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Postby JT2002 on May 13th, 2019, 4:16 pm
CoasterChris wrote:Also courtesy of Ohio Valley Coasters.


Glorious! :o :o
They say there isn't a spot in the park where rusting metal or peeling paint is at least 15 feet away from you.
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Postby CoasterChris on May 13th, 2019, 4:22 pm
JT2002 wrote:
CoasterChris wrote:Also courtesy of Ohio Valley Coasters.


Glorious! :o :o

I know right. I can't wait to get to the park this weekend and get some close up shots myself from the Viper fast pass lane.
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Postby RobSFGAm on May 13th, 2019, 5:50 pm
Here are a few I took from this evening

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Postby JaminOut on May 13th, 2019, 7:25 pm
Looking at that dive loop section, I’m thinking we may get a bit of floater air when you’re stalled sideways before dropping into the brakes.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on May 13th, 2019, 8:13 pm
Looks like West Coast Racers officially went vertical today XD
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on May 14th, 2019, 10:13 am
Thanks Rob!! Do you have any aerial shots of the whole thing?
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Postby SaveTheWAVE on May 14th, 2019, 12:45 pm
JaminOut wrote:Looking at that dive loop section, I’m thinking we may get a bit of floater air when you’re stalled sideways before dropping into the brakes.

I think the airtime will be sustained ejector. Think about the snappiness of the inversion leading to the element.
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Postby RobSFGAm on May 14th, 2019, 8:12 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Thanks Rob!! Do you have any aerial shots of the whole thing?

No, Did not have time to get approval to get the drone up. Hope to stop by the park tomorrow.
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Postby redrobinround on May 14th, 2019, 9:57 pm
the park is open tomorrow who is going to see maxx update


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Postby gottastrata33 on May 14th, 2019, 10:12 pm
Whoa the park is open daily already?
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Postby redrobinround on May 14th, 2019, 10:32 pm
no this week is W, THR, FRI but who will be there


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Postby UnclePennybags on May 14th, 2019, 11:48 pm
redrobinround wrote:no this week is W, THR, FRI but who will be there

My first visit of the year will be tomorrow (Wednesday). The park closes at 5:00PM, so there'll be a lot to see in a short time. Let me know if you all want any specific pictures of Maxx (that won't put me in jail).
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on May 15th, 2019, 8:39 am
UnclePennybags wrote:
redrobinround wrote:no this week is W, THR, FRI but who will be there

My first visit of the year will be tomorrow (Wednesday). The park closes at 5:00PM, so there'll be a lot to see in a short time. Let me know if you all want any specific pictures of Maxx (that won't put me in jail).



How about a few photos from Sky Trek Tower of the entire ride??
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Postby redrobinround on May 15th, 2019, 6:00 pm
any pictures?


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Postby RobSFGAm on May 15th, 2019, 7:46 pm
Maxx Force update
1) They are moving along on prepping the queue lines (putting in concrete forms for one path (either ride edit or working access)

2) Station framing is almost complete
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3) Ride exit/Gift shop outside almost complete painted (inside still little done):
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4) View of B-Roll:
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5) View on complete structure complete:
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on May 15th, 2019, 8:03 pm
Wow, they aren't wasting any time with this ride. Glad to see more is getting done. Now, hopefully trains arrive soon so they begin to test.

Thanks for going out and getting pictures to share, Rob. I appreciate it :)
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Postby UnclePennybags on May 15th, 2019, 8:53 pm
Sky Trek was down today, so I couldn't get any aerial shots. However, I did talk to one of the guys painting the entrance. He confirmed that the upfront theme colors are grey with red trim. They were painting the red as I was taking pictures:

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You can see the red trim at the top one of the trellises in this picture:

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I took this one so you could get an idea of the size of the station relative to the size of the construction workers (they're wearing orange shirts inside the station). The station is bigger than I thought:

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It looks like they may be running the concrete for the exit ramp. Looks like it'll hug the Hurricane Harbor fence:

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I shot this panoramic picture of the entire construction area nearest the shed, but this site shrunk it down due to its width:

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In the panoramic, they were working on the back side of Carousel Plaza Gifts. Not the building itself, but cleaning things up. Looks like they may be starting grading in the near future.

Here's a picture of just the back side of Carousel Plaza Gifts:

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Postby coasterkidd100 on May 15th, 2019, 9:07 pm
Thanks to everyone for all of the great photos of Maxx Force today. I am very happy to see that the park is making some real progress on the ride, its station, and the surrounding area of the ride. It seemed like they were moving so slow for the longest time so it is awesome to see them making progress at a quicker rate now.
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Postby gottastrata33 on May 16th, 2019, 1:36 am
Wow, incredible hustle.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on May 16th, 2019, 6:44 am
Nice pics! I also really like the new colors on Carousel Gifts.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on May 16th, 2019, 7:51 am
Thanks Rob and UnclePennyBags for the great photos!!

Any progress on the train bridge?
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Postby UnclePennybags on May 16th, 2019, 8:19 am
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Any progress on the train bridge?

I didn't have a vantage point to see progress on the bridge.
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Postby RobSFGAm on May 17th, 2019, 1:35 pm
5/17/19 - Bridge for the train is in place (minus railings):
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Looks very wide so I am thinking this will either be maintenance road as well or some other kind of way for the park employees to access the other side of the ride.
You can see the spools of cable for ht mechanical/electrical as well, so they are working on that too.
Seeing that how close this is to the train and HH entrance, they will still have to fence this ride in as well. I hope they use the fencing like X-Flight as it just looks better.

I have a construction update video from this past week posted to Youtube now.
https://youtu.be/tebVO4fR5ko

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Postby AirTimeDaz on May 17th, 2019, 2:14 pm
^^ you, sir, are a freaking rockstar
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Postby Falcon on May 17th, 2019, 3:30 pm
I think the track is curved when it goes over the bridge. I believe that is the reason for it being so wide
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