Jurassic World VelociCoaster Construction Thread (Opening June 10)

[gabe3235]

Quick question for those in the back...has there ever been another project where Intamin made the track, but Mack made the controls? Maybe that could help us see things in a way, if only to determine the type of trains being used.

Intamin doesn't do their own programming, so having Mack do it isn't the most outlandish idea but (as far as I know) it hasn't been done before.

 

[Andysol]

I'm thinking it COULD be more "Intamin coaster with launches and controls by Mack".

I wonder if it has Mack launches, would it have Mack trains?

Intamin doesn't do their own programming, so having Mack do it isn't the most outlandish idea but (as far as I know) it hasn't been done before.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[shiekra38]

I wonder if it has Mack launches, would it have Mack trains?

RMC Trains, Mack Launch, Intamin Track, B&M Sign, and Premier comfort collars is what I'm hearing

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

Intamin doesn't do their own programming, so having Mack do it isn't the most outlandish idea but (as far as I know) it hasn't been done before.

Gabe gets it. And if you think this is unusual you should take a hard look at Gringotts. Lots of cross pollination on that one too. Intamin is controlling the physics of this attraction. It’s 100% just as much of an Intamin as Maverick and El Toro are. This happens more often than a lot of enthusiasts realize.

 

[jarmor]

I don’t think you can claim it’s simply that.

Dragon Challenge, for example, we were also used to and it still stuck out like a sore thumb.

Even still, I felt Dueling Dragons was pretty well hidden from the paths and skyline. With the lift hugging the perimeter of the park and being sunken in a ditch so to say, to me, it never seemed like it stuck out . . . until potter moved in. Also, it's not so much as being used to hulk. When I first saw the concepts for IOA I was immediately drawn to hulk. It seemed to frame the land with it being so prominent at the entrance and the cityscape behind it. It just "fit" to me and the scaling of it didn't feel like it loomed over the other buildings. I guess I just have gotten use to the notion that Jurassic park is a land of discovery, a land where you feel something may be lurking in the bushes but you can't see it. Again, I would have to wait and see once its built but I don't know how fast I can get use to such a prominent element overshadowing one of the most iconic buildings in modern film.

 

[gabe3235]

It’s dark so I may not have seen it right, but it looked like they had some concrete forms for walls around where the brake run should be.

 

[devinp267]

I need to see something, I'm having withdrawal from this thread:'(

 

[Brian G.]

I need to see something, I'm having withdrawal from this thread:'(

We just did an update. It'll be out tomorrow.

 

[devinp267]

We just did an update. It'll be out tomorrow.

:clap:

 

[devinp267]

In my office on this slow day waiting on that jp update :whistle:

Nvm lol

 

[FlAn]

Here's that IU photo update.

Photo Update: December 10, 2019 – Universal Orlando Resort | Inside Universal

Edit: some photos from today that I took, showing the new walls.

 

[gabe3235]

Watching Hagrid go up was a blast, can't wait for construction to pick up on this as well

 

[Disneyhead]

With Hagrid's there was 18 months of shoving dirt around before anything cool happened. We are already starting real stuff (footers) happening here.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

 

[GadgetGuru]

It’s pretty mind-boggling how many fences are up in IoA for this coaster. I didn’t get a sense of it until I went to the park a couple weeks ago.

The Jurassic Park land is unrecognizable right now. There’s fences everywhere. All the trees are gone and there’s a stretch of the land that’s the hottest in the entire park.

I really can’t wait for this coaster. And maybe hopefully some Discovery Center and general peacemaking too?

 

[Mad Dog]

I'll be glad when they're done with the coaster. IOA looked like crap when I was there in November. This has really ruined the look of the entire park due to it's location, it's always in your line of sight. We didn't even bother to walk over to Toon Lagoon or JP when we were there on vacation. Wish it wasn't taking so damn long to build it. Since I'm not a coaster fanatic, the coaster is no big deal to me.I doubt I'll even ride it more than once a year. But I do understand why they're building it since it's something their main demographic will like, thus it's a good business decision on Universal's part.

 

[shiekra38]

Watching Hagrid go up was a blast, can't wait for construction to pick up on this as well

And they can't hide this one behind a forest, so we'll actually get to see multiple angles of the construction.

Also, I'm hoping this ride will somewhat hide the Hogwarts showbuilding from the PoE view

 

[IOA Explorer]

Heard the construction crews accidentally let a Popeye raft float away. (Not my photo, found on Twitter)

 

[Mike S]

Heard the construction crews accidentally let a Popeye raft float away. (Not my photo, found on Twitter)
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“Accidentally”

 

[shiekra38]

Heard the construction crews accidentally let a Popeye raft float away. (Not my photo, found on Twitter)
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OMG WTF

This makes me miss Island Skipper Tours in a way haha