Well, this sucks since I'll be there for the second weekend, but oh well. I wonder though what exact sections are being replaced and what they're being changed into.
I'm bet they are just re-shaping the segments to have a wider radius of curvature and/or higher banking to reduce the forces. I wonder if the wicked-looking zero-G roll is involved though.
I am guessing the track being replaced is the beginning of the turn right after the launch. It is probably awkward and painful. They probably have to dismantle part of the tunnel to get the track in there.
There is probably a little more to the story. Computers should be telling the companies a lot about how the ride will work so stresses in that area shouldn't be something too unknown. I'd be willing to bet that something happened to cause the change so abruptly. I would guess something happened to one of the trains in that area which is why they want the change for stress on the trains. I could be completely wrong, but I think theres a little more to this than the just decided after testing that changes needed to be made.
I still don't see the difference between the track profile after the tunnel and the track profile after the launch of Rita. They're even going the same speed. I think the problem is more than just profile.
