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Look that was my thoughts up until this year, but the Aqua show this time around was next level. It made the event and it wouldn’t have been possible at MW. if they can deliver that standard (and higher) in future years then it has its home at SW for mine based purely on that signature attraction alone. Unlike FN and WC which really have shown little to no improvement in the past 3-4 years, Carnivale has improved year on year.

Yeah saw this last night - it was a good video. Pretty well researched and could not discern any notable discrepencies or inaccuracies. I like his channel- he has some good stuff. Love his intro theme tune though- that always puts a smile on my dial!! 😄

Starting at 7:20 it looks to almost hit the top brakes.

I don't reckon they will. The Olympics will likely suck up all the hotel capacity and people won't have time to visit the parks. Will be Commonwealth Games situation 2.0

Just a small update on this one. The land has been mowed for the first time in a very very long time and all the signage has been taken down from the fences. I'll be back up in the area around the 26th but probably not until after dark and maybe again on the 28th. I'll see what I can do. I can't remember if the watertank is still there or not either.

Nice recent youtube doco on the expedition theme park channel that came out yesterday

Broadly speaking, I'm very cautiously optimistic about the Olympics coming to Brisbane in general. The IOC are moving away from a host-city to a host-region model as part of their "2020 remodelling" strategy after the viability of the Olympics came into question. The government seems to think the games will pay for themselves, but that's also something that's been heard all before. If a developer were to time it right, there's a great opportunity to strike with a Brisbane or Sunshine coast based theme park that has the potential to really leverage the Olympics for long term exposure, but beyond that I don't see the Olympics moving the needle enough for specific tourism operators to benefit wildly after the games are over. Like @Gazzasaid, with the Commonwealth Games, the messaging was so strong about transport and roads being congested that everyone avoided the Comm Games like the plague and the polar opposite happened.

As I said earlier, my family loved it and just watching our son be amazed by the performers and the Aqua show is good enough for me. The food was pretty solid too. Everyone had a good meal.

I’d say regardless of the Olympics all parks would have several additions planned over the next decade and their long term plans wouldn’t be overly swayed or altered based on it. I imagine AO and PC would have an exponential increase in attendance from international visitors.

What will open first? Sledgehammer or SX360?