themagician

I visited the parks on one of those days and they were both very busy

I think the crowds were bigger last summer because the weather was nicer And I believe before that (2019) was one of their biggest summers in a while, with the carpark overflowing for a week

I’d say a small part is the river rapids, but a big part is all the ride closures that have happened, so the park is seen as not having enough to offer and therefore is quieter than MW.

@DaptoFunlandGuy thoughts on all the nostalgia brought back for making memories event while you were at the park?

They should probably also look at getting a family log ride attraction

In regards to Cosentino, I didn’t see it myself but I heard similar comments from a few other people too. They’ve got two wiggles shows this Wednesday and in the past they’ve been outside and chaotic. This time they are in the exhibition centre and imagine they will be even more chaotic if the Cosentino shows are anything to go by

I always thought a pirate ship ride at SW would be a good choice 😏

I’d say it’s 80% complete. They’ve poured the slabs for the queue, the station building externally is built, so we don’t know how much they’ve done internally. The track is complete, that’s most of the hard work and is certainly not just half of the job, it’s way more than half.

Large crane on site this morning

April 2019 I believe

That’s what it said last year too. The park is open from the September school holidays to the Easter school holidays

I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with you on this, but curious to hear more of your reasoning?

Surfrider will be closed until September. That means it has been closed for 3.5 years.

I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet, but a bit of trivia for everyone. The lockers for the ride are actually the old lockers from the Wipeout. They were kept because they were still in perfect condition. They just had a bit of work done and a repaint.

Off the top of my head there is one at the WB Park in Abu Dhabi

I remember having the pizza a couple years ago and it was nice. I thought the price was a lot for one slice, but it’s a pretty big slice with a lot of toppings. I would be more inclined to get the chicken over the pizza though. It may cost more but it’s more of a meal.

In the family suspended layout I do love how the track dives underground, I’ve always wanted a coaster on the GC to do that (I know ST sort of does, but not entirely). I do hope one of the parks gets a dive coaster one day (I think DW would be a good choice because it could be too similar to GL if MW got it). But the one coaster I dream our parks will get one day is a flying coaster. The one at Universal Japan is still my favourite coaster ever and would love to be able to continuously experience something like that in Aus. In saying all that, I think some family attractions are needed most at MW and I think 3 coasters are a nice choice for that.

I don’t think we’ll see an announcement until mid year at the earliest. Demolition will begin early to mid this year. There is a possibility they could open next summer. These smaller scale coasters go up pretty quick. Just take LPS coasters as an example, the track for the smaller coasters was up within weeks

According to their website they’ve moved, so unless they’ve sold it or running it for the holidays as well. I get the new location is more central, but it’s very hidden amongst all the buildings and then tucked in an alley way. You can’t see it from the main road through surfers either.

Last month. But as always, it doesn’t look anything like the original concept artwork (there’s a couple posts on Instagram)

Probably one that was shown to the staff, but I wouldn’t necessarily trust it. I saw an original artist impression for the wet n Wild expansion/new tower and what we ended up with looked nothing like the original imagery that weren’t ever published online.

I don’t think the pizza is currently available because they sell the schnitzel range instead

I can’t see them reusing the station/queue building and I don’t think they should. It’s a very old building now and has unused space from when it changed the LW to AA and they removed the pre show and external queue. It feels old. They might stick with the AA theme and each coaster will be based on a villain (But if it’s family coasters, they might not want a prison theme). They did however refurbish the courtyard not too long before the ride closed and it still looks alright, it’s just a large underused space.

What about Scooby Doo as the area is adjacent to the spooky coaster. But I think as we are all expecting, it will be DC themed and either different villains or different heroes. And it wouldn’t surprise me if the duelling are Batman and joker again.

I’ve had the schnitzel meal and a loaded hot dog recently from DW and both were very good.