Eagles: Life in the Fast Lane

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" Eagles band members, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, have gone back into the studio to re-record their famed smash hit, turning it into a one-of-kind version exclusively for the new ride.

" Vekoma Rides Manufacturing, one of the largest roller coaster manufacturers in the world, is designing and engineering the ride together with its US alliance partner Chance-Morgan.

" A two-minute-long journey - the longest coaster ride at the Park

" Features a double lift with Lift heights of 39 feet and 46 feet, respectively

" Each train holds 22-24 people (4 coaches per train, 6 people per coach) and features an on-board, high-fidelity digital audio system to further enhance the ride experience.

" Total length of track is 2,234 feet

" Maximum speed: 50 KPH with hairpin turns that pull 2 G-Forces

Eagles - An American rock band formed in the early 1970's and composed of Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit. The band has won five GRAMMY® awards, most recently in February 2008 for "Best Country Performance by Duo or Group" for "How Long." The album Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) has gone platinum 29 times, making it the highest selling album in the United States by a rock group. The Eagles broke up in 1980, but reunited in 1994.

"Life in the Fast Lane," a song by the Eagles, was first featured on the chart-topping album Hotel California in 1976.

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Current Construction Status: Renamed!
Updated March 17, 2008
This morning, Hard Rock Park annouced the renaming of Midnight Rider to the all new "Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane" coaster. This is the longest coaster ride in the park at 2 minutes. The hairpin turns pull 2G's!

Updated February 11, 2008
There's a few more details to work out, but the coaster has started testing. In fact, just before our tour began, we were told that it was in the middle of testing. Unfortunately, we just missed it. However, here's a nice shot of the knarled tree hanging on the main hanger.

Updated February 4, 2008
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Thank God it was later. The perimeter fence is going up around the park. Here we see the new view looking in at Midnight Rider. We'll be taking donations to rent a cherry picker shortly. Jerry Lewis is on standby for a telethon.

Updated January 16, 2008
Mine cars are in place in the still being construction car hanger, just off the main hanger.

Updated October 31, 2007
Crews put the last piece of Midnight Rider in place yesterday. The park is now waiting on cars before they can begin operational adjustments.

Updated October 23, 2007
From our tour through the park yesterday, here's a couple of new photos. Hard Rock expects the track complete in the next two weeks.

Updated October 18, 2007
Trusses have just been added to the main hanger. Plus a smaller cinderblock stuction has been erected.

Updated October 4, 2007
The first hill and then some is up. Crews have stepped up construction after a setback last month. Things are moving along very fast now and we should see the coaster come close to completion in the near future. See below for MEMBERS ONLY photos.

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Updated September 27, 2007
Construction of the track has continued. The first hill is underway. Plus, the main building and more supports are in place.

Updated September 21, 2007
Midnight Rider hit a bit of a snag and the track construction has been delayed. However, The main building and plenty of supports have been added in the meantime.

Updated September 12, 2007
We are happy to announce that track construction has begun this morning! Several pieces of track have been added. Look for this to move along nicely.

Updated September 7, 2007
More track pieces have arrived on site. Also, the coaster's main building has been getting the slab poured and is just about ready for construction.

Updated August 13, 2007
We were on-hand this morning as trucks brought in and unloaded the first pieces of Midnight Rider's rails to the site. These full-size photos and others are available in the Member's Only section today. Will all the work going on around the area of the coaster, it should be long before we start to see the first pieces go up.

Updated July 31, 2007
OK. Here's a little update for everyone. It appears that support beams for Midnight Rider have arrived on site. The dilemma we have in this update is we're not 100% sure that the supports are for Midnight Rider. Crews have been working feverishly around Midnight Rider for the past few weeks and the support beams are located right next to the area for the coaster. However, we were officially advised by Hard Rock Park on June 20th, that the red track in the parking lot is for Maximum RPM! which hasn't seen any activity that we've noticed in quite a while. We'll classify this as Midnight Rider until we can confirm.

Updated: June 20, 2007
The ground around the coaster supports has been leveled off. Rails have arrived which we originally thought were part of Midnight Rider, but we now believe it is for Maximum RPM!

Updated: June 15, 2007
Work has continued around the Midnight Rider Coaster. Miscellaneous steel wiring has been laid out around the site.

Updated: May 9, 2007
Currently, the supports for the tack appear to have been planted deep into the ground.

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