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If the current weather keeps up, make sure to pack a boat!

 

I was down at the boardwalk tonight to see the fireworks but didn't take my camera (was a last minute decision to go by). Crowd was pretty light for a Friday...I imagine due to all the rain earlier in the evening.

 

The coaster is now lit up at night by flood lights...I'll try to get some shots of it at night in the next week or so.

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Not a lot of visable progress since last week...but that is to be expected since it is nearly complete I guess.

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One of the trains is on the track

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Track still being installed on the first drop

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Overall view of the ride from the parking garage

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One of the many billboards popping up around the Houston area

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I personally saw at 610 and Westheimer a Bullet billboard:

 

Become Bullet Proof...

 

(The speedy bullet logo was at the bottom)

 

hehehe

 

P.S. - Hey Restoca... Micro PHOTOED does a pretty good job taking out the blurs. It actually looks pretty good.

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Photo by Restoca. Touch up by Doonga.

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Not much new to report. Installation of track continues. Landscaping, fence installation and other work around the ride has been taking place as well. Still appears to be quite a bit of track with no steel on it.

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Track being installed.

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Landscaping and fencing.

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Ride entrance. It appears there will be a ticket booth just to the left of the "Boardwalk Games" sign.

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Does the top "turn" have any track yet? It looks like they put it up and never laid wood track or steel track.

 

It has some wood on it now, there were pieces of wood laying up there so I'm guessing they are currently working on it.

 

http://www.coasterphotos.com/maingallery/v/Kemah/2006/071407/Kemah-Construction-071407-10.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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Not much new to report. The rain continues to delay construction. The track is still being installed and work around the ride (queue, landscaping, etc) continues.

 

The gift shop nearest Saltgrass now has some BB merchandise. Cups, glasses, shot glasses, keychains and magnets. No t-shirts yet.

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View from the tower.

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This is some kind of like Troy and it looks like a twisty woodie. I guess the feel of what it's like to ride on Kemah is really close to Renegade.

I do care about the small dips when I see GCI woodie POV since they could be the bottom line to make the ride enjoyable.

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This is some kind of like Troy and it looks like a twisty woodie. I guess the feel of what it's like to ride on Kemah is really close to Renegade.

I do care about the small dips when I see GCI woodie POV since they could be the bottom line to make the ride enjoyable.

 

You do know this is a Gravity Group ride, not a GCI, right?

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Weather isn't looking good for the rest of the week. It rained today and a lot more is forecast over the next several days.

 

Made a quick trip for some photos this evening, signs are going up, the queue is getting longer and longer, and installation of the track continues....

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You can see the queue come around the corner and more forms appear to be set to continue it on.

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Entrance under the water tower, new sign being installed, and lots of queue.

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The sign along the street is up

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I read in a local paper that tickets for the Bullet will be less than $5/ride.

 

They currently sell an all-day armband for the other rides for $16.

 

Even if they bump that up to $20 when Bullet opens, it will be well worth it... I would certainly spend more than that on individual rides!

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