jazzimm Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Ok, so I posted this finding on CWMania a few days ago, and was ignored, so I thought I'd see if anyone here might have any ideas about what it was that I saw on my last visit to the park. I found blue spray paint on the far south end of the parking lot (behind Behemoth) which looked similar to photos I saw of orange spray paint in the parking lot north of the front gate, along with two wooden stakes painted a reddish orange (like the one seen at front gate) behind the fence in that area where there are some old trailers. I was just wondering if anyone might know why these would be way over there, or if they were there before and are unrelated. The photos can be seen here Wooden stake: I highly doubt the new coaster will be travelling that far, but I was just wondering if anyone might know what those were all about... map.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'm not sure if those are new or old. I'll stop by that area of the park today when I stop by for pictures and check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 ^^Probably a holding or staging area for track pieces? A part of KD's parking lot was where track pieces were unloaded for I305 and Dominator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochtroid Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'm going to go out on a limb and say that due to UCC being involved there will be a tunnel. Does this mean dive machine? Not necessarily, the wide envelope would make interaction with the Arrow much tougher. However, that could be the engineering marvel... Nothing is true until the park says so. Not even the name, not even utility markers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdrag Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 After looking at the pieces that are there I kinda want to think that it might possibly being Cedar Fair's first flying coaster. Will have to wait and see though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotcher Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 After looking at the pieces that are there I kinda want to think that it might possibly being Cedar Fair's first flying coaster. Will have to wait and see though. What about Time Warp at CW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6flagsbrad Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 ^ Firehawk and Nighthawk too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmiester Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Was there today and saw tubular supports near Drop Tower in the construction zone. On an unrelated note, Windseeker was closed for much of the day, at first due to technical issues, then due to high winds. I guess if they know there's high winds, they don't really need to seek them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixedDrink Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 On an unrelated note, Windseeker was closed for much of the day, at first due to technical issues, then due to high winds. I guess if they know there's high winds, they don't really need to seek them... I know it seems a tad ironic, but it really is wise of the park. Guests would not be very happy riding it in high winds, due to some issues with the prototype. On a more related note, I wasn't stating that all Intamins have any spectacularly high amount of downtime... As someone mentioned earlier, Canada's Wonderland can't afford another Windseeker disaster (if you'd call it that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 After looking at the pieces that are there I kinda want to think that it might possibly being Cedar Fair's first flying coaster. Will have to wait and see though. What about Time Warp at CW? Well it would technically be the first one Cedar Fair installed, and probably the only one that didn't suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Photo update from today (Thursday August 11): Everything you're going to see in today's update has been posted/mentioned for the most part over the past day or two. They're still going crazy with pouring more footers and the construction site is slowly sprawling out into the employee parking area. As promised, here's some highlights: Full gallery located at CWMania: http://www.cwmania.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=242&page=1&sort=dd Former bus loop area in the employee parking lot. Supports with more temporary fencing (more shipments coming soon???) Lots more rebar cages in the employee lot. 4 footers equals one BIG square footer... 3 footers equals one BIG triangular footer... More really big individual footers. Construction zone spreading into the employee lot. Lift??? LOTS of footers poured and capped near Speed City Raceway. Support columns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks for the high-quality pics, Nick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 NP! It's my pleasure heading up to get them. I'm so excited to have another huge project in my backyard! The super-zoom lens works well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimowalk Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Where are the supports in the last two pictures being stored? In the area next to Speedcity? Having them there would mean they should be going up relatively soon. Otherwise they'd be sitting out in the parking lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 There's one set of supports in the employee parking lot and one set right beside the main construction area beside Speed City Raceway. The column supports are located in the second site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason10 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Great pictures, Nick! Glad to see some familiarity with the column supports. Hopefully track will be going up soon and we may be able to figure out exactly what this thing is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollin_n_coastin Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 This is getting really exciting. Great pics again Nick! I guess we can all gather that it's going to be a "little bit" tall? It would be really cool if this was on a Megabuilders (or similar show's) episode like Tatsu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollin_n_coastin Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 PHOTO POV LINK The most refreshing 4 seconds in the GTA? Steve Russell - Staff Photographer From The Toronto Star August 9, 2011 If I had to compile a list of the top refreshing places to be on a hot summer day this place would rank right up there. Think about those gum commercials where the dude in a speedo pulls up at the bus stop and gets doused! The wave of water produced at the bridge over the drop on Timberwolf Falls at Canada's Wonderland dwarfs that wave. Park goers are known to skip the wait for the ride and venture up the exit to the bridge directly in the path of the wall of water created when the boat hits the bottom of the big drop. Every two minutes dozens wait on the bridge for the next wave of water. The wave lasts about four seconds and at it zenith you literally cannot see your hand in front of you face! If you were to breath as the wave passes you would have a mouthful of water. To bring the view from inside this tsunami, I put my camera inside an Ewa-Marine bag, a water-proof bag that keeps a camera dry. The bag is pretty cumbersome, shooting with a camera is tough. You cannot manually focus and zooming is difficult. Using the controls is tough as well as is chimping (preview my images) freely. That makes editing full of surprises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 It's definitely going to be tall and/or have some strong forces with footers that size! It's definitely exciting! I'll be up to the park as often as I can to keep everyone up to date. ^Those are some amazing pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixedDrink Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Those pictures are very cool! I wanted to do that with my waterproof camera, but never really had the weather or the time on my side before I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greghill Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 track reportedly on site, waiting for pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Track! HD pictures later this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Officially B&M, good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio111 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Teal track with teal supports??? Madness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adavis Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 A new B&M, very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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