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[tmstephe]

There are new official construction photos on the SDC Facebook page this morning: https://www.facebook.com/sdcattractions

[RowEleven]

Construction photos from yesterday's FanFest. Miner's Mountain Express definitely looks larger in real life. That second lift is much taller than I expected it to be.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdhOwMioyUx/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[prkbkr]

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

[tmstephe]

Agree - great photos, RowEleven!
Thanks for the update.

[Hellbender]

Nice to see the photos. The lift hill heights will be nice for riders getting scenic views, but for most park-goers and everyone not currently on the ride, this looks like a big metal mess. The lack of trees in this area is still jarring to see and out of character with the rest of the park.

Imagine a ride profile that sits low to the ground with curves, dips, and launches. Zooming under heavy tree cover through mine shafts and blasting out of "cave" openings. Could have been really special and timeless SDC.

[prkbkr]

Yeah I'm glad they at least left a grove of mature trees next to the station because it always takes time for a brand new ride to integrate into the natural surroundings after construction. I just wish they kept more of those tall mature trees intact for tree cover throughout, because even planting lots of new trees there it will take a long time to reach the same look that's seen in the on-ride POV rendering. 

I'm sure when further earthwork starts and they build up those canyon-like elements its going to help, but c'mon please at least cap one more section off into a tunnel to be like diving in and out of mine shafts.

Coming out of that MME mine shaft to hit that airtime moment and barreling down into the valley is a great straight-out-of-Thunderation element, but I'll miss the banked curve into mine shaft section and it would be so easy to implement one there in the helix garden area with just a roof structure overhead.