jmccalip Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Seems about right. Look at once of the taller palm trees. They're maybe 30ft tall(guessing), now line ut up with the lift hill. It fits about three of them stacked vertically.
Xtreeme79 Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Hey, anybody have some new updates for the Bullet? Would love to see some new construction photos. Pretty please. Â --Nick
coasterphotos Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Sorry...was a busy weekend and I forgot to post here....of course updates can always be found on my site when I get new photos. Â We had a lot of rain here the first 1/2 of last week including wind gusts of nearly 60mph in the area so the construction area is all muddy again and they probably lost about 3 days of work. At least nothing blew over! Overview of the construction site More of the structure near the lift has gone up
Xtreeme79 Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Hey that's awesome thanks for the update. I'm excited about this coaster. Doesn't look like too much more has gone up but yeah the weather has been pretty nasty. Again, thanks for the update. Â --Nick
coasterphotos Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 When is this coaster scheduled to open? Â There is no announced date. Best we can do is go by what the sign says: "Summer 2007".
RollerC Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 It's good to see small parks getting these big woodies.
thrillerman1 Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 I'm keeping my fingers crossed for it to be open by the time of my July 4th trip.
ghost007jas Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 This ride is severely under hyped. I mean its a Gravity Group for God's sake! How can you go wrong? I hope to get out there once this bad boy opens for a Texas trip .
txtiger78 Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 I was down at Kemah Boardwalk last Friday morning (Mar. 16) and the presence of the coaster on the site was very strong. It's going to be an EXTREMELY exciting ride once it opens... the thing is really smashed into the site, and it seems to be very tall in-person. Looks just great!... The triangular layout with the three higher curved sections should certainly create a smooth and interesting profile from any vantage. Â The Boardwalk's Starbucks Coffee seems like it will sit right at the very bottom of the first drop, which is just kind of interesting... should be a pleasant place to get a morning cup, to be sure... Â For those of you who live far away, a visit to Kemah Boardwalk may be both a lot of fun and may be a little disappointing... the ride spread isn't otherwise spectacular, but I think the Aviator and Observation tower are more thrilling due to their location right on the water. It's arguable that the Boardwalk could eventually be voted as being one of the best "food" parks. Â The on-site Boardwalk Inn is a near Disney Resort Hotel-quality place to stay, and there's a good bit of other fun things to do along the coast... Â If you make a trip here this summer, be sure to also check out Schlitterbahn Galveston Island water park as well, now in it's sophomore year of operation. Gets awfully swamped during weekend days, but arrive very early and stay just past lunch. Â Also note that a large Landry-owned "Rainforest Cafe" restaurant is located on Galveston, which houses a surprisingly long (over 8 minutes, probably)and elaborate circular raft ride (sans any thrilling rapids, unfortunately) called the Rainforest River Adventure. IMO, it's as good as any family dark ride can really be.
Wes Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 ^ Welcome to the forums! Great info about the park and area. Â Just to let you know, you do not have to add a picture attachment to your posts unless you want to. It's not required, so you can just skip that and hit "Submit". Â Thanks and welcome to TPR!
txtiger78 Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 I was going to remove that Easter-related photo (basically y'all, it was a Peep Rotisserie, complete with paper clip, candle and straw-structure) after I realized it was HUGE. No more un- park/coaster/ride-related pics will be posted by me... Â Thanks for the TPR welcome, Wes - sorry bout that...
Wes Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 ^ Hey, it's totally cool! Your post was good, and then I was like "WTF? Is that a peep being burned?!". Truth be told, it was kinda awesome. I should have just left it!!
Gnome Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Ahh man, i missed the peep burning? Â If there's anything better then roller coasters, it's peeps.
coasterphotos Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 Photos from 3-23-2007, more can be seen at my site. They've been working on the turn that will also support the turn at the top of the lift...this will be the tallest part of the structure Closer view of same turn.
Guest Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Did today's severe weather system (3/31) damage or knock down any progress of the construction? The area had some very damaging high winds.
coasterphotos Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 I didn't go by today, but there weren't really any high winds (at least compared to a storm a couple weeks ago) in the area. Just a lot of rain. Pretty sure they didn't get anything done today though. Â Attached is a photo from yesterday. Construction continues...
texashorns82492 Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Man, I want this to be open when I go in a few weeks
ParkTrips Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 For those of you who live far away, a visit to Kemah Boardwalk may be both a lot of fun and may be a little disappointing Hopefully, now that the ride is being built and there are hundreds of great photos available, people won't go into the park expecting something like a normal amusement park. Â It's arguable that the Boardwalk could eventually be voted as being one of the best "food" parks. I'm sorry but as much as I think Landry's restaurants are a step up from your typical Applebee's or Fridays, they still don't come close to the food you can get at Dollywood or a Universal park or a Busch park etc etc
Airtime&Gravity Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 This is probably one of the best looking coasters built. It looks really good in the area that it is in, and it kind of reminds me of Viper on the Hurricane Harbor side. This looks a lot better than the two hybrid coasters GG has built, and hopefully more coasters like this are built.
coasterphotos Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Lift hill was topped yesterday (Monday 4-2) around 2:30pm. Photo is from today (Tuesday 4-3) The coaster has reached it's maximum height.
Rider117 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 I'm heading out to Texas in July, hopefully this will be open by then. Looking great!
coasterphotos Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Yes. Â There is a Kemah Boardwalk flag, the Texas state flag, the US flag and the Canadian flag. I would guess the Canadian flag is there since the builder (Martin & Vleminckx) is based in Canada.
Shockwave Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Ahh yes. I thought that might be why but wasn't sure. Â I have to say I wasn't too excited about this, but as it's come on and on it's looking really good now.
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