[RollerBee]

Steel Dragon has two chains on the lift, anyone remember why?

[Edwardo]

The two chains on SD2K are used as separate blocks so that they can run three trains and dispatch one train befor the other train crests the hill.

[aron]

with all this speculation I probably won't sleep the night before the anouncement

[Bigcoasterguy]

While riding hurler today I saw that they had been doing a lot of drilling and tearing up in the bus parking lot. Being a good boy I did not try to take pictures on the ride.

[tylerSC]

So if the yellow/teal track is for Carowinds, then where is the plain teal track going?

[FamousAmos]

In reply to Bigcoasterguy... I am thinking that this is how the construction [i]may[i] go... I am no coaster expert so bare with me here...

1)First track pieces arrive the day of or a few days before the announcement (so as to be unveiled after the announcement).

2)The first track sections will be erected for the station as the rest of the land is cleared and the remaining footers are poured. That will be basically continuing the work that is going on now. I'm pretty sure that the entrance will change to a degree and concrete paths must be cleared.

3)First track sections are erected so station can be built as the remaining footers are poured. This area may still be sectioned off by the wooden fence from inside the park.

4)By the time that the park closes for the off season, I would think that most of the higher areas of the ride would either be completed or in the progress of completion before winter closes in. By this time, the fence inside the park next to Hurler can be removed and now comes the part where you (Bigcoasterguy) mention the dots in your photos...

5)I imagine that that whole area where the dots are will be changed. Maybe to include a new flat ride of some sort.

I said all of that just so I could talk about the dots on the asphalt.
Just my thoughts.
Any other ideas?

[Dom497]

The chain on Leviathan works just fine. Maybe that's your world record. World's longest lift chain.

Well, I forget the title/publisher of the news article, but in 2012 Wonderland did "advertise" in the article that they held that record! I think I remember them saying that the chain was just under 1000 feet long.

[Capler]

So if the yellow/teal track is for Carowinds, then where is the plain teal track going?

No one knows. But there is speculation that it is for a flyer going over seas. The shipping containers at the plant supports this theory as well.

[aron]

I think the dots are for to open up that area and give it more structure so that there won't be a huge plot of people by the ride plaza.

[LocalYokel]

While riding hurler today I saw that they had been doing a lot of drilling and tearing up in the bus parking lot. Being a good boy I did not try to take pictures on the ride.

Have they moved the power lines that run on the south side of the old bus lot? Those lines appear to be in the way of the new coaster.

[FUBAR]

In reply to Bigcoasterguy... I am thinking that this is how the construction [i]may[i] go... I am no coaster expert so bare with me here...

1)First track pieces arrive the day of or a few days before the announcement (so as to be unveiled after the announcement).

2)The first track sections will be erected for the station as the rest of the land is cleared and the remaining footers are poured. That will be basically continuing the work that is going on now. I'm pretty sure that the entrance will change to a degree and concrete paths must be cleared.

3)First track sections are erected so station can be built as the remaining footers are poured. This area may still be sectioned off by the wooden fence from inside the park.

4)By the time that the park closes for the off season, I would think that most of the higher areas of the ride would either be completed or in the progress of completion before winter closes in. By this time, the fence inside the park next to Hurler can be removed and now comes the part where you (Bigcoasterguy) mention the dots in your photos...

5)I imagine that that whole area where the dots are will be changed. Maybe to include a new flat ride of some sort.

I said all of that just so I could talk about the dots on the asphalt.
Just my thoughts.
Any other ideas?

The Markings seem to be for Sewer water and power was my thought, so the don't dig into underground lines. Green would be sewer,as there's a giant green dot right on a manhole cover. As i recall they have been there for a few weeks and you can see them lead off to the bathrooms and the shops and such.

[DT3]

Am I the only one who had the idea of flying a quadcopter with a camera over the site? I'm not sure how legal it would be but...

[Wormy]

It's been done before. By a professional, who didn't break any laws nor violated the park's air space. Dig a little deeper into the site..

[Bigcoasterguy]

While riding hurler today I saw that they had been doing a lot of drilling and tearing up in the bus parking lot. Being a good boy I did not try to take pictures on the ride.

Have they moved the power lines that run on the south side of the old bus lot? Those lines appear to be in the way of the new coaster.

Power lines are still there, there were some footers and large squares/rectangles that we're cut out in the lot.

[coasterbruh]

How long have the footers been down? I read somewhere that it takes 30 days to cure...