Theme Park Girl

Sorry I meant 'major twists' as in corkcrews ie. 360 degree turnarounds Should have clarified that a bit better. Nonetheless I agree that Seaworld deserves the praise for a job well done, as obviously their new ride is making a lot of their visitors very happy! And I am sure it appeals to many thrillseekers in a satisfying way too. I hope that next time we go there the lines aren't as long for it, so that we can spare the time to give it a go. But then again it will probably be the case anyway since it won't be 2 days after the ride's opening lol. Yeah I agree, I reckon even without the neon light it would have looked better than what it does now. A cheaper replacement, obviously!

Whilst I appreciate your description, I think you're missing my point though, Gazza. My husband loves stuff that has loops and big drops and major twists etc. to go with fast speeds, not just the fast speed concept alone. Thats why he didn't like MDMC, because he thought it was a boring track. Almost like a kiddy coaster. I guess my argument is that JR is not a bad ride (or at least I'm not trying to say it is, since we didnt go on it lol), its that its not catering for a particular type of thrillseeker that the Corkscrew attracts. They compliment each other together but without the older one, its just not the same satisfaction with the JR alone. I understand I cannot make an opinion on the Jet Rescue based on first hand experience, the fact its the same style/design of coaster as the MDMC was already setting hubby up for disappointment iykwim. He would rather wait in line for a 20 sec (or so) ride that throws everything it can at you before it finishes. The Corkscrew is the closest thing to something like this at SW And yet it has been closed for like a week for reasons we don't know.

It was a bit odd yesterday actually as we went to the water park for the afternoon, I had my purse in hand ready to pay the $20 entry for 4 adults (it was a REALLY humid day) only to be told it was "free for today" and to keep my money. So that was nice, though were still given little coloured wristband thingies to wear inside? Not sure of their purpose, maybe it was a practice run for future practices or something lol. From my knowledge the water park was supposed to be a paid part of the resort from boxing day onwards Not complaining by all means though that we got in free of charge!

Nah we didn't end up doing so Rappa, was a 40 min wait around the time we checked it out and after seeing it in action a couple of times it didn't appear to be much different from the DW's Motor Coaster (which was very disappointing) so we decided to give it a miss. To be honest we hadn't really planned to anyway, after hearing that SW was getting the same type of coaster, its just not a design that holds hubby's interest. But thanks for the insight though in regards to the Corkscrew. I understand its pretty tame but there isn't really any other rides at SW in comparison to the thrill meter of that one if you know what I mean! Gee I hope not, first the Thunderbolt and to think it could be the Corkscrew next to go LOL! Then again in my opinion, the neck-wrecking TB was not a huge loss... even if it was the first coaster I ever rode. We noticed this yesterday too, red neon lights inside the neck of the volcano instead of the flamethrowers? I thought the reason to be maybe because the silicon (or whatever the volcano was made out of) may have been gradually melting over time or something? Either that or obviously there was some kind of health/safety issue involved with the flames/heat. Also I think there used to be a waterfall at the start of the ride (after the first boat plunge) which turned off just before you went under, unless I am thinking of another one? I know the Looney Tunes ride has that, but I swear the BT used to as well. It is still an enjoyable ride regardless, even after riding it numerous times in the past. I do remember the ol' BT being the ride to break down most frequently when I worked there a few years ago lol. All those electronics inside.

Ok this is a bit of a vent on my part so bear with me, ok! Just want to get it off my chest and see if anybody else agrees with me on the aspects of it. So yesterday being that myself and my family have been visiting the Gold Coast for a few days (we are ex-residents) we thought that a trip to Seaworld was in order, mainly for the sake of our small 4 year old daughter who enjoyed Dreamworld last year. So we went yesterday. Now my hubby is an extremist when it comes to thrill rides, his favourite rollercoaster was the Thunderbolt and he was very much looking forward to going on the Corkscrew again. Especially being that its the only decent thrill ride SW has. We sat there waiting for the dolphin show to start at around 11am and he got a bad feeling when he realised he hadn't seen the Corkscrew go once during the 15-20 mins we had been seated there. Not long afterwards I chased up an Op employee to confirm if it was running or not... she tells me that it was currently down for maintenance and had been for the last 5 days! I checked the Seaworld website the night before and the only ride listed was, and still is, the Kiddy Train If you even call that a ride, lol. So it came as great disappointment to hear this, especially when the entrance we came through (barcoded tickets) did not appear to have a notification sign of the rides not operating today - in fact the Corkscrew was not initially scrubbed out on the Rides waiting period signage on the way to the dolphin show. And no, unfortunately the new Jet Rescue ride did not make up for it at all which is somewhat low on the 'thrill' factor... no loops, no giant drops, no nothing... just somewhat tame speeding around a generally flat track. We went on the Motor Coaster at Dreamworld last year and hated it, so this one (especially after seeing it do a couple of laps) failed to build any interest at all. So whats the go Seaworld, with having your best and original genuine thrill ride down for maintenance for days during school holidays, and Christmas week at that! Being an ex-employee of SW I know that this is the busiest week for all theme parks, particularly on Boxing Day. Hubby was really disappointed, as a thrillseeker (winging it out for our small daughter's sake by having to go to the park with lesser thrill options) and also having somebody in our visiting party who had never been on a rollercoaster before - he was looking forward to taking him on the Corkscrew for his "first time". Surely it would be top priority to get the Corkscrew up and running as soon as possible during this time of year... not leave it out of operation for almost a whole week? Unless of course the information I was given by the op was incorrect and it was only for that day. Seemed a bit coincidental though I have to admit, that it happened to be unavailable during the opening of the new one Anyway thats my whinge, otherwise the visit to the park was great, though having to pay to enter the now "resort" water park in future really blows. How long I wonder until they jack the price up on that too :/

