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Thought I would start a dedicated thread for the construction of the wave swinger, seeing as we have ones for K&BD and Ocean Parade. The globe has been removed and is being stored in front of Steel Taipan (thanks to Oliver Trunks via Jaggs Journeys)

Apparently yesterday was the last day for the Soaring Swing and it will be getting removed. The ride has also been taken off the website.

New signage for Giant Drop (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

My understanding is because they are the same trains from before the refurb which also have the same text.

By the looks of construction not starting I feel like it is likely to be delayed. WoO could get a 2024 opening but I am unsure about Rivertown, especially as ground work hasn’t started and it looks very complex compared to WoO.

Here is my guess on what will happen: June 2023 School Holidays: Big Red Planes, Giant Drop open September 2023 School Holidays: Kenny’ Forest Flier, Deep Sea Dodgems, Dreamworld Flier open December 2023 School Holidays: Play School Wheel, Big Red Boat opens Februrary 2024: ABC Kids closes June 2024: Vintage Cars closes 2025: Rivertown opens

Guessing it and the Play School Wheel will be for the summer holidays.

Ride testing (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

Fully assembled now with fences back (thanks to Theme Park Ogre)

Just seeing this now and I can't believe people believe this on Facebook. TSPN is also trying to convince people bullshit that the top hat will be made double the height, being changed to 80m/260ft so taller than DC Rivals. This is very unrealistic as I said and made most likely for clickbait to get more followers. If they are using LIMs that are slower than hydraulics, how would the train get up the 80m tophat, unless there is a spike (which would ruin the story). I know TPSN makes fake news for followers but this is plain up stupid.

I agree, not to mention it would give Movie World a reputation similar to what happened with the Dreamworld TRRR incident. Long maintenance > Unsafe maintenance

Planes being assembled (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

If we count the days it was closed for this period as well as the unscheduled maintenance at the start of the year (first 9 days) then it has been closed for 142 days out of 169. If it just keeps getting extended I feel like it might be time to get rid of it.

Agree. It would be good if they got the trains used on TNT etc (OTS Lap Bars). They are very comfortable and provide a smooth experience. I feel like one of the reasons they cannot switch the trains is because the SFC450 trains are not compatible with the SFC342 track. It could be due to the length of the track being different due to them being made years in between eachother.

Kenny’s Forest Flier Update (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

More signage (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

Concrete has been ripped up in one half of the area (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

Arms are on for the plane ride (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

Signage is up (thanks to Jaggs Journeys)

Thanks for the interview. I feel like having tilting gondolas would have made it more extreme than LLDoD and ZDoD purely due to them. It would be pretty scary tilting downward and looking straight at the ground. P.S Do you have any more info about KABD and the Wave Swinger?

Read the Surfrider thread. Apparently swapped with SH v SV and will be in the summer holidays.

Unfortunately according to the website it will close at 5:30pm, with rides closing at normal time.

sorry for posting in this thread, didn't know where to put it 8 of the 15 rides at Movie World are down for maintenance, including 5 of the 7 major rides (DCR, WWF, SD, DD, GL) as well as half the kids rides (Splash Zone, Carousel, Sylvester). Only SE and BS as well as some kids rides are open, with SE having a 170 min wait time. Must hurt for a family going today seeing all the rides they wanted to go on closed.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I'm hoping that Surfrider will open before October TBH. I never got to ride it at Wet N Wild so will be good to finally ride it (can't go whenever I want due to me being in another state). I'm surprised the attraction hasn't been announced officially yet, however DCR wasn't until construction had well and truly started.

A bit disappointing is HFH is being replaced by HVS. Instead of having multiple events MW just decide to do the same event multiple times in a year.