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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby bgwfreak » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:24 am

In regard to the name, they can call it what they like as long as it is a B&M Hyper or one of those cool new mega-lite Intamin's or whatever.

But I think it's gonna be B&M.

They can call it Red Steel: The Ride, I'll hate the name but it will still be a great ride.

I'm not a NASCAR fan either, but you can't deny there are MILLIONS of people out there that love it and would probably go to Carowinds just to ride the only coaster themed to a driver.
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby CoasterPrince » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:58 am

Hey, I'm new here....I live in Jersey and never been to Carowinds. My home park is SFGadv...How lucky am I? I work there too. You guys are getting something BIG next year and I wanted to be a part of the speculation. So why did the name Intimidator come up?
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby bgwfreak » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:01 am

Probably cause someone has loose lips. :lol:

Seriously though, I wonder how anything ever stays secret these days. :lol:

No one knows anything, or at least we don't know for sure. It's all speculation.
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby coasteraddict02 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:46 am

I hope we don't see a Nascar themed coaster either. I find it kinda boring, but if they themed it for a race gone bad with crashes and weird obstacles like ramps and loops then that would be awesome!
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby b&mcoaster1095 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:38 pm

CoasterPrince wrote:Hey, I'm new here....I live in Jersey and never been to Carowinds. My home park is SFGadv...How lucky am I? I work there too. You guys are getting something BIG next year and I wanted to be a part of the speculation. So why did the name Intimidator come up?


Wow, you ARE pretty lucky, I went to SFGAdv last year, and I wasn't the enthusiast I am now so I didn't even ride El Toro, Kingda Ka, or Nitro! I still regret it to this day... :| But anyways, what is your job there?...I'm surprised the spec/rumors have made it way up North...
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby coasterbruh » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:13 pm

b&mcoaster1095 wrote:
Dude wrote:WHAT IF THEY MADE A COASTER THAT WAS THEMED AS UM... A SUPER HERO LIKE (SPIDERMAN,X-MAN,ETC) AT CAROWINDS INSTEED OF NASCAR!


They are copyrighted characters and Six Flags is the only amusement park chain that owns the rights to them... ain't happenin'...

SO it WAS six flags over somewhere where I saw that awesome ride "Amazing Adventures of Spiderman" dark ride...I must be getting rusty because I could have sworn that was at some park in fla but what do I know...
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby b&mcoaster1095 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:31 pm

^ Universal doesn't need rights...They OWN Marvel, don't they?
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby derek_lentz » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:36 pm

Okay
Here we go.
My first official "Dirt Porn" update
with a little grass porn & parking lot porn thrown in for good measure
I tried to insert the pictures into the thread but failed miserably at loading them from another site. Mods: Any help editing this post to include the pics would be greatly appreciated. I have included the links instead:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39611955@N06/

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Obligatory Skytower Shot

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Ground level

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2nd Ground level - You can see they have really been working on leveling it out

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Last Ground level - with heavy machinery

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This is the view you would see of a train rushing past to go Under The Bridge

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Backside of the dirt

Then I decided to walk down towards the 3rd Picnic Pavilion when I spotted this field of pink flowers

Oh wait, those are footer markers right next to the path:
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There was one that was a mere 1 foot from the path
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Behind the Picnic Pavilion I found these guys
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Next I decided to take a walk down the fence

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This is the camera that "the man" watches the construction with

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I saw this from the top of Afterburn

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They have begun digging up the parking lot right at the South Gate

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It looks to be 8ft wide x 2 ft deep x 60 yards

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I do have to say, I really felt like an idiot that it took me a month to figure out why DIOV was written backwards on the hand stamps

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Shout out to Panera Bread for the complimentary WIFI
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby carowindsman6654 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:38 pm

Somebody send Derek some money or something. :mrgreen: Great pics dude. :)
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby coasterbruh » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:43 pm

b&mcoaster1095 wrote:^ Universal doesn't need rights...They OWN Marvel, don't they?

:shock: nevermind... :?
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby b&mcoaster1095 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:45 pm

^^^Where were those fields of grass with the footermarks in them?
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby Coaster Punk » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:48 pm

Im gona be honest here....There is a future middle school right up the road from where I stay at and there construction on the leveling land is coming along faster then what carowinds! Not hating or anyhitng but everytime I look at where the log fume used to be it looks the same as it did a week ago!
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby Lightning man » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:59 pm

Thanks Derick, I plan on staying a couple days in the Campground over the Fourth of July. So i wil make sure to take plenty of pics.
but Im allready makeing plans to spend many weekends this fall over there.When they should be going Vertical!!!!!
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby derek_lentz » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:06 pm

b&mcoaster1095 wrote:^^^Where were those fields of grass with the footermarks in them?

Next to the pathway to the last picnic pavilion. Just go past the Season Pass Enrollment Center.
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Re: ***Official Dirt Moving Thread***

Postby derek_lentz » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:08 pm

Thanks for the help Jonathan.
How did you do that so fast?
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