***Official Intimidator Construction Thread***

[zonemanspw]

First time poster, been reading a while. Thanks to my friend Wormy for pointing me towards this site. Was at the park over the weekend and snapped some of these photos:

View from near the Season Pass processing center

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View from Rocket Power

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FOOTER view from the Dora Train (haha)

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Did I break rules taking photos from rides?

I'm all for the NASCAR theme ride! I am a bit biased since I am a life long fan of #3. Not like other things in the park haven't been based on the NASCAR and/or moonshine heritage (Thunder Road, White Lightning, and I remember standing in line for hours to ride "Days of Thunder"), and Charlotte IS the uncontested center of NASCAR.

[carowindsman6654]

You just broke the rules. You're banned from the park...forever. Just two more days until our brand new parking garage gets announced.

[The Jet Coaster]

Indeed he does.

Most excellent. I'll let him do the dirty work then.

[Diamondback FOF]

If this ends up being a launch, maybe 26 is the speed the launch will be, or the number of friction tires used for the launch.

[chknwing]

Out of curiosity, what did the date have to do with KD's announcement? See my point yet?

[razz]

Out of curiosity, what did the date have to do with KD's announcement? See my point yet?

Yeah it didnt have anything to do with the announcement, but if they can play into the date or whatever for the announcement then why shouldnt they? Its all just an idea but im just saying

[bigjr872]

Ok to all the ...people... in this site who cant read earlier i said

Question i know this is off topic but did they dismantle the log flume or just rip it apart? If they dismantled it, do you think that they will put it back up somewhere else? and another thing i never said anything but before i had any idea of the roller coaster coming up i was starting to think they were just going to move the flying super saturater over to where the log flume used to be. i mean i like the roller coaster idea alot more but if no roller coaster that would be a good spot for the saturator.

To everyone who said things like are the red pieces of track for looks, if you READ i was talking in past tense. i was thinkng that was what was going to happen way before any hint of a roller coaster. I was talking about i think it would be a good spot of satruater if they never decided to put a roller coaster in duhhhh.

MOD EDIT: Definitely no need for name calling here. No one had any idea you were talking in past tense, perhaps take some extra time to more accurately convey what you are trying to say.

[chknwing]

I dont expect the log flume to return. Cedar Fair is not a fan of log flumes. I believe they are high maintenance.

[jsz1002]

So this is my first time posting to this site but ive been watching the development of this ride from several sites so ive put together some details to make a resonable guess for the coaster. Okay so some of the details are if anyone has seen the invites for the announcement they highlight the '26' in the date and also the idea of 'record breaking, history making' shows that it has some type of record with it. My guess is that the coaster is gona be 260 ft high making it the tallest, most likely as well fastest, B&M hyper and also the tallest and fastest coaster in the park. This is just a guess but its what i can make of all this. I wish they picked a better team than NASCAR though haha but as long as its a good ride that helps out Carowinds then it works for me.

If the 26 meant 260 ft high, why not highlight the 26 and the 0 in "09?" It must have some significance though.

[lingerdog]

26 stories doesn't guarantee 260 feet. ten feet per story is actually a loose estimate. Depending on the type of structure a story can be anywhere from 8 to 20 feet.

[chunkyskunk]

I have never put much thought into the date being the 26th, a day when the park is closed as opposed to a Saturday which I think makes the most sense. It does make sense that they would be some reason for that date. As much as I would love and do hope this thing is 260 ft , I would have to agree with JamminJ, I would be shocked also. A part of me really believes our coaster will be much closer to 200' due mainly to Carowinds being the smallest Cedar Fair park plus the past history of the lack of taller coasters but those 2 steep track drop pieces do have me wondering if we might get something taller. We will find out soon

[carowindsman6654]

New update pics on page 26 here: http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/par ... post795101

[chknwing]

umm what is that? is that a launch mechanism? lol

[lanigan911]

Question i know this is off topic but did they dismantle the log flume or just rip it apart?

Let's put it this way...I have a tire from one of the flumes sitting on the table next to me.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

Wow that is so awkward, I was in the middle of writing a post that asked if anyone saw those wheels that looked like some sort of launch mechanism..... Anyways great pics, I wasnt able to get any yesterday because skytower was closed and I didnt go over in the parking lot or anything. Thanks for the update!