Incredible Hulk Coaster Refurb

[Teebin]

true, i was just wondering and thats the first thing that came to my mind.

I had mistakenly added the "or" statement to the last sentence in a quick edit and went back and swapped it to the previous.

 

[WAJAS]

*corrected* If they cannot be found on site, then they could have received permission to store them in the parking lot of one of their nearby warehouses or at Nassal's metal plant in that northern location. I would find it odd for them to place them in a sound stage.

Weren't the Hogwarts Express cars stored in one of the sounds stages.

 

[Teebin]

Weren't the Hogwarts Express cars stored in one of the sounds stages.

Perhaps. I would think that would have been for finish theming. It appears that the Kong vehicles are being themed in the maintenance bay of the same show building. But I do not know this as a fact.

 

[UniversalCityFL]

The tracks have to be here already but Universal must be hiding them inside one of the soundstages

There wouldn't be any room in the soundstages. USF is the largest working production studio outside of Hollywood! They are most certainly filming Jurassic World 2 in there.

 

[maxairmike]

Who was it that ragged on that Ohio was too busy to build another coaster? How wrong can one be!

Forget who, but I was very consistent in noting that Valravn and Mako were likely entirely fab'd and almost finished shipping (think Mako finished shipments in October, and Valravn likely before). I would guess they're probably halfway through fabricating the pieces (very conservative guess based on how many pieces have shipped out that I'm aware of) and are shipping them out as they finish painting them. A rough guess for completed delivery would be...2nd week of March, and that's probably allowing too much time for winter to catch up to Ohio and any other delays. Allow another month for construction of the track/supports, and a month for additional interior/exterior work, and two weeks of final test & adjust plus training. That takes us up to, what, late June/1st week or two of July? They'll probably want this open before the July 4th rush, but optimistic is ready by May, IMO. Realistic/most likely is start of June. I forget, what are we looking at for Kong?

 

[floridakid]

Weren't the Hogwarts Express cars stored in one of the sounds stages.

Perhaps. I would think that would have been for finish theming. It appears that the Kong vehicles are being themed in the maintenance bay of the same show building. But I do not know this as a fact.

They were stored in the parking lot just west of the soundstages. I'm sure most of the theming was finished upon arrival but there was work done by technicians and the like while they were stored there.

I'm sure it's much, much easier to just lay the track down in an open field and cover it up with some tarp!

 

[anihilnation]

They were stored in the parking lot just west of the soundstages. I'm sure most of the theming was finished upon arrival but there was work done by technicians and the like while they were stored there.

I'm sure it's much, much easier to just lay the track down in an open field and cover it up with some tarp!

Indeed, I remember seeing them there while riding HRRR.

 

[Teebin]

Just a bit of trivia. This is the name of the company listed on the steel forms.

Heavy Duty Steel Column Forms (Sale) | Deslauriers, Inc.

 

[RollermanDan]

Forget who, but I was very consistent in noting that Valravn and Mako were likely entirely fab'd and almost finished shipping (think Mako finished shipments in October, and Valravn likely before). I would guess they're probably halfway through fabricating the pieces (very conservative guess based on how many pieces have shipped out that I'm aware of) and are shipping them out as they finish painting them. A rough guess for completed delivery would be...2nd week of March, and that's probably allowing too much time for winter to catch up to Ohio and any other delays. Allow another month for construction of the track/supports, and a month for additional interior/exterior work, and two weeks of final test & adjust plus training. That takes us up to, what, late June/1st week or two of July? They'll probably want this open before the July 4th rush, but optimistic is ready by May, IMO. Realistic/most likely is start of June. I forget, what are we looking at for Kong?

Valravn as of last week has only 3 pieces of track left to fabricate. Mako still has a few more more to go but is expect to be finished by the end of the month and fully shipped to the park. Still was receiving track / supports last week, about 6 trucks came in. Hulk has been in production for only the last 2-3 months after having the other two rides ahead of it, but I do think you are correct on your timeline of March for Hulk with all fabrication.

Also in other news...Hulk went vertical (again)!

 

[Teebin]

^ I had no idea how big the launch tunnel was until this video of a few guys standing up there at the opening. How deceptive.

 

[Mad Dog]

Hulk will surely pull in a ton of locals when it's completed. The Kong/Hulk/ Sapphire triumvirate is going to make a nice attendance splash for mid to end 2016.

 

[Nick]

Do we have any idea of what is going on with the queue?

 

[Scott W.]

Valravn as of last week has only 3 pieces of track left to fabricate. Mako still has a few more more to go but is expect to be finished by the end of the month and fully shipped to the park. Still was receiving track / supports last week, about 6 trucks came in. Hulk has been in production for only the last 2-3 months after having the other two rides ahead of it, but I do think you are correct on your timeline of March for Hulk with all fabrication.

Also in other news...Hulk went vertical (again)!

How are they gaining access to get this angle or is this from Hollywood Way and zoomed in?

 

[awhen]

How are they gaining access to get this angle or is this from Hollywood Way and zoomed in?

Is that a zoom from the walkway to Royal Pacific?

 

[Scott W.]

Is that a zoom from the walkway to Royal Pacific?

Across the road from the entrance, yeah.

I don't know if this link will work or not.

Google Maps

 

[WAJAS]

Valravn as of last week has only 3 pieces of track left to fabricate. Mako still has a few more more to go but is expect to be finished by the end of the month and fully shipped to the park. Still was receiving track / supports last week, about 6 trucks came in. Hulk has been in production for only the last 2-3 months after having the other two rides ahead of it, but I do think you are correct on your timeline of March for Hulk with all fabrication.

Also in other news...Hulk went vertical (again)!

Is that the guy who used to do the InTheLoop updates?

 

[darkridelover]

I can confirm that new Green Hulk track is at the construction site ready to be installed.

 

[MillenniumDragons]

I had a dream where I had a complete experience of the new hulk, queue and all. I hated it. I'm terrified my dream my become reality if the track that arrives is all rusty. It was like a weird wild west version of the hulk, no dark ride section or LED lights. Even worse, it was in the middle of some dusty landscape off a highway in the Midwest. This was a dream/nightmare, by the way.

 

[darkridelover]

Track is brand new. Doesn't appear to be any LED lights.

 

[Mad Dog]

I had a dream where I had a complete experience of the new hulk, queue and all. I hated it. I'm terrified my dream my become reality if the track that arrives is all rusty. It was like a weird wild west version of the hulk, no dark ride section or LED lights. Even worse, it was in the middle of some dusty landscape off a highway in the Midwest. This was a dream/nightmare, by the way.

Sounds like you had a classic "Six Flags Park Nightmare". :yikes: