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Postby DejaVu2001 on December 7th, 2011, 8:33 pm
Necropolis wrote:I don't wanna sound like a douche or ass and no offense to everyone, but this topic has 29 pages already?? What can there be so much to talk about about the new coaster?? LOL


That's nothing. The Chang topic had 98 pages, and it never even happened. :lol:

Also, new page, so it's time to do this again:

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Postby Sporlo on December 7th, 2011, 9:03 pm
haha thanks man. I was watching this thread very closely to snag the first post of the new page to post the image. Thought I missed it, but you got it for me.

I'm sure plenty of people knew this already, but I only realized today that the train will probably be going underneath the X-Flight brake run. Sounds kinda neat.
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Postby Goku1910 on December 7th, 2011, 9:10 pm
^The video from TPR revealed that AGES ago! :lol:
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Postby Sporlo on December 7th, 2011, 9:32 pm
lol that's where I got the realization from :S
I've followed this entire thread though, and I don't remember anyone explicitly saying that. Just that they had taken down parts of the track for construction.

It's gonna be soo cool!
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Postby Cole on December 7th, 2011, 10:43 pm
Sort of like Iron Wolf's lift did. Pretty neat.
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Postby RBullFan97 on December 11th, 2011, 5:03 pm
Well, it looks like they added some rectangular footers underneath what will become the station most likely. I don't think anyone's expecting anything to go vertical for quite some time, now.
EDIT: Oops, looking at the above post looks like they've been there for awhile now. Nevermind. :P
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Postby Goku1910 on December 11th, 2011, 5:08 pm
No Footers have been placed for the station yet. The station will be near where the drilling truck is parked right now.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on December 11th, 2011, 5:10 pm
^^ X-Flight should be going vertical the first week of January.
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Postby RBullFan97 on December 12th, 2011, 7:18 am
DejaVu2001 wrote:^^ X-Flight should be going vertical the first week of January.

That early? Even better. :twisted:
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Postby CstrFan512 on December 15th, 2011, 3:43 pm
Does anyone know how many footers theyve put in? They should be finishing them up soon.
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Postby Sporlo on December 15th, 2011, 5:57 pm
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That pile on the left should give us a good idea of how many they have left.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on December 15th, 2011, 6:45 pm
^That's less than half of whats left. There are more to the left of the image.
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Postby Goku1910 on December 15th, 2011, 7:47 pm
CstrFan512 wrote:Does anyone know how many footers theyve put in? They should be finishing them up soon.


looking at the image, there are more footers to be put in on the right-bottom near the midway and on the left. After watching the progress, there's a slight pattern on going from right to left.....That makes sense since it makes it easier for the trucks to get around.
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Postby Sporlo on December 16th, 2011, 2:45 am
DejaVu2001 wrote:^That's less than half of whats left. There are more to the left of the image.

Yeah I was just thinking you could compare that to some of the earlier images and guess how fast the casings disappear.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on December 16th, 2011, 11:00 am
X-Flight track in guest parking lot:
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X-Flight track at the Washington Street entrance. This is the base of the lift. The top of the lift is behind the hill. These pieces were just brought back here from the Guest lot within the last few days.
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Postby scott2608 on December 17th, 2011, 9:02 am
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Postby FParker185 on December 17th, 2011, 9:48 am
Hopefully that was taken by an iron worker or park employee and not someone looking to get arrested.

Somewhat cool none the less I suppose
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Postby DejaVu2001 on December 17th, 2011, 9:52 am
^ That photo was posted by the park on Facebook December 12th.
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Postby FParker185 on December 17th, 2011, 7:05 pm
Ah, gotcha. Haven't been following any of it all to closely, and just noticed that the pic was on an individuals photobucket account rather than the usual Facebook mumbo jumbo type link/location.
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Postby mrsix on December 19th, 2011, 10:47 am
how long does it take to put in a footer
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Postby Goku1910 on December 19th, 2011, 12:27 pm
^Less than a couple of hours. Then it has to cure, and that can take days.
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Postby ttd rox on December 20th, 2011, 11:13 am
They have finished up with the base of something. I can't tell if it's part of the station or not though it seems to be going the wrong direction.
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Postby mrsix on December 20th, 2011, 3:25 pm
whats that thing in the middle
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Postby Goku1910 on December 20th, 2011, 3:31 pm
ttd rox wrote:They have finished up with the base of something. I can't tell if it's part of the station or not though it seems to be going the wrong direction.


It is NOT the Station, The station will be closer to the railroad next to Demon's turn.
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Postby Johnny.Ink on December 20th, 2011, 4:16 pm
Has anyone seen a layout of the park yet? I assume they are going to keep it that you can walk in a loop but if the station is going to be near the Demon's railroad crossing that's not a lot of room for walking.

Or are they pinching off that section and they way to make the "lap" is to go through Southwest territory?

They still don't have a layout on the website, so I'm more currious as to how you guys thing that is the station or the layout of it.
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