grrofunger

Cool thing to do in the Kraken queue is watch the Abyss track flex and sway after the train goes through... particularly the first loop after the big drop. The track moves quite a lot !

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Today was the last day of the school holidays and i think everyone had the same idea i did - 'oh the park will be quiet because most schools are back today" Wrong !!! Clearly most schools were still off today ! Carpark was full ! - we didn't arrive until around 12pm though and there were long lines at the entrance too - only 2 staff on for entrances and 1 staff member selling/handing out the season passes (her offsider was on lunch)

Popped my Kraken cherry today.... "300 wretched souls"..........heard that for what felt like a million times.... the park was much busier than i expected today and the kraken line was looooong. Wait was about hour and a half so only rode once, it wasn't that hot today but up on that hill waiting for the slide got quite warm and uncomfortable and there was lots of complaining. First Aid ended up getting called and water was handed to someone who appeared to be quite faint, water was then offered to everyone in the line by someone who took the liberty upon themselves to walk around offering the first aiders flask of water and pouring it in peoples mouths. Quite weird...was like the end of the world and the last flask of water available ever ! kind of added to the atmosphere of doom trying to escape the kraken... I think there are gonna be issues come summertime when it actually gets hot, would be very unpleasant up there in the line. Lines and wait times in theory should drop as the ride settles in and everyones first up curiosity dies down but i'm not sure this will happen for sometime yet. Spray misters in the queue or a couple of water drinking fountains up there might be needed. The theming looks very good in photos, it is excellent in person (except the eyes look too friendly) stepping up onto the boat to enter the slide is very cool, the sound is cool (even though the story over and over again begins to grate) the creatures legs are cool - they are going to get ruined very quickly as everyone is so disrespectful and hits and scratches them etc- society is full of arseholes unfortunately. The overall theming just adds so much to the experience, its very well done. The slide itself , i need to ride more ! The first 360 is rather intense, the drop into the funnel is excellent and the airtime/lift up the sides of the funnel also excellent. I've been on many tornadoes that you barely lift up the side. This isnt one of those. I rode backwards the whole way being the big heavy one with my 2 small kids the other riders. It's a great slide no doubt. As i said i need to ride more to accurately rate this slide, At this stage i have aqualoop at GC WnW and as basic as it is the large slide at Seaworld ahead of it - but i have ridden them heaps of times and got heaps of enjoyment from them. We should all be very grateful for Kraken it is definitely a top notch world class waterslide and could well become my favourite in time. (i was recently at Adventure Cove water park in Singapore and this beats every slide there by miles - even the hydro coaster) Park is looking good , lots of new signage (though to me the sea serpent and tidal wave signage looks a bit tacky, not great font etc-) and touch ups , new cabanas are great , i will definitely use them at least once this year, particularly in dragons kingdom. The resurfaced hill up to kraken is much smoother on the feet , hot hot red though. Utilised the 25% off for food today and comfortably fed 2 adults , 2 kids and a toddler for $35 lunch , unheard of value especially in a theme park. 25% might be too generous? If Krakens lines show no signs of dropping off i will be getting plenty of fast passes this year at $35 i think they are crazy good value also - I think i bought them 5 times last year at $30 for me and the kids. I thought the staff were doing a great job with the fast passers on Kraken today too - as the line was so long they were letting approx 5 groups go before letting a fast passer through , so it was still mega fast in comparison for the fast passers but not too 'unfair' on the plebs waiting for what felt like an eternity. Took me too long to finally get there for the first time this season but looking forward to another great season at AW

fast/express etc- passes are critical

very cool theming, great job

Wow , thanks for the pic , glad i didn't end up going today looks like some shade up there would be handy

so there was 1200 in the queue?

i'm going Friday

some work around the place (bumper boats, cabanas around lagoon and lower dragons kingdom pool, path resurfaces..)

finally a nearmap update !!

yeah I'm pretty sure as well

I wish it was 50c AUS to 1 USD !!! We might get two rides at that rate !

Bush Beast hmm ... hard to isolate to just one: I'd have to say Superman Escape for the launch thrills. Scooby Doo was my favourite experience on my first ride, I had no idea what to expect and what it actually was, went in completely blind expecting a mild ghost train experience...... then the lift and the backwards drop! awesome ! after a few rides though the thrill drops, cars are too small (i'm really tall) and the turns are quite rough. Abyss is an awesome all round experience, surprise dark section, big drop, airtime, head choppers... I need to get to more parks around the world.

Shouldn't it be called Dem if its going to Wonderla ?

I dont expect an MI3 next year , i think with the significant capital that has been injected over the past 2 years it would be time for the park to just settle for a while and recoup some of those costs. Some smaller improvements and touch ups on theming etc- can still occur around the park and any additions would be something like more mini water slides in dragons kingdom and that would be about it for a few years. Surely the owners can't keep throwing circa 10 mill at the park each year

that would still be very very awesome

any of iwerks suggestions would be good. I'd kill for a huge wooden coaster but i know i am dreaming

Was always October

Its opening month!! not long to go now... just over 3 weeks

Can get plenty of those on Cavill ave at night (with or without substances)

zombieland

Totally needed. Nobody would want to lug a 4 person tube all the way up that hill.

Hahah

sooooo the light greens one then