Carowinds Discussion Thread

[KingRCT3]

That extra support was for building purposes only (the lift is an arch, and an arch can't stand on its own until is completed), so I see no reason to leave it for testing.

[cwgator]

They will probably remove the brace when they remove the construction trailer below it once they are finished. I can see the headlines now: "Construction workers injured due to fallen support structure on trailer"

[theintimidator]

I hear that somebody must have ran into the footer so they have to repour it and wait 7 days. I'm not sure whether this is true or not. However, I do think the 7 days are almost over. Mike said by the end of this week track work should be finished, and testing should begin in February.

[drummermattk]

Well we've waited about a week or so and Look whats happening! Track!!!!

[GwaziBSRider1]

EDIT: Article was already posted.

Edited January 26, 2015 by GwaziBSRider1

[drummermattk]

Does anyone know if Fury will have a B&M Roar? Or will it be filled with sand like Gatekeeper is?

[Brassinthegrass]

I don't know, but I know that Leviathan had the roar and then quickly was dampened since the roar was significantly louder than they were expecting due to the speed of the trains. Granted CW is much closer to housing areas, and Carowinds already has 1 B&M that is quite loud already, I could see them leaving it...

[nicman]

Yes, more track:

[jarmor]

Does anyone know if Fury will have a B&M Roar? Or will it be filled with sand like Gatekeeper is?

rails are filled...

[rcjp]

^Are you sure??

[ioio]

^Are you sure??

 

The rails are filled. There's a youtube video (about 30 minutes long) of them answering A LOT of questions regarding the ride construction. The park president answered this very question. They also talked about tweaks to the bridge/entrance plaza design, cost of each train, speed of the train at the end of the ride (55MPH), testing procedure, etc. Really informative video, highly recommend it

[Brassinthegrass]

Could you post a link to it? It's a snow day here, I got some time on my hands

[rcjp]

^Yeah that would be nice.

Last airtime hill going up.

[mpmbee]

 

I'm guessing this is the video ioio was talking about.

[jarmor]

There is actually 3 parts of the video, that's the 3rd part. part 1-2 details what the parks were presenting and talking about. I would check those out as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the dollywood video.

[ioio]

mpmbee: that's the video The other two parts didn't have anything major in them, so I didn't mention it unless you want to see the trains, etc. But those have been thoroughly discussed in here

[SFOGdude25]

Home stretch...

[DJeXeL]

Would be nice if they complete the circuit today!

[michaellynn4]

Would be nice if they complete the circuit today!

 

It's too late in the day for that, but odds are this'll be done before the weekend.

[rcjp]

They also talked about tweaks to the bridge/entrance plaza design, cost of each train, speed of the train at the end of the ride (55MPH)

Am I the only one who thinks this sounds too fast? Even if that's the speed it'll hit before climbing to the brakes (as I think hitting the brakes at 55 mph is definitely not the case) that's still quite a lot!

[Password121]

^When the ride's warmed up, I think it sounds legitimate. The length of unbraked track is shorter than MF, so I don't see why 55 mph seems unreasonable.

[DJeXeL]

It's too late in the day for that, but odds are this'll be done before the weekend.

 

Just wishful thinking...

 

They also talked about tweaks to the bridge/entrance plaza design, cost of each train, speed of the train at the end of the ride (55MPH)

Am I the only one who thinks this sounds too fast? Even if that's the speed it'll hit before climbing to the brakes (as I think hitting the brakes at 55 mph is definitely not the case) that's still quite a lot!

 

A lot of coasters hit the brakes faster than that...... Dragster and Kingda Ka are prime examples.

[VF15]

Looks like they're about to put another piece in place.

[ThemeParkJunkie51290]

After a very exhausting day at work, I'm glad to see Fury325 almost complete! This really puts a smile on my face!

[rcjp]

It's too late in the day for that, but odds are this'll be done before the weekend.

 

Just wishful thinking...

 

They also talked about tweaks to the bridge/entrance plaza design, cost of each train, speed of the train at the end of the ride (55MPH)

Am I the only one who thinks this sounds too fast? Even if that's the speed it'll hit before climbing to the brakes (as I think hitting the brakes at 55 mph is definitely not the case) that's still quite a lot!

 

A lot of coasters hit the brakes faster than that...... Dragster and Kingda Ka are prime examples.

I know. But those are an exception. I mean, that's faster than BTR's top speed! And in the animation it doesn't look that fast.