MichaelD

Woohoo! I rang Guest Services today (Thursday 22nd) at 4pm, was told the ride was open, got to SeaWorld in record time and we managed to get on for our first ride. Only one train was running, and we arrived at the ride at about 4:35pm to see the switchbacks full and some spillover behind, but we boarded (front seats) after 20 minutes or so of waiting. *Well worth the effort*. It's a great ride, with the excitement maintained throughout the entire duration of the ride because of the second launch. The sitting position and restraint are really well thought out for fast loading/unloading and enhanced excitement. This one goes right into our top 10 because not only is it thrilling, but it's FUN to ride. We'll be back again over the weekend for lots more rides of this one.

Still down as of today (Wed 21st Jan), which makes it 8 days (we went back for a dolphin encounter - great but overpriced experience IMO btw). No meaningful response from Guest Services regarding what's going on/ETA for ride return.

Grrrr. We went to SeaWorld yesterday (Monday 19th) and it was still closed. There's nothing at all on the SeaWorld website advising that the ride is closed, and the only advance notice is a small note at the park entrance (AFTER waiting in a long slow-moving queue to get to the park entrance in the first place - partly our fault for underestimating the Gold Coast am peak hour traffic so we only got to the park at 10am instead of before opening). The ride is still being advertised all over local TV, which is only adding to our disappointment. Looks like 6 days of down time so far, and with no meaningful information available from park staff, the plausible explanation posted on this thread suggests a long, long down time to come. Sigh. Oh well, at least we clocked up the Corkscrew credit whilst we were there.

Hi all, Frequent lurker, never poster. Thanks to all of you that have contributed information to this thread - I have been following it for some time eagerly awaiting the opening of this ride. My daughter and I are coaster fanatics, and will be up at SeaWorld towards the end of January to ride Jet Rescue, and are really looking forward to it. My daughter is 8, so height restrictions for rides are always highly relevant for us (at least until she grows to over 140cm!). For some reason, this information is often hard to come by - even now the SeaWorld web site simply states "Please check with Guest Services on the day of your visit" - hardly helpful if you're planning a trip specifically to ride. Anyhow, for those that want to know, according to an email reply I got from SeaWorld Guest Services, the minimum height for this ride is 125cm and the maximum is 196cm (woohoo - we can both ride!). Also, if you want to download the video from the SeaWorld web site so you can play it back at your leisure instead of wasting bandwidth streaming it, the direct download link is; http://myfun.com.au/images/galleries/seawo...trescue/vid.flv You'll need a suitable player such as VLC media player to play it. Cheers MichaelD