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Video's now live. M&V are essentially the project managers (like Intamin back in the 70's & 80's where they'd manage a lot of projects rather than make rides in-house) and and have engaged The Gravity Group as their design partner. In the case of wooden coasters it's important to have a middle-man to ensure the local engineering and fabrication firms get it bang on perfect as it's not pre-fabbed and then shipped like steel coasters. Side-note: I’ve noticed in a few other videos and places that the facts are a bit off for Leviathan. Can confirm what’s in the above video is confirmed by the park.

No idea sorry mate, that's more of a question for Sea World. Good news though, I got heaps of great shots of it so hold tight a few hours. ;)

What makes you think that?

This is very exciting news indeed. Let's break it down: New wooden roller-coaster - looks to be a family coaster in the same vein that Jet Rescue is (TLDR; not really a family coaster) which is great news. Unconfirmed manufacturer. 80k/ph top speed. 1km+ of track. Trident-shaped sky flyer - not sure if ride goes up to 52m or whole tower including trident-head is 52m. If it's the former, i'm guessing that Trident head will top it over 60m+, making it the tallest thing ever to grace the spit. Unconfirmed manufacturer. Top Spin ride, unconfirmed manufacturer. Bit cheeky. Placement next to dolphin pools is concerning. New amphitheatre is being wedged in somewhere Movie World's WB Exhibit/Museum is getting new artefacts. Movie World's also getting Tom & Jerry characters in park from September. Overall i'm really pleased with this - what i'm interested to learn is if they're going to leave Viking's Revenge SBNO until 2020 and beyond or if there's something else yet to come in regards to its future? I'm also going to guess that to fit this all in the bridge to where Jet Rescue resides is finally getting the flick.

Fifty million is more than enough for one to be shit hot.

All the second and third tier Facebook pages are doing around the clock reporting on the GCB exclusive at present. Fair to say we'll know more about the three rides at midnight and some more in-depth coverage tomorrow.

Such as?

Even if Dreamworld had already committed to spending 20+ million on a coaster today to be built in 2021, they've still got to do things this year to capture the general public's attention. I reckon this is a wise step in realising that people have been yearning for reasons to revisit in the same way Fright Nights & White Christmas give Movie World guests a reason to revisit. Dreamworld were doing these kind of activations/events in the 90's and I see no reason why doing it again should be seen as a bad thing, especially when they're included in the ticket price (unlike White Christmas).

There was a time where folks thought you couldn't attach drop rides to Superman: Escape from Krypton or Kingda Ka but here we are. Thing is with rides is no two are alike and as such all of the engineers rightfully treat every project as unique which i'm sure Intamin would do with our tower. Even Vekoma Boomerangs are all different - different fabricators, different land, different builders, local environment, weather conditions, different local laws and regulations mean there's enough variables at play that realistically nothing is off the shelf in the same way buying a car in a car lot is. I have no doubt Intamin would come out and assess the feasibility of a retrofit first before making a call. Towers like Dreamworld's are based off Von Roll's original rough design and have a lifespan of sixty years plus as an observation tower, but i'm pretty confident the Tower of Terror's force over time has done considerable wear and tear to the tower.

Whilst not a fan of TPR, it did come in at #9 for steel coasters in the world for their Mitch Hawker equivalent poll. UPDATE: @AlexB and I posted at the same time and also have the same disdain for TPR. Good times. Appreciate @Richard letting me guest write - so now you know my top 6, what's yours?

Haha cheers mate. Cubs are cute, what can I say.

Hold my beer.

Which is what you did. A moral lesson for the day - just because you can doesn't mean you should, especially when it's at the expense of the individual. Just because most folks here know my name and i'm somewhat public about it still doesn't mean it's appropriate to throw my PO Box or phone number out there. PM me if you have any further queries on this. Back on topic - now that Consentino is done for the holidays - is there something similar you'd like to see next school holidays?

You know Google has a search function, yeah? I ask because in the time it took you to write something witty you could've just used your initiative to figure out why doxxing other people is frowned upon. Let's keep it on-topic.

Tokyo's teamlab exhibit (which is often sold out): Gold Coast's TrickPic: TLDR; pretty easy to see why it tanked. It looked shit.

It’d be like listening to enthusiasts talk about theme parks and then wanting to see the video.

Ah, so someone in HR didn't get the memo. It happens. All the consumer facing ends are fine. Hot tip - if you apply, I wouldn't mention it - probably not the best first impression to make.

Can you let us know where?

Exactly. Fashion is subjective. Very, very subjective. I reckon polos say "i'm too lazy to iron a shirt." But... that is my opinion.

...sooo, when's the Orphan Rocker opening then?

I'll say it once and say it again - the red tape thing is utter garbage. If they weren't renting trashy rides as a stop-gap solution to avoiding spending much need capex they wouldn't have this problem in the first place.

Your kids would also benefit from seeing other cultures and languages, just saying.

A major part of a park's profit comes mainly from F&B and merch. I think what Disney does well in regards to merch is that their product line has both the garishly boiler plate "I WAZ HERE" theme park stuff and also some more subtle, minimal gear that even folks like me who generally shy away from anything that's not a shirt or a basic tee might consider wearing. Polos are awful. They're the kind of daily-wear that's a jack of all trades but the master of none.

I'm genuinely surprised by the success of Consentino - that's not a critique on either him or Dreamworld either, rather, I simply wasn't aware of how far reaching his fame is (chalk it up to not watching much free to air telly). I've been and checked it out and it was chockers - it's good to see.

Easily the most gentlemanly posts i've seen on here for a while. Good on you, mate. 🍺 After reading Richard's article, i'm cautiously optimistic. There's some huge hurdles Ardent needs to jump if they plan on holding onto Dreamworld for a while yet, but the cash injection rolling off the back of an uptick in crowds thanks to Consentino is definitely a good start.