2006 Project Tracker

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Last Updated: 11.07.05 - 5:30p

Apocalipsis - Parque de Atracciones Madrid

Renderings

Avatar - Kings Island

Press release [9/22/2005]

Black Mamba - Phantasialand

Announcement [3/8/2005]
Track arrives [8/12/2005]
Lifthill and more [9/6/2005]
Construction underway [9/7/2005]
Station and first drop [9/16/2005]
More lifthill shots [9/19/2005]
Building around the lifthill [9/28/2005]
More digging and landscaping [10/3/2005]
Footers, lift and landscaping [10/11/2005]
More lifthill enclosing [10/15/2005]
Lifthill, and landscaping [10/20/2005]
More track installed and landspacing [10/26/2005]
Track configuration down below [11/1/2005]
Inline twist, lifthill and first drop [11/11/2005]
More subterrainian building [11/20/2005]
Working around the monorail [11/26/2005]
First drop and more [12/8/2005]
More crazy underground work [12/13/2005]
First inversion [12/14/2005]

Cobra - Paultons Park

Completed photos [9/30/2005]

El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure

Breaking ground [9/26/2005]
Press Release [9/28/2005]
Fact sheet made available [9/28/2005]
Videos made available [9/28/2005]
Reinforcing foundations [9/28/2005]
Concrete for footers poured [9/30/2005]
Footers poured and demolition [10/2/2005]
Stampede platform removed [10/3/2005]
Lifthill footers in place [10/7/2005]
Site prep and markings [10/10/2005]
Story on project manager released [10/12/2005]
More parts arrive [10/15/2005]
Bent construction and markings [10/22/2005]
Footers, stacked bents and groundwork [10/28/2005]
Vertical construction begins [10/29/2005]
Lifthill construction [11/30/2005]
Construction tour [12/8/2005]
Construction tour [12/8/2005]
Official construction photo update [12/14/2005]

Expedition Everest - Animal Kingdom

Interior rockwork and track [4/5/2005]
Inside and trains arrive [4/8/2005]
Emergency stairs and helix [5/2/2005]
Tunnel, entry and queue [5/3/2005]
Media event and tour [5/7/2005]
First appearance of snow [5/11/2005]
Peaks become visable [5/18/2005]
Various construction shots [6/6/2005]
Various construction shots [6/12/2005]
Various construction shots [6/25/2005]
Pull through tests [7/23/2005]
Testing confirmed [8/13/2005]
Shots from the air [8/20/2005]
Ride building [8/23/2005]
Snow tunnel [8/23/2005]
Yeti depiction [9/5/2005]
Various construction shots [9/6/2005]
Various construction shots [9/18/2005]
Various construction shots [10/13/2005]
Running multiple trains [10/14/2005]
Walking tour with great pics [11/13/2005]
Train testing and fastpass signage [11/30/2005]
Night shots [12/1/2005]
Night shots and lifthill [12/2/2005]
Lifthill and fastpass area [12/5/2005]
Signage, lifthill and big drop [12/13/2005]

Goliath - La Ronde

Confirmed to be a B&M [10/25/2005]
Press release made available [10/26/2005]
Video made available [10/26/2005]
Transfer, turnaround and lifthill [12/12/2005]

Goliath - Six Flags Over Georgia

Removing the Great Gasp [8/24/2005]
Removing the Great Gasp [8/28/2005]
Announcement made [9/1/2005]
Press Release made available [9/1/2005]
Fact Sheet made available [9/1/2005]
Ride page made available [9/1/2005]
Photos from the announcement [9/1/2005]
Track arrives [10/1/2005]
Some track is already going up [10/7/2005]
Footers and transfer track [10/10/2005]
More track going up [10/20/2005]
Lifthill going up [10/31/2005]
Emerging above the Trees [11/1/2005]
Photos from within the park [11/5/2005]
Closeups of the lift and site [11/5/2005]
Lifthill and more footers [11/5/2005]
Shots from the parking lot [11/12/2005]
Topping off [12/15/2005]
First drop [12/15/2005]
Interview with PR Manager [12/15/2005]
2nd and 3rd hill trackwork [12/15/2005]

Italian Job Stunt Coaster - Kings Dominion

No Updates Available

Katapult - Mirabilandia

Sign and ride photos [12/13/2005]

Kentucky Rumbler - Beech Bend

Press release made available [7/28/2005]

Announcement and early construction [7/28/2005]
Walking tour of the construction site [9/22/2005]

Kumali - Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo

First pieces arrive [10/15/2005]
Track waiting in the lot [10/17/2005]
Track waiting in the lot [10/19/2005]
Construction site with footers [10/21/2005]
Station and footers [12/11/2005]

Meteor - Little A-Merrick-A Wood

Patriot - Worlds of Fun Steel

Site prep [7/7/2005]
Markers and more prep [7/11/2005]
More markers and workers [7/12/2005]
Footer prep [7/16/2005]
Footers and access road [7/19/2005]
More footers [7/25/2005]
Footer work and more parts [7/31/2005]
More footers [8/4/2005]
Digging holes [8/9/2005]
Pouring footers [8/11/2005]
I-beams arrive [8/18/2005]
Track arrives [8/19/2005]
More track [8/20/2005]
More track [8/23/2005]
More track [8/24/2005]
More track [8/26/2005]
More track [8/29/2005]
Big crane and more footers [9/2/2005]
Crane, supports and work site [9/4/2005]
More parking lot parts [9/6/2005]
New sign and big crane [9/18/2005]
Going vertical [9/21/2005]
Track installed [10/1/2005]
Station and lift construction [10/3/2005]
More track installed [10/5/2005]
Lifthill construction [10/11/2005]
More lifthill construction [10/12/2005]
More lifthill construction [10/12/2005]
More lifthill construction [10/17/2005]
Lifthill completed [10/18/2005]
Lifthill, footers and track [10/22/2005]
Drop construction [10/23/2005]
Up close look at construction [11/17/2005]
Track waits to be put up [12/20/2005]
Construction tour and update [12/21/2005]

