March 2009
Looking Back... March 2009
3 March 2009 - 6:08pm
Aw, chute!
It's taking forever for Lisa's new video to upload.
While we wait, here's a look at what happened today:
Didn't Will say the drop chute wasn't all that steep?
Tell it to these guys:
Don't.
Look.
Down.
3 March 2009 - 9:04am
HoliPlush
Okay, so how cute and cuddly are these two?
Wayne, our Games Director, has stocked the warehouse with all sorts of new prizes for this season.
He took delivery of 8,160 teddy bears the other day.
I'm partial to the teddy bear in the hoodie myself. Wayne took it back, though. Just might have to try to win it back.
2 March 2009 - 5:52pm
You may need to crane your necks...
...before the next week is over.
Steve popped in during our Directors Meeting to show us what's happening.
Best I understand, the lower third or so of the big drop and the same amount of the elevator lift will go up this week.
The rest will be assembled, in large pieces, on terra firma.
Then on Monday of next week, the big'un comes to town.
MegaCrane.
The 220-ton crane will take a full day to set up on site. It has a 210-foot boom.
And on Tuesday it will lift the remaining pieces into place.
...including topping off the tower with the final piece, which will include this sign:
That last piece will add 46 feet to the tower.
That piece alone will weigh 16 tons (let's all sing together now: ...and what do you get? Another day older... oh, never mind).
The tower, when complete, will measure 165 feet. That's pretty close to the height of the lift hill at The Voyage.
Meanwhile, Lisa took a photo of this last week, while she could:
...since they're gearing up to send it skyward.
2 March 2009 - 2:03pm
Contest winner
Can you blame us for taking a wee bit of pleasure in this?
The winner of this past week's Screamscape/Holiday World ticket-giveaway contest is Heather.
From Orlando.
As in Florida.
The current week's contest questions are already posted here on the Screamscape site.
