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WOW! From somebody being excited Scooby is coming back and you got all that. and the fact it's the best family coaster in Australia.

Nostalgia (almost) always wins

The park teases a ride opening people have waited three years for and suddenly everyone forgets the sorry state of the park overall and is all shut up and take my money again. This is why Village has so much contempt for guests and has zero care for the guest experience.

Looks like full swings now. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19m4GNsWFn/

Imhotep looked like he could have done with some work as his mouth wasn’t really moving.

IIRC, no. The AD is the closest we have until Discount Michael Bay™ arrives.

It's been so long since I dare to watch the show, I can't remember if the "Almost Pulled a Burnout Show" currently has an opening Warm-Up person.

This certainly sounds like a step up from "burnouts: the show"

@DaptoFunlandGuyI wasn't saying it wasn't legitimate issue. . Same issue. . Same ride age. Same issue one year apart. People can draw their own conclusion on why. Without a lazy river, WWW is just picking up the crumbs @DaptoFunlandGuy 😉

I have it on good authority that that was a legitimate issue. Doesn't mean it can't happen twice. And still it's my preferred waterpark... As for attraction age - 47% of WnW is older than WWW: White Water Mountain's first incarnation (now River Rapids) is over 40 years old. Replaced fibreglass 18 years ago, but essentially the same attraction (including the foot-shredding pebble-crete splashdown pool) Giant Wave Pool is over 40 years old Calypso beach is 28 years old Aqua Racer's first incarnation is 28 years old. More recently replaced fibreglass and timing system but essentially the same attraction Whirlpool Springs is 23 years old Mammoth Falls is 20 years old Blackhole is 19 years old Tornado is 19 years old Additionally, Kamikaze is 17, Constrictor is 13, WnW Jr is 11. There's then a pretty big gap until Kaboom, Double Barrel, Super Ripper and H2Oasis opened in 2021- though the opening day is hard to nail down with the on-again off-again operations in it's first season. Let's not forget the SBNO attractions which aren't included in the attraction count at WnW including: Skycoaster Zipline All-in-all, WnW has shown that gaps of between 5-7 years between major attractions aren't unusual - so you'd be correct that WWW would be due for a new attraction soon, but not overdue just yet. And, in my opinion, I still think WWW is the better Waterpark to visit.

WWW had the same excuse last year for The Bro. "The Bro is having problems with the main circulating pumps with the required pressure not high enough to run the slides" @HarryHeHe8it doesn't matter how many coats of paint they add. WWW is old & tired. WWW hasn't opened a new slide for 6 years and 71% of WWW attraction are over 19 years old.

Hence why they use the tag line 'biggest'... though 'best' is more subjective. I personally prefer WWW - it is more relaxed, things are closer together so less walking involved.

Also forgot to mention the competition. WNW has opened a new slide complex and have a wider range of slides. Granted, they have lost AquaLoop and Surfrider, but my point still stands. They have more to do.

I feel like it needs another repaint at least, as some slides like BRO are starting to fade again. They also need another slide or area, as we haven't had a major upgrade since FULLY FINALLY 6

Go and have a look today, on this beautiful sunny Gold Coast day @themagician

Lawsuit must’ve been resolved! I haven’t been to the park in a couple years, but what kind of TLC does it need. They did a park would slide refurb around COVID, so all the attractions are looking pretty good and they’ve finally removed the Wedgie.

Agreed. Although WWW needs some TLC desperately, for what they have, they have done pretty well for this opening day. The last few opening days have seen multiple attraction closed, some for almost the whole season (I'm looking at you Triple Vortex). Tbh I didn't think Triple Vortex would open again, but they somehow managed to fix whatever was wrong with it, so props to the maintenance team honestly.

I think having a single attraction down on opening day, due to open just a few weeks later, is a significant improvement on last season's opening. By the sounds of things its a maintenance issue, potentially beyond their control, so hardly something to come on here and shit on them about.

I’d even noticed a difference between my mid 2017 and late 2018 visits. During my early 2024 visit we skipped the park because we’d heard the park has been let go a little and there was nothing new to entice us. Next time I’m in Singapore though, I’ll definitely give the park another visit.

When it opened, ROTM was top notch, and IMO the best of the ROTM installs (the theming outside was also the best, IMO. The fire scene with Imhotep had the most awesome reveal as you arrived in complete darkness and the reveal was blinding. I think they've toned it down a touch - and the arrival into the MCBR is now dimly lit. It could just be my nostalgia and the 10+ years between my first and second visit. USS had definitely let their standards of theming drop during Covid - though i saw signs that they'd made a lot of effort to tidy everything back up when I visited in December 2023\January 2024, so it could have just been the covid effect. ETA: Ironically it was today in 2022 that we visited - my memories just reminded me that today was the day I first got to ride Battlestar Galactica.

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King Claw started preliminary testing last night. Don’t think it reached full height or speed, but testing is underway. The figures eyes were lit up and there is also lighting on each seat.

Well, my prediction was wrong Sad but hey DECEMBER BABY LETS GOOOOOO!!

Just spent a week in Singapore, got the season pass for Universal and ended up going 4 times. We were very lucky with wait times for 3 of the days. Favourite ride was Revenge of the Mummy. How does the theming on this ride compre to coasters around the world?