Archive for March, 2008

Update #2 from 3-24-08 visit

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Here are the rest of the photo’s that I felt were worth posting from yesterday. I also wanted let everyone know that the trains are not on site yet.

This is a shot similar to the one I posted yesterday, but shows the entire Thunderhawk ride from across the lake.

Thunderhawk Picture 2

Another closeup of the Station cover.

Station Cover Picture 2

A close up of the construction work being done on the station.

Station Work Picture 3

Another construction shot.

Construction shot 3

Another shot of the lift hill.

Lift Hill Shot

Another random shot of the station and spare train track.

Station and Spare Train Track

A shot of the station by the train.

Station by Train

One last photo.

Last photo of the bunch

Check back soon for more updates!

Huge Update 3-24-2008, All Track is up

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Stopped by today and got a lot more photo’s for everybody to view. Please continue leaving comments.

Special thanks once again to Michigan’s Adventure in letting me take more photos.

This first photo is my favorite, both Wildcat and Thunderhawk shadows in the lake.

ThunderHawk and Wildcat

Here is another shot from across the lake showing construction of the station cover.

Station Cover

More construction shots

Construction Shot 1

This one shows the spare train track.

The spare train track

I will post more later today or tomorrow.

Thunderhawk Update 3-23-2008

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

I finally have a new update for everyone.

Drove by today and noticed a new building going up. Looks like the cover to the station possibly? What do you think?

New Thunderhawk Building

Thunderhawk Bulding 2

Thunderhawk Update 3-16-2008

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

I have a small update for everyone, as you can see the ride is pretty much finished. Not much to post update wise, when pieces are up. I hope to get some pictures from inside in the next few weeks again.

Here is shot from beyond Shivering.

Thunderhawk on 3-16-2008

Another shot from the same location.

Thunderhawk on 3-16-2008

One last picture showing the staging area for pieces of track, they are all gone!

Thunderhawk on 3-16-2008

Be one of the first to ride ThunderHawk!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Michigan’s Adventure is having a charity auction with all proceeds going to our local Red Cross of Michigan. 40 people will be awarded the first ride based on the highest bid. The first ride will be on Wednesday, May 14th. This charity auction is really a great thing as they are many people in need of assistance in our state in these times.

See more at the Red Cross site by clicking the link below:

Thunderhawk Charity Auction

Thunderhawk

3-6-2008 Thunderhawk Construction Update

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Hi Everyone, yet another update from your favorite MIA construction blog, enjoy!

Thunderhawk as seen from Shivering Timbers.

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Another shot from Shivering.

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As you can see, the loop that appears to look like a heart is now complete.

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Another shot of an inversion

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Finally, a shot showing off the whole ride as seen from Whitehall Road.

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3-3-2008 Update

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Another update with more pictures from Saturday. Enjoy!

Anybody want to take a seat in those benches?

Thunderhawk_picture_1

I also wanted to show everyone that there is plenty of lake left on the side of Thunderhawk.

Main_Lake

As others have said, still plenty of track to go up, these pieces are probably next.

Thunderhawl_Construction_11

A close up of the breaking system.

Thunderhawk_Construction_10

3-1-2008 Huge Update!

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

I’ve got lots of photo’s to share with everyone this time around. I will post half of them today, and try to do another update tomorrow. The ride is almost done! Enjoy, and always, keep the comments coming. Special thanks for my wife taking great photos and to MIA!

This by far is my favorite picture from today.

The Heart almost finished?

Here is a shot from the back of the coaster closest to Grand Rapids.

Back of the coaster

Another shot of the heart?

Another shot of the heart?

Can we say brakes?

Breaking station

Another construction shot

Another shot

Finally, anybody want to take a swim in the wave pool?

Wave Pool Shot