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I've been thinking the same thing! I saw some close-up shots of the face and thought it was a woman but then I've seen other ones of the whole body. NB?

So now it's a Proslide park? Previously it was Whitewater, then Swimplex/Polin.

How much of a saving do you anticipate by copy pasting?

^And usually get put in last.

360 POV:

Yes, Proslide offer open top versions of all their tornadoes, for example, volcano bay has 32s and of course one of the 24s at adventure Park is open top as well.

https://www.parkz.com.au/attraction/kokpunkten Kokpunkten was a place I found out about a year or so before my trip on Blooloop. In a sentence, it’s an old power station that has been turned into an indoor water park and hotel, and given an ultra modern renovation and lighting package. I love it because someone clearly had a clear big vision in their head about what it was going to be, put together a couple of contrasting things, and the result is really cool. As a water park, it's not all that big, with only 4 major slides, but there are a few nice spas, whirlpools and interconnected pools you can explore. There's also an outdoor pool on the roof, and the option to do a "VR Dive" in the main pool. It is located in Västerås, about 100km from Stockholm. I had stayed there the night before, so i was able to sleep in and spend the morning there before heading to the capital. The park has free go pro rental if you sign up to their "Club", though you are asked to come back to the counter a little while after opening after they have cleared the entry crowds. As for the rides. Black River Never in Australia. The slide is more of a channel, with about a 30cm deep flow of water that is quite turbulent, so you are carried by the current. The layout felt like a bunch of quick s bends with the occasional longer turn. What makes it wilder is that its essentially in a big dark room, so you are just being tossed and turned, bumping against the walls. No rafts or anything, it's like canyoning. The ride alternates modes, lights off is pitch black and not for the unconfident. Lights on is still mostly dark, but you have the odd bit of pipework and uv paint that is illuminated. Even getting out of the slide exit and paddling against the backflow is an effort Inside out is one of these "Magic Eye" tube slides. Essentially an oval shaped cross section and a fairly shallow gradient, so its more about length than speed. In some ways it feels like the child that comes from the marriage of a lazy river and a raft slide. Had some cool daylight rings on the way down as well. There is the option to ride with a waterproof VR headset. The way it seemed to work is that there are transponders at various points on the slide and they are used to track your position. Boomerang This was a Boomerango type slide, but built by Wiegand rather than Whitewater West Just like their toboggan runs, it's made of stainless steel. This was the highlight, felt quite speedy. On other types of this slide you go down the drop, into the quarter pipe, over a little hump and then glide to a stop. On this one you carry heaps of speed over the hump and get funnelled into a couple more turns before the splashdown (also done at high speed). Hard to describe, but if feels almost scary the speed at which you hurtle into the last bit, almost like if you were going slightly off angle you'd smack into the walls or flip yourself. But of course the precision engineering has you 'threading the needle' quite well. And of course, you can't beat the setting! The other attraction is Double Racer Another stainless steel Weigand slide. The low friction means you build up heaps of speed, so can make the ride as wild as you like. Having drops at the start helps make it fast from the get go. Note too the LED neon strips. There is a timing system and the LED strips glow green over the lane of the rider coming first at that point in time. Transparent section too, but barely noticeable. Overall, it's worth a look if you are in the area. A few more slides wouldn't hurt of course! I had wanted to combine it with my day at Skara Sommarland which would have been perfect, but on the days i was there the opening hours didn't quite line up. Photos here https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/kokpunkten

Yeah good point, I thought that after the fact. I was thinking it was this bit.

Nearmap from 18th of July

Here's Nearmap from 18th of October. Note the red ring on the ground. Could this be a hybrid with a small funnel before a bigger one?

White coloured buildings definitely require less cooling. Yes, but if the roof is less hot in the first place, there is less heat to convect into the habitable space.

^It is probably just daylight rings:

^I haven't been recently. Have they updated the glyphs on the older signs?

For what its worth.....

Whenever I hear the name Jungle Rush I think of this: https://rcdb.com/18846.htm

Is that really a problem though? Basically any spin and spew ride at an Australian park never gets a queue anyway, and more often than not you're actually waiting to round up enough people to ride it. Probably has the 'right' amount of capacity lol. If a park is going to invest in rides, I'd probably do more crowd favourites than trying to make something like Rebel 'perfect'.

Yeah its throughout the area: But then it doesn't seem consistent eg the T looks the same on Vortex and Trident (Haha reminds me of the old CityRail logo) but then the Rs and Es look different.

Australia has too many of this type of ride.

They'll just have to weld together hundreds of pieces of scrap metal 🤭

Could even be RMC

Are casual viewers going to misinterpret that "We don't strike, we rise above the rest" as some sort of commentary on union strikes? The trains are cool, I quite like the touch of the glowing eyes and the clear coat that gives it that 'slimy sea monster' look. I don't think there are many coasters with carving this intricate.

They are on the website now, including a video: https://gumbuya.com.au/world/oz-adventure/ Trailer for Project Zero: https://gumbuya.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ProjectZero.mp4 Trailer for Project Zero plus some POV of TNT https://gumbuya.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TNT-ZERO-1.mp4

100%. The parks are filling up on a regular basis so clearly no need for discount tickets to get people to come.

Worlds first spinning rear seat.

Dreamworld already has one.