themagician

@Tricoart my guess would be from the pedestrian bridge to cross the creek to get over to Topgolf.

Which makes me think the ride was in a worse condition then they’d ever realised and after being smashed during the Summer 22/23 season, it was no longer safe to operate, hence its sudden and very immediate closure

The building contractor for the project posted them on their socials

Awesome to see them add this. Small thing, but helps improve your day. Im really hoping they plan on reopening the Billabong (Rivertown) Station when the land opens. Even though it’s not a massive walk, I think it will (again) help improve a guest day just by reducing some of the walking

No she won’t

Got this ad for the fact Origin was a part of the solar panel installation at DW

I’m assuming this entrance is at the red line and the rainbow will be between the red and blue line. Which means that this land begins at where the Superman Escape ‘land’ ends. And therefore I guess they are seeing it as there isn’t a clash. Comparing it to how Arkham Asylum entry was placed and how the theme blended, there definitely was a clash. No matter how they (Village) are looking at it, I still think the smarter and better entry point should’ve been off Main Street using the former Lethal Weapon entrance.

Some more awesome concept artworks

I think the best spot for one of them would be in the H2O Zone, I would say on the former Buggy’s site, but is that too similar of an attraction to Kamikaze? But I think they should have a more family oriented attraction replace Aqualoop so that you have a kids/family side of the park and then the more thrills side

In every concept artwork they’ve released, the track has been a different colour, so there’s knowing exactly what it will be at this point. But it’s more likely to be a colour from the more recent images compared to the original images released

Why be quiet about it? If they decide to not proceed with reopening it, just openly say that ‘due to extensive damage the attraction won’t be reopening, but don’t worry, we have an exciting new version of the ride opening in Rivertown later this year.’ The park have been pretty transparent about what’s happening at the park and works across the past 18 months, so I’m sure they would make a statement like this if they decide not to reopen it.

With the reopening date already pushed back a couple times and considering there doesn’t appear to be any on site progress towards getting the attraction reopened, it makes me think we won’t see it return

You have indeed.

And they’ve now updated the logo on their website

This isn’t me supporting this decision, but is there an argument that they’re copying what’s on the other side when walking towards Superman?

It’s a shame they don’t spend those extra few minutes hanging them up properly though so it doesn’t look half assed

December 2005 was when the left side opened as the mirrored version. Buccaneer Bay (Wet 'n' Wild Junior) opened in September 2005, so if the water play structure is still the original, then it would be slightly older than the left side. But that still makes the ride side of Mammoth Falls the oldest fiberglass in the park.

That used to be White Water Mountain and the structure at the top of the hill was a mountain/volcano. And then in 2007 it was all demolished and replaced by what is there today (River Rapids). Same style of slides, but the originals were replaced.

I always hated the green wrap (but in this case, that would be better than how it’s presented right now). But why can’t they just use a black mesh to cover the fence. Makes it look less obvious and be a much better aesthetic.

@Gazza you would be correct

Ah yes, the days of them building the attraction quicker so they could claim having 'Australia's first looping water slide' despite it very much not having any kind of looping aspect to it.

Disney do projection mapping very well. Just watch any of their Main Street/Castle nightime shows where they use projection mapping very well. My favourite use of it at a Disney park is on Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland as they use it to give the impression the tnt is igniting on the lifthill and it's about to explode as you leave the mountain. I think on Scooby: Next Gen they over promised and they either couldn't get the projection mapping to work/ran out of money or they too were confused at what it actually is. I do hope with FOTWW they execute it well and use it in a way that adds to the story/experience, rather than it just being a gimac that gets overlooked and when it breaks they don't repair it.

12 people have been injured

The Wedgie also isn’t a looping slide, but that’s also closed now. My guess would be there are issue with getting parts for the GC models. They were also looking very tired and the parks probably didn’t see value in investment when they weren’t the most popular attractions due to their intensity. For WnW that does leave a relatively new slide tower available for use and there quite a large area of land in front of it for some decent slides.

And after many many months, this exciting new pathway has finally opened… just in time for the off season