12 hours ago, Glubbo said:

...which is peculiar as I thought the station blueprints were having the ride entry under the lift hill.

It's also peculiar because if it remains it will be an eyesore. 

8 minutes ago, YLFATEEKS said:

It's also peculiar because if it remains it will be an eyesore. 

will probably get some form of fencing around it blocking it from normal viewing angles.

If you close it in it becomes a plant room, that's a whole lot of ugleness.

Edited March 16, 20178 yr by YLFATEEKS

1 hour ago, YLFATEEKS said:

It's also peculiar because if it remains it will be an eyesore. 

Or will it... Most distribution boards I have seen and worked on are orange.  This one is an interesting blue colour, so has this clue been sitting in front of us the whole time?  In regards to the transformer, from planning to installation this normally takes over 6 months.  I would assume it is staying.

I'm sure they would hide that stuff, and not leave it sitting in the middle of the path, and you walk past theme amongst theming, if there.

Edited March 16, 20178 yr by themagician

1 hour ago, Troy81 said:

Or will it... Most distribution boards I have seen and worked on are orange.  This one is an interesting blue colour, so has this clue been sitting in front of us the whole time?  In regards to the transformer, from planning to installation this normally takes over 6 months.  I would assume it is staying.

No clue unless the colour was selected back in 2008.  That's the first clear google picture I have.

 

Why would it not have been planed to be moved over a year ago when the plans were produced?

Edited March 16, 20178 yr by YLFATEEKS

Switchboard colours are getting more varied dependind on the requirements of the client.

I have worked on everything from Blue, Orange, Green, Clear coat stainless...the list goes on.  Even had one hand painted after install to blend in with the rest of the shop wall...

It  MAY be replaced prior to the ride opening depending on if it has a large enough capacity to handle the load of the new ride.  The new lights would not be a concern as far as load goes as I would assume they would be an LED fitting (getting nice and cheap from major suppliers now).

As far as track, i might put it out there that we would see something in the "Site Yard" area in the next two weeks....just a guess, but with some knowledge behind it.

Edited March 16, 20178 yr by thunder001

LOL, you should see how much backroom talk is going on now @thunder001 on which day it will be delivered.  Not saying you don't know it's just a bit comical on how many dates I have been told by different people.

I've even been told by some people they have photos of it at the docks right now.  When you push for a photo they never deliver.  I don’t know why they tell me in the first place if they aren’t going to give me some honey.

I think it’s going to be a little sad when it’s completed because we won’t know what to talk about.

We'll talk about the awesome attraction coming to SW in 2027...

@YLFATEEKS we'll be talking about how amazing a ride it is

Nah not really. Orange for Mechanical Services, this one is for Light and Power and has been there many years. 

1 hour ago, YLFATEEKS said:

No clue unless the colour was selected back in 2008.  That's the first clear google picture I have.

 

Why would it not have been planed to be moved over a year ago when the plans were produced?

Well bugger me.  I thought I was on to something.  

3 hours ago, djrappa said:

Nah not really. Orange for Mechanical Services, this one is for Light and Power and has been there many years. 

Normally orange is for Mechanical, but the last couple of years we have had the orange requested for all locations due to it standing out and being easy to identify.

@YLFATEEKS there will always be another ride being built we can talk about...somewhere in the world.

Oh and the track comment was only based on a rough gantt chart I did one day that would allow the ride to open in September as advertised...it is truly only a guess based on the time it takes us to put together some of the bigger lighting towers etc.

Sorry thunder I was meaning back when these boards went in years ago. 

@djrappa no apology required 

Just can't wait for this thing to start to go vertical.  Tried to find out some information this week from our normal crane company but my contact was very quite on the subject...will try again next week.

 

There finally has been a near map update. This was taken on Feb 24, and I've joined together multiple close up images to provide one high quality image. 

Edited March 19, 20178 yr by themagician

1 hour ago, themagician said:

There finally has been a near map update. This was taken on Feb 24 /snip

Interesting since the first pictures of the containers and offices arriving weren't until Feb 28...  Near Maps needs to check their dates...

The shelter over the containers has begun its construction. Frame work is up for the left one, with a couple of small cranes on site. No photo because I didn't fancy getting soaked in the rain for that.

@MaxxTheMonster Might be a good time to check your ships travel plans.  Just in case it's already here.

6 minutes ago, YLFATEEKS said:

@MaxxTheMonster Might be a good time to check your ships travel plans.  Just in case it's already here.

58 minutes ago, themagician said:

The shelter over the containers has begun its construction. Frame work is up for the left one, with a couple of small cranes on site. No photo because I didn't fancy getting soaked in the rain for that.

I find it sort of ironic that the shelter is going up after the non-stop rain starts... if only they decided to put it up last week, they'd have a nice dry place to do their stuff this week.

Edited March 20, 20178 yr by Santa07

Sticking to a timeline me thinks. 

If it was built last week, they'd not have anything to do underneath it this week anyways....

Are you serious, is that the location of the ride judging from the near map photo.

It's so close to the highway, for sure in its initial 6months of opening as it towers less than 100m from the highway.

It will cause accidents as people slow to look at it. the land located near (lethal weapon) and Wild west doesn't look super important, maybe those buildings can go and they can fit some things in there.

 

 

PLease note I am a casual enthusiast

And I think we have a winner for one of the stupidest posts to date. 

By that logic there could be no roadside advertisements. They serve the same purpose, and at times can be more distracting. You also couldn't build any high rise buildings or anything above a few stories, as they all will cause people to slow down and look.