General Carowinds discussion
#104349
Carowindsman wrote:Completely different angle.
Yep, as I said yesterday, turn the camera around where it's facing away from the sun and I bet it would be a million times better. We could get a great view if it was mounted on the Blackbeard's Revenge tower. wink wink hint hint :)
#104353
I used a rendering to outline the completed track. It's not exactly as clean as the old DavidW Fury 325 updates, but this is about what I estimated:



Left to complete:

    >2nd half of Corkscrew
    >Trick track following corkscrew & turnaround
    >2nd launch
    >Cutback
    >Trick track that goes over the 2nd launch
    >Transfer track

It's definitely more than halfway done, so mid-December seems like a reasonable finishing point. If I had to guess, the Cutback will be finished by the end of next week, since they've already erected the supports for it.
#104354
KIJester wrote:Too bad we can't get the clarity of HW's Thunderbird cam...
https://www.holidayworld.com/webcams/thunderbirdcam/

Again, the park owes no one any live cams. WE are the only ones watching the cam day and night. Complaining about the fact that the cam isn't clear every minute of the day makes me sad to be a human when it is WORST things going on in the world to really be outraged about. . .
Image
#104355
coasterbruh wrote:
KIJester wrote:Too bad we can't get the clarity of HW's Thunderbird cam...
https://www.holidayworld.com/webcams/thunderbirdcam/

Again, the park owes no one any live cams. WE are the only ones watching the cam day and night. Complaining about the fact that the cam isn't clear every minute of the day makes me sad to be a human when it is WORST things going on in the world to really be outraged about. . .
Image


You are right, the park owes guest nothing, as long as they open when they suppose to. The hell with faded coasters, gum walls, slow rude ride attendants, bad guest relations department, and dirty restrooms. I mean, a hot dog is a hot dog in name only, there is no set rule that says it actually has to be hot, right? Thank you Bruh for making it so clear to me. I don't know what came over me, -thinking that I deserved an enhanced guest experience.
#104357
tarheel1231 wrote:The corkscrew is complete! We might actually see the first half of the ride finished by the end of this week.

[EDIT] The corkscrew is not complete.


It seems you experienced the dreaded 404 error. 'Broken or dead cam'. :oops:
#104360
tarheel1231 wrote:I'm surprised nobody posted these already:

From the park's twitter:

2018-11-29.png2018-11-29 (1).png



It kind of looks like some pretty interesting-side airtime will happen when the track slips though the first loop after it comes out of the second loop. :wink:
#104362
tarheel1231 wrote:It’s very wave turn-ish, I think it may end up being one of the highlights of the ride next to the second launch & first airtime hill.
I agree and I also think the turn just before the 2nd loop will have to be super fast coming down out of the tophat. This coaster is going to have so many good quick turns and airtime moments. Combine that with the stall out inversions and hopefully this will be a complete coaster from start to finish.
  • 1
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 105