themagician

That’s great news, but it can’t open on April 1, people will think it’s a joke.

I’d rather it opened late. We’ve already waited this long, a few more months won’t hurt. And it’s much better to have a completed product you’re proud of than announcing it’s open and it’s not anything like what you want. And if it’s open unfinished, when will they complete it, if they even bother doing so.

Yeah it is. It’s been 1-2.5 hours long on the days I’ve visited since it reopened. On one of those days it didn’t open until 11 due to delays, I was one of the first boats and when I got off the queue was already 1.5 hours long.

That’s a very good point @Dom I believe the ride envelope has to be clear, so that could be why we haven’t seen any testing begin yet. They are wanting to get as much of the major construction done first, so once testing is complete they can easily finish things off

If we assume they will open on Easter weekend, that is less than 10 weeks away. I know it’s different depending on the ride manufacturer, but for comparison, ST did consistent testing for about 6-8 weeks. So let’s hope we see testing begin by the end of the month at the latest. We have already seen the queue shade structure was installed, so it’s signage, planting, queue rails and other theming. Trident will probably only take a week to construct (providing weather permits) once the foundations are done and ready. Then it’s the queue, theming and testing. I’d say there will be a couple weeks of testing. So based off this, they will be on track to open this Easter providing testing of Leviathan begins very soon.

Most people complaining is always closed or the queue is now too long

WWF has reopened again and MW posted about the new boats. Does anyone know if the front row is available again?

I don’t think we will see leviathan open unless trident is open too. There will be major access closures and leviathan wouldn’t be able to operate while they are constructing trident. I think the weather will be the major factor when installing trident. Landscaping, paths and theming can be done at almost any point. I think the delay with leviathan testing is the construction of the station and queue

To be sarcastically safe, Summer 2023 And to be non-sarcastically safe, you should definitely be alright for September. But if you really want to come up at Easter, I’d wait until we see testing begin

The track doesn’t have as step of gradient as I was originally expecting, which is a good thing. My only hope is they populate this area with heaps of plants. So you don’t just look at a dirt patch when you are on the train, but also to make up for the lack of along the path towards GD

That would be a smart move to remove AA while SE is already closed. So they don’t have to close it again in a few months when they decide to finally remove it. I’m interested to see if they construct a more permanent looking fence under SE to block off access to the AA area while they construct the new attraction/s

Must be an error because the website still says Easter

Wow that sign is in bad shape, the park needs to spend some time refreshing and fixing all these issues

It is a real shame, I remember one trip the queue was full but it felt like it went quickly because we didn’t stop moving the entire time. Now, a 30 minute wait feels super long because you hardly move. It’s gone from the fastest load/unload ride at the park to the slowest.

It’s just the MW online store

Dreamworld has in the past, nothing major but they’ve done a sausage sizzle, additional presentations, etc. Last year they did a party at WWW, with a DJ, giveaways, sausage sizzle, etc

Doesn’t seem to be as popular this year, tomorrow night only just sold out yesterday

Potentially, seems like a poor choice of location since it will be visible. I thought they were going to use the old Rocky hollow station as the storage maintenance bay since they went to the trouble of hiding it

Work has begun again and a switch track has been installed behind Madagascar

When I was there I asked one of the ride operators and they said they were ‘new trains’, but when you’ve questioned it, I looked closely at photos of these ‘new’ trains in comparison to the ‘old’ trains and I’m not so sure. The shape of them is the exact same, but maybe they just got repainted and new stickers because the colour order is definitely different. And when the operator said it was faster, I think that might just be because the trains had a full refurb and they now reach the speed they originally did

I’d say there is a delivery delay and because of all the rain we’ve had causing delays too, we will see it open for the Easter holidays. But surely you’d want to get the works done now, so when the train/carriages arrive they can just get it open. For all we know, maybe the contractors who are doing the work had another job to complete first, hence the lack of work.

There was also a seat half way between this one and the stairs to the GD and that was in complete direct sun. Most people who were waiting for those riding GD were standing at the top of the stairs and around the entry area

Doesn’t seem to be anyone more progress since the last update

Directional signage has been added under the digital screens

This didn’t take long. A couple of bench seats have been placed along the path under ST