It's time to check back in on the progress being made at Mystic River Falls. First up is this support building that has popped up at the exit from the ride.
You can see the station rising in the background and this building is clearly at the exit
We figure it will either be a souvenir stand or a locker rental area (or both).
The station is starting rise with supports for the room beams now in place. You can also see new poles for lighting which will be along the exit pathway
The roof beams are all stacked and waiting to go vertical
The channel for the return to the station is starting to be formed. You can also get a better idea of where that support building is located with relation to the ride.
It really appears that the focus for this upcoming week will be the station area as they have a lot of large machinery staged in this area.
Once they have finished with this area they will probably turn their attention to the drop tower as they seem to be trying to avoid "painting themselves into a corner" with construction
The far corners of the ride have seen a lot of landscaping installed. Look at all the new trees
The island has received a lot more rock
The sluice continues to grow, we figure next time we visit they will have connected these two new support towers to the existing sluice near the Crossroads Pizza dining patio
This is the view from the Wilson's Farm bridge. I wanted to point out that they are continuing the faux rock painting on the tops of the canal here as well. You can see it on the left side of the photo
These next photos are from the Giant Barn Swing queue. You can see that they have started to build up the facade building that the final drop goes through on the left side of the photo
The backside of the new Smokehouse and a view of all of the rock that has been installed
This view will soon be the lift to the spiral canal in the sky before the drop
The center of the photo is where the drop will be located
The bridge that starts the ride and underneath is the cave area before the lift
It looks like they might be starting on the initial lift that gets you to the top of the first part of the ride
One last photo from the Giant Barn Swing queue
Back in the Wilsons Farm plaza area. You can see a large rock pile here that will have water falling over it back into the canal. The wood structure you see on the right is supposedly a new lookout tower for ride attendants to watch from
The amount of rock and trees they have added since last time is quite impressive. You will travel from the left of this photo to the right in your boat.
You can see across the bridge here on the left.
There will be some major rapids rushing into the canal here from the small waterfalls (which is what the rock formation on the left is)
Here's a better shot of the bridge and how it hooks up with the top part of the river
One last photo from Wilson's Farm.
Now photos from the train.
A worker waving with the new Smokehouse in the background
Lots of machinery
A tent shielding some work being done to electrical pipes
Those are some massive engines
The station for the riding peeking from behind the pump building
Another support building and the edge of Lake Silver. You can see the new dining plaza area that will be across from the Riverfront Playhouse in the distance
One last photo from the train of the support building next to the pump house.
We will be back on October 5th for our next update.