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Images from a few days ago on Carowinds Connection. The track from the start of the brake run to the bottom of the lift hill is now in place.

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Construction of what will be the world's tallest giga coaster lift hill is underway.

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The bottom of the first drop is now complete.

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Wow. This thing looks really impressive. Thanks for all the updates Lewis
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I am absolutely loving that pillar :D
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With the drop's pillar being completed over the weekend, one of the tallest supports has been erected today.

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A few more sections of the lift hill went up today.

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This is beautiful!
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The final support for the initial drop has now been assembled, with the track ready to be assembled and lifted awaiting on the ground.

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Those trees look tiny! Thanks for the update
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More of the track for the drop has been installed today.

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Love how those track pieces for the drop of a B&M giga look just like Schwarzkopf box spines :P
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The lift hill has been topped off, complete with Christmas tree.

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There's been consistent progress on Fury 325 over the past few days, with half of the Barrel Turn now in place.

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The barrel turn is now complete.

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They certainly aren't messing about, with the majority of the S-curve now erected.

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Merlin - Take note of how to do construction properly :P
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Well its not as complex as the smiler, but still impressive the speed that thing is going up.
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This track I would imagine is a lot more time consuming considering they have to lift a large portion of the track above 250ft. Then to lower a piece at 300ft+ must have to be done incredibly slowly. I think there was no excuse for The Smiler's Spaulding construction speed, the snow wasn't even that severe.
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S-Curve complete.

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