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So, do we think the demo crew are going to take down the old water park on their way out after finishing up with the Log Ride demo?
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3 hours ago, Will S said:
I vote keep the tunnel and use it as a launch run for a new strata coaster that goes up and over the giant drop tower like King da ka or top thrill dragster. Now that would be an awesome addition.
Couple of issues:
1. Even if they did go for this (why would they?) they would still need to remove the tunnel to install the new track, so they tunnel would need to be demolished anyway.
2. Intamin don't sell hydraulic launched coasters anymore, LSM's of that caliber would cost more to operate in power consumption than TOT did.
3. For them to get the longest life (and best ROI) out of a new ride, it'd be in their best interest to build a completely new structure, as you don't want to have to factor in the replacement of the tower in 10 (or whenever) years time when it reaches the end of its serviceable life. The track location was always an issue in the middle of the park so they'd be better off relocating it to the edge of the park if they could.
2 minutes ago, TimmyG said:What was the actual reason for Tower of Terror closing?
"To make way for new attractions" was the official reason wasn't it? Though I've heard the following reasons mentioned:
- Power costs to run
- Upkeep costs
- Age of ride
- Dwindling ridership
- Location in the park
- Noise
When you think about it, it kinda makes sense. Why would you keep shoveling money into an old, dated ride that everyone complained about being noisy and broke down a lot, when you could be better rolling that money into a new experience that costs less to run? As much as I ended up liking TOT it's time had come unfortunately.
15 minutes ago, TimmyG said:Is there any reason other than Dreamworld being Dreamworld that they couldn’t have bought Intamin in to retrofit the ride for the next generation?
I wouldn't say their current version is even in the same class as TOT, it just looks smaller, slower, and boring (to me)
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2 minutes ago, Smol bean said:
Australian loves milking that story to death don't they
You're not wrong.
I saw a tiktok with some drone footage of ST on the weekend, and the comments were just full of everyone spreading frankly wrong information about the accident.
They don't know what actually happened, they just know it happened, and don't appear to want to give Dreamworld another chance.
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26 minutes ago, themagician said:
In case anyone was wondering if they’ve removed any of the TOT track from the tunnel yet… they haven’t
I doubt they'll selectively remove any, they'll just cut it up along with the rest of the tunnel when the demolition eventually happens.
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29 minutes ago, Pyro said:
The whole area is being leveled. It will be a picnic area for the future until the ground has settled. Its been marked as a future attraction site
Do you know if this includes the old water park being that it can be seen from the new coaster?
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49 minutes ago, Im Hungry said:
At the current state of the carriage that holds the spinning seat, the train will have a small gap between the station platform and the carriage itself creating a very minor risk of a rider tripping and/or falling over by getting their foot caught within the said gap. Are there any plans for Dreamworld to eliminate this small gap between the platform because other Mack installations (such as DC Rivals and Helix) don't have gaps between their trains and the platform (they are a snug fit).
I think you'll find that the section you've circled is at the same level as the station, so there's no 'gap' to get caught in, but definitely a trip hazard due to the increased height of the center section of the carriage.
...unless I'm missing something else?
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4 hours ago, themagician said:
Yeah it looks like it and that will be awesome. A coaster like this will be awesome, but adding in all this rock work to launch through and weave in and out of will take it to another level
I disagree.
The tunnel is in the plans to be just before the loop. Greg even mentions this in his interview.
I've done some dodgy mspaint work to try and illustrate my take on the perspectives of the photos. Colours match where I think they appear in the photo VS plan
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1 hour ago, Gazza said:
You won't be able to use a Village Roadshow pass at Dreamworld.
Of course. What I meant to infer was that I was going to hit up Dreamworld in the same trip and hopefully ride the new coaster.
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My lovely wife bought us a 7 day pass to use at whatever the MW park collective is referred to these days, that expires just prior to Christmas this year, so I'm hoping this will be open in time for that.
I've seen a couple of mentions on the FB group about it looking like Boxing Day opening, which would be disappointing, but if the theming is done right than so be it.
I was thinking, would it not be better for them to aim to open along side or close to the Leviathan's opening so they can use both ride openings as a draw card?