We went to Dreamworld on Friday and went on this one for the first time, and none of us (my husband, sister and I) had anything good to say about it afterwards. My husband said it wasn't worth the half hour we had to wait in line for it (and this was at 4.45pm in the afternoon, we had to postpone since the line at around 12-1pm was over an hour's wait!), my sister said that her legs were so sore from being locked in that she felt like crying (she is a lanky 16 year old girl) and as a somewhat short 55kg person myself, I was locked in so tight that my crotch almost blended in with the seat Literally could not move at all and the pressure was horrible - I was just too uncomfortable and sore to really enjoy it at all. Furthermore, whilst waiting in line we could not work out why the attendants kept doing half loads when there was still approx 60 people waiting after park closing time, only to have them tell us that half of the bikes were malfunctioning :/ Also as the above poster said, they were asking both tall and "big" people to take off their shoes in order to help with comfortability. Whilst I think this ride was probably appealing in theory, it seems to be another story altogether when it comes to the actual thing... its going to need a lot of changes I believe in order for it to win more positive opinions, everybody I have spoken to who has been on this thing has disapproved it... it seems Dreamworld could have spent that money on something a lot better.

Oh how jealous am I... its a dream of mine to one day make it to one of the overseas Sea World theme parks, Orca are my favourite animals but I have yet to see a live one!! Those photos are brilliant, you have some talent with your camera

We have RCTII with Wacky Worlds exp. pack & also RCTIII... however we only just played RCTIII for the first time a few months ago due to not having a decent enough video card to run it. So a Geforce 4 later and we finally have ignition, but now when the park gets to a certain size we are having problems with the virtual memory running out... any suggestions on how to fix this or are we going to have to upgrade our computer?

I 2nd that, February/March was always the quietest time of the year for Seaworld so I imagine it wouldnt be that much different at the other parks...

Can't wait to see some pics/vids of the new slides guys, I'm very keen on seeing this new water park in action!! Might just have to plan another trip down to the GC next year to check it out for ourselves

The reef diver is evil! Mind you it was the Enterprise back when I last went on it... I remember my friend and I leaving our group of friends and doing a dash to the nearest toilet facility because we both felt like we were about to lose our breakfast from the damn thing Spinning rides have never worked for me, hence why I have never had the guts (literally) to go on the Gravitron!!

I will be disappointed if the Wipeout goes, it has always been one of my favourites at Dreamworld with the bonus that there is never that long a wait in comparison to some of the other rides. I do admit though that when we went there in July the thing was indeed making a lot of noise, kind of like the little engine that could. As for falling out, it wouldnt surprise me if that happened to someone... being a slimmer person I have felt on that ride that with a bit of shuffling around and letting go of the grips I could probably slide through whilst it is upside down... but I guess thats what makes the ride more thrilling to some, that they really are holding on for dear life!

Wow it does look great! Better than the empty concrete slab surrounded by palm trees that they had there during my work duration anyway

Yep Matty is right, they did have a False Killer Whale there back in the 80's, they nicknamed him "Squirt" and Seaworld had a cartoon version of him all over their merchandise. I remember seeing him perform there when I was a child, the arena now used for Quest For The Golden Seal was originally hosting a show called "Friends Of The Sea" or something along those lines, they used to have all the animals performing together in the one show I heard that Squirt died at some stage which is why he disappeared from the Seaworld image altogether It would be great if Seaworld got Killer Whales in however I dont think it will happen anytime soon, as other posters have said they need a LOT of room, and the holding pools have to be really really deep as well... I am guessing that even the lake they have there would not be deep enough to house one of these animals, if not more than one!!