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The Giant Drop Refurbishment 2022


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3 hours ago, Tin Foil Hat said:

I just seen a post from a Dreamworld maintenance staff member stating the Gondolas on Giant Drop have already been replaced! One early this year, and the other late last year.

I’m not sure they know what they are talking about. There has been a previous discussion about this before, and I believe one gondola was replaced/refurbed a couple of years back, but no other changes have been made. 
 

the scope of works the park presented made no mention of gondola changes 

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4 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

I’m not sure they know what they are talking about. There has been a previous discussion about this before, and I believe one gondola was replaced/refurbed a couple of years back, but no other changes have been made. 
 

the scope of works the park presented made no mention of gondola changes 

Yeah it seems like if they were gonna replace the gondola they would have made that a main feature when they announced the refurb for the tower

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I think it’s mostly come down to trades availability and delays due to winds/rain. Trades are booked in for x amount of time, whether or shipping causes delays, trades have to move onto other work, and so on. Hence why the tower has probably taken so long to paint and why there has been times where nothing has happened for several weeks

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52 minutes ago, Tricoart said:

Giant Drop has been delayed, due to weather & finding “some opportunities to further extend the life of one of Dreamworld's most iconic rides”. They also talk about repainting being completed, and that they’re currently planning to install the lights. Images are attached:

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Giant Drop gondolas

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Giant Drop nameplate

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Dreamworld lights

The rides now scheduled to reopen June 24

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12 minutes ago, Gobbledok said:

Huh?

You said the opening dates are as un/reliable as Levi's, which isn't true. As far as I can tell, Dreamworld never announced an opening date for the updated Giant Drop, only extended the maintenance period as delays were dealt with. Delays are understandable, what made New Atlantis so mismanaged was their poor reasoning (or lack of it entirely) for said delays, and their multiple announcements for 'set in stone' opening dates that never got met. Also, y'know, being delayed for over 2 years, and being barely functional on opening.

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