DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion

[gumb00t]

Just drove past and there's a large crane on site about to setup. 

[Richard]

15 hours ago, themagician said:

Even when all the information has been released, the Gold Coast Bulletin still manage to find a way to stuff it up

I'm all for calling out the Bulletin for sloppy journalism, but labeling the track magenta is perfectly fine regardless of how the park chooses to describe it for marketing purposes.

[Reanimated35]

What did the park end up going with? I clearly wasn't paying attention when it was said.

[themagician]

@Reanimated35 fuschia

[Brad2912]

Driving by at 4:30am this morning, I have to say the spotlights they have set up highlighting certain features of the track do look really good 

[themagician]

Crane is beginning to be set up. Tonnes of work around the area happening

All the villains have been added to the arch wall, Superman and Batman are currently being installed

[Reanimated35]

If the crane is being set up, that should mean any day now we'll see movie world's biggest erection getting head. 

[Whombex]

2 hours ago, Reanimated35 said:

If the crane is being set up, that should mean any day now we'll see movie world's biggest erection getting head. 

Oh dear. Not again. 

 

Thanks for the news and photos everyone (especially @themagician).

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Not sure if this has been asked but how tall will the Joker head be once it is installed on the ride? 

[Tim Dasco]

@Adventures With JWorld I believe it was said 75 metres.

[Reanimated35]

39 minutes ago, Adventures With JWorld said:

Not sure if this has been asked but how tall will the Joker head be once it is installed on the ride? 

Same size as it is while it's sitting on the ground. 

[themagician]

Wow it looks good at night 

[rappa]

Last shot looks amazing 

[MickeyD]

That's so impressive! Can't wait to see how it all looks in person at FNs😃

[Coaster Hipster]

It looks so pretty at night
Reminds me of awesome night rides on Helix, but DC Rivals could be even better with its layout!

[gumb00t]

Well they're ready to roll... Showers this morning possibly delayed the erection but now it's windy as hell down here. Could be a bit too much blow for the erection 

[Santa07]

24 minutes ago, gumb00t said:

Well they're ready to roll... Showers this morning possibly delayed the erection but now it's windy as hell down here. Could be a bit too much blow for the erection 

 

Stop

one was enough 

[themagician]

[JaggedJanine]

It definitely won't be going up today. Unless the wind drops drastically. Ride won't soft open without it.

[Santa07]

My guess is that they planned to soft open on Saturday but the wind is going to push that back to Sunday or Monday.

[Flynn_Smith]

11 minutes ago, Santa07 said:

My guess is that they planned to soft open on Saturday but the wind is going to push that back to Sunday or Monday.

They wont open it on Monday. I'd say it will be Sunday.

[Brad2912]

is there an unwritten rule that you can't soft open rides on a Monday??

[mission]

It's the 11th commandment:

 

11. Thou shalt not open Hypercoasters on day post the sabbath.*

 

*yes it could be argued which day is actually the Sabbath, but lets not go there.

Edited September 14, 2017 by mission

[Reanimated35]

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

is there an unwritten rule that you can't soft open rides on a Monday??

In fairness in the past I'd been told a lot of the execs have the Monday off. Not sure how true that is or if it's still the case, but even so for something like this they might make an exception. 

[JaggedJanine]

1 hour ago, Flynn_Smith said:

They wont open it on Monday. I'd say it will be Sunday.

Until we get word that the Joker head is up then the soft opening isn't happening. Which could be Monday. No ones knows. It is all dependant on weather conditions at the moment.

Green Lantern was closed this morning to install the head but since it was too windy they did opening checks and the ride was open by the time I left at midday.