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ATA › Gallery › Construction › Rita - Queen of Speed › March 10th 2005
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 The view of the Ug Land entrance, now with a new sign.
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 Surprisingly, instead of the old Ug Land rock sign going back in place, there's a new banner instead, welcoming guests to "Ug Land and The Thunder Rock Rally, featuring Rita".
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 And on the other side of the banner, is a message inviting guests to "come again soon".
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 To the side of the skull, there is an access path to a square bit of concrete. We think this may be for a food shop of some type for the Rita queue line.
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 The dinosaur skull, which makes a nice set piece for the area.
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 From the Rita main queue line, looking back towards the entrance.
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 This photo seems to suggest that there will indeed be a food shop by the Rita queue line.
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 Another look at the path leading towards the concrete floor.
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 Work continues on both rides' queue lines, which should at least have entertainment in the form of Rita speeding along the track above.
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 The dinosaur skull in its new home.
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 The far end of Ug Land, which used to be the location of Ug Swinger, is now a viewing plaza for Rita and the entrance to Corkscrew's queue.
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 Ug Swinger's construction is progressing quickly, if you look at yesterday's photos.
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 A perfectly innocent photo of Ug Swinger. Really.
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 The inside of Rita's hydraulics shed. You can see the massive pipes which feed into the hydraulic drum.
   
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