SDC's 2013 Project

Grapeslie · June 22, 2012, 12:24:43 PM

I was wondering that myself I signed up under all 3 using my work emails so I could find out. So according to the countdown the announcement would be august eighth right?

sanddunerider · June 22, 2012, 12:42:21 PM

same thing they did at DW....

Junior · June 22, 2012, 04:26:06 PM

Alright...this looks exciting! It will be fun to watch the countdown clock and wait for the big announcement. It appears from what I've seen on the teaser site they may be going with a Butterfield Stagecoach theme...driver, lawman, etc. If "Outlaw" is on the mark, it could fit in with this...ya know, try to catch an outlaw after he has stolen look from the stagecoach...and so on. Guess we have until mid August to wait!

Swoosh · June 22, 2012, 11:47:33 PM

Quote from: cowboy on June 21, 2012, 01:06:50 PM
RMC stated they had two projects for 2013. An Iron Horse Track project and a full Topper Track project. We know where the topper track project is going (SDC) but work on the Iron Horse project hasn't started anywhere.

Unless my sources are wrong, it's the Rattler that is going iron horse

cowboy · June 23, 2012, 04:01:17 AM

Yeah, that's what I read too. I'm just really surprised they haven't started any work down there yet. Texas Giant closed in November of 2009 to open spring of 2011. Last I heard The Rattler was still open and no construction had begun.

So that's why I thought construction on SDC's coaster being so far advanced, might be because they still needed to get to the iron horse project.

Considering how long it took for the Giant's rehab, do you think they'll be able to get The Rattler open in 2013?

Jay

Swoosh · June 23, 2012, 09:16:32 AM

"2013" is relative in Six Flags terms.
That and Rattler is not as big as the Giant.

Wildfire · June 23, 2012, 11:31:48 AM

I'm pretty sure rattler is actaully bigger than texas giant

mhguy77 · June 23, 2012, 05:17:45 PM

Rattler is bigger in 2 ways, its taller and its longer. But the drop on the Giant has it beat by around 23 ft.

http://rcdb.com/2.htm

http://rcdb.com/56.htm

chittlins · June 23, 2012, 10:49:28 PM

San Antonio is on our 4 year vacation radar.

Swoosh · June 24, 2012, 11:45:52 AM

Bigger is relative. While its stats are bigger, the structure is not as it is built on the quarry wall, which is what I was getting at.

SDC#1fan · June 24, 2012, 02:32:43 PM

Ive got some new photos from today uploading to flickr right now!

SDC#1fan · June 24, 2012, 02:53:11 PM

ok here you go here are 45 photos of the new coaster from today! They have the motor for the lift in and quite a bit of the first turn after the drop. they also have new posters up on the fence for the Silverdollarcity2013 site. except for being super hot today was a great day to go because there weren't many people there.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/witt_family_5/

mhguy77 · June 24, 2012, 03:10:01 PM

[thanks SDC#1fan
What a great set of pics. Looks like they are getting the base anchors for the overpitched hill in place. Should be a great ride.
I cant help but wonder what is down in that hollow that we cant see. Maybe someone like Swoosh with his connections can get in that valley and get us some pics. I would love to see some spoiler pics

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Anyway, thanks for bearing the heat to get us some more pics. I skip the city when it gets like this, just cant do it.

sanddunerider · June 24, 2012, 03:24:07 PM

those are some great pics. I am sure it was slow there tday with this 100 heat and the humidity that is at the park... Thanks..!!

SDC#1fan · June 24, 2012, 03:33:03 PM

it was super hot. we were back in the car by 11:50!!! The train robbers messed there lines up more times than i have ever seen but they handled it in a funny way. It must have been the heat!