Carowinds Discussion Thread

[ThemeParkJunkie51290]

Today's update . . . FOG!

[VF15]

There are two workers walking up the lift hill. I wonder what that means for possible testing.

[DJeXeL]

AND, a train is on the transfer!

 

Edit: Not anymore. They put the train back in the maintenance bay.

[Comeagain?]

It's back on the transfer.

[DJeXeL]

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Edited March 4, 2015 by DJeXeL

[KingRCT3]

They are moving the camera toward the drop and first overbank.

[DJeXeL]

Webcam looks to be not working.....

Anyone else having issues?

 

Edit: Looks to be working

[KingRCT3]

Does someone have Fraps ready to capture the very first run?

I have to go and I'm sure by Murphy's law that it will happen then.

[cwgator]

Waiting....

[Myself]

From the Twitter feed of Bob Gesell, construction manager at Carowinds:

 

Slingshot is standing! They got that up a lot faster than Cedar Point did.

 

Maybe that's why they moved the webcam? It'd be hard to stare at Fury all day with the two Slingshot towers in the way.

[ThemeParkJunkie51290]

Finally off work! Maybe I can catch some testing today!

[nicman]

Current Status:

[DJeXeL]

 

1st train just dropped off the lift!!

[ImNotOneOfYou]

IT'S TESTING

FINALLY!

[glucky11801]

I just saw Fury testing! She looks beautiful!

No problem making it back to the station at all!!!

[theintimidator]

It's fast. The train looked so small compared to that track.

[TheDark8]

Dare I say it but that looked like ejector airtime on a B&M.

[VF15]

Great to see Fury 325 finally testing. I actually might have a chance to ride it this summer, so it's getting me excited!

[nicman]

Check out all the people in this topic right now:

 

Bobby2889, coasterbill, Coasterdude54, CPmaverick, cwgator, dadofgage, DanJB, Dar, DavidW, GCI Wooden, glucky11801, grsupercity, jarmor, lewis97, MagnumFreak25, nicman, PCW_Nut, smartestcoasterkidever!, TheDark8, theintimidator and 39 guests

[coasterbill]

Somebody was nice enough to upload this video to Youtube of the webcams.

 

Please note... the quality is awful. But it's something...

[PVA62]

The helix looks way faster than I thought it would be. Looks great!

[MagnumFreak25]

Wow! That's really good for a first run.

[coasterbill]

Dare I say it but that looked like ejector airtime on a B&M.

 

Probably not.

[TheDark8]

Dare I say it but that looked like ejector airtime on a B&M.

 

Probably not.

 

We shall see soon enough.

[cfc]

I'd forgotten how big this coaster really is, and was a bit surprised at how long it took for the train to get back into the frame again.

 

Dare I say it but that looked like ejector airtime on a B&M.

 

Probably not.

 

Little early to say this--especially based on a video shot from so far away.

Edited March 4, 2015 by cfc