Serial Thriller - The Great Escape

Trains arrive [12/12/2005]

Speed Monster - TusenFryd

Land prep [7/1/2005]
Land prep [7/5/2005]
Announcement [7/7/2005]
Land clearing [8/27/2005]
Site prep and footers [9/30/2005]
Footers, construction and track [10/8/2005]
Track in the parking lot [10/10/2005]
Land clearing and track [10/18/2005]

Starliner - Cypress Gardens Adventure Park

Stacked up and ready [9/24/2005]

Superman Escape - Warner Bros. Movie World (AU)

Hump, overbank and scenery [10/27/2005]
Pull through photos [11/11/2005]

Tatsu - Six Flags Magic Mountain

Activity around Orient Express [7/8/2005]
Markers begin to show up [7/17/2005]
Part of the stairs ripped out [7/24/2005]
More markers and digging underway [7/28/2005]
Trees moved and electrical supplies [8/2/2005]
More tree removal and new fencing [8/19/2005]
Ripped up Orient Express track [8/26/2005]
Track arrives [10/1/2005]
More supports and station pieces [10/8/2005]
More trees disappear [10/16/2005]
Track and supports everywhere [10/29/2005]
Big crane, track and aerial shots [11/11/2005]
Lift hill is completed [12/17/2005]

Thunderbird - PowerPark

Unknown - All Star Adventures

No Updates Available

Unknown - Duinrell

No Updates Available

Unknown - Fuji-Q Highland

Teaser signs [7/15/2005]
Footers [12/12/2005]
More footer pics [12/13/2005]

Unknown - Magic Springs & Crystal Falls

Press release made available [9/20/2005]

Unknown - Oakwood Leisure

No Updates Available

Unknown - SeaWorld Orlando

No Updates Available

Unknown - Thorpe Park

Site prep [4/1/2005]
More site prep and steel [5/1/2005]
Column bases and foundations [6/1/2005]
Launch footers and maintenance [7/1/2005]
Winch bunker and station [8/1/2005]
Track delivery [8/29/2005]
First track section installed [8/29/2005]
Accumulator and more track [9/8/2005]
Walkways and tophat [9/19/2005]
More tophat construction [9/22/2005]
More tophat construction [9/26/2005]
Tophat completed [9/26/2005]
Train pull-through [9/27/2005]
Complete rendering released [10/1/2005]
Entrance and queue lines [10/25/2005]
Trains, photo booth and queues [11/21/2005]

Vliegende Hollander - Efteling

No Updates Available

Voyage - Holiday World

First hints are given [5/27/2005]
Markers [6/17/2005]
Access road and tree clearing [6/26/2005]
Tree clearing and digging [7/3/2005]
Paths and surveying [7/9/2005]
Press release made available [7/13/2005]
On-ride video made available [7/13/2005]
Fact sheet made available [7/13/2005]
Computer renderings made available [7/13/2005]
Photos from the announcement [7/17/2005]
Turnaround and construction signs [8/6/2005]
Turnaround structure [8/13/2005]
More structure [8/20/2005]
Clearing and pipe delivery [8/28/2005]
Structure and tunnels [9/5/2005]
Construction reaches the treeline [9/9/2005]
First drop coming along [9/18/2005]
Crazy banked turns and more [9/24/2005]
CoasterBuzz construction tour [10/1/2005]
First drop nearing completion [10/8/2005]
The very big crane [10/15/2005]
Station clearing, lift and bridge [10/22/2005]
Walking tour of the grounds [10/23/2005]
First drop [10/25/2005]
First and second hills [10/30/2005]
Full shot of lift and drop [11/5/2005]
Second hill and the lifthill base work [11/12/2005]
Lifthill crossover [11/18/2005]
Train on display and third hill [11/30/2005]
Third hill and land clearing [12/4/2005]
Construction pauses in the snow [12/10/2005]
More work on the station and footers [12/22/2005]

Resources

www.themeparkreview
www.holidayworld.com
www.parktrips.com
www.johnnyupsidedown.com
www.coastersandmore.de
www.themepark.nl
www.childsfamily.com
www.greatcoasters.com
slc2006.100free.com
www.coasterforce.com
www.gainsider.com

www.phantasialand-bruehl.de
www.freizeitparkweb.de
www.nojespark.net
www.tusenfryd.no
www.negative-g.com
www.thorpepark.co.uk
www.guenter-engelhardt.de
www.beechbend.com
www.ozcoaster.net
www.canobiefan.com
www.laronde.com

www.rcdb.com
www.gerstlauer-rides.de
www.pki.com
www.amusementpics.com
www.sixflags.com
www.midwestinfoguide.com
www.nojespark.net
www.wdwmagic.com
www.rollercoasterpro.com
www.eastcoastcoasters.com

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