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Nah they just had the workers jump out of the way each time a train came past. It was that reason they slowed the loading procedure down and never sped it back up again.

Can confirm - Freefall is still in peaches.

You don't really know what theming is do you. Not everything has to be Disney standard.

Okay, I can confirm that I was in the cabana next to you. Just saw my snake footage on Seven news.

Must have been right next door to you, Adam. Already had the cabana booked and decided on the Fastpass wristbands after seeing how crowded the car park was at 9am. Yeah, that snake in the pool video has notched up 80 000 hits so far. Also caught the kids' show. The dragons now talk and sing (their part appears to be pre-recorded). Their costumes have changed too. If I may say, buying a fast pass with teenagers in tow can be a strenuous experience. We did 4 goes on the Kraken in the first 30 minutes which sounds great but by the 4th go, My hill climb was down to a walk. Also, 4 goes on Abyss in 20 minutes and the G-Force gets to you. But my kids were like Duracell batteries and were riding non stop. The Missus really enjoyed the cabana. Her only issue was the permanent shade when she wanted some sunlight. She did move her armchair outside however.

I have faith that the theming for this one is going to be something any one of us could be happy with.

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It also cost YEARS to build so that's a lot of labour. And whilst the ride layout doesn't make much use of it there is a lot of theming within storm itself.

Spot on! Elaborate, well themed rides are very expensive to demolish. I'd suspect that Storm's place on the list is artificially high, because not all parks release how expensive rides are, and you're also dealing with things like the cost of labour in this country, demolishing Bermuda, rerouting the flume, and any issues that may be encountered with building a big heavy ride on sand. It's really not that surprising to see it cost so much.

but it's not a World Class Dark Ride.. however I'm glad you liked it Push

That or the dummys are over at Sidewinder. Stand by for Dreamworld to put them back purely to screw with us though.

That is epic ! that is a lot of hill climbing , good job !! I didn't end up going , fell asleep on the couch, so the kids and wife settled for the pool in our backyard. Looks like i missed some action with the snake !! See if i can stay awake and try to make it tomorrow lol Kudos to Mark for listening to feedback and implementing some things to help with the feet burning and the drinking water up at the top of Kraken (please look at Dragon Kingdom's red path too, the little kids always complain about the hot path leading into the entrance and up to the safari cars etc- )

Unfortunately, the test dummies haven't been there for a few months now.