Monday, July 25, 2011

So Much Canada's Wonderland 2012 Construction

Since May when construction for the supposed new coaster for next year (at Canada's Wonderland), there has been so much going on:

http://cwmania.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=46118#p46118

Footers are being poured in the main construction site and rebar is everywhere. There are also some shipping containers and site offices between Dragon Fire's brake run and lift hill.

Footers are also being poured around Dragon Fire (including a VERY big one by the service road that separates Dragon Fire and Speed City), and some clearing is occurring by the Courtyard Catering area just east of Dragon Fire. They even tore out the fence that separates Dragon Fire's two loops from the Courtyard area. There is also a LARGE amount of markers around Dragon Fire's layout as well as in the employee parking lot.

In short, it seems that this ride might be bigger than I thought. Some rumors are actually spreading that this new coaster might dwarf Behemoth in height. I kind of doubt it, but you never know. I was pretty shocked when I found out that Kings Dominion's new coaster for 2010 (which became I305) was a giga coaster.

I kind of feel that this ride will NOT be the 8-inversion Intamin coaster Screamscape reported. If this is an Intamin, I can picture this coaster being either a Wing Rider or an LSM Blitz. However, now comes the possibility of this ride being a B&M after all. From kunpc1 at CWMania:

They're bigger than the standard footers that are on the portion after Behemoth's mid-course brake run.


This makes me wonder if we will see another B&M in Canada's Wonderland. If this is a Beemer (a nickname for a B&M ;)), then I think a B&M Floorless Coaster or (preferably) a Dive Machine or Wing Coaster.

And also, if you look carefully in the last photo, there is a huge line of footers that starts in the main construction site by Speed City and goes through Dragon Fire. Could this be for a lift hill?

This is kind of confusing now, but I think there will be more news soon. We will find out soon... and supposedly there is going to be some exciting activity in the next 4 weeks, leading to a possible announcement.

And with that said, I will leave you with some music for you to ponder with:

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