La Ronde Goliath Construction

Other then goliath, theres nothing else that good at La Ronde. I was just there in August, it was......blaugh. lol

BTR was blah??!

^Crazy person!

Coming along nicely, I wonder if there are construction photos of Mindbender in Edmonton? I always wondered how they got it in there, they had to make the building last, but either way its mind boggling.

Anywho, the trim brake dosnt look all that nasty, I like the turn around, and there are quite a lot of hills! Airtime galore. I hope it interacts with a pathway of main scenery object in the park.

I doubt its going to interact with anything great, it basically goes along the edge of the park to the parking lot and back.

As far as Mindbender goes, you should try contacting the mall itself to see if they have some sort of archive or something. I doubt they would build the worlds biggest mall with no one documenting it in one way or another. Another source might be newspapers from the Edmonton area.

that is just amazing what they have there, the turn around is done now the work should be flying now. Cant wait to the finished product.

And another update... [:D]

The station roof is now on, close look at the single trim (only one brake piece, which is good) and some close up shots of the delicious looking turnaround. It also looks like alot of the supports are in place for the yet to be placed track, so the twisted hill might popup pretty soon.

http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp?album=7





http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp?album=7

[coolbeans326]

That turn around is gonna have some wierd directional changes and other feelings. It'll probably be the most talked about element. The rest of the ride will just be talked about as a whole, but at least you get a LOT of air time with parabolic hills.[^]

New pictures again...

They are moving quite fast now and have started the twisting hill;


More - http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp?album=7

Just FYI, more track has passed thru my area (northeastern ohio/cleveland area) earlier this week.

More pictures from today; http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp?album=7





Trains have arrived.





Twisted hill is done.


I also think its safe to say the track construction will finish today or tommorow.

Latest Update;


Track construction of Goliath at La Ronde has finally been completed!
Further work on the station and the rides wiring and electronics are still being completed, the trains are also now on-site.



For the latest construction pictures, click here.

[gouldy]

Can I just ask, what the HELL is the point of this?

http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp ... 010697.jpg



Why not just have one, larger support? .... maybe that's just me huh.

I think it might be an expansion joint of some sort as there is quite an obvious gap between the spine but little or no gap between the rails.

There are some new pictures on Thrillzone.ca.cx taken by me![:)]and there are also some pictures of 2007 attractions...(i speak french)

What do you mean expansion? Do they plan on making it longer? Or is that just something wierd the French like to do...

ya, they do they want to make a water park next year.

(fr)Remi vos photo son belle et le goliath il est correct.)

(en)(remie your picture are nice and the goliath it is allright.)

Sorry Screamomatic!!! you misunderstood me[:p] ... In fact i'm talking about pictures i took showing pieces for the new water park at La Ronde in 2007. For the expansion, he's talking about expansion caused by cold and hot temperatures. Thanks for the translation Thundermat [;)]

Pictures of Goliath and water park at http://www.laronde.ca.cx (Click on "photos" )

your welcome remi

(vous etre bienvenue)

Work on Goliath at La Ronde is progressing at a steady pace. Final work on the station is currently being completed. Both trains have also arrived on-site and are being transferred onto the storage track.





Click here to view the construction gallery.

The trains look a lot like Nitro's trains.

Hey !!! Don't be so rude Sixflagsfiesta !! If you're jealous it's not our fault (us great canadians)[;)] Goliath is new so the computer may have better technology too. The trains are also hot, they fit with the track.

^ Theyre the same as all other hyper trains, and its the same track as all other hyper track...

And the same track structure as all and every other B+M going lol[lol].

Originally posted by SixFlagsFiesta

How come the love candians get better computer closets than us yanks? I mean half of our computer crap is nailed to 2 by 4s and shoved under the platform.

Sacre bleu! Pardonnez ton Francais!(quoting Terrance & Phillip: PARDON YOUR FRENCH, BUDDY![:D])

Anyway, those trains look a little too Superman-ish colorwise. Aw, to hell w/ that initial comment-the entire ride as a whole's a little too Superman-ish colorwise! And another thing-Our computers are just as good-thing is though, those bloody Quebeckers just used better materials to keep everything in place.

OH SNAP! I'd better pardon my French!!![:p]

I really wish those colors were never associated with Superman. That color combo is vibrant and beautiful and I think its great. So what if the colors are like another ride..or two or ten. No one knows.

Its in Cananda for goodness sakes! They have like...4-5 amusement parks in their entire land worth going too (more like 2-3 worth going too and one includes Coaster in Playland [;)] )