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Thank you everyone for the great feedback. I think it turned out well. It is always an interesting journey from idea to conceptual drawings and then onto delivery. Budgets are always a challenge and there are still a few tweaks to get it the way I would like it but it is 95% there and we are all extremely pleased with the result. Here's hoping for strong growth this season so we can carry on upgrading and improving. I should note that aside from talking credit for the original idea for the theme the congrats should be spread to include Atomiq who produced the conceptual designs, Theme builders over in the Philipines for all of the fiberglass theming, creative works who painted 80% of the theming and our Engineering and Maintenance team led by the dynamo that is Chris "Stimmo" Stimson. The project wouldn't have been possible without the continued financial support and vision of our Board. Watching the first rafts go down on Friday morning, seeing the excitement and trepidation, hearing the excited screams of guests as they entered the first drop from the launch, it was good to think that the slide will entertain so many hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) during its life span and will probably still be delivering those wows in decades to come.

Popped my Kraken cherry today.... "300 wretched souls"..........heard that for what felt like a million times.... the park was much busier than i expected today and the kraken line was looooong. Wait was about hour and a half so only rode once, it wasn't that hot today but up on that hill waiting for the slide got quite warm and uncomfortable and there was lots of complaining. First Aid ended up getting called and water was handed to someone who appeared to be quite faint, water was then offered to everyone in the line by someone who took the liberty upon themselves to walk around offering the first aiders flask of water and pouring it in peoples mouths. Quite weird...was like the end of the world and the last flask of water available ever ! kind of added to the atmosphere of doom trying to escape the kraken... I think there are gonna be issues come summertime when it actually gets hot, would be very unpleasant up there in the line. Lines and wait times in theory should drop as the ride settles in and everyones first up curiosity dies down but i'm not sure this will happen for sometime yet. Spray misters in the queue or a couple of water drinking fountains up there might be needed. The theming looks very good in photos, it is excellent in person (except the eyes look too friendly) stepping up onto the boat to enter the slide is very cool, the sound is cool (even though the story over and over again begins to grate) the creatures legs are cool - they are going to get ruined very quickly as everyone is so disrespectful and hits and scratches them etc- society is full of arseholes unfortunately. The overall theming just adds so much to the experience, its very well done. The slide itself , i need to ride more ! The first 360 is rather intense, the drop into the funnel is excellent and the airtime/lift up the sides of the funnel also excellent. I've been on many tornadoes that you barely lift up the side. This isnt one of those. I rode backwards the whole way being the big heavy one with my 2 small kids the other riders. It's a great slide no doubt. As i said i need to ride more to accurately rate this slide, At this stage i have aqualoop at GC WnW and as basic as it is the large slide at Seaworld ahead of it - but i have ridden them heaps of times and got heaps of enjoyment from them. We should all be very grateful for Kraken it is definitely a top notch world class waterslide and could well become my favourite in time. (i was recently at Adventure Cove water park in Singapore and this beats every slide there by miles - even the hydro coaster) Park is looking good , lots of new signage (though to me the sea serpent and tidal wave signage looks a bit tacky, not great font etc-) and touch ups , new cabanas are great , i will definitely use them at least once this year, particularly in dragons kingdom. The resurfaced hill up to kraken is much smoother on the feet , hot hot red though. Utilised the 25% off for food today and comfortably fed 2 adults , 2 kids and a toddler for $35 lunch , unheard of value especially in a theme park. 25% might be too generous? If Krakens lines show no signs of dropping off i will be getting plenty of fast passes this year at $35 i think they are crazy good value also - I think i bought them 5 times last year at $30 for me and the kids. I thought the staff were doing a great job with the fast passers on Kraken today too - as the line was so long they were letting approx 5 groups go before letting a fast passer through , so it was still mega fast in comparison for the fast passers but not too 'unfair' on the plebs waiting for what felt like an eternity. Took me too long to finally get there for the first time this season but looking forward to another great season at AW

If Parkz had a FN event this will most likely be the mazes at the event... MAZE 1: Turbine Apocalypse MAZE 2: The Dipping Dots Slasher MAZE 3: The Mnew Adventures of AndrewH I can only think of three mazes at the moment, someone else can think of what the fourth maze could be..

not unique though - Titan > Demon > Zoomerang > Unknown Wonderla Name...