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  2. New display name
    During the day, the wheel would run as a standard attraction for park guest.. At night it would operate as a rotating restaurant. The food would be made within one of the existing kitchens and delivered to the wheel. I'll leave what food SW serve up to the park. SW could have a set menu or like what was done in Europe during Covid, on a big wheel, where each gondola had an Ipad in it for food ordering. Can we not do both.
  3. New display name
    The ride definitely lost its charm, when it was moved to the swamp. On the bright side, no more contracting the ross river virus after a ride.
  4. Yesterday
  5. themagician
    Not surprised at all, even if they did have the intention of repairing and reopening it. Sad to see these cars go as well, but not sad this layout and location aren’t being used anymore. Ever since MDMC opened, I’ve never liked what they did with the vintage cars. While I’m happy that they didn’t just retire them all together, I wished they’d done something better. But now I’m looking forward to seeing how Murrissippi Motors turns out.
  6. HarryHeHe8
    It was fun having her while she was open, and I’ll be very sad to see her go🥹
  7. Gazza
    With this wheel thing, yeah wouldn't it be a normal wheel during the day, then at night I guess you'd let people in, have a set number of bookings and some sort of flip down table in each gondola. You send people in, you get a few laps and a set menu, one course per revolution or something? Get the special events crew to ferry food across. Would be an interesting concept.
  8. New display name
    There she blows.
  9. Last week
  10. New display name
    I was referring to building a new flume ride and not the location. As for the location, the QLD Government still haven't canned their plans for a broadwalk outside of SW, along the Broadwater which could create side access to a Big Wheel.
  11. Tricoart
    I mean it is, though. Using it as a restaurant, at night, makes it impossible to be a Sea World ride (especially not in the plot this thread is about), unless you want to make a ride that’s designed with the purpose to run only 1-2 months of the year.
  12. themagician
    They should do that
  13. New display name
    Locals have no say anymore @themagician The temporary wheel was a great success and SW wanted to keep it but due to the town planning laws at that time, council wouldn't approve it. SW could build a strata coaster today with no problems, if they wanted to.
  14. themagician
    Are we forgetting that Sea World did have a Ferris wheel, but was removed due to the locals complaints. They tried that too (not operated by SW) and that went terribly too.
  15. New display name
    I said none of that but please, keep going.
  16. Tricoart
    So, what you’re saying is that you want VRTP to build a Ferris Wheel, either optionally or expressly as a food venue, perhaps adjacent but definitely not within Sea World? Like Skypoint, but in a worse location, at a higher cost, with less capacity & more operational issues? And this is being compared to a lot flume?
  17. TV15 started following Viking’s Revenge Flume Ride Removal
  18. TV15
    i mean they did have one.. maybe also leviathan open on time too and with the park for once?
  19. New display name
    Sounds like good reasons why you would have gaps @red dragin
  20. red dragin
    Are the gaps there to permit fake plants to 'grow' through in various places, smoke/fog to enter the room too, perhaps? As well as lighting effects as previously suggested.
  21. New display name
    The holes to outer space. //s
  22. New display name
    I've always thought SW could open a wheel up at night, as a restaurant.
  23. New display name
    It's not for expansion/contraction. All I am doing is observing the current state of the walls going up and hoping it's not the finished product. Did you read the part where I said I hope the outside isn't like the inside?
  24. BNErider started following Jungle Rush Coaster
  25. BNErider
    If it's dark behind, you won't notice the gaps. I hope they have some strobes/lighting and fog behind the panels seeping out. That would be cool.
  26. Brad2912
    I agree, however i can just imagine how slow that loading would be on a big wheel.... you want a leisurely trip and would be stuck on it for an hour
  27. deano554
    my guess this part of the ride will be in the dark or low lighting, and you will be moving fast
  28. New display name
    There is more panels up then shown in that photo, which is why I have raised the question because to close the gaps you would have to move every panel they have installed. I hope so too.
  29. Ash
    Could be purely for expansion/contraction. Either way it will be fixed
  30. themagician
    Maybe it's a measure twice, cut once technique. They are lifting everything into place, securing in into position temporarily and then once they have confirmed it's all correct they will adjust as needed to make it all fit perfectly. This is probably wrong, but just trying to think of reasons why they would have it like this. Looking at this picture, you can see between the coaster supports that the panels are designed to fit perfectly together. I'm sure there is a reason for it, but it isn't obvious to me why.
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