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Sorry Mark, I had the breakfast option. Very tasty. Just came back from a quick trip to AW. Yeah, that's not a snake Grrofunger, more like a crocodile, squid or some seafaring creature. I think you also forget to mention the Batavia-style sailing ship in the picture as well. The path for the new attraction is more clearly marked out. It starts by the lookout area (CP4-2 and CP4-3?) seems to go down the hill, before veering to the left of a large rocky outcrop. My guess is that it ends up near the toilets by the base of the Shotgun. It could possibly go to the old castle site, which has been cleaned up a little, but I doubt it. I couldn't see any markers there. The park was still really packed out with people parking anywhere up and down Progress Drive. The queue for the Season Pass holders was pretty long, until one of the young 'front of house' girls said we could use the online ticket entrance if we weren't cashing in our 50% off deal. The rest of the staff were also really friendly, saying 'hi' even when I was walking around the park. It was good to see all the guys on the Grand Prix tracks with whistles to get the cars moving, although I think everyone's favourite cool dude was operating the bumper boats this morning. The Black Widow was down for repairs; Freefall was operational. Love the speed camera sign on Yarli's Safaris and the Pirate Guy by Bounty's Revenge too. When I was in the queue to get my coffee, one of the mums in the line couldn't believe how good the food selection is now. She had remembered how bad it used to be and had already brought her family's food into the park. And in important news, Bluey the wombat had just had his sand pit made up and was going great guns. So, congrats Mark on a crazily successful weekend and I look forward to Adventure World's first multi-storey carpark.

Hey TD Paid King Carnival a quick visit, today, on my way back from Peel Zoo. The picture you posted looks to be an enclosed trampoline type thing. The place was pretty quiet. It's very old school carny-like. I had a quick snoop around and could not see the water coaster that used to live there. It seems to have been replaced with a large inflatable slide. Apparently, the park is celebrating its sixtieth birthday. Yay! Now only if they had a ride to match their Transformer.

Went past AW this morning. The place was packed. The second car park was open before 11am. People were parking down by the lake and walking up.

Or a Whitewater West Abyss (aka Wet Abyss)? That thing is huge!

Yeah, I'm hoping for something better too. They're vague enough with their description, so it could be pretty much anything. There's quite a bit of land at that back corner of the park. Once they build on it, it's gone. Obviously, if the ride's a world beater then it's going to take up a bit of space. I just think the park really needs a flume ride: most other parks its size have one. Flume and raft rides are a great family attraction and are some of the most popular rides on the Gold Coast. I also think AW needs something for the seniors as they pretty much give that gate away. Get something that engages the whole family and you will be on a winner. In other news.. from their Facebook page. Um.. which year?

Does that include the offerings from the RAC? http://rac.experienceoz.com.au/gold-coast/theme-parks/holiday-world-pass/holiday-world-pass http://rac.experienceoz.com.au/gold-coast/theme-parks/super-pass-unlimited-entry-for-28-days/super-pass Most of my friends get these as they're usually only going to be at the GC parks once during the year.

The Copycat? ^That's the slide that Outback Splash is getting this year! Whilst it'll probably be a long Proslide or something, I'm still holding out for a Zamperla Hydrolift or even a flume ride, because that would be so cool.

Will be popping into the park on the weekend and will grab a picture of the sign. Thanks for the heads up - grrofunger.

It looks like a Lego 4D movie will be coming to all Lego parks in the near future. Fingers crossed MW will get it too. I'm not such a big fan of the Rio 4D conversion that is currently playing there. The musical numbers are pretty good, but the story has been cut to pieces and some of the plot is pretty dark for little kids. However, I do think MW has put some effort into the preshow room as well as the introductory spiel.

..when you have been to that many parks.

There's no real direct route there from the west too. In other news: Mark and park feature in another local travel story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9pcxTB1z2I

^ With planes they measure seats on pitch and seat width. Emirates somehow thinks that people won't notice that they have 10 abreast seating in the economy class of a 777 whilst other airlines, like Singapore Airlines, have nine abreast (which is fairly standard). Noxegon's point is people are getting bigger, not smaller, and over such a long distance it's pretty uncomfortable to fly in a narrower seat. Emirates always gets good press in Australia, but the travel reporters never really mention that fact. And Noxegon - good job on the Uluru report. That's some car hire bill.

Love the level of detail, Noxegon. Good point about the 10 abreast seating on the plane - like no one would notice. You must have had the expensive menu at AW. Their standard burger isn't too costly, plus as a season member I get 20% off, which helps. I'm looking forward to your next reports.

Great job, Noxegon. I'm glad someone's living the dream. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us and posting here. Just out of interest, do you normally tap into the local scene via theme park forums when you visit a country?

There was a vote involving a bunch of different coasters from around the world. It's a nice shot.

Congratulations to AW for the Abyss making it to the cover of the French Facebook page 'Coaster Fans'. https://www.facebook.com/CoastersFans

It's not very big. Where on their Facebook page was this picture? Do they have more than one Facebook page? I like the look of their Tilt a Whirl - I gotta check this place out one day.

What did you make of their filming in the rest of the park, Luke? Do you think they were shooting for the redesigned show?

A lot of rides, like a Powersurge, have pretty low height and weight limits.

Thanks for the update, Jobe! The ghost train exterior is looking great.

In other unrelated news, it seems like some people think that Disney is about ready to start planning its second park in HK. They certainly will need something besides Iron Man when the park on the main land opens up. http://www.screamscape.com/html/hong_kong_disneyland.htm#2ndPark

Wow - simply wow. I love your shots of the woodie construction. What time of day was that? There's not a finer sight.

Really enjoyed the mine train ride at Ocean Park - what a view. Always thought a Zamperla Sombrero could fit into the Wild West area.

Congrats on the credit. Hope you manage to keep yourself cool.

Is this your first park for the year? Enjoy!