Attraction 2012 Update #16 From gb980109 (3/29/11)

gb980109 stopped by the construction zone and took a few photos of progress. It looks like work is starting to pick up rapidly and almost half of the lake bottom has been dug up.

Am I seeing this correcty? Is that a backhoe and dump truck in the middle of a lake BELOW the waterlevel?

This could be either digging for the footers or for a water splash. At this point my money is on footers.

Now this is starting to look like a construction site!

The dam is still there and now you can get a better idea on what the dirt pit looks like.

The pumps are working now! lol

More updates coming soon!

Attraction 2012 Update #15 From pushingbuttons (3/26/11)

It looks like the recent rain we’ve had has caused the construction crews to switch off the pumps and allow the water to flow freely through the construction area. Currently there is a stone pathway for the construction crews to gain access to the center of the lake with some pipes underwater. A small man-made pond was dug in front of the old dam, which I guess is to make it easier on the pumps and store some of the water there.

Looks like much more is going on inside the lake this week.

This side of the pond has been dug deeper I think to hold some of the water flowing through the pumps.

One of the newer pumps that pump the water into the new pond. 

So that’s it for this update. Springtime in the Park is less than 3 weeks away so keep watching for more soon!

Attraction 2012 update #14 From pushingbuttons (3/19/11)

We’ve got a better picture of the temporary dam in front of Looper’s and Comet’s creek bridge. It appears that they are in the process of trying to lower the water level in the section of the creek. The water is still being detoured through the steel piping and the plastic piping is still   un-used.

In other news, Keystone Thrills appeared on WGAL 8 yesterday in an interview held at the park. In the video, it shows one of the workers holding blueprints for the utilities for Attraction 2012. This confirms that this new attraction will somehow either be part of or go through Comet Hollow and confirm the Comet Hailey rumor on the Ride Institute website. Click Here to view the video:

http://www.wgal.com/video/27237082/detail.html

Attraction 2012 Update #13 From Ccron10 and HPCrazy (3/8/11)

With one more month until opening day for the 2011 season, here’s another update on construction as well as a small update with RIT.

Last Wednesday, several members at the site were contacted asking if they were interested in interviewing someone from RIT. In the end they had to cancel, but not without releasing first clue since their website was launched. The red letters, when added to the end of their site’s web address eventually takes you to the page below.  

 It is written in Dutch, but when translated it says that the marketing will start in April and build up to an announcement in August.

Today we were interviewed at the park for a local news segment. Nothing really looks different from the midways compared from back in December as far as construction goes. As far as when the announcement will be for Attraction 2012, right now it seems like it will be on  August 2, 2011.

Interesting. Looks like they are going to dam up the creek, have the water by-pass the section by pumping it through that small pipe…. 

Go down the entire length on where construction is going to occur…

…past the dam…

That pipe looks a little small. Maybe they’ll switch over to these drainage pipes or could they be footer castings?

…And exit down near the catering building (which is still there).

Attraction 2012 Update #12 From HPCrazy (2/6/11)

Today, Matt stopped by to check out Chocolate World as well as the park. It looks like construction has officially begun on Attraction 2012. Two of the three catering buildings have been torn down, an old ticket booth has shown up next to the gate to provide security, and a lot of utility markings have appeared.  

Attraction 2012 Update #11 From Ccron10 (1/22/11)

I decided to stop by ZooAmerica and the park to check out Community Weekend and since I was there, I took a peek to see what was going on around the Catering Area and Comet Hollow.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKkdvEwvx_A

Don’t forget to check out the first Video Update on the project! I apalogize ahead of time for my softspoken voice.

Attraction 2012 Update #10 From Ccron10 (11/27/10)

During Christmas Candylane, the park opens the Creekside Catering Area for Dog Sledding demonstrations. Since this area is on the chopping black for Attraction 2012, I thought it would be ineresting to see what’s down there.

What I found is that the path of stakes come down the hillside next to Comet’s far-end turnaround, cross the dam, continue halfway to the main bridge to the catering area, go through it without coming close to the buildings and then go up the other side of the creek back towards Sooperdooperlooper.

On the latest for the Ride Institute, after some people have connected the dots, it has been found out that this was created by Hersheypark. In the true Nantimi-like fashion, the bottom of the page has a link to an email address where you can drop them a message. Right now you get an automatic reply, but that might change once we get closer to spring.

Attraction 2012 Update #9 From HPCrazy and Ccron10 (10/17/10)

More markers have shown up in Comet Hollow and now there seems to be more surrounding the Hollow Games building. There were several stakes visible from Tilt-A-Whirl’s queue behind the restrooms and upon coming into the park and waiting to see if anyone would show up for the site meet-up, 3 mysterious people dressed in white labcoats and nametags with the initials of RIT on them, asked us if we wanted to do a servey. The servey consisted of several questions reguarding freefall, favorite drop rides, and water on a ride. When they were done, they gave us a big envolope with 4 Exit Passes and a 2nd smaller envolope with puzzle pieces then vanished. Once the puzzle was put together, it said “See u in the Spring. Game on!” and a web address to rideinstitute.com. Two of the puzzle pieces were cut into to shape that if you flipped over the puzzle, it showed a 12 on the back.

The plot is starting to thicken and it sounds like this winter is going to be interesting…

After a close look at the website, site member CoasterBGW pointed out that embeded in the css coding was /* PreProj: nAnT_L1v3s */
This could possibly mean Pre Project: Nantimi Lives.

Right now it is possible that an announcement for this attraction could be as soon as Spring 2011.

More news as it unfolds.

Attraction 2012 Update #8 From Ccron10 (9/11/10)

The fence next to Comet is complete and it seems like the outer rim between Founder’s Circle and Comet has been taken over by stakes and servey markers. The old Paddleboat area seems abandoned, but there was a bulldozer parked next to Comet’s first drop and a new low fence has been built next to the abandoned pathway. A new mark (9C) has been discovered on the otherside of the creek near the Filling Station has been discovered. In other news, some piles of decorate cinderblock (used to decorate hillsides) has shown up in Lightning Racer’s field. Could a new pathway be added connecting Rhineland with Comet Hollow be coming?

Attraction 2012 Update #7 From Stormwinder (8/9/10)

More stakes have been spotted running parallel to the creek. The fence is still being built and a few markers are starting to fade. Derry Township plans on having a land zoning meeting August 18 to discuss the Approval of Attraction 2012. The park wants to get permission to build an attraction 200 to 350ft tall and cross into 2 properties which are supposedly to be the golf course.