[MarkD]

...bracing myself for the onslaught of of redundant "the crane is moving" post.

I think most on here would agree that we prefer the crane play by play over comments like this.

No, not really.

Thanks Dave for your continued work. It is much appreciated as I have no time to just sit and watch.

[bradbeane88]

Has anyone spotted the trains for fury yet?

[IsaacMcCalla]

So much work being done. The progress is moving faster than i originally thought so i'm happy

[FamousAmos]

For those of you who can't wait...

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[DavidW]

Has anyone spotted the trains for fury yet?

We wont see those till next year. I would guess February.

[bradbeane88]

Has anyone spotted the trains for fury yet?

We wont see those till next year. I would guess February.

I thought so just thought I would ask. Thanks

[TheCoasterMan1]

I thought this was a good article. The front gate renovation definitely doesn't cost as much as some of you may think it does!
http://web.gastongazette.com/interactiv ... specialty/

[uscbandfan]

Here's a question for some of you guys who follow coaster construction...

Since the return track goes beneath the lift hill, will attention now focus on buiding more of that before continuing the lift hill on top of it? I was thinking it would be easier to build the track underneath first rather than try and thread the track through later.

Just a thought.

[CarowindsFan]

I thought this was a good article. The front gate renovation definitely doesn't cost as much as some of you may think it does!
http://web.gastongazette.com/interactiv ... specialty/

The $1 million quoted is just for steel from that one company. Not the total project cost.

[TheCoasterMan1]

I know its just steel but some of the cost of the steel is for Fury construction as well. I expect it to probably be split up half and half so the front gate will most likely be 500,000 of the 1 million.

@uscbandfan good observation, I wonder if they will do that first or not. It does make the most sense.

[DavidW]

Here's a question for some of you guys who follow coaster construction...

Since the return track goes beneath the lift hill, will attention now focus on buiding more of that before continuing the lift hill on top of it? I was thinking it would be easier to build the track underneath first rather than try and thread the track through later.

Just a thought.

B&Ms are unusually built in (pretty much) sequential order. Some exceptions are the lift hills on hyper/gigas and some loops. After the drop, i think they will just continue through the course.

[kirkgun]

That's a good question.

I don't know anything about coaster construction.

I was thinking the opposite. That it would be easier to build the higher section first, and then the underneath. My thinking was that since the lower section uses much smaller and more maneuverable equipment to construct that it would be easier to move that equipment underneath the high sections, than to have to move the big stuff around track that is already locked in place (and equipment can't move around underneath it).

And I was also thinking risk management. I think they would not want to risk heavy things possibly falling down onto already constructed sections.

But one thing I do know for sure. Those big cranes are really expensive to rent. They'd like to get done with the parts that need the big cranes as fast as they can, now that they are here.

Like I said, I don't know anything about coaster construction. And I was wondering the same thing. That is just what I was thinking about it.

-and @DavidW,

GO HAWKEYES!

[DavidW]

-and @DavidW,

GO HAWKEYES!

+1 for that(if we could on this site)

[coasterbruh]

There's a cool feature on this site called an edit button. You can use it to edit and add your previous posts to avoid having to double post.

Lol lol...

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Ok I'm done trolling...for the day

[Hiveminded]

From what I understand it is in sequential order unless there is track that crosses or is very close to other track. See Intimidator's construction, some of the return hills were partially built before the big hill in front.