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Curious how you can be so confident?

My expectations are pretty low for what Village will do with SE, especially with my opinion that they’re turning Sea World Resort into a caravan park.

As I have said ad nauseum on this forum there is a strong case for LSM conversion over removal (and it is possible engineering wise), but I don't know Village's thinking and what they want to do. Fwiw there is quite a bit of land for a replacement if you remove the dark ride section building. Also would necessitate removing Flash, but that ride was added in as an afterthought when they needed capacity

I have not heard anything about SE being removed; what I have heard is that it will be retrofitted with LSM (much like TT2, or ThunderVolt at PNE Playland no mention of a specific manufacturer). If they did end up choosing Zamperla maybe we will see a replacement to DDD as part of a deal. SE plot of land is very constrained so I can’t see them opting for an outright removal.

Seems SE will go the way SDSC went. Patch fixes until it become apparent patches won’t work, and then one day it will go into maintenance and never return (yes SDSC returned eventually but SE won’t)

Definitely going to drive up north in december given there's been signs supermans been on its last legs for a while. Movie World could have pulled the plug when it went down for months last year. Whether a retrofit or removal if you're interstate its worth making the trip irrespective of the state movie world is in on that alone as it could go down anyday and never come back up

I suspect whatever they're doing in the next downtime is designed to keep it alive over summer.

I have heard that it will be closing for a major refurbishment in February much in the same way Mick Dohans Moto coaster did it’s sad to see it close for more then a month just prior to this. This is pure rumours and speculation at this point as it was not a primary source I heard it from.

The slow death of SE is hard to watch. ☹️

Flying in on the 10th and arriving around 12:30, going to Sea World that day thankfully. Hoping it's not delayed and Superman opens on the 11th as that's when I'm planning to go to MW

This totally doesn't screw over those that got their tickets in the early bird sale Like my brother and I have made it a thing to go to Fright Nights on his birthday, unfortunately he's strapped for cash and can't afford the pass. This would've been a great thing to get if it were available during the early sales that way we can fit in rides during the day and do the mazes at night

@Baconjack I didn’t think Intamin were supplying the trains, so I wouldn’t take their specs as gospel.

If that’s the case, that’ll be a downgrade from Motocoaster as I believe it was 110cm for the side cars.

Alright, but you started it. Road Runner Rollercoaster is listed on the park's website as a 'kids ride' and is located in the children's section of the park, is marketed as 'perfect for young kids' with 'thrill level - mild' and has a minimum 110cm height requirement. Kansas Twister is listed on the park's website as a 'thrill ride', is located in WOZ land, is marketed as 'thrilling' with 'thrill level - moderate' with a minimum 95cm rider height. Flight of the Wicked Witch is listed on the park's website as a 'family ride', is located in WOZ land, is marketed as 'wickedly fast' with 'thrill level - moderate' and has a minimum 105cm height requirement. Height requirement has nothing to do with marketability. The lowest height requirement on the three rides above is actually categorised and listed as the most thrilling, and the ride with the highest requirement is marketed as the 'lowest thrill' tier for kids.

Going to nitpick like crazy here but you can't market Lost Mine Mayhem as a ride between KFF and jungle rush when every ride with the intamin quad bike trains has a 120cm minimum height restriction (and 130 without an adult) which will mean there's kids that can go on jungle rush but not Lost Mine Mayhem That said, yes, it does increase access to the ride. However i do think it will still sit in that gap between jungle rush and the bigger coasters (again, something clean slate would have been better). As i said before I am remaining open-minded on what theming they add to the layout, as others have said, adding indoor sections, near misses and rockwork would improve the sense of speed greatly

So, if i'm to understand you correctly - a park should reduce hours or not open during periods where visitation is low? #whataconcept

Is that because BRB Coaster has theming elements that the train interacts with? :sigh:

Just because the invoice says Sea World, doesn't mean the money didn't go into someone's backyard entertainment space.

Good to see the park spending the government funding on exactly what it was allocated for.

The Big Red Boat Coaster is genuinely more exciting to ride. MC’s layout is pretty much everything a coaster shouldn’t be, 605 metres of track where nothing happens.

People don’t even visit the park during the summer if it’s raining or slightly cooler! They’ve got no chance of getting guests during the winter. Gumbuya World is open all year round and just closes its water park between April and October. The dry park is generally pretty quiet during winter too (unless the suns out)

You should complain a little louder about how they aren't open for the whole year.

The ride isnt awful just the bikes were awful and its not a high thrill ride Invest half of what a new ride would cost make it fit a theme and target it as a kid friendly family ride a step down from jungle rush and its a solid addition to the lineup. Just because its not jet rescue doesnt make it bad I know young kids who had it as their favourite ride

Wonder where in the park during Fright Nights would they have put Sinners in?