JJnCFL Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 Stopped by the park to catch the latest Goldy construction and was greeted with a nice surprise, the drop with arches! Some pics from my phone below, will post others later... Goldy Arches! Bent going up!
XYZ Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 ^Those arches are going to be some crazy headchoppers!
SLUSHIE Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) Now that I see there are arches near the bottom of the drop, I'm going to assume that it will be at-least partially covered. Â Really though in terms of noise, no amount of sound protection is going to make it better for the business right next to the park. The rumbling of the coaster will be heard regardless. Walls to block screaming will only block the sound from carrying long distances, people right next door will still be able hear the screams just fine, and none of the other attractions seems concerned with that. Â I think the arches near the station will remain uncovered. Edited February 3, 2013 by SLUSHIE
Blue Fire Guy Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 ^Those arches are going to be some crazy headchoppers! Between these, the arches over the speed hill, the squeeze under the track immediately following, among other moments...yeah, this thing is really going to be a head/hand chopper fest!
Double0Kevin Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 I'm still not convinced it will be covered, but I think it's irrelevant either way. Still going to be a great ride with a great drop.
Angry_Gumball Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Jeff posted a nice, brief summary of today's checkup on Gold Striker. It is coming along nicely, and they are working their way upwards towards the topped off lift. On route to CGA I decided to do a pit stop to Best Buy and pick up a filter for my camera since it was along the way. Also this was my first photo shoot using RAW format. It pays to use it. Just after the shoot, we headed off over the hill for some SCBB off-season fun. But until then, here's some photos! From down at ground level, you can see that the drop has grown! The topped off lift The miners were pretty busy today Get your 3D glasses! Only $1! Through the trees! And yes, the elephant is still hiding out back there! So we took the trek up to the top of the garage for a nice birds eye view of the construction. A couple bents waiting to go up Ooh...maybe we'll get to see it raise? In the mean time, the crew is working on the supports and such. Call me crazy, but I see potential 'scream tunnel.' Definitely going to be head choppers to say the least. A brief look over the park, towards Top Deck Flight Gun. "Pssh...what's this thing going up next to our businesses? Oh great, more noise we have to put up with!" *drives off* Another look at the lift...going to connect real soon! Tight squeezage! Naw...we won't see the bent go up...we gotta get going now... *books it like a mad-man* OMG, I'm finally getting a photo of a bent going up! Seriously, I've been waiting to catch this since summer! The wood is springing up! And then it just dangled as they rotated it and got it into position. Then it was being moved into position. Ok, time to get heading off over the hill, we've got several TPR members waiting on us to get them, one already at the 'Walk waiting for us to get there! Thanks for looking!
JJnCFL Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 ^Wow those pics turned out awesome, okay now I gotta get that Polarizing Filter now too lol. Had a great time with the gang as usual! Here are more pics below cause you can never get enough Goldy Porn! Angry_Gumball does his thang.... Introducing: Star Tower, The Bent & The Port-O-Potty One last click for the road...until next time!
robman Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Thanks for the updates everyone! I went today to check it out for myself and it's amazing to see it in person, makes me even more excited! Â Â The only thing im curious about is what this big hole is for, there appeared to be another one a little bit further done as well.
biker7766 Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) ^It's that SECOND Evil Star Tower! Edited February 3, 2013 by biker7766
Angry_Gumball Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 It's that SECOND Evil Star Tower! Â *confused* Â Edit: now I get it, didn't realize Rob posted photos
XYZ Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Â Carousel Columbia looks great! It's good to see that Cedar Fair re-paints classic attractions.
Angry_Gumball Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Â Carousel Columbia looks great! It's good to see that Cedar Fair re-paints classic attractions. Â Â Ok, this photo did have its saturation pumped up a bit. Carousel was painted last year hence it still looking good but I beefed up the saturation a bit. Vortex actually looks quite nice right along with Star Tower.
vacoaster09 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Where is the entrance to the tower going to be? Looking closely there seems to be two cutouts to allow a pass-through but I'm not sure if this could be the passageway. Also wondering how are guest going to get to the theater.
XYZ Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Â Carousel Columbia looks great! It's good to see that Cedar Fair re-paints classic attractions. Â Â Ok, this photo did have its saturation pumped up a bit. Carousel was painted last year hence it still looking good but I beefed up the saturation a bit. Vortex actually looks quite nice right along with Star Tower. Â And just when I congratulated Cedar Fair... Â Also wondering how are guest going to get to the theater. Â The IMAX Pictorium has been closed for a long time. I doubt guests will be wanting to get to the Pictorium.
vacoaster09 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Thank's I've never been been to CGA... I assumed they were using it like SFGAm uses as a movie theater with movies about park history. Thanks for that info.
Angry_Gumball Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Pictorium has been dormant for quite a while now, only somewhat gets used during Haunt, where one of the mazes makes a brief entry into the building. Unless paying attention you'd probably not realize you just walked through the building.
CGA_88 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Club Blood is rumored to be retired and 2 new mazes will debut this year for Haunt.
XYZ Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 are they ever going to re-paint Vortex? Â They will, eventually. The last time Vortex got re-painted was in the late 90s/early 2000s so I would expect them to re-paint Vortex soon.
ryanm09 Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 are they ever going to re-paint Vortex? Â They will, eventually. The last time Vortex got re-painted was in the late 90s/early 2000s so I would expect them to re-paint Vortex soon. Â Â Ya they should be because all the work going on right now. It really needs it.
XYZ Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 are they ever going to re-paint Vortex? Â They will, eventually. The last time Vortex got re-painted was in the late 90s/early 2000s so I would expect them to re-paint Vortex soon. Â Â Ya they should be because all the work going on right now. It really needs it. Â They just finished re-painting Flight Deck & Demon, so I doubt Cedar Fair will buy more paint for CGA this year. Maybe next offseason will bring a Vortex re-paint?
Angry_Gumball Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Actually Flight Deck's paint was never completed last season and actually looked the same when I saw it Saturday. This season their focus seems to be the building touchups/repaints. (I don't know how I typed that rather embarrassing non-comprehensive post haha...focus being the focus??) Edited February 5, 2013 by Angry_Gumball
rolercstrluvr Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Club Blood is rumored to be retired and 2 new mazes will debut this year for Haunt. Do you have a reliable source to back this up?
Double0Kevin Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 This season their focus seems to be the focus. Â Whaaaa.....? Â Â Speaking of a Vortex paint job... they should bring back the green and black. I liked it way better. OH! And brand new trains... yeah, new trains.
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