themagician

I wish they would repaint the station so it would return to its original look

Here’s a closer look from the photo I posted yesterday

That could be possible. But note that Carnivale was late Jan and Feb at the start of this year too

I’d more than happy to see them refurb the entire queue and facade for GD. And simplifying, but modernising the aesthetic to suit ST. That could then open the opportunity to remove all the ramps and stairs and create a much simpler area.

They have only just been removed in the past couple weeks. Since works around this area had begun they have remained there just not turned on.

A new fence is being constructed

But Micky Mouse is the face of Disney. The Rocky hollow log ride is definitely not the face of DW.

They have repainted the walls out the front

Both trains are operating this morning. Not every train has been running with full capacity (due to crowd levels), but they are consistently dispatching.

Couple of days? That sounds like something that could keep it closed for weeks maybe even months

That only started yesterday and the parks are always quiet pre Christmas, it’s from the 27th for a couple weeks where they get very busy

What have the queue wait times been like over the last few days?

But based off them having several preview nights, days of staff riding and the hundreds upon hundreds of hours they were testing it, I don’t think they in anyway ‘pushed’ it to open before they should have. I think it was just the usual ‘first few days/weeks of technical issues’ that almost every new ride has had before

What’s the queue issue? Social distancing (because I don’t think they’ve worried about that was for long time)

The wedgie is closed until the end of Jan and apparently the claw and tailspin are closed today

I think we will see a refurb to the ABC area. I think the next major attraction will be on the Log ride land, but won’t be for another couple years.

It doesn’t seem like they are aiming for a summer opening anymore as they haven’t been promoting it and it wasn’t included in the recent summer events email. I’d say due to the all rain, it’s caused delays with the ground works

Only two more rides to go until every attraction is open. I can’t remember the last time every listed attraction was operating (excluding the train under refurb).

People keep commenting that it’s slower than rivals, but only by 5km/h. The speed is more noticeable on Rivals because of the elements throughout the ride, but by the end it slows down significantly. ST I find holds its speed better through the varying elements. I’m glad that very launch of ST is much slower because it allows the second and third to pack a punch. It the launch speed increases were divided evenly, it probably wouldn’t have the same experience

The ride opened this afternoon

Agreed, would have been good to continue that pattern down the wall at minimum

Shockwave reopening delayed again

That was a poor choice of wording then if it isn’t opening again until Wednesday. They should have just said it was open yesterday for a preview and that’s it

I also visited the park this morning briefly for another ride. The atmosphere was fantastic. The area was very busy and felt good. The staff had such good attitudes and were getting in on the fun with guests. I went single rider and the queue was fairly quick. The staffs loading procedures I thought were very good and efficient. I know the GC parks aren’t known for very good loading procedures normally, but I think ST is the best we’ve seen in a long time. Having ridden it for my 4th time today, I have come to the conclusion that it is my favourite coaster on the GC