General Carowinds discussion
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By Axel
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DavidW wrote:^ These is a bit of dead space in between the 2 cams. How will we know whats going on there!! </smartassremark>


It seems to me that if the lift track is only 25% up, then the cam1 as currently positioned won't show the topping out! I hope someone in charge adjusts the camera before then! I REALLY don't want to miss seeing that huge 3 track section being put up live.
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Based off of viewing the webcam so far this morning, expect some track to be put up today. The construction vehicles that I call the "Green Machines" (green vehicle with forklift on the front, good for picking up track pieces) seem to be on the move already this morning.

A support is going in now.
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By shane235
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I think that they are already putting up another support near what they did yesterday. I can see some sort of white object. :D
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By redrunner97
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shane235 wrote:I think that they are already putting up another support near what they did yesterday. I can see some sort of white object. :D


Yeah, I was watching a few minutes ago and they carried a support over to the construction site.
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Also if you look at the front gate cam you can see that the mound is coming down slowly but surely. There is an excavator at the top of the mound and trucks are running up and down the mound.

Also, it looks like in the right mid-upper corner they are taking the dirt from the mound and grading. could that be where the old pond used to be and now they are just filling it in?
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I wish our stream was like the Thunderbird stream where you can move the camera. I'm still just grateful we have a live stream instead of a still image webcam.

Don't miss the rise of Big Bird! LIVE!

We may see some lift hill support action today. Another large support is on its way to the site via the "green machines"!
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By DavidW
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looks like there are some supports going up in the "dead zone." I'm having to revert back to the old web cam to keep track :/

Looks like 2 supports so far, and from what I can tell, it almost looks like they are putting up one to the supports for the helix?

Edit: This looks like another crane being delivered... Clifford?
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If we are talking about the same support, to the very far right, I'm almost certain that is the piece leading up into the first barrel turn. As far as the crane, that is what everyone else is calling "Big Bird".
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By DavidW
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Alright, i think i see whats happening off live cam now. What i thought was another support going up is actually one of the smaller cranes that looks to be putting together Clifford

ilovecedarpoint wrote:If we are talking about the same support, to the very far right, I'm almost certain that is the piece leading up into the first barrel turn. As far as the crane, that is what everyone else is calling "Big Bird".

The current red crane is CJ (Clifford Jr.). The Yellow crane is BB (Big Bird). And off live cam they are building another red crane that i think is going to be a larger red crane... Clifford
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By gabed
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Big Bird, (I guess that's what we're calling it) looks complete!
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By Axel
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DavidW wrote:Alright, i think i see whats happening off live cam now. What i thought was another support going up is actually one of the smaller cranes that looks to be putting together Clifford

ilovecedarpoint wrote:If we are talking about the same support, to the very far right, I'm almost certain that is the piece leading up into the first barrel turn. As far as the crane, that is what everyone else is calling "Big Bird".

The current red crane is CJ (Clifford Jr.). The Yellow crane is BB (Big Bird). And off live cam they are building another red crane that i think is going to be a larger red crane... Clifford


I would think BB would be the biggest crane... it sure looks like it!
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