Brad2912

Can’t compare the 2 at all... and as for AA not having maintenance issues? Strange to say when it’s currently in unplanned maintenance and has been for a couple of weeks already. She won’t make another decade

Went last night and thought it looked fantastic.

Of your list of potential rides, only an RMC Hybrid seems a remote future possibility if the market reacts strongly to SW’s Leviathan. The tower is staying put for GD. I believe Once the track and existing station are removed they will link ABC and Dreamworks with a new kids attraction and likely some further theming and amenities to make it one larger family and kids precinct. Beyond the Mack triple launch due end of 2020, they are on the lookout for another thrill ride that I imagine would be for a 2022 release

Can only assume that the increase unreliability and cost to keep it up or maintained effectively outweigh the benefits of keeping it for the summer peak. to be it seems the dripping tap of money/resources being poured in to keep it working has dried up I hope they don’t leave any track running down it, not long term anyway. Next major maintenance period for GD should see that removed From what I have heard, and Parkz has just posted, the station area will be cleared to makeway for a connected area between Dreamworks and ABC 4 Kids.

This from the members email offers a little more commentary on some more future additions: Design works for a complete overhaul of ABC KIDS World have also commenced, which include an exciting new ride, and we are currently scouring the world for the next thrill ride for Dreamworld and hope to announce something next year.

Well that’s certainly the end of an (tower of t)era...

They were optional. But think you’ll find restraints in an already enclosed capsule that travels at about 1km an hour may be assessed differently in terms of necessity to those on a thrill ride

@Levithian last night was night 7 of 9.

The overall atmosphere was far improved imo.. more scare actors, busier precincts etc. We unfortunately were about 10mins late which wrecked plans to at least get into IT quickly by rushing at rope drop. Fast track rides was sold out by 6:10pm which was disappointing but a lesson learnt to pre-book. Fast track mazes was sold out not long after that Took about 80mins to get into IT, which was fantastically done and a real step up on anything we’ve seen in recent years. Took just over an hour to get into Doll Haus which was decent without being great. Lines for all other mazes looked min 1 hour at this point so we decided we’d leave zombieland for its invariable return in 2020 and having seen Leatherface and Kain in 2018 they weren’t worth further 1 hour waits. It is certainly the first year however that we have got through all mazes, only doing 2 from 5. Certainly could have got another in if we’d wanted, but absolute no chance of getting in all 5 over the night. DCR was a 90min wait at 8:30, SE was 1 hour. Backwards DCR was also sold out at 9 which was annoying given you could see the train cycling with no one in the backwards seats. GL was also having some issues and down sporadically over the night. All in all I think it was a strong improvement, but think it was too busy to get done what you’d want to get done without fast passes, which is ok if you then have fast passes available and not sold out 10mins into the night.

Now available at Dreamworld... optional safety features!! ABC Ferris Wheel... “seat belts are optional Guys, use them if you wish” hmm.. then why are they even there?? hopefully soon we can choose between a log with a roof or one without one..

The most recent Round of email mailouts says Get your Locals One Pass and be one of the first to ride the Vortex coming to Sea World this Summer! whereas the previous ones have all said December

Good to hear, I’m looking forward to tonight’s event

Fair call...

Wouldn’t say November is very wet on the GC. Average rainfall/rain days data show it to be the 7th wettest month of the year. Despite that though, most rainfall and rain days in November are afternoon & evening storms so will have little effect on construction timelines. The issue will be if there is a construction company physically on hand to build the thing

I have heard unconfirmed reports that there has been a change in builder, or actually that a new one is being sought still, which may explain the lack of any real progress in recent times.

SW have decided they’ll sell more heli tours if they actually plonk a helicopter in the park behind a barrier and have a “pilot” stand next to it and convince people to buy tours (I didn’t ask to see his licence so he may just be a staff member in uniform)

Not too much change. Only 3 people on site doing some hole drilling

They were doing some work with the top of the Black Hole tower today at WnW. Had a cherrypicker working on it. photo not great, just snapped it as I was driving out of PC.

Yeah kinda don’t get the hate around the pumpkins. You can’t expect them to hand carve thousands of them. They are carved and themed in select areas..

No, they shouldn’t, as it’s a family event. Focus on one thing and get it right - and it appears largely they have. Teens go to Fright Nights. Simple.

Walking around the park today and I think what they have done theme wise is fantastic, must be literally thousands of pumpkins everywhere, hail bails, decals, ribbons, drapes on posts. Whilst I haven’t attended the event yet myself, they have to be applauded for what they have done imo.. Also appears to have third party food operators in for the event as the marquees are still up

The wipeout wave is completely gone now. We’ll have our shaded seating area in no time...

That’s the point. It’s an alternate event to Fright Nights. For me it’s targeting the same market that buy White Christmas tickets each year.

Train was working fine with 4 carriages 10 days ago when I was there

Well nothing is ever as good as it could be. Anyone can always pick an improvement even from something near perfect. i have been yet, but just the use of animatronics alone sounds like a good step up from what we’ve seen of late.