The New Atlantis - Construction Updates

[Levithian 226]

Looks like they used the pile driver to build a dyke, or at the least, retaining walls. Can see the panels driven into the ground and a few unused ones laying on their side in the first photo. 

[Luke 243]

Now this is how you do a 'modern' take on an Atlantis themed land. 

https://www.themeparks-eu.com/news/full-details-of-aqualantis-at-energylandia-in-2020

[joz 2,794]

Nah you're supposed to keep it sparse with rides in inappropriate far flung places, and the rides should have really abstract themes.

[Coaster Hipster 203]

Coming late to the party but I'm really excited about Leviathan. The Gravity Group delivers very decent woodies with lots of airtime (quantity-wise at least) and great pacing. Great to see Australian parks picking up the pace, and it seems Sea World will have a good 1-2 combo with Jet Rescue

[ejpdtd 70]

Is trident going to be a new sky flyer build, or just making the current one more permanent?

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane 1,458]

20 minutes ago, ejpdtd said:

Is trident going to be a new sky flyer build, or just making the current one more permanent?

New build  

Trident will be Sky Flyer 52m tall 

[colonelbmx 314]

Few pics from today. 
no signage at all now nothing to say opening December or summer. Only sandy shores is closed while we are building the vortex attraction 

[Naazon 333]

Does anyone know what the minimum height limit will roughly be? expecting @HussRainbow87 to have a good idea?

[Gazza 2,265]

https://www.phantasialand.de/en/park/attractions-overview/talocan/

Talocan appears to be 1.40m-1.95m

https://www.kingsdominion.com/play/rides/the-crypt

Crypt is min 54" (1.37m)

[themagician 5,380]

Plenty of work happening across the entire area of the precinct

Vortex construction. Still working on ground works with plenty of pipe work visible. I don’t think we will see this open until after the school holidays

Leviathan Construction. In some of these photos you can see a timber structure being built which I believe will be the station (someone correct if otherwise). The grass from the Sea Viper site has been removed and replaced by gravel. The seating area next to Jet Rescue has also been removed and instead an extension queue for the ride has been installed. I wonder if this means they are going to adjust the rides entrance since so many just walk straight past it 

[Whombex 629]

I just made myself sad.

Saw the pics above and wondered how the area would look as seen from Sky High Skyway.

[AlexB 5,467]

12 hours ago, Whombex said:

I just made myself sad.

Saw the pics above and wondered how the area would look as seen from Sky High Skyway.

I thought the same when I saw them...

[New display name 2,955]

2 hours ago, AlexB said:

I thought the same when I saw them...

You must be twins.

[Gazza 2,265]

How does it look when viewed from Sky Flyer?

[themagician 5,380]

@Gazza Good. Nothing major to note, just a look of ground prep right now. Unfortunately the monorail is closed so we can’t get a view from that angle (and I imagine it will be until the coaster is completed)

Edited November 27, 2019 by themagician

[themagician 5,380]

Nearmap update from Dec 2

Plenty of ground works happening

And you can see the work that’s been happening on the SV site and the grey roof near the monorail track is the structure I took photos of the other week 

[themagician 5,380]

SW monorail will now be closed until Leviathan opens 

[colonelbmx 314]

Hopefully they might add some aircon to the monorail while it’s down, 

Apparently construction is 8 weeks behind  so that would mean end of January early February for Vortex opening? 
lots of ground movement now Also, so I guess you can say leviathan construction has officially started 

[Flynn_Smith 234]

1 hour ago, colonelbmx said:

Hopefully they might add some aircon to the monorail while it’s down, 

Apparently construction is 8 weeks behind  so that would mean end of January early February for Vortex opening? 
lots of ground movement now Also, so I guess you can say leviathan construction has officially started 

I feel like it would be a bit unlike Village to open it on a non-holiday time-frame. They might want to hold off the extra month until the easter holidays come around?

[themagician 5,380]

Air conditioning won’t and can’t be added as the monorails don’t have enough clearance in some stations and in their maintenance bay 

[AlexB 5,467]

10 hours ago, themagician said:

Air conditioning won’t and can’t be added as the monorails don’t have enough clearance in some stations and in their maintenance bay 

There are alternatives to roof mounted AC units though.

Although I doubt the power supply on the track would handle the additional load.

[colonelbmx 314]

5 hours ago, AlexB said:

There are alternatives to roof mounted AC units though.

Although I doubt the power supply on the track would handle the additional load.

Would be great to add some aircon as it is a nice scenic ride and with little kids it is a fair walk from end to end but its like a sauna most days, maybe a new station in Atlantis wouldn't go astray either but I think thats probably pushing it 

[joz 2,794]

I really hope if it's down for a year it's getting some proper love, poor thing is in a bit of a state.

[New display name 2,955]

3 hours ago, colonelbmx said:

scenic ride 

Oh, you missed is it transport or is it a ride discussion I see.

[aaronm 92]

9 hours ago, colonelbmx said:

Would be great to add some aircon as it is a nice scenic ride and with little kids it is a fair walk from end to end but its like a sauna most days, maybe a new station in Atlantis wouldn't go astray either but I think thats probably pushing it 

Cut off the roof, problem solved