2014 In Dreamworld - Tail Spin construction, Wipeout refurbishment, Triple Vortex construction

[JeffreyMoore]

looking at the pics sort of reminds you of how the zodiac at australia's wonderland loaded and unloaded

[themagician]

(Photo source: Thrillz)

Construction is coming along nicely for Triple Vortex:

From these photos it looks like the splash down will be near the stairs that lead up to the slide or a slide piece just been put there for now? I still can't fully tell where the queue line will be positioned at this stage. So far I'm impressed with the slide though.

Edited September 1, 2014 by themagician

[bladex]

it's a bit smaller than i expected

[themagician]

^I actually think that as well. I think those photos make the slide look a little out of place. Maybe if we had a photo showing the entire site, it may not look as bad.

[westical]

it's a bit smaller than i expected

That's what she... oh

[Gazza]

^I actually think that as well. I think those photos make the slide look a little out of place. Maybe if we had a photo showing the entire site, it may not look as bad.

Agreed...people forget that if you turn a phone sideways you get a wide shot.

In terms of access there is a flat walkway that branches from the existing stairs on the tower.

Edited September 1, 2014 by Gazza

[Gazza]

Drove past this morning and the slide is fully up...here's a quick sketch of the layout:

[themagician]

^Would you say this is a rough estimation of how the slide is positioned:

[Gazza]

Pretty much.

I'm surprised the start tower they built has no provision for a 2nd slide down the track.

[themagician]

The start tower they built has no provision for a 2nd slide down the track.

Are you saying an extension has been added to the tower?

[GoGoBoy]

It seems like all the GC parks these days are going out of their way to build within existing pre-built boundaries rather than expanding and making the individual parks essentially larger or creating new lands. It's a shame really. All of the parks could do with it, especially WhiteWater World which is so small. We know the plans were there but they have been ditched in favour of cheaper in-filling. I should say Sea World may be an exception when they utlilise the reclaimed lake.

Edited September 2, 2014 by GoGoBoy

[themagician]

Are you saying an extension has been added to the tower?

I didn't even take any notice of the extension to the tower:

Can anyone tell if they have added a new set of stair, because I can see something to the left of the platform, but can't fully tell?

Edited September 2, 2014 by themagician

[Gazza]

Post #1282 shows a pic how they have hooked into the existing stairs.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Drove past this morning and the slide is fully up...here's a quick sketch of the layout:

This is post 1282 and doesn't show anything?

[bladex]

aw yeh won't be long now i'm prob gonna hit dw next week

[themagician]

This is post 1282 and doesn't show anything?

I think Gazza meant post 1281

[Slick]

Time to get your update on.

Quick overlook at the progress.

If I had to take an educated guesstimate, you'll probably be spending a long time here.

Blue paths! Get it? Ocean Parade? It's actually all coming together really nicely.

Plenty more park-wide updates, click this bit and read all about it.

You guys might enjoy this, too.

And this.

Edited September 2, 2014 by Slick

[themagician]

^Thanks for that update. Claw looks great, good to see River Rapids has had a bit of a clean up. The blue ground throughout Ocean Parade is also looking really good. Pat on the back for Dreamworld.

[bladex]

good at least you won't get sun burned while waiting for tail spin!

[lolman123]

hey slick could you post your latest update on this forum. i get to the first photo and the that's the only one that comes up. (would like to see your photos since they are always amazing.)

[Slick]

hey slick could you post your latest update on this forum. i get to the first photo and the that's the only one that comes up. (would like to see your photos since they are always amazing.)

I've checked it through a few different browsers and my iPhone and it seems to render the 3 photos and the videos okay? Are you running on Android? Perhaps that's a Richard thing to look into.

And thanks for your kind words. I will say though the last two Tailspin updates (26th & 29th respectively) were submitted by a contributor (cheers Shireen) and meagrely touched up and captioned poorly by yours truly.

[themagician]

Current progress of Tail Spin (Photo posted by DW on FB):

[aaronm]

Kind of excited about this one, looks pretty good. I rode one of the Sky Rollers in Denmark earlier this year, they are fantastic rides, and this seems like a similar enough concept.

[themagician]

I haven't been on one of these before, but what I like is how unlike Pandaemonium, where there is the hard and soft styles and there is alternations between them. On this ride both the adrenaline junkies and kids can go on it at the same time and go to the limits they want to. Even if you didn't want to spin upside down, I think the ride will be quite good with the large swinging arm. It doesn't look like the ride will be a spin-n-spew if you didn't spin your plane. The ride also seems to provide that missing link between Zombie Evilution and it fitting into Ocean Parade. The arm on Tail Spin seems to have a similar texture/feel to it as Zombie Evilution, while it has the beach hut look, that Wipeout has.

Edited September 4, 2014 by themagician

[lolman123]

that photo really show how close Tailspin is to Wipeout.