u/CoasterGuy95

Shoutout to SharpR1 on ParkFans for finding this interview and making some nifty bulletpoints about it.

"Well, HUGE updates out of this interview by Fred Fishkin of Techstination with Ryan AND the construction manager(!).

The bottom lines:

Ryan:

• “Hoping to open in 2027”
• “Going significantly vertical in the coming weeks”
• “100.5 feet tall” inversion
• Announcement in June; story, manufacturer, record details, etc. Want to close the book on Shoreline Pier before moving on to Project Purple.
• Limited announcement about “PP and its significance” “probably mid-May.”
• Original plan was to announce PP mid-spring, but didn’t want to mix SP and PP. Memorial Day [weekend?] is the target for SP to open.
• Has a design/conceptual plan with PP and Kingda Ka side-by-side. PP was “vetted” in 2022.
• PP will hopefully be here for "decades"; KK "didn’t have much time left even if it survived ’24 and ’25."

Construction manager Stephen Kolczynski:

• "ride erection" is 60% complete
• “Near 400 feet tall in height”
• Building foundations for load station to start in a couple weeks
• Memorial Day weekend goal for Shoreline Pier
• Large crane to arrive soon
• 80,000ft of electric cable being installed; most still to-be-done
• Weeks and months heading into Frightfest all this work will continue
• 1100 yards of concrete for the tower footers; more than usual
• 40x40x15 spread footings for the tower
• KK spread footings still in the ground
• Unexpected utilities found digging for PP delayed progress; infrastructure for GASM and GL were found and had to be removed
• BESS battery storage system first in US to power PP"