Author Topic: Sixflags.com Construction Pictures (Read 56509 times)

blazzinmatt · « **Reply #125 on:** January 13, 2006, 07:45:01 AM »

No hidden pictures that I could find though. They must have realized what people were doing and just uploaded the ones they wanted to use on the Great Adventure site.

KingdaKaRuler05 · « **Reply #126 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:14:16 PM »

Good pics.

So who got snow? It's been snowing here for about 3 hours and it is coming down HARD. Hopefully it won't slow down Toro, but so far it seems like they have been doing a great job with the weather conditions.

-KKR05

Bubba Z · « **Reply #127 on:** January 15, 2006, 10:34:44 PM »

No snow, flurries and bitter cold at 10 degrees. Just look at my site kind of like that :lol:

blazzinmatt · « **Reply #128 on:** January 16, 2006, 01:41:13 AM »

Light now here but lots of ice. But I am in NYC so prob different than in Jackson.

WadeJ · « **Reply #129 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:16:59 AM »

This weekend was really strange. I seriously thought a hurricane was roaring through (which I should know about after being in FL for Francis). The wind was ripping through harder than I remember in recent memory for NJ. I then wake up Sat to learn that we were in a tornado watch area :shock: .

Then, Saturday night, the wind kicks up even more. I could hear the ice pelting my windows. We woke up for church early Sunday expecting to dig out, clear the cars, etc. and find almost NOTHING on the ground. Just some ice on the grass and car windows (the sliding doors wouldn't open either) but the roads and walks were clear.

BUT, after driving up 295N for 10 miles to the haddonfield-berlin road exit for Church, I was completely shocked that the roads were completely covered and there was at least 4 inches on the ground. The roads were solid ice. You could barely drive on them.

This was a really strange and spotty storm. Hopefully it didn't affect El Toros construction much and even better would be if Jackson was one of the spots like my town that didn't get hit at all!

stew560 · « **Reply #130 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:25:06 AM »

The wind here in Jackson made everything very interesting. In my development, there was 4" some places, piles of ice elsewhere, and nothing other places.

I just hope the high winds didn't have any effect on the partially finished structure! <knocks on wood>

Bubba Z · « **Reply #131 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:46:02 AM »

The wind gust were up to 50 mph. I cant believe there was 4 inches of snow only 8 miles away when there was nothing outside my house except a dusting.
In any case, these guys get paid pretty well and I don't see it effecting them that much since this storm happened over the weekend. They will just have to bundle up and wear more clothes.

ChuckR · « **Reply #132 on:** January 16, 2006, 12:36:50 PM »

Near me, it was pouring all day Saturday and then around 10pm that night it changed over and it was like a blizzard till about 8am the next morning. We must of got like 2-4 inches here...

overlord · « **Reply #133 on:** January 16, 2006, 01:06:51 PM »

Factor in the icing that took place at night. It was so weird. Hopefully no damage was done to El Toro.

chilled182 · « **Reply #134 on:** January 16, 2006, 06:24:44 PM »

5 trees fell in town. But our snow was gone by morning. We got less than an inch.

The weird thing.. i saw Narnia.. and when i walked out.. sure enough it was snowing. I thought that was kind of cool.

Ocean City however got about a half a foot. I was down there today. Interesting to see the snow covered boardwalk

KingdaKaRuler05 · « **Reply #135 on:** January 17, 2006, 02:18:52 PM »

Wow...when I got up on Sunday there was basically no snow left. Saturday night it was coming down pretty hard, but in the morning, there was barely anything there. Late Sunday, basically everything transformed to ice because of the rain over the past few days. Now, it is still pretty icy out, but most of the snow is gone. I was excepting a little more than that...

-KKR05

chilled182 · « **Reply #136 on:** January 17, 2006, 02:21:30 PM »

i posted pictures of OC in the misc. forum.

Lets hope that the nasty weather as of recent hasent slowed the building process any. I dont think north got much snow at all though.

Deadman · « **Reply #137 on:** January 17, 2006, 09:30:29 PM »

Er I got a decent amount up here, about 5 inches or so.

WadeJ · « **Reply #138 on:** January 19, 2006, 10:42:26 PM »

New pictures posted on sixflags.com....... IF somebody can figure out the real file names lol

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/parkpress/photos.html

PcMan · « **Reply #139 on:** January 20, 2006, 01:35:03 PM »

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/images/photogallery/_58.jpg

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/images/photogallery/_59.jpg

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/images/photogallery/_60.jpg

for some reason they are not coming up

Jan. 19, 2006 The high winds and rain this week were definitely a challenge. We continued erection to bent 65 at the curve of the lift hill. We started erection at column lines 101 to 107 which runs parallel with the station pass the invert of the first drop. Foundation will continue through phase four and layout continues for phase five and six.

Foundation work for retail structures such as the ride photo building and merchandise kiosks will begin in the near future.
Al Rubano, Director of Construction

ChuckR · « **Reply #140 on:** January 21, 2006, 12:09:24 PM »

Awesome shot!

chilled182 · « **Reply #141 on:** January 22, 2006, 12:23:22 PM »

sounds like in a few days were going to see the completed turnaround.

Granted the winds have been awful around here, but at least it has been warm and dry for the most part.

overlord · « **Reply #142 on:** January 22, 2006, 01:19:18 PM »

Almost too warm. :shock: Comparing this to the tatsu constuction, it is behind. Then again Tatsu has many advantages over El Toro for construction. Wasn't this coaster suppose to be a plug-n-play? They need to plug their minds in and get this coaster to be playful.

KingdaKaRuler05 · « **Reply #143 on:** January 22, 2006, 01:57:54 PM »

Nice pics, but I don't really see much progress.

Well today I was looking at an article I cut out of a newspaper when ET was announced, and saw that Diana was in it. It was pretty crazy, lol

*This was the Home News Tribune

-KKR05

ChuckR · « **Reply #144 on:** January 22, 2006, 04:00:51 PM »

Bents for the first drop are starting to shape up!!

chilled182 · « **Reply #145 on:** January 22, 2006, 04:42:19 PM »

Quote from: "KingdaKaRuler05"

Nice pics, but I don't really see much progress.

When they say bent erection, this means that most of the constructon happens on the ground. WE saw a bent go vertical one day and it was asite to see. Most roller coasters as we have explained.. go right up vertical.. but these a re erected from the ground because it is apparently easier this way. We'll see bents 101-107 go up fast in the next few days bearing the weather.

the most important thing as i have stated.. footers are almot 100%

KingdaKaRuler05 · « **Reply #146 on:** January 24, 2006, 08:35:09 PM »

? I meant from the last time they updated the pics.

-KKR05

ChuckR · « **Reply #147 on:** January 27, 2006, 12:59:12 AM »

ChuckR · « **Reply #148 on:** February 02, 2006, 05:50:01 PM »

Anyone have any clue how El Toro is doing?

Pashacar · « **Reply #149 on:** February 02, 2006, 08:34:21 PM »

There's a new update--the usual two pictures and a journal entry--on the official site, which is labeled as Feb. 4th for some reason. I wish they'd show drop construction, though!

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