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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #360 on: September 27, 2016, 05:01:40 PM »
So, no actually announcement of what ride it is and when?

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« Reply #361 on: October 03, 2016, 10:12:17 PM »
^You'll have to wait till next August for an announcement by the looks of it. If steel is already in the air, then maybe late July?

I'm just wondering when it will actually arrive. Maybe early spring?

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #362 on: October 04, 2016, 06:03:04 PM »
Since there is not much to talk about for the new coaster at the moment I wanted to bring up this ride which I think has exactly what SDC needs to focus on for new projects in the future. The immersive theming and storytelling with the projections and animatronics would be fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRQNMWribCI 

This is the exterior of the ride in question which they could also build and theme around a mining or cave theme quite well. https://rcdb.com/12083.htm





Also imagine how incredible it would be if they could put some love into AP, FM, and FITH with this theming technology.
Efteling is in the process of building a new dark ride attraction that is a good bit over 30 million in cost. Hopefully, if all goes as planned , I get to this park in  2018. I want to sneak nearby Toverland in as well.

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #363 on: October 06, 2016, 02:34:24 PM »
FWIW, the Dive Coaster that is/was rumored was to be similar in theme to Baron.
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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #364 on: October 09, 2016, 03:20:05 PM »
For what its worth I was up there for a few hours on Thursday, didn't get as many pictures as I wanted since a thunderstorm decided to form right over the lake and sit over the park for 2 hours.



Some of the clearing behind Echo Hollow seen from the Culinary School porch.



Here is a bit of the clearing as seen from TNT's queue. They didn't just clear out the trees and throw some retaining walls up and such, they also appear to be digging out much of that hillside now too. Likely for pathways and infrastructure.



76 Signage as we already have seen, the blue part lights up with a neon blue halo effect:



This one is still incomplete for some reason:
« Last Edit: October 09, 2016, 03:45:29 PM by sdcfan88 »

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« Reply #365 on: October 09, 2016, 04:44:37 PM »
Thanks for the photos sdcfan88! Sucks that the rain put a damper on things, but the park looks fantastic and I'm glad to see some progress on the ride area. Have they gone vertical on the new bathroom by EH? Seems like that is taking forever too.

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #366 on: October 09, 2016, 05:11:59 PM »
Best time to take pictures - when the streets are shiny.
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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #367 on: October 09, 2016, 09:51:14 PM »
They had tarp over the bathroom area so I am not sure. Nothing is gone vertical otherwise from what I can tell. They seemed focused on digging out that hillside.

Also I also wonder if this is another example of what kind of layout to expect when things finally do go vertical. https://rcdb.com/12000.htm Thats an interesting Lift hill.
« Last Edit: October 12, 2016, 08:28:26 PM by sdcfan88 »

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #368 on: October 15, 2016, 11:46:07 AM »
Someone mentioned to me that there has been some more action lately on the construction site. If anyone is going soon, some pictures would be greatly appreciated. I probably won't head up there again until Coaster Chrstimas on the 12th.

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #369 on: October 16, 2016, 05:08:29 PM »
Ask and you shall received - yes that is a footer... or two

https://midwestinfoguide.blogspot.com/2016/10/project-2018-sdc.html
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« Reply #370 on: October 16, 2016, 08:07:29 PM »
I had a feeling they were about to put footers in there when I visited a couple weeks ago. When I was on TNT there was an area by the loop around that also looked like it was about to receive one as well.

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #371 on: October 16, 2016, 10:27:39 PM »
Hmm, almost looks like they are flattening it for a station, and the spread footings would be part of that... but the track stakes originally went perpendicular through there down the hillside. I wonder if there will be some sort of station interaction/fly-by?

I'm super happy to finally have some almost vertical construction though. I'll definitely be heading out there more next year. Although at this rate they could have the thing built by then...

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #372 on: October 16, 2016, 11:11:18 PM »
Hmm, almost looks like they are flattening it for a station, and the spread footings would be part of that... but the track stakes originally went perpendicular through there down the hillside. I wonder if there will be some sort of station interaction/fly-by?

I'm super happy to finally have some almost vertical construction though. I'll definitely be heading out there more next year. Although at this rate they could have the thing built by then...

Yeah I am really wondering about that myself. Is it really gonna take them another 15 months to put together a steel coaster? This thing has to be huge and be incredibly well themed (such as constructing a underground element or a fake mountain structure for it to pass thru) to justify that timetable I think. Unless the contractors are really stretched that thin up there right now.

This brings the question: Does anyone remember how long it took for them to build Wildfire? Might be a good reference point to this project.

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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #373 on: October 17, 2016, 11:16:17 AM »
It's probably just new bathrooms for EH...lol
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Re: SDC's 2018 Project(s) and Park Developments
« Reply #374 on: October 17, 2016, 07:01:39 PM »
It's probably just new bathrooms for EH...lol

Those are already being built on the other side of EH
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