I just realized that they decided to use stairs instead of a funicular like on Millennium Force. I would hate to climb those stairs every morning for inspection...
I've heard news that this will try to be topped off on Friday, and as you can see, another crane has been assembled, which is most likely for the topping of the lift hill.
The transition looks really sharp too, unlike Millie which is gradual and really only maintains the steepnessfor a short period of time. After seeing actual pictures of it, instead of just renderings, I do think this could be a top ten coaster. Just look at how fast it goes from that drop into the turn!
I remember reading a couple of pages back someone was wondering whether that small support was temporary or permanent, for they had not seen it in the design, well looking at the ride renderings you can see that there is supposed to be a support there, it is not temporary.
As you can see near the bottom, there is that small support.
There is no smaller support. That's all supporting the track in front. Either way, they mentioned in the blog that it is temporary. So once the structure is complete, that support will go.
Apparently, the structure of the arch cannot support the track until it is complete. I could see this being true, as in span bridges or anything which has to be built from one side to connect to another has supports which are later removed.
The extra support isn't actually connected to the track either, but is resting on the support.
Is the webcam working for everyone else? I think it's probably just my computer, but of course it decides not to work when the coaster gets topped off, which is more or less what I've been waiting to see.
^ To be fair, there's risk when building ANY coaster.. So that's almost like saying, why even build a coaster when there's the slight risk something can go wrong?
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