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lewis97
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Sat Dec 28, 2013 4:20 pm
The first half of the batwing is near enough in place.
lewis97
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Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:21 pm
A bit more of the Batwing has gone up, as well as a support for the second vertical loop...
rhino18
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Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:38 pm
^Actually, it's not a batwing. It's a Pretzel Knot, an element that was only used once before on Moonsault Scramble.
Difference being that the 2 'half-corkscrews', cross paths, instead of remaining independent of one another.
lewis97
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Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:48 pm
Fair enough. Today track has gone up for the entrance of the second vertical loop...
Danny
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Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:49 pm
Just been on the live view cam and it seems to be covered. However when I went to their twitter they have just tweeted a picture of snow covering the park and construction site. I wouldn't of thought any track would go up today but we shall see
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lewis97
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Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:39 pm
There's also this one, which shows the area of the track that is currently going up.
And this image from KI's Facebook.
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lewis97
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Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:03 pm
More track is up for the exit of the pretzel loop, as well as a few supports for the exit of the second vertical loop.
lewis97
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Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:09 pm
Over the past few days more track has gone up, including on the exit of both the pretzel loop and second vertical loop.
Here's an image from Twitter.
Station construction
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lewis97
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:15 pm
Pretzel loop is complete, and about half of the second vertical loop is up.
Image from KI's Twitter.
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lewis97
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Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:04 pm
Construction on the roof of the station is underway, in this photo from KI's twitter.
Currently the second vertical loop is being completed.
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lewis97
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Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:33 pm
Track for the bend up into the heartline roll is going up.
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Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:36 pm
I just want to say thank you to Lewis for showing all these pics. This looks amazing
lewis97
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Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:25 pm
Currently the webcams aren't very good for seeing construction progress, however here's an image from KI's twitter.
SwEDEN
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Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:43 am
How long until track construction will be completed? They really are going at quite a rate.... Looking forward to testing
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Danny
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Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:27 pm
So just a small update the he next drop has been complete as well as some supports
lewis97
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Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:45 pm
A couple of images from King Island's twitter page; One showing the second half of the track, including the newly erected heartline and entrance to the final helix, and the other looking at the inside of the station.
lewis97
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Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:12 pm
Track is nearing completion as more of the final helix is now up. Also there's an image from Kings Island's FB page showing the station exterior.
Danny
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Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:21 pm
That looks like it could possibly have a church themed building :sus: