11 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

"Storm Area 72's restrooms. They can't stop all of us!"

Yes, storm the one Porta Potty they have there.  Hoist it into the park so we can finally have our true X-Base restroom.  

1 minute ago, silver2005 said:

Yes, storm the one Porta Potty they have there.  

Ik, but maybe there is a secret restroom in one of those buildings. jk lol!

There is very light blue transfer track at CSF, it looks like it could be for the sea world dive 

They are moving a track piece to the drop-side of the lift hill!

They are moving a track piece to the drop-side of the lift hill!

Looks like the head chopper piece that flies under the lift hill


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46 minutes ago, thatguyfromohio said:

Looks like the head chopper piece that flies under the lift hill


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It's hard to see imo so I'm likely wrong, but it doesn't look that curvey. It probably is part of the drop or something. 

 

I think it's part of the spine that goes into the ground. I also think they are going to put that piece where the drop separates from the spine over there next

Well hopefully we find out tomorrow

 

Yayya I hoe something happens tomorrow lol. Very boring cam day today.

I'd love to see some activity on the webcam tomorrow! It would be really cool, if they have another section of the lift hill up by next weekend.

2 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

I'd love to see some activity on the webcam tomorrow! It would be really cool, if they have another section of the lift hill up by next weekend.

Welcome back Six!!! 

Do you guys think we will start to see the lift from outside the park a lot more once the next lift hill piece is installed?

I don’t think they can install the next lift hill piece yet. I think they have to work equally from both ends. Even though not my expertise, it would make sense that they have to install this as an arch, the top of the hill functioning similarly to a keystone.

 

From a height aspect, it would make sense to start building the backbone of the drop now, while smaller cranes can still be used.

 

In the Fury documentary, they had both the lift hill and the drop going up at the same time. At one point they had a crane holding each end of the track, the final top and a gondola for workers to bolt it all together.

 

Don’t know if this is the right thread but on some of the Orion T-Shirts it has a triangle logo (Which looks better then the other one imo) which reminds me of Vortex’s Triangle logo, I think we might see a bit of a reference to Vortex maybe?

From KI's Instagram:

 

40 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

From KI's Instagram:

 

They posted the same picture on twitter.

Oh my! I've been at Lost Lands for 5 days and haven't had a signal for most of it. There's so much progress since I was last able to check!

Looks like we may see the backbone of the drop placed today. I've seen about 8 dump trucks hauling in what appears to be gravel. Then the white crane moved back by the piece on the ground. 

 

On edit: Pretty sure I know what the gravel pad is actually there for. It appears as though it is protecting some of the footings/footers (pick your poison) in the area. This picture is where that pad is before the gravel was laid down. 

1 hour ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Looks like we may see the backbone of the drop placed today. I've seen about 8 dump trucks hauling in what appears to be gravel. Then the white crane moved back by the piece on the ground. 

 

On edit: Pretty sure I know what the gravel pad is actually there for. It appears as though it is protecting some of the footings/footers (pick your poison) in the area. This picture is where that pad is before the gravel was laid down. 

Did they lay the gravel over the footers for now?  Some of them no longer looked visible after the gravel was laid yesterday.  

If I'm not mistaken, the backbone footer is the one I highlighted in your photo.  And looking at your photo, it makes sense why that tree was cut down last week.  It would literally be growing directly beneath the drop.

@LovinMeSomeBanshee Yes, from what I have seen. 

 

 

Did they lay the gravel over the footers for now?  Some of them no longer looked visible over the gravel was laid yesterday.  
If I'm not mistaken, the backbone footer is the one I highlighted in your photo.  And looking at your photo, it makes sense why that tree was cut down last week.  It would literally be growing directly beneath the drop.

Looking at the pic, They probably left the tree as a general reference point. It looks like it’s literally right in line with the rest of the structure. Seeing as how there are buildings between the beginning of the ride, and the end of it, it’s a simple vertical reference for the general area things need to head that is above the buildings.

Sometimes you use what nature already provides for as long as it is feasible.

Happy Orion 1st of October Construction Morning KIC!   

Here's a picture I just took,  I saw a truck delivering something,  so I took a quick screenshot! 

 

The piece of track or backbone that was loaded on a trailer and parked to the upper left of the site is now on the move.  Looks like it's headed to the backbone area. 

Are they putting up the end of the drop now?  I cant see with the glare.

Looks to me like like the piece I circled in yellow is where the track separates from the backbone, and the piece circled in blue is the trackless backbone. So, looks like the drop is being built!

Source: KI Webcam. I'm not posting a link, y'all know where to find it. 

 

Fast forward less than 5 minutes.

That maybe what we are seeing! The piece isnt bolted to the pad yet. 

3 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Welcome Back sixohdieselrage

 

Going to be tough to see until the sun angle increases and we lose some of the glare.

welcome back as well, I enjoy your pics.

@fyrfyterAgreed, but you can still get a good enough idea now with 

1. Where the piece is that's Verticle
2. The minor details of each piece that is visible 

On edit: Crane set that other piece back down. 

I think that section in the blue circle is gone? @sixohdieselrage