News Big Thunder Mountain to receive full retrack

[lazyboy97o]

Second location would be from RoA, I would assume. But they're still waiting on permitting fixes for that, right? They'll probably do all they can from this location.

There are multiple ways to have a crane on the Rivers of America side completely separate from the water management modifications.

 

[JoeCamel]

Roughly 350 feet to the furthest piece of track.

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From what I can see 230 is about max for a tower reach so I expect another at some point.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

May have to bring in a crane barge, if the RoA is still there at the time.

Can’t they drain ROA fairly easily? I feel like I’ve seen it drained before.

 

[TrippedUp]

If you zoom in, you can see that there's a BJ's wholesale club refrigerated semi trailer parked there. I wonder what that's all about.

Thats the storage for the halloween party candy. Theres another in the north bypass and a third near tomorrowland terrace. When you rent trailers short term they give you whatever they have handy off-lease.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Can’t they drain ROA fairly easily? I feel like I’ve seen it drained before.

Ease is relative. It’s not something that they’d just do overnight. If they want to keep the Rivers open during the work then a barge crane could allow that.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Artist concept of the retracking...

 

[TrippedUp]

From what I can see 230 is about max for a tower reach so I expect another at some point.

I'm an engineer, though one with zero insight to how this project will work. However, if this was my project, I'd blow out concrete in the center of the ride for foundation of the tower crane and use this spot as a laydown yard and to stage track for rigging. The central crane could be assembled by a telescoping crane from this location as well. The theming could then be rebuilt fairly quickly after the crane is removed.

 

[JoeCamel]

I'm an engineer, though one with zero insight to how this project will work. However, if this was my project, I'd blow out concrete in the center of the ride for foundation of the tower crane and use this spot as a laydown yard and to stage track for rigging. The central crane could be assembled by a telescoping crane from this location as well. The theming could then be rebuilt fairly quickly after the crane is removed.

Maybe there is a base from the original construction there? I don't know


eta: looked around and it does not look like it

 

[MisterPenguin]

Maybe there is a base from the original construction there? I don't know


eta: looked around and it does not look like it

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Those tops get removed in case of hurricanes.

 

[co10064]

If the crane is placed in the staging area opposite the railroad tracks, can they keep the railroad open?