Steel Taipan Construction - Dreamworld Mack launched roller coaster

[Jobe 989]

11 minutes ago, Flynn_Smith said:

2021 looks like it's going to be Australia's best year for coasters. Steel Taipan, Leviathan, Big Dipper and probably The Rat! 😁

Do not forget the Family Gerstlauer Boomerang and the Kiddie Coaster at LPS as well- 6 coasters to be added in 2021!! This has to be a record for Australia in terms of adding coasters in a calendar year!!

[Flynn_Smith 240]

1 minute ago, Jobe said:

Do not forget the Family Gerstlauer Boomerang and the Kiddie Coaster at LPS as well- 6 coasters to be added in 2021!! This has to be a record for Australia in terms of adding coasters in a calendar year!!

Ah yes, forgot those 2. 

3 of these are world-firsts, or have world-first elements to them. It's a pretty exciting time right now, and i'm sure these additions will be likely to attract more international visitors (especially the Big Dipper).

[Coasterlife 506]

here is the instagram post for steel taipan and a slightly more detailed description on the website

Edited November 28, 2020 by Coasterlife

[Ranger 19]

I'm loving the logo

[Coasterlife 506]

1 hour ago, Ranger said:

I'm loving the logo

Same here but just picture the sign on the blueprinted entrance it would look pretty good in my opinion

Edited November 28, 2020 by Coasterlife

[Ranger 19]

Ha

Edited November 28, 2020 by Ranger

[Thrill Seeker 121]

Common theme???

[Gazza 2,373]

6 minutes ago, Thrill Seeker said:

Common theme???

[Coasterlife 506]

By far superman escape wins, Just look at that amazing theming

[Jdude95 1,568]

How to theme a ride: Tunnel 

[Whombex 633]

2 hours ago, Jdude95 said:

How to theme a ride: Tunnel 

Come on, it's clearly MRBSS - Metropolis Rapid Bus Stop Shelter.

[themagician 5,655]

On 24/10/2020 at 10:36 PM, themagician said:

On my last visit I mentioned the eye sore that was the back of the ice cream parlour. Here it is

I noticed today that part of the reason why the ice cream parlour roof was removed was so they can fix the mess in the photo above. Good job DW

 

Here’s a look at progress 

I noticed a lot of footer markings along the path to the DW, so I’m thinking this path will be widened or moved into the fenced off area

[DaptoFunlandGuy 5,607]

On 28/11/2020 at 1:31 AM, Jobe said:

The corollary of this of course is that $30 million will ALSO buy you this:

That's too much capacity for Dreamworld...

[Original 112]

The track is over 1km long, it ain't going to be a cheap coaster. DC might be tall, but this ride is building a launch. Actually I'd be interested to know in terms of cost, is height, or building a launch system more expensive?!

Also look at all those Earthworks DW has done on the ride so far to get it ready to start building on, can't imagine that is cheap, plus the moving of the train line. The coaster isn't $32 mill, its everything included needed to get it going. 

[Flynn_Smith 240]

4 minutes ago, Original said:

The track is over 1km long, it ain't going to be a cheap coaster. DC might be tall, but this ride is building a launch. Actually I'd be interested to know in terms of cost, is height, or building a launch system more expensive?!

Also look at all those Earthworks DW has done on the ride so far to get it ready to start building on, can't imagine that is cheap, plus the moving of the train line. The coaster isn't $32 mill, its everything included needed to get it going. 

I might be wrong, but I believe traditionally launch coasters are the more expensive variant in comparison to a lift start. 

[Jdude95 1,568]

The amount of energy and stress on the motors to perform a launch are much higher as opposed to just dragging a train up a hill. They also generally require a set of motors and not just the single motor. 

[Indy 5]

Yeah, launch systems are not particularly cheap just from a hardware standpoint.  Additionally, there can be a substantially higher controls/programming cost associated with them.  

[Original 112]

I'm well aware a launch coaster costs more to operate than a chain lift. I was asking what costs more to build, launch or chain. One requires more steel, but the other requires more components to get the train going at speed. 

Building such a long track, launch, spire for the train to go backwards (which is an extra for this ride), all the earthworks happening on that land since TRR used to sit there, queue and station house and rerouting of the train have all come to together to explain why this is not a cheap ride to build and not DW being ripped off. 

[Slick 2,496]

There's no hard or fast rule - Jet Rescue's launch system would be cheaper than Rival's massive lift hill in the same way that Tower of Terror's launch system would be more expensive than Storm's lift hill. Keep in mind that every ride installation is different too, even if they're visually very similar. A Vekoma SLC in Australia might look similar to most other SLC's globally, but there'd be hundreds of country-specific building and safety codes that ride would need to adhere to before opening to guests that say one in China wouldn't need to.

[StingRay 341]

On 22/11/2020 at 6:05 PM, Jdude95 said:

As per the original tender, the train line will be moved to accommodate the new coaster supports/construction. The problem is that the new line looks like it'll struggle to make it up the incline it's been put on. 

Everyone looks at the track getting moved and thinks "it can't make it up). I bet you it can make it down tho 😉.

[Brad2912 3,788]

Maybe time for a name update for this thread given we know the official name? 
 

Just taken 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Brad2912

[Smol bean 81]

I’m guessing the dirt removal on the tot side has something to do with the train since the ride doesn’t go into the side of the park 

[themagician 5,655]

The old path linking Main Street to GD is now closed and is being removed. A new path has been laid (on the other side of the train line (which also has been removed). Closer to MDMC).

[DaptoFunlandGuy 5,607]

So they're finally fixing the maze of paths around giant drop, by... adding another new path?

[Smol bean 81]

Great job dreamworld you really listen to the feedback don’t you ardent