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(noticeable) work has started on the tower! Here's how it looked a few days ago for comparison:

The GC already has more than 3 Mack coasters.

A timelapse video of Project Zero’s construction has been uploaded on their social media, with the end of the video showing that the opening date for the two new coasters is December 23rd. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkfSF1OvJRI/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Will be a great month for Australian Roller Coasters with Project Zero, TNT and Leviathan opening in December.

Nah, it's the full size alley that now has the wires. It makes me sad. Also the reason you don't like the new aesthetic is because you're/we're old and nostalgic for what we liked when we were younger. I think it went down hill when it changed from Grundy's to Funtasia.

Imagine if seaworld had a dedicated website for updating construction progress. Maybe even write about, like a blog or something. I dunno, just throwing stupid ideas out there... https://themeparks.com.au/blog/leviathan-construction

The Memberships bloody look good with those one pass price increases… I keep expecting they’ll be done with them and cancel them all… but for now I’m happy!

Yeah I mean half the thrill is pins flying bloody everywhere on a massive strike. That just doesn’t happen with these systems. Pay the techs what they are worth to run the proper machines, it’s not like they charge $5 a game anymore.

Dreamworld already has one.

This is a bit of a shorter trip report for Kolmården Zoo. https://www.parkz.com.au/attraction/kolmarden It's an interesting place. Primarily a zoo, but it has a couple of bona fide theme park style areas in a couple of patches. It makes for an interesting mix, sort of like a Busch Gardens Tampa with smaller rides area. The mix is more like 75% animals 25% rides, but the rides part has a couple of stand outs that make it worth the trip. It's about 115km from Stockholm, (near the city of Norrkoping) and via public transport it took about 90 mins to get there. You have a couple of options, get an express train, and then a longer bus trip backtracking to Kolmarden Zoo. Alternatively, you can take a slower local train which stops at the village of Kolmarden itself, and then have a shorter bus trip to the park. The park is quite spread out and hilly, it's more like an open range zoo, but about half the size of the one at Dubbo, so its walkable, but it can take a while. The day was quite sunny for Sweden, which made the walks a bit sweaty, but the reward was Wildfire was running very fast. Wildfire is at the back of the park, but I first made a detour into Bamse Varld (A popular swedish bear character that gets superpowers when he eats a special type of honey) The area is quite cute, with fairly standard flat rides given quite a bit of polish with good theming. The target here was a lap on Godistaget (Lolly train) before the crowds got to it. With that out of the way I continued to Wildfire, passing the Aparium and Savannah enclosures. The ride was only ever a 1 to 3 train wait for most of the day, so the single train operation didn't really harm things much. I rode about 9 times so definitely got my money's worth! The ride is awesome, and damn fast, and aggressive in parts (But never rough). One of the best settings for a coaster, perched on a steep hillside with views over the forest to a bay. From the station you head up the lift hill, make a panoramic turn at the top before a small hump and a huge steep drop that lifts you out of your seat. It's all a blur as you make your way into a zero g stall, curving upside down with the structure whizzing past you. Another steep dive and incline and then one of RMCs signature wave turns, a sort of airtime hill that banks sideways suddenly at the top. It then heads uphill with a couple of camel backs, before a corkscrew that has you diving back off the hill. The remainder of the ride is more of a blur, with heaps of hills, twists and even a corkscrew as the layout winds back and forth on itself at the base of the hill. It's a level of confusion in a layout not seen since thunderhead at Dollywood. I've heard people complain the layout is slightly too long for the height of the drop and loses speed, but I didn't feel that at all. It's fast from start to finish, and the warm wheel bearings no doubt helped. One of the best in the world, and very close to the likes of Steel Vengeance and Hakugei, and pretty much on par with Lighting Rod (But I mean, overall RMCs as a cohort are quite close ) The other must do attraction is the Safari. Was probably a 35 min wait for this one, since it gets popular. You ride in a gondola over the main open range exhibits, with the cable following an irregular route that zig zags over the area. At some points the cable runs low to the ground, with water underneath to prevent animals getting to close, so you do get some great views. On the way you see Bears, Lions, Giraffe, Elk etc, though in particular the lions were difficult to spot. A solid 30 min ride, so again you get your moneys worth. The other coaster in the park is Delfinexpressen, a standard Vekoma roadrunner clone, but with Dolphin themed cars. The pirate ship was the sole 'big' flat ride. Grabbed lunch in the area too, a very nice open kebab with pickled cabbage etc. This is the sort of food I wish was available more widely at parks in Aus. The park is apparently getting rid of its dolphin show Hope. It was unusual because it was held indoors, with a big screen that would show spectacular imagery of reefs, waterfalls. As for the show, nothing that we haven't seen at Sea World before. There's also a normal exhibit type area a the back in a separate part of the building. The park is laid out in a bit of a loop, so it's easy to see everything. Seals and sea lions... Tiger world was enormous. Other nice areas included a large field with south American animals like Capybaras. The obligatory animal nursery, themed like a traditional Swedish farm. And much much more. Overall, it's hard to fault the park. As a zoo, it has plenty to offer, with large natural looking exhibits, the rides are just a bonus. Glad that wildfire exists, but it seems the rides and their themes can clash a bit with the park. I mean you can understand Delfinexpressen, but then why have they got the sawmill themed Wildfire (There wasn't really any education about wildfires in the queue, it literally was just Buzzsaw type theming) If they are going down the rides route, it would be good if it was balanced out with a few more family and thrill type stuff to make that aspect of the park strong enough to stand on its feet (The Bamses Varld area felt quite complete on the other hand) Overall, if you are a coaster fan, Wildfire is worth the trip alone, and the zoo itself is high quality, so you won't be bored from just the coaster. Park photos: https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/kolmarden

