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Love the photos, you have a great eye for very cool perspectives and compositions while still showing the detail of the construction.

Also quite surprised to see how close the track actually comes to the pathway before the American Plunge lift hill 

I know they can't get construction machinery in there unless the path is clear, but soon after I hope they get some trees and vegetation in there so the site doesn't look so bare.

Rock work looks good and still interested to see how American Plunge flume will interact alongside the Daredevil Pass pathway. Can kinda get a better idea in one of your photos there, but that should elevate the ride experience there with people walking alongside and Miners Mountain flying overhead. Especially coming out of a long boring tunnel haha

Loving the color of the supports. Excited to see the earthwork and theming start to come together too. I kinda wish they'd enclose one or two of the canyon-like earthwork elements there so that it feels just a bit more mine-like.

The other thing that is awesome is how American Plunge looks to become more incorporated with the Daredevil Pass pathway by running directly alongside it, and will surely add more excitement to both rides with it all becoming intertwined like that. Wonder if they'll make any enhancements or improvements inside the American Plunge tunnel  ...

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To that point, could an "underground" show building be in the valley to the west?  It would make sense if it's being constructed and then covered. 


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This is also what I was imagining, and a lot more cost effective to construct an "underground" show building rather than doing a lot of earth work. It also seems like that they would locate something like that on a banked helix similar to Thunderation. But if that were the case we'd also need to be seeing a show building foundation poured soon if not already.

As for the MME name, I guess "Marvel Mine Express" "Marvel Mining Express" something along those lines? Doesn't seem to quite have the exciting impact that "Powder Keg" "Outlaw Run" or "Thunderation" all have but if it really plays into the theming then I can see it growing on me.

Seeing that still more footers are being poured really makes me excited to see what kind of layout it will have.

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As you guys keep saying, all the signs definitely point more toward thrill ride.  The main thing I keep wondering now is which will come first: Solid/irrefutable evidence arriving on site of what type of coaster this will be, or an official announcement from SDC with renderings/imagery of the ride?

Not my image, screenshot of a fan video, but interesting perspective on the lower section of the site viewed from top of Powder Keg first hill, with that curved bank of footers disappearing behind the treeline. Still wondering if the layout will make it over into that next clearing further to the right at the back of Powder Keg, or if that will just be for staging.

Do you think we will start to see the layout take shape before SDC even announces any major details?

The photo of the steel structure in progress that seems to show a track support contained within it looks far too short and small to be a station platform, but might instead be some kind of small building element that the track interacts with? 

Does that style of track support seen there give any hints as to what type of track system will be mounted on it?

I totally agree, that seemed like a good access point to expand out to the new land they acquired but with three coasters in tight quarters there, it might be more difficult to do so.  At the same time, I kind of imagined that the old Fire in the Hole building would come down and start to link the Powder Keg / Opera House area more directly with Outlaw Run. But even then, the train route runs right through there and sandwiches between Outlaw Run and Powder Keg, so it would be just as difficult to route a main path to a park extension there too. In any case, it would seem a new area expansion would need at least two connecting routes to circulate better and there are very few options for that at the back of the park.

Another thing I have been wondering recently is that even though a lot of evidence still points to a Big Bear Mountain type family friendly launch coaster, we've heard about that big investment to expand steadily within the next 10 years, so what if SDC's plans for this new coaster would be to go very extreme (Stryker/Hyper etc as many speculate) first and just not worry about having a family coaster for a few years to then soon fill the gap with a Thunderation replacement as soon as possible, like 2029ish?  Or is it really that much more likely for them to want to fill the family coaster gap first?

New member here, but been lurking and following for a while.  Because the most recent google satellite shows the cleared area but nothing more recent, it's exciting to see a recent aerial image in addition to ground level images that really helps give a better idea of what's going on. 

With the placement of the alleged station building there, does it make the most sense that the entrance will likely be accessed along an extension of the path in front of the Wildfire entrance? Also, because there are rumors that it will become the longest coaster at SDC to-date, interested to see if the layout will also extend into that second smaller cleared area at the back end of Powder Keg (could just be a construction materials staging area?).  Appreciate that at least some sections of mature trees have been left intact within the layout.

One thing I'm wondering is at what stage will we be able to tell exactly what type of coaster this will be? I assume that in the next few weeks we will start to see supports and track elements installed probably before we have any official announcement, but would we be able to confirm what type of coaster it will be just from an upright station, or likely not until track supports or track sections arrive on-site? I guess it also depends on the timing of when each of those elements are completed, but we should start getting a lot more hints very soon, right?