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Project 2027 Tracker

Started by Swoosh, February 09, 2025, 02:45:30 PM

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legoerosion

It's going to be great once the ride is revealed so we can see what the layout is, because it really seems like the footers are just scattered about.

mg

No photos, but the supposed station has gone vertical with steel. There is quite a bit of structural steel staged in that area too.

legoerosion

Quote from: mg on May 04, 2026, 08:58:59 PMNo photos, but the supposed station has gone vertical with steel. There is quite a bit of structural steel staged in that area too.

Building the station before any track installed is certainly an odd choice

Duelist

Could it be a pass-thru building for the ride instead of a loading/unloading station?
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sdcfan88

#484
Time Travelers station was midway complete around this time in 2017. Track and supports didn't start getting installed till the end of May.

EDIT: Found this interview video with the construction manager of another Mack Rides project being built right now here in the states at SFGA. This one will be well over 300ft high and has launch elements as well. Note the technical discussion details and the size of the footers in the background to see how similar this project will be compared to SDC's. I highly doubt SDC's upcoming Mack (launch?) coaster will be that big, but it won't be a snoozer either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InDGxKbLU3Y

legoerosion

Here's an aerial shot of the construction coming from Kevin Berger on Facebook.

BackInTime

Looks an awful lot like structural material is being staged along the service road beyond the trees from OR. 

Swoosh

Quote from: Duelist on May 06, 2026, 08:12:31 AMCould it be a pass-thru building for the ride instead of a loading/unloading station?

It's possible, but the foundation looks way too substantial to just be a thematic building. That and were to the point in the building process where that's the only place that looks like a station.
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prkbkr

#488
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?

sdcfan88

#489
What would be a buzz kill on this is even if it IS a big coaster with height and length to it, I sure hope it doesn't wind up being a shuttle coaster like the SF Mack coaster currently being built. I've noticed the park is really shifting towards pushing trailblazer sales with its newer additions. They really desperately need another reliable high capacity ride after we lose TNT this year.