Could the Dreamworks and ABC world areas be connected to just become one giant generic kids land?.

If a mack ride is coming i think it would either be something similar to Arthur (thinking because they said it’ll be immersive) or a Mack Family Spinner like Sierra Sidewinder at KBF. I’m very excited to see what they have up their sleeves, hopefully it’s not another Vekoma SFC Clone.

The DreamWorks Experience officially opened on 31 March 2012. Is it correct Dreamworld did a 10 licence agreement with DreamWorks that expires in 2022? May be DreamWorks licence is not being renewed

You don't have to be a tourist to become trapped in that hell-hole.

Nothing wrong in that. Mack has certainly made a good name for themselves in the past few years as a major player in the coaster space.

For those playing at home; Steel Taipan Rivals Scooby Doo Storm Coaster

I know you’re joking but that actually kinda sounds like a good addition to dreamworld. Any new darkride for the GC I think would be a win lol

It is very sad, especially to see the majority of Zone centres have now replaced their pin loaders with stringed pins. I know the pin loaders were a maintenance nightmare at times, and costly to repair, but the traditionalist in me hates the new set up

typically they've planned a presser in the morning, and the GCB releases it at the stroke of midnight once the media embargo is released. I'm pretty sure we all had the concept art for Atlantis well and truly analysed by the time it came to the presser in Shark Bay. Maybe they've woken up to GCB and just want to release it themselves (as opposed to - you know - putting a time on the embargo?)

Ya The new Timezone is pretty crap, I loved the dingy 90s aesthetic of the place and the 12-person Daytona at the back was awesome, but the refurb just turned it into another generic modern minimalist aesthetic which is done to death at this point and quite boring.

They gutted it to make LT bigger and more open instead of being based on CQB, Downgraded the minigolf from something you would see at Mermaid Beach to a stale blacklight course, randomly clumped games together on the western side, more bottlenecks, eatery takes up valuable arcade space, pinball corner no longer has a focus on new, classic and interesting machines, looks tacky. I'm sure theres more, but its one place i ALWAYS made sure to visit when i was up from Sydney and they realy earned those "best arcade in the world" awards for those 3 years. Then they brought it under the new umbrella and ruined everything that made it worth a visit. My last 2 visits i didn't even go because of how bad its become.

They didn’t even get a good build up for Land of Oz One day was a teaser post next everything was on the table. If they can’t draw that out and keep interest with 3 new rides coming why would they give us theme park nerds construction updates. I also feel they are pushing to have it open for the school holidays. Testing has ramped up. But I would say they won’t give a definite date considering all the date changes and issues it’s had. Show up mid December and I’d say you’d get a ride.