themagician

It was a very busy day at SW and for the first time ever, I saw the Vortex operating with full cycles consistently. At one point, the wait time was 2 cycles. Amazing. Watching the ride cycle from near by was entertaining with the riders screaming and cheering. But unfortunately the cycle they are operating is still too short, harsh and does a trick and stops again to prepare for the next trick.

Now that I’m back home, I’ve been able to get the drone photos on a large screen and have zoomed in on a number of things I can now see. Probably the most exciting part for me, is it appears that there is quite an extensive area of the queue that will be inside (which hopefully means an extensive amount of theming) Could this part be the stairs that are for emergencies or are they the buildings exit? If it’s the exit it seems like you then enter that opening to the left It seems like this queue shade structure will have a water effect that pours into the centre And here’s a good look at the slab for Trident

And here are a couple shots from in the park

Aerial shot update The station and maintenance building appear to be all closed up now. You can see that the white metal walls continue either side of the track as you approach the lift hill. Hopefully these are painted/themed so you don’t just look at white walls as you leave the station

I believe it’s referencing 1 because that’s the one I took off from when I went on a flight years ago when I was in the park. But it could be both

The in park helipad is returning

On MWs website, they no longer list the DC Super event anymore. And I’m fairly certain it has been listed their until recently.

@joz While reading your above post I was thinking about that concept with GD (and then you went on to mention it). Again since river rapids and then the removal of the log ride removal, this pocket of the park has reduced the queue lengths of GD. And to @New display name point, even though people went on those families rides, thrill seekers would follow it with GD. Maybe if they had built a link path between ST and GD it might have increased its popularity more, but it is certainly still the most intimidating ride at the park. I haven’t seen that rides queue reach the exterior shaded area in a long time. Maybe it’s the confusing pathways to actually get to it. But might also be because it’s some what of a dead end. If you’re riding it, your choice is to either continue to the animals or return to main hub of the park.

BuzzSaw obviously had its issue while at DW, but part of its removal was the lack in popularity. This lack began shortly after river rapids because there was nothing else in what became a very small pocket within the park. If they had kept it; with steel taipan now open, do people think it would’ve been more popular? Maybe they could have spent some money properly fixing it and giving it a refurb to match the new aesthetic ST has. And maybe then it might have been more popular again. In saying all that, it didn’t happen and I think it’s a fantastic addition for Gumbuya.

In this video she shared as well, they have already started marking out the site for where it seems the Green Python is going

@joz i think it was because I was stood in there. A wife said what’s down there, the husband said, it’s a garden. The wife said, oh that looks nicely done. Then they moved on. And someone else walked past, saw me and heard them also said to their partner, that’s a nice garden. So I’d say it was purely because I was in there, otherwise they probably wouldn’t have noticed.

On my visit today there was no indication that it was a memorial garden, other than the names on the chairs. I personally think there should be a plaque of some sort to explain the purpose of the garden so if people don’t realise they don’t leave a mess or ruin it. I was in the garden for 5 minutes or so, quite a few people walked past and I heard them mention ‘oh look at that nice garden’ but continued walking. I do think it’s been placed in the best location, which is pretty quiet and has the river beside it.

There was no signage explaining anything. Each bench simply has each victims name on them. My guess would be the flowers and creatures on the totem pole might have some connection to each victim. Overall the area has been done quite nicely, the only down side was the little hut in the back left corner has a pump system running, which makes a moderate humming sound

Painting appears to be almost finished

I don’t hate the fence, it’s a better paint aesthetic than what was there with ST open. But it’s the not better. But what else could they do?

Yeah you read it wrong 😂 you can’t wear them no matter what, even if you have a strap. I think a couple of the kids rides are the only exception

Water level is back to normal

The garden memorial has opened

No parks let you wear them even with a strap on almost every ride.

The last several movies shown have been provided by ‘Simex-Iwerks Entertainment’ and their latest offering is ‘Scoob 4D Experience’ so my guess it’s going to be that.

My guess is that they are purely just behind schedule overall. We saw those photos from inside the station last month and they were no where near done. It now might not be they are waiting on parts but purely just just need to finish the labour and testing the ride

Is it the train they are waiting on? In the Parkz update last year they had photos of the train?

It’s a shame there won’t be rides at the night eats, but I hope they’ll have some street entertainment/singers and maybe even some fireworks I think it’s good they’ve now got an event for every school holidays and providing they mix things up a little at each event or offer something new/different each year then it should have a positive impact on the park for the next few years

Screenshot from mobile website, but I also tried on a computer and no issues for me