOR THE POLAKS!

i cant wait to see this thing done.
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Postby Demon_07 on February 17th, 2008, 11:33 pm
I knew the polish would pull through some day! loljk
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