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Couple Pictures takin from the Park's instagram! Photo creds to the park. The First features the topping of the lift (Yesterday) while the second pic shows the lift from 5 days ago!

 

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Forget the bolts; how is the train going to navigate that gauge change?

 

 

 

From SFDK instagram

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Oh dear... That looks... AMAZING!! For a "smaller" coaster it is going to provider a nice punch during that drop.

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Yesterday, 12/22, was the ideal day. It rained in the morning, but stopped before the park opened. The result: a very quiet park. I'm talking riding the front of Superman 9 times in a row without getting off. The ride ops were clearly amused, and actually helped me get the most out of my marathon. Since I was the only rider on most rides, they simply checked my restraint, then sent the train right back out. I was in the station for mere seconds before launching yet again. It was great! All day long, the only lines were for the front of any given ride. And even still, I walked right to the empty front row of Superman at various points throughout the day. I can't wait for days like this next year, when there's a kick-a$$ RMC available. Speaking of which, I may or may not have a picture or two of a very steep and curvaceous first drop. It looks cool in pictures, but it's even more dramatic in person. The curve to the right is seriously tight and sharp. I can imagine many coaster enthusiasts will prefer the back row, left side in the train once it's open, as it looks like that drop will eject you straight out of your seat before throwing you to the left.

In other construction news, the pre-lift section looks completely different than what's shown in the concept animation. Instead of series of flat turns bookended by bunny hops, it's now a series of small twisting hills, similar to Twisted Colossus. It looks very cool. There isn't any track in the parking lot at the moment. And, the ledgers for the first inversion are up. That's all this time around. Enjoy the pictures!

 

-Doug

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A rather crappy quality picture of the changing skyline. This is the only iPhone picture on the TR. I used my digital camera for all the rest.

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Like I said, steep and curvaceous.

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The twist to the right is seriously sharp.

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I find this to be an acceptable amount of steepness.

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A first inversion will go here, hopefully soon. I believe that scientists call it a Step-Up Under Flip.

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Lift hill.

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Workers doing something or other to said lift hill.

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Itty bitty twisty hills.

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I definitely prefer this to a bunch of flat turns.

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From the other side. That's all for now. I'll try to get more pictures once more track goes up.

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So for the last 3 years my son and I have gone to the park for New Year's Eve. They do fireworks at midnight and close right after. This year though, the website lists a close time of 8 pm. Can anyone confirm that this is true and there will be no NYE event?

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So for the last 3 years my son and I have gone to the park for New Year's Eve. They do fireworks at midnight and close right after. This year though, the website lists a close time of 8 pm. Can anyone confirm that this is true and there will be no NYE event?

I noticed the same thing too! I was wondering about it. I don't think the website would lie about the hours but why wouldn't they do a NYE event this year?

 

EDIT: The most recent newsletter doesn't say anything about it either and I think they'd probably mention it if they were staying open until midnight and having fireworks.

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I ended up calling in to ask about it... They are indeed closing at 8 tonight. The reason I was given was that they didn't want to do fireworks with the drought. Seemed like some BS since its pretty wet right now and was much drier last year. I was probably not the first to complain either, as the woman I was speaking to almost immediately instructed me on the complaint process. Pretty bummed about this as it was getting to be a tradition for my son and I.

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