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Seems that Roadrunner is getting new trains...would explain the extra downtime. Taken from Vekoma’s Facebook page.

Individual lap bars Look better then the seatbelt things

They also posted about their construction blog on Facebook. I had no idea it existed. https://themeparks.com.au/blog/leviathan-construction?fbclid=IwAR0C7wiaC5Pw0ioqnqkyys1iTMSlh_Gz4eTHgIJ6wi8l-CTxwSDUxOapcOM

Because I found it interesting? Sorry, I'll message you privately in the future to check if I'm allowed to point out something I find interesting.

Sea World have posted something really nice this afternoon https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTvwqMLVa0/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Not trying to be argumentative - but why is that interesting? Scooby is a simple L-shaped bar - the ride simply has a 'minimum closure' point - where the body of the car + the bar = rider secure. In these pictures, the bar is J-shaped, so while not going all the way back down to the ground (probably because its a tight fit there as it is), the J probably ensures the closure of the harness against the body of the ride vehicle, while suiting smaller bodies who might otherwise slide out of small gaps in the L harnesses that Scooby has... Considering the ride track itself isn't changing (that we know of) this appears to be a project designed to ensure that all riders are properly secured as the current lapbar stops atop the biggest person's legs (mostly parents) leaving the child quite loosely held. This is perhaps what lead to the increase in height requirements - and hopefully with these individual restraints, this allows them to better secure the smaller kids who used to be able to ride this, so that the height limit can be reduced. I see an increase in ride ops required due to harness checks on both sides. Hopefully they don't go down the Buzzsaw route and close one entire car to permit the op to crossover. I know its been briefly mentioned somewhere previously, but how is RRRC the only one in the world with a height limit that high? From Woodstock at Cedar (91cm) built a year before RRRC, to Hippogriff at USJ (built 2014) all of them that i can find are 91cm. RRRC is 110cm with an adult and 130 to ride alone, but historically it was 100cm, and i'm sure once upon a time it was 90cm also. Like sure, aus regulations and all, but it just seems ridiculous - even moreso when spongebob isn't that high either.

And they look better then the single bar for both people; which didn’t even reach a child’s legs if an adult was with them

Agreed - I think the area looks bloody brilliant, but those kinects and the ride just didn't pull through in the end. That and it's in the wrong area of the park. If the ride's cactus, i'd move a lot of theming (like the fantastic fibreglass villains and the well received effects like the water fountains) over to the Superman court-yard and the space outside Justice League. That leaves a nice big open space to pop in a better ride system that better fits the Wild West end of town.

The TV Tonight website has done a full review now (contains spoilers):

new commercials for the village roadshow parks have been posted to youtube but trident and leviathan are being said as coming soon rather than coming june

Don't worry, Im there tomorrow

Here is a little bit of vision from the Big Banana expansion from earlier in the year. Its a great interview with the operator of the Big Banana and includes some excellent historic photos of the Big Banana from years gone by. https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2020/12/23/50-million-plan-revealed-for-big-banan https://www.facebook.com/Prime7NewsNorthCoast/videos/434928240877888/

Can you delete an unimportant photo to make space for updates if you run out of space?

I guess we know MW's new attraction this year!

I have made another video on what i saw at Luna Park today, Hope you guys like it