Medusa42 257 Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 ^If you buy a Raptor now for Spring 2021, RMC will offer you a $400,000 discount. https://twitter.com/OnlineHyde/status/1197142326470172673 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) #JerseyDevil Coaster Construction Update 11/20/19: The crew is busy digging and building boxes for the concrete footers, which is well underway near Congo Rapids. (Photos via Six Flags Great Adventure) Edited November 20, 2019 by XENITH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medusa42 257 Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 ^You should credit or provide a link to the source if these aren't your photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 50 minutes ago, Medusa42 said: ^You should credit or provide a link to the source if these aren't your photos. These photos are from the park themselves; you can check them out on Twitter if you have it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EasternThrills 109 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 3:13 PM, XENITH said: #JerseyDevil Coaster Construction Update 11/20/19: The crew is busy digging and building boxes for the concrete footers, which is well underway near Congo Rapids. (Photos via Six Flags Great Adventure) Very excited to see construction continue on the Jersey Devil Coaster! Hopefully we’ll see vertical in the coming weeks/months! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 Here is the latest JERSEY DEVIL COASTER construction site map! This one took ages to update and was by far one of the most challenging map updates I’ve completed thus far. While the pictures the park provided us with were extremely useful to updating, I scanned and analyzed each of these photos down to the inch, searching for every stake or marking or rebar shipment or wooden form I could find. Nonetheless, I will be visiting the park tomorrow so I may be able to get some better looks at the site in person. Analyzing the location of these current footer molds, I am beginning to think that these are for the exit of the Raven inversion into the first camelback airtime hill, as that section of the ride does include some funky shaping as it weaves through the structure. It is also highly plausible that this could be for the drop off of the midcourse or the top of the dive loop. However, given the current information we have now, it is tough to predict the exact circumstance. But again; I’ll have to get some better looks once I go to the park tomorrow (technically today, Saturday). I can vividly remember how excited I was to finally see even one stake on site; even if it was just for construction road stabilization and some new gravel. However, there are now too many stakes to even count and their locations are becoming more and more difficult to pinpoint. The pictures the park provided also contain many inconsistencies, since they were all taken at different times (the most recent picture is the 2nd one from the top on my post, based on the fact that it is the only picture with all 5 footer molds in it). Overall, I am very happy with how this one came out, especially considering how challenging it was. I am aiming to push out about 3-5 more maps before the end of the month, but that will be dependent on who I know is visiting and how much information is shared by the park through both written iterations and through images. Nonetheless, I am eager to watch this new ride begin to rise up here in the coming months! Thank you and enjoy! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 Currently at the park...there’s some very exciting new stuff on site! Stay tuned for more 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joeyc98 24 Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 Thank you for the effort you are putting towards creating these maps! They really are awesome to look at, and I (and I am sure many others) appreciate it! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 3 hours ago, joeyc98 said: Thank you for the effort you are putting towards creating these maps! They really are awesome to look at, and I (and I am sure many others) appreciate it! You got it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 #JerseyDevil Coaster construction update 11/26/19 Excavation is moving quickly and we’re getting ready to start pouring concrete footers very soon! Unearthed some remnants from Adventure Rivers and Koala Canyon. (Source: SFGADV Twitter) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,557 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Some of that unearthed debris almost looks like it could be from the old Great Train Ride which traversed that area before Roaring Rapids a.k.a. Congo Rapids was built. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 27, 2019 Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, 29yrswithaGApass said: Some of that unearthed debris almost looks like it could be from the old Great Train Ride which traversed that area before Roaring Rapids a.k.a. Congo Rapids was built. That's crazy! So cool that they were able to unearth this piece of Great Adventure history! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 27, 2019 Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 HE'S HEATING UP! JERSEY DEVIL COASTER construction is swiftly moving along with TONS of new stakes on site and several more forms excavated! (Map updated as of November 24, 2019). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EasternThrills 109 Posted November 27, 2019 Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 Jersey Devil has began pouring the Concrete for its footers! These photos were taken on 11/27/19 via Six Flags Great Adventure’s Facebook! 🏗 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 OVERLOAD! JERSEY DEVIL COASTER has its first rebar cages set in place and we can now clearly make out the future site of the raven inversion and over banked turnaround! (Map updated as of November 26, 2019). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medusa42 257 Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 More pictures from the concrete contractor's facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/forceconcrete/posts/3069422136419159 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Monumental news.... @EasternThrillsand I have pinpointed the EXACT footers being poured from the animation video. This clears the air on a lot of things for us. More to come on this very soon! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) MAP UPDATED AS OF NOVEMBER 27, 2019: Updating this map was challenging yet rewarding. Not only do we have several footers poured and even more forms in WITH REBAR, but the most significant discovery of this map was finding out exact footers of the ride and which sections of the ride those footers belonged too. I will explain this more below but we were finally able to pinpoint the location of: The bottom of the first drop The entrance and exit of the raven inversion The overbank following the midcourse The drop off of the midcourse The first off-axis airtime hill AND MUCH MORE! In total, we were able to pinpoint the location of about a whopping 21 ride footers and where on the coaster they were located. Below, I have color-coded each of the cages we currently have and indicated where they line up with the animation (I didn't think they would, but the footers in the animation line up perfectly with real construction). You can find these footers in the top left corner of the map over near Congo Rapids. On the map, I have dashed the color of the corresponding footer above, below, or next to a black box, which represents one above ground footer location. On the animation still picture, I have marked the corresponding footer in the respective color. NOTE: Used colors ONLY APPLY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE IMAGE. COLORS MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE BUT DO NOT INDICATE THE SAME FOOTER. Thank you and enjoy! Edited December 1, 2019 by XENITH 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,557 Posted December 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Xenith, I give you a lot of credit for your attention to details in following the construction of JDC. Nice work! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, 29yrswithaGApass said: Xenith, I give you a lot of credit for your attention to details in following the construction of JDC. Nice work! My pleasure. It is an honor to hear that from you; thank you so much for acknowledging my work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tower 70 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 2 hours ago, XENITH said: My pleasure. It is an honor to hear that from you; thank you so much for acknowledging my work! I have to agree, we're pretty lucky to have guys as dedicated as you and @EasternThrills when it comes to following the construction of the coaster. Keep up the good work! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) A little fun fact I just discovered! JERSEY DEVIL COASTER is rotated approximately 7.5 degrees from grid east-west of the construction site, from my observation. Meaning that in regards to the site itself, the ride does not run at a straight 180 degrees along the site's horizontal x-axis, rather it runs about 7.5 degrees on a negative slope that is not parallel with grid east-west, assuming the site is a regular grid that is parallel with the Earth's longitude and latitude lines. Edited December 3, 2019 by XENITH 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EasternThrills 109 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Photos from 12/3/19 of the Jersey Devil Coaster! Photos from Six Flags Great Adventure on Twitter! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XENITH 149 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Still trying to update the map and I am having a very challenging time figuring out how many storage bays there are. While the animation has four, there might actually be three. So for now, I'm going to let this one float until they set in the rebar cages for those molds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EasternThrills 109 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 More photos from the Jersey Devil Construction site?? Heck yeah!! (Photos from Great Adventure on Twitter and Instagram!) FullSizeRender.mov 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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