The Parkz Update: Leviathan wooden roller coaster nears completion at Sea World
Leviathan is nearing completion at Sea World with most of the ride's complex, twisted layout in place.
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Image: Parkz. It's clear we've got a great coaster on our hands at Sea World.
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Most of Leviathan's layout is complete.
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Here you can see just how low set most of the layout is compared to the size of the first drop. Riders can be assured a fast paced ride from start to finish and a constant sense of speed with the wooden structure flying past around them.
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From the Nickelodeon Land, it's apparent just how nice the timber of the ride looks against the surrounding vegetation. Relatively few wooden coasters exist in subtropical climates, so there is a real opportunity here for Sea World to really continue the landscape and create one of the best looking wooden coasters out there.
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The layout combines all of M&V / Gravity Groups signature manoeuvres, from airtime hills to their pioneering 90 degree banked turns, which were previously unseen prior to 2005 (The first wooden coaster to feature a 90 degree banked turn was Hades at Mt Olympus, Wisconsin)
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Even though not all of the track is in place, we have enough of the bones of the layout to get a sense of the finished product now.
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The airtime should be pretty strong on this considering the hill is about half the height of the first drop.
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Out on Sea World Drive you can get a sense of the rest of the layout.
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The 'cathedral' structure bracing the first turn.
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One of the best moments will probably be the double down, a couple of quick downhill hops with some slight banking side to side, so riders will be lifted up in their seats and sway side to side.
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That's not a pirate flag on the coaster. In fact, they are flags with black and white variants of the Village Roadshow logo. There seems to be a view that visitors care about this corporate branding within an Atlantis themed zone.
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If all goes well, Leviathan will be up and running within 6 months.
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And here's the view from the entrance to the New Atlantis Precinct, which is still waiting on Trident to complete the vista.
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Vortex now has proper metal property boxes attached to the fence, with covers to stop items getting wet. (They're similar to the ones at Batwing and Surfrider)
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Sea World seagull sanctuary in the New Atlantis Precinct.
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Jet rescue underwent some extensive works, including reconstruction of some footings. They've also added this nicely colour coordinated catwalk just before the final brakes.
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A new big screen in the Plaza area. Because this area doesn't get used for many live shows, nor is there a collection of Warner Bros. cartoons to lean on here, it ends up showing advertising most of the time.
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Putting a bulging corflute print of some old style windows on a building doesn't help make the theming look more realistic.
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Vikings Revenge April 2021, no changes to report. Still an eyesore in the middle of the park.
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What has previously bee a small arcade and custom baseball cap shop is now a hole-in-the-wall fish and chippery. It works well having parents able to sit just that little bit closer to their kids on the Nickelodeon rides.
Couldn't Thunder Lake Stunt Show.
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Thunder Lake Stunt Show attempts to flesh out the Jet Stunt Extreme show that preceded it, with a bit more of a storyline, and some very cheesy dialogue. Hollywood Stunt Driver on water, more or less.
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It features a return of many classic water ski stunts that were once a staple of the long running ski show – no ski pyramid unfortunately. But there is also a bit of freestyle BMX jammed in to one side for some reason.
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Spoiler: Truckboat turns up at the end for the grand finale.
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The sun sets on Leviathan at Sea World.
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