[Jay]

I am going on Sunday.. that should be enough update to hold everyone over for at least a month...

[b&mcoaster1095]

I am going on Sunday as well. I should be able to do an update, unless it's the same exact stuff as J's update.

[CarolinaCoasterFreak]

Just got back from the park. Rebars have started going into the ground and trucks are still pouring cement. Also there are black tarps around the holes, there were 5 or 6 of those. No pictures. Also, this may have already been posted, if so, sorry.

[Diamondback FOF]

Bottom of hill perhaps?


This strange looking piece will be the top, and connect to the lift track.


Unfortunately NONE of the supports that I saw have paint on them.

There are a ton of smaller ones here.

To the first image, I think that will be a part of a helix.

The bent platform will be for the catwalk at the end of the ride, similar to Diamondback. After the small hill after the splashdown, the track slants downward. Then, it gets almost level with the ground. That bent piece will be where the track goes from the slant to level part.

I agree that the third picture is probably for the bottom of a drop (i'm thinking first or second drop). It appears that it will curve, although I can't tell is to the left or right (if you look closely, You can see triangles on the outside on the furthest part of the track).

I don't recall seeing a strange connection for the support to the lift hill track on Diamondback nor Behemoth.

It will be a while before the supports start arriving since none of them have been painted.

The smaller supports will be used for the transfer track, storage shed, any final brake run track, and even a couple short (but beefy) ones will be used throughout the ride.

***Before people yell at me and say, "You don't know any of that. Don't say it as a fact!": I don't know any of what I just said to be neccessarily true. I do, however, believe all of what I just said. You can take it for a grain of salt it you'd like. But, look at other coasters. Most of what I just said can be found on other coasters.***

[coasterbruh]

I will sell my first born for the coaster to be a B&M just to shut up a particular KD poster...

[Diamondback FOF]

One question keeps popping in my head. Does anyone here know how deep a footer has to be in relation to hieght, g-forces, etc? I was looking at other rebar / footers from other projects and found that the ones Carowinds are putting in are quite deep.

I believe Don Helbig (PR Manager for KI) said the footers were about 30 feet deep for Diamondback.

The offical date for the reveal of the 2010 attraction coming to Carowinds is Aug 6th....And def no more walking the perimeter... You WILL be arrested for trespassing. Not to mention the new temp. fencing in place in the parking lot.

Thanks for your time,
DitchDoctor

I think you're thinking of the Diamondback reveal date. I think it is strange that out of 365 days that CF picks the exact same date, one year apart, to reveal two coasters. What a coincidence.

And I doubt someone would be arrested for walking a land that isn't blocked off .

[Lightning man]

Hello everyone, Had a great time @ Camp Wilderness. And at the Park. Nothing new to comfirm but Saturday nite. While my family were watching the Fireworks over bye the volleyball court. A lady and her father were there. She made the remark to us that here spouse Works for the park! and a new Coasterwas coming next year!! I did not go say yea I know im a Coaster junkie and I look at all the boards. Then her father starts singing sweet music. The Coaster will be over 5500 feet long it will be the near are a little over the height of the Sky tower. Again i know this has been said on the Boards. but hell I had to share it with you!!!! Rode Cobra for the first time . Not bad!!

[Davidtmp]

I'll believe it will be around the same height as the skytower when I see it. Things can get a little exagerated. I'm still leaning toward 250ft at most.......I guess if around the height of the skytower being within 70ft, then yes.
Haven't been camping over there in ages. Glad you had a good time, good place to watch the Fireworks and not have to worry about traffic!!

[CarolinaCoasterFreak]

Then her father starts singing sweet music. The Coaster will be over 5500 feet long it will be the near are a little over the height of the Sky tower. Again i know this has been said on the Boards. but hell I had to share it with you!!!!

I dunno. I can believe the track length but the height? I have asked some employees, but they really seemed like they didn't know much about this. One hinted at a hyper because of the construction site shape, and I think that is true, but I think this is a rumor. That would be incredible though, hope he's right!

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

I dont believe it will be the height of skytower, but I could see 200ft or a little over...

[BoociferPatch]

My guess for the height is 235-250.

[Bk1870]

From today (7-8-9)

[carowinds4ever]

My guess is it will be around 250 ft tall, red track with white supports. I also think it will be 5000 to 5500 ft long. Just my opinion.

[b&mcoaster1095]

Just got back from the park. Rebars have started going into the ground and trucks are still pouring cement. Also there are black tarps around the holes, there were 5 or 6 of those. No pictures. Also, this may have already been posted, if so, sorry.

Just saw the picture of the black tarps on here. I can tell you they are there for the prevention of a construction worker falling in.

EDIT: If you look closely at the first picture by BK 1870, it seems they are trying to preserve the drain from the former pond. Wonder why...

[carowindsman6654]

So water has somewhere to go when it rains.