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I've noticed a lot of the older rides (coasters in particular) are getting full strip downs / repaints. Is this just that new 10-yearly complete strip-down maintenance rule following what-shall-not-be-mentioned that's essentially due immediately, due to many of them being over 10 years old?
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I'm curious, can someone explain why all these new rides have a 'temporary' look to them? They're all built on metal bases sitting atop concrete pads instead of being bolted down on piers (like other Roller Coasters for example).
Is this just a look LP likes to maintain (like a temporary carnival ride)? Or could it be due to the proximity to the harbour (can't put deep piers in)? Or something else altogther?
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Lets be fair here though, ToT is still in all the plans/renders too, and the plans only say 'proposed'. I don't know if this means they're not in-scope of the current works, or just for the current contractors (and that DW will contract someone else to fix up the rail).
My thoughts though are that if they were already set on removing the train for good, it would not be sitting outside adjacent to the construction works.
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1 hour ago, jjuttp said:
[...] they also have numerous other business' from bowling to Hypoxi to inject any additional funding that may be needed.
I'm not sure it's that simple. I was having a dig through the announcement today and found the following excerpt from their ASX Release https://secure.weblink.com.au/Clients/webchartclient/clients/ardentleisure/article.asp?view=21282944 (Page 20)
QuoteUnder the terms of the Group’s financing facilities, cash and debt held by the Australian and US businesses are subject to separate ‘ring fencing’ provisions whereby each business cannot access cash or facilities held by the other
To me, this means they can't take money from the US side of the business to prop up Dreamworld if they needed to.
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QuoteSubsequent repayment of $5.5 million QTC loan in January 2021 has resulted in this facility currently being fully undrawn
I'm not a finance guy, but I'm assuming this is good being that they have repaid the loan from the QLD govt. so they won't have that burden into the future.
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14 hours ago, zacsta_1997 said:
I’m hoping with the maintenance happening on Batwing Space Shot, and it may be far fetched, but I’m hoping they extend the tower to make it taller, and add the new S&S Spin Shot seats.
Wouldn't they just be doing the 'in-depth' 10 yearly maintenance where they strip the ride back down to bare bones and rebuild it? (Similarly to what has happened recently with Green Lantern, Jet Rescue, soon to be Road Runner etc.)
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Butting in here, but potentially here (I recognised the Atco demountables)
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23 minutes ago, Smol bean said:
Then make some kind of ride like a wild mouse.
Scooby is a wild mouse though
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1 hour ago, Naazon said:
I just got here and it looks like an estop. A car is stopped on a block break.
Maybe not. Harness's are still locked.
Whats with that rust on the coaster support under the current train, I thought it was just painted? Did they only paint the green segments?
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Track will go in front of GD, in the removed section of the ToT track (unless plans have changed). Page 22 of this thread.
2 hours ago, themagician said:It will be interesting to see if they keep the existing train storage/maintenance buildings though, or if they’ll construct a new one.
There's notes in the construction plan about ride supports being installed within the current building footprint, and to be 'made good' by builders, to me this means the existing building is staying.
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1 hour ago, Gazza said:
bush beast would have eventually closed
Bush Beast RMC confirmed
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Firefox 84 here.
Increasingly I've been having more and more issues with site compatibility in FireFox. I've been using it since v3 back in the XP days. It's still my go to browser, I just know that occasionally I'll have site issues and to go to Chrome/Edge. Using the nightly build isn't going to help though.
Now that Microsoft Edge is built on Chromium, I'd say web devs and the likes are going to prioritise functionality for Chrome due to a larger market share
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28 minutes ago, AlexB said:
Yes, great job Dreamworld! Here's how it looks this morning -
Working fine here, in Firefox too!
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32 minutes ago, Jobe said:
The world's first single launch roller coaster? Single Rail launched roller coaster! Also, Intamin, not Intermin.
I want to go easy on them, and I know I'm being pedantic here, but this is a big claim to fame so the record details should be correct.
I'm excited all the same.
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All the focus on DW/SW and then this!
So, is this likely to be Australia's first RMC or an Intamin Single rail?
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Luna park 9 new rides construction
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If you look at his address in the footer of his page and it's vicinity to LP, it speaks volumes toward his motivations.