Knoebel's TR/Flying Turns Update

[Schmoofy]

This is my first real TR, so don't blast me too hard . Today we decided to take a small trip to Knoebel's for the day. It ended up being a decent day, not too warm outside and a nice breeze. Alright, so it's a nice day. So what, you're saying, show the Flying Turns pics! I'll get to that in a bit, but some interesting chat with employees working around the contruction site. They pointed out that half of the project is done, and that they expect it to be done before October 7th (in time for PPP ). The Looper, new ride (not so new to the world) was our actual first stop of the day. This thing is INSANE. I know it's just another rodent wheel, but the ride cycle was around 5 minutes, making for some awesome flips. Next we hit The Phoenix was running extremely smooth today, the train seemed to be running on glass. We rode that once, and then headed off to a frisbee named Fandango. It's actually pretty decent for just another frisbee. Then we had the highlight of the day - Log Flume. Yeah, it's not the best around, but when you load nearly 700 pounds of human onto a single log, your splash is HUGE. We worked our way randomly through the park, made our way back to Power Surge where the french fries are . Then it was off to Twister. This coaster (blunty) owned today. No lines what-so-ever, so we just stood on for about 4 rides. I have some nice "top-of-hill" shots to show down below. Then we went back to actually examine the Flying Turns construction site. For being "half done" as the employees said, they don't even look 1/4th of the way done. They station isn't done yet, and a lot of track isn't even assembled! There's a TON of wood laying around the road behind the site. We were also told by a security guard that the track will reach out to Twister's bridge. Don't know if it's true, but that would be a road block if it is . And an idea of how close this ride is to Looper and the Flyers, I have some pics there. On the side of Looper, is where a helix will be built (or something). It's right on the edge of the platform, wood was being layed right below our Looper car. It was a nice day, yatta yatta yatta, Flying Turns looks like it will be amazing, and not to mention a compact ride. Pictures below, enjoy!

And there's the Flyers for all you Flyer-happy people

Close up of inside the turn

Back view from the road near Twister. It's Flying Turns (duh)

It's supposedly the ending of the ride, but it looks like the only part completed so far

Sun-damaged pic of Flying Turns construction

It's a hill. On the Twister. Need I say more?

Use of practically the same caption #3

Nice view from the top of Twister #2

Nice view from the top of Twister #1

Twister has -gasp- AIR GATES

There's the Twister, and some odd lifeguard guarding an empty pool. The whole park was almost empty actually

This drop, that thing. It drenched the 700 some pounds in our log.

Fandango. It goes up and down and spins, it's fun

Yeah, it's a first hill pic of The Phoenix, that's all I got

Nice view from the top of The Phoenix, note the wood-glass

The Phoenix. It's running on glass, but the glass is disguised as wood

YES PEOPLE. They were working on it and stuff

A side view of the "figure 8" part, OMG PEOPLE

Overall look at the "figure 8" part of the ride, this looks like it was just started

Tube-like-soon-to-be-helix-thingy on Flying Turns

Flying Turns in progress

Looper was insane, and not to mention Flying Turns -drool- construction right next to it!

It's water, yeah...we got more wet on the log flume though.

[Token Yankee Guy]

Is there any word on when flying turns is due to open?

 

 

Nice pics btw,

[Schmoofy]

Is there any word on when flying turns is due to open?

One employee we were speaking with said October 7th, the day of PPP. His reasoning was that many coaster enthusiasts will be there to enjoy the ride and promote it along the internet and such.

Nice pics btw,

Thanks =D

[shesaidboom]

I really want to go back to Knoebel's when the flying turns is finished, it looks like it will be a lot of fun. Great TR, thanks for posting all the construction photos

[ParkTrips]

I'm still not sold on the ride itself, but at least it looks really cool.

[Erik Johnson]

I am glad you had a good time, we were there just this past Saturday. Even on Saturday they were working on the Flying Turns.