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This morning I was invited out to Dreamworld to get a sneak peek of Steel Taipan and a walk through of the entire area. I’ll start out by saying, overall they’ve done a good job with the area. It’s very nicely presented, good aesthetic/theming elements and watching both trains in testing while in the queue/entry areas is awesome. I was able to take a few photos of the area, so I’ll describe what I captured and if anyone has any questions, I’ll try answer them the best I can with what I can share publicly. The entry signage is something we’ve already seen, but here it is up close The path leading to the queue entry A look at the entry and exit paths There is a test seat before joining the queue. The garden beds throughout have been done very nicely. Suits the theme/style. There is a main, single rider and Tailwhip queue. The queue wait time and ride safety information sign is yet to be installed, but will be positioned here. The station area is massive and allows for many people to be organised for loading to make it as efficient as possible. There are also large fans in the station and queue. The screens will show boarding information. Here’s a closer look at the train

Preparations for the event are underway

Im so blown away at how nice it looks. Great photos @themagician

Update – I've just watched it. It's worth paying for.

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Walking up the path you do get a view of the launch most of the way. When in the queue, the wall does have gaps so you do get teases of the launch while in the queue. And of course you can hear it. I see as a way of building anticipation before riding. You know it’s there, you’ll hear the screams/cheers of riders and adds to the excitement of what’s to come.

The amount of queue rails that you see is final. The photos don’t really capture it well because of how long of path it is, but there is quite a lot of queue area. Greg explained how the queues work and why they are laid out this way. It’s basically designed to be flexible and interchangeable depending on crowd levels. It does become 4 queues at the top. Which are for the 4 purposes as you listed. The left and right sides go all the way to the station. The left one however does split into the 3 at the top. Which I’d imagine could be express, single and spinning. The right one I see as being the main queue. The railings you see in the middle are to extend the normal queue is needed. Roughly this is how it’s laid out (numbers I’ve written don’t relate to @Im Hungry numbers)

Rivals second train better be active by easter - hell, even christmas holidays. It appears it still remains beside the superman launch track dismantled.

No joke, that’s what my family was planning on doing next year in July: California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, NY and Florida. We ending up cutting Pennsylvania and NY out due to the time restrictions we have (my Uni and my little bro’s high school resume after two weeks of holiday). Also due to the fact that each park in Pennsylvania and NY is better visited in a road trip, as the 3hr distance between some parks makes it a time consumer as well, and my mum can’t do long drives so we scrapped it for now. And you are absolutely right about Florida, it is a trip in itself and that’s what we did the first time we went into the states. We hit Disneyworld, Universal, Busch and Seaworld. We spent 2 weeks there easily last time, and this time we are going to do 10 days in Florida, 5 days in Ohio and Three days in California to hit SFMM and Knotts Berry Farm. Just like your thought process, when entering via LA, why not spend some time there? We aren’t too fussed to visit Disneyland or Universal Hollywood, just cause as a family we don’t mind leaving then out if we are going to see the larger parks in Florida. Still something I will do in my future travels though! I think it’s mainly due to the fact that the Disney and Universal parks in both states share a large majority of the same attractions, and even though I would love to visit California Adventure and the backlot tour of Universal, I don’t think It’s up there with my bucketlist PERSONALLY. I still think these are beautiful looking parks. Anyways that’s my brain on the subject, idk if there is anything valuable in what i’ve said, but definitely cool to see others planning similar trips

And chairlift, Vikings Revenge, Pirate Ship etc. etc.

As a data point, a short video I made last year cost me almost €400. Not that I mind, though – it was a fun project, especially since I got to have a go in a real DeLorean

Yep to preorder it works out ~$10 to rent and ~$16 to buy in AUD. Twitter was having a meltdown the other day about it costing money rather than being free on YouTube as before the trailer launched it hadn't been mentioned as anything other than a YouTube video. With expected ad revenue in the Niche if he can get 1 in 1,000 people who would watch to instead buy he will come out around even compared to a YouTube upload, anything more will be more than he would expect to make on YouTube. The budget would have been much higher for this than a regular YouTube video so it makes sense. While I don't usually watch Coaster Studios videos this one looks to be a great watch and at least is actually available in Aus unlike closed for Storm...

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