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Has anyone else seen the new Intamin half pipe? I'm pretty sure they posted a teaser on their Instagram page about it.

They took the head off about 2 months ago for "cleaning" (that's what I was told by employees).

Wait actually? I thought buzzsaw was always a pinkish dark red?

Probably because they just dished out a ton of money on new attractions. Plus, 300 staff members (feel free to correct me cause I can't remember) at a higher rate would also eat away at the bank. That's just my perspective on it.

Quick update on the rides today Around 2:00-2:40pm today I saw some members of maintenance under the transfer track of GL working on what I think was a dismembered wheel bogey. DC Rivals 2nd train is still sitting in SE's maintenance room and SD was stacking trains on the final turn to the unload station.

I can't remember what the problem was but wasn't it some parts that were being shipped had gotten delayed cause of covid?

I was starting to think that the big 30th anniversary announcement was doomsday reopening! Only took them 5 months of delays 😂

I disagree. I believe we'll see a new gen Vekoma invert or flyer come to the plot. Mainly because B&M has never worked in Australia and the price tag for a Vekoma would be far lower then a B&M invert. I've been informed that there will be an announcement for AA's replacement within the coming months.

"featuring multiple corkscrews" World's first water slide with a corkscrew can't wait! 😂

Never got to ride AA either, but from what I've heard the new trains solved the head banging, but after a few years it started to develop a real nasty rattle and the restraints caused painful thigh crushing.

I still don't understand why boomerang has a chain lift rather then tire system considering part of it already uses tires... Maybe I'm just stupid 😅

I always used to think it would of happened as once one train reaches a certain part in the layout, another one would roll out the station up the lift and another one would roll into the sation, treating the lift hill as a block brake. Now that I look back on it, probably not the safest way since you would need perfect disbatches and the lift would constantly be stopping and starting up if a train hadn't fit the final brakes yet... 😕

I can't stop laughing that is hilarious 🤣

Dreamworld B&M giga confirmed??????

Sorry, should of specified it as vertical construction.

I was wondering, what is the normal pace for ride construction? I know time varies between manufacturer and the model of the ride, but it seems they are zooming through construction. I don't normally follow ride construction as close as others, so I'm not too sure about this kind of stuff.

Went for a quick visit today and it seemed fairly busy for school going back. Catholic schools go back tomorrow though, so maybe the crowds will die down a lot more.

The thought of 6 or 7 trains on the track sounds super stressful for operators. I really wish they would run GL in a way that's more effective as even with 3 or 4 trains a 45 min wait always turns into a painful 2 hours.

I only got to ride Wipeout once and it was about 5 or 6 years ago. I've ridden Vortex and its good but in no way close to the insanity of that one ride on Wipeout. Vortex is still quite good, however it has really uncomfortable restraints, you can't put your hands up without rubbing arms with the person next to you.

Wow, MW must be having so much fun moving the reopening dates constantly

Can't remember an exact date, it was about a month ago on a weekend. The park had 1hr 30min waits for DC Rivals and Superman and about 45min for everything else. I decided to see how long they took to send a train out on DC Rivals and Superman and suprisingly it was on average 2:30 every time unlike the usual 5-7min. I must say the line for Scooby-Doo seems to always be misleading, you get in line with a expected 60+min wait and manage to get on within 20min.

Not sure when they updated this, but DD has been pushed back another 10 days to the 20th of April now. Starting to wonder if it will ever re-open...🤔

A falcons fury style revamp would be real nice and a unique experience in Australia, but I doubt this would happen within 3-5 years if not at all

Isn't the area around SW a drone free area? Could of sworn I saw a sign saying drones are prohibited within a certain range of the park...

Just wondering, for the whole time the AA area was closed off, MW decided to not remove any of the theming? Like not even the barrels or the cars in the area have been removed. I would of thought they would be gone by now considering how long the areas been closed off? Unless they plan to keep the same theme for the new attraction... but this is all just speculation.