***Official Footer Pouring Thread***

[FSUNolez06]

need some new skytower pics

Well, go take some.


Derek posted some that were taken yesterday. How much newer do you need?

[billcollins531]

Kudos on the pictures, FSUNolez06.

Has the under-the-bridge idea been totally ruled out? Why did they take the foliage out of that area? Also, it kind of looks like footers have been dug about 20-30 feet away from the bridge (or is that just dirt piled there?). You can see that in FSUNolez06's update pics.

[Jonathan]

Some people on here are inconsiderate jerks, but I can't say that surprises me having met many coaster enthusiasts over the years.

Thanks for taking the time to take some pics.

[chknwing]

I wasn't ripping on you about not taking the pics. I would take them myself but I have this thing called a job and my skytower lense for my camera is broken

[Wormy]

Help yourself to some sweet footery goodness:











Act II:
Fence is up:



These boulders look familiar:



I think it's safe to walk back here folks:




From behind Pavilion 3:



Oops...



Act III:









These continue on the way to South Gate, about as far as Scoob:



Uh huh huh. Huh huh huh huh.



More concrete evidence:


Sorry it's been awhile, but I had to protect my "title" Rack 'em up sir!

[carowindsman6654]

I'm dreaming. Somebody slap me. Thanks for the pics Wormy. Much appreciated. Hmmmm...I see the trees between the white roofed pavilion and the white tents next to the service road have been cut down. Wonder if the coaster will make its return to the station through there?

[chunkyskunk]

Kudos on the pictures, FSUNolez06.

Has the under-the-bridge idea been totally ruled out? Why did they take the foliage out of that area? Also, it kind of looks like footers have been dug about 20-30 feet away from the bridge (or is that just dirt piled there?). You can see that in update pics.

Thanks FSUN for the photos. I looked real closely at the bridge area just to see if anything new was there. As far as I am concerned, I have ruled it out. Based on the footers that are poured and where the construction is, I would say the idea is gone. I would so love to be wrong though.

[chknwing]

I Tell ya it really looks like that big hole on the bottom right will be for a splashdown. I forsee a splashdown in the middle of a plaza that will get everyone wet around it.

[Davidtmp]

Hey you guys, nice pics. Don't worry Wormy, your title is safe. LOL I will look forward to the updates next week as I'll be at the beach with the family. May have to take advantage of the Freestyle 2 for $18 deal, and planning on hitting up Family Adventures to knock out Swampy. I'll get some pics fo sho. I ain't doing Pedro's house though!
Hypersonic at Carowinds, that has to be the most laughable thing I have ever heard.

[coaster mania]

ok... so tons of footers are being poured... Diamondback track and supports started arriving soon after the footers started right?????? plus, look how many footers have already been poured... im just getting too excited... i need to calm down... i want to go to Carowinds but work rules that out.. at least for now... so does anybody think that there will be any new element(s)for this new B&M?

[BoociferPatch]

I need to fix my pictures, since photobucket is stupid...

Anyway nice update, it's still so weird to see things moving so quickly. I still personally think there will be a splashdown.

I will be going monday.

[coasterbruh]

Also, is it just me or do they seem to be moving more slowly here than at KD?

...it's still so weird to see things moving so quickly...

Catch 22

[coasterbrian]

If you follow the footers, there's no way for there to be a splashdown, because the lifthill is behind the large drainage hole and the presumably station/transfer track footers are behind that. There are no footers leading to or from the giant hole.

It's just gonna be another pond. Carowinds is full of em. Sorry folks.

[BoociferPatch]

Also, is it just me or do they seem to be moving more slowly here than at KD?

...it's still so weird to see things moving so quickly...

Catch 22

"Catch-22 is a term coined by Joseph Heller in his novel Catch-22, describing a set of rules, regulations or procedures, or situation which presents the illusion of choice while preventing any real choice. In probability theory, it refers to a situation in which multiple probabilistic events exist, and the desirable outcome results from the confluence of these events, but there is zero probability of this happening as they are mutually exclusive."



Yeah now that I look at it more closely, it appears to not to be a splashdown. I wish the dang annoucement would come already! I wonder when we will start seeing track. Maybe early august/last week of JULY? Heck, maybe even sooner.

[coasterbruh]

maybe you're confused because you depend on wiki for the answer to all life problems and questions. Most "Knowledgeable" people know that when someone generally says a catch-22 in a real life situation they mean its basically a no win situation or quite frankly "damned if you do, damned if you dont". Let me break it down for this situation for you.

People complained and made note when it seemed construction was "going slow", now people are (well not complaining in the same sense) and making note when it seems construction is "going too fast". Hence the situation seemingly like a no win situation because someone is always gonna complain/make note of the status of the contruction and find a problem with it.


I will also reference this post when everything is offically announced because people complained about no new coaster/hyper coaster for carowinds and now they are getting one people are gonna complain about the layout and the speed and basically the whole coaster (some are already doing that) so again its a no win situation for the park, therefore a "catch 22".