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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 6th, 2012, 8:27 am
^ There can't be any dummies in those two cars. The seats are still wrapped in black plastic. If they had been unwrapped, the backs would be red.
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Postby stormalert123 on April 6th, 2012, 9:29 am
The trains look better in the video
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Postby stockboy300 on April 6th, 2012, 9:34 am
I hope I get rerides with my xtreem pass between 9-10. I wonder how well those passes are selling.
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Postby SFGAm Viper on April 6th, 2012, 10:03 am
The trains aren't even put together yet!!
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Postby ChicagoCoasterGuy on April 6th, 2012, 10:04 am
^^^ Again, the trains still have not been themed. They will look just like in the video once completed.
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Postby DeathbyDinn on April 6th, 2012, 11:00 am
Anyone see where the cars got moved to?
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Postby Iron Wolf 90-11 on April 6th, 2012, 11:18 am
They are on the brakes before the turnaround
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Postby ttd rox on April 6th, 2012, 12:36 pm
DeathbyDinn wrote:Anyone see where the cars got moved to?


They are on the same brake segment/run but just pulled a few yards back. With the crane being over by the brakes, I wonder if we will see more cars added today.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 6th, 2012, 12:41 pm
^ They were doing partial testing. They pushed the cars back through the brakes around the curve, and to the back of the brake run, then let it go through forward to where it is now. The cranes are working on the storage track shed and station. Cranes are not used to add cars on most coasters as most coasters have a permanent hoist built in at the back of one of the storage tracks.
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Postby ttd rox on April 6th, 2012, 2:08 pm
^That would make sense considering most cars are taken off the tracks on the majority of all coasters each year. I'm sure the roof of the station will go up rather quickly but aren't they adding a small tower to the side of the station in between the two stairs on the right side?
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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 6th, 2012, 2:21 pm
I don't think the tower on the station will happen. It is already clear that the station will look nothing like what is shown in the artwork.
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Postby sfgam#1 on April 6th, 2012, 5:15 pm
I thought the tower on the station was a elevator !!! Just like the one on wild eagle.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 6th, 2012, 5:41 pm
^ If we were getting an elevator, they wouldn't have that huge ramp on the other side of the station.
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Postby coasterbone on April 7th, 2012, 10:02 am
They're working this morning. A third car is being added right now.
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Postby CstrFan512 on April 7th, 2012, 10:03 am
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Postby ChicagoCoasterGuy on April 7th, 2012, 10:14 am
Strange that they are adding the trains by crane.....I thought that was what the wench was for in the storage tracks
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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 7th, 2012, 10:23 am
^If you look at yesterday's Twitter photo, the opening to use the hoist on Storage 2 is currently blocked by beams. I assume the park's maintenance staff has decided not to wait for the construction crew to finish that.

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Postby sfgam#1 on April 7th, 2012, 12:57 pm
I looked on the webcam and there working !!!! They put more trains on the track.
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Postby ttd rox on April 7th, 2012, 12:59 pm
I believe they just stuck on the fifth car. It's hard to see since I'm viewing on my phone in a bright setting.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 7th, 2012, 1:13 pm
5th car is on, the crane is set to lift the 6th car up anytime now. The first train should be done today, and I would start paying very close attention because testing could start as soon as Monday.
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Postby sfgam#1 on April 7th, 2012, 1:20 pm
I saw something on there twitter page and it said "Alot will be happening next week so stay tuned" Do you think they meant testing ???
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Postby ttd rox on April 7th, 2012, 3:20 pm
The whole train is officially on. Testing should begin next week I would imagine.
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Postby CoasterZ on April 7th, 2012, 4:23 pm
i really hope we can get a video of the first run. Please Great America that would be very welcomed in this community.
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Postby coasterbone on April 7th, 2012, 5:36 pm
Does anyone know if they did the pull through/clearance test yet? I can't imagine they'll be letting trains run the course before doing that but I haven't seen or heard of the tests being done yet.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on April 7th, 2012, 5:47 pm
^ I have never seen a B&M do a full pull-through. All they do is push a wood, plastic, or metal reach envelope through the tight spots. And since the fly-through and hangar both haven't been completed, obviously that hasn't happened.

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