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That sure looks like it's got motors & the attachment for spinning, did not expect that!

Great find! Really shows just how damn massive that blue track is. Based on this, I assume that the orange-circled track is the "regular" LSM gauge, the white/tan track on the right is (presumably) Falcon's Flight track (which I assume to be the larger Hyperion-gauge track), and the blue track...

My vote is for SDC. I've been to Dollywood more times than I can count over the last 6 years, so I've seen firsthand all of the tree clearing, ride modifications, & all over the years. I hesitate to call it the "decline" of Dollywood, but it's overall not as great IMO as it used to be. But I...

Using the first routes that pop up on Google Maps: Port of Genoa to Stakotra: 1140km Port of Hamburg to Stakotra: 979km I assume it went to Genoa because it's much more practical than going around Italy to dock in, say, Rijeka, Croatia. But this is correct & is basically all we know that's...

This thing looks AWESOME!

It does, that's like the entire gimmick of the ride. The bypass is at 2:18 in the POV above, the station is behind the wall on the right side.

Gorgeous POV time!

Google Earth shows that scan was captured 7/31/22. Therefore the orange track is probably Cedar Point's Mouse, and the faded red track is likely Senzafiato:

Keep in mind there is no physical evidence in either direction. It's all speculation. Don't put it past Cedar Point to intentionally plant the "Zamperla's doing the project" rumor purely to cloud the discussion, either. That's entirely on the table too.

Yeah, that's not entirely conclusive evidence for Intamin. Eat My Dust has the same shear key holes: Using a kiddie coaster probably isn't the best comparison, but it's what we got.

I don't suspect ^that's a hot take at all. IMO, Europa Park (similar to Kings Island, oddly enough) has a deep lineup, but they don't really have THE coaster there. Wodan, Silver Star, Blue Fire are all good rides, but I consider them all 7/10's basically. Voltron should definitely fill that...

I actually think that may be for one of these: Just by this animation, that track rendered is HUGE. In the photos above, it's sitting beside (what I presume to be the white) Falcon's Flight track, and it's visibly thicker in all directions. Definitely can't rule out that it's for the Drift...

Hyper-analysis time! A friend of mine did some measurements of the footer locations using Blender, and calculated that the triangle footer arrangement is around 25.6m wide and 11m deep. Using that info, I did a few mockups of potential spike heights of 300ft 400ft, and 500ft: Based on the...

Has to be. Per that crane company's website, this model maxes out at 384ft: My guess is the bottom half of the tophat's track will get replaced, as it was beat with nearly 5g's of force for 20 years. The top half has experienced significantly less forces, so that might be fine for another 20...

Yeah that actually looks so fun. 1:20 of real ride time, that's impressive. Launches look decently punchy, and that whole last half looks very fun. Kinda surprised they didn't spray instant-grass on the hillside for the first half, but the presentation of the plaza area looks great. Will look...

I believe that's the brake run supports & station track. Not steep enough for the first 'lift'

Flat out; any speculation of an extended layout, beyond maybe a hill on the launch/return run, is just fantasyland. Certainly not jumping inside of Iron Dragon, or a turn around the spike. Pure imagination.

The canopy could be moved, for sure. But the actual load station platforms of the old TTD is long gone. Whether riders will load under the canopy, on the curve, or at the end of the brake run is up in the air.

@JackFish - right thinking, wrong placement. The spike has to be, and is already being constructed, directly behind the station inline with the launch track, like so: (The station & switch diagram here is my guess, but i would expect something close to this)

^Generally, big footers = big columns. Would not be surprised if these columns are 40+" diameter. Aka, really big. Trying to make these footers work with reasonable supports, this is what I've come up with: