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SwEDEN wrote: Am I the only one who feels slightly sad when looking at these new Winged layouts?

I mean Swarm's an amazing coaster, don't get me wrong, but it makes me a little sad looking at all the new layouts and what more could potentially of been made of LC12! :(

Would additionally like to know if possible, what is this coasters footprint? Is it larger or smaller than Swarm's footprint, just to give a sense of what can be done with the space available!.. :)
I agree, The Swarm is amazing and it is one of the best Wingriders imo but they could of banked the incline loop abit more and not of added that brake run after the inline twist and added a helix there instead but anyways this coaster is 100ft shorter than The Swarm but is much more spread out.
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I'd rather ride this over swarm anyday! Does anyone know or think the brave it backwards will be incorporated right from opening?
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Nothing much really happening on site today, however there is still a photo update on CoasterFriends here.

Here is an image, from the update, showing the progress on the ride's shop/ORP collection point.

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Right, well all of today's progress can be summed up in this one image from CoasterFriends...

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As you can see, over half of the airtime hill has been completed, as well as the lowest point of the transition between the immelmann and corkscrew.

Here's an overview shot (added later)...

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This is shaping up to be the most intense WingRider to date! Looking good. As a person who has had the pleasure of riding GateKeeper, I think Heide's version of the coaster will be better as the inversions look tighter. Gtaekeeper, while fun, is too tall and the inversions are too big to be intense.

How tall is this new coaster? Looks quite small compared to the other B&M WingRiders out there. 
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themealgang wrote: How tall is this new coaster? Looks quite small compared to the other B&M WingRiders out there.
It's 130ft compared to 128ft on The Swarm
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Not much track left to go up now! The airtime hill is completed, and another piece of track from the exit of the immelmann has been added, as shown in these images from CoasterFriends...

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There must be only 2-3 pieces to put on the exit of the Immelmann
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Well then, all the track has now been erected!

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And here's a picture of some enthusiastic Germans (the official press release photo)!

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Maybe Towers will take this as an example for the next coaster ;) track went up so quickly it's beyond belief
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there german. they like structure and schedules and being on time
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Well here's an update covering the final few days of track erection!

And a photo of the lift hill chain from Heide Park's minisite...

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Okay well here's a photo update from today, showing the rendering/theming on the station progressing. The image below is taken from the linked page...

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Love the way those two dive loops mirror each other almost. You can see where they have had to smooth some parts down like with the smiler though!
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Been awhile since an update, now track erection has finished, but here's a few images from CoasterFriends showing the development of the ride's theming...

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Can not wait for the testing vids  :D
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Here are some various photos, sourced from CoasterFriends...

Another image, of the station rendering

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The guys on CoasterFriends believe that the shop will have a glass floor

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Finally, a lovely image of the ride in the fog

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Not strictly related, but I just thought I'd share some more of Coasterfriends' fog photos...

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