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These photos are straight from the camera, no editing done, so I might post some better quality pics in the photos thread later on. We arrived at the park around 0845 to find an almost empty carpark. When we left at around 1330 there was hardly any carparks left. Getting in was super easy, we went in, signed the "we wont sue if your tiger mauls us" forms and went on our way to the kindy. The tigers are so much softer than I thought they would be and the whole experience was great. We expected to not have much time with them as it was only supposed to be 20 minutes. All up we were in there for around 30 - 35 mins (I think - longer than 20 min though) and had plenty of time to interact with each cub. They're surprisingly a lot softer than I thought they would be. We're likely to go back in a month or two when they start doing the VIP experiences with the white tiger cubs. We were lucky to have both Adira and Akasha available today. I believe they said tomorrow it would only be Kai doing the meet-and-greet. On to a general park wrap up - Firstly a couple of negatives - Why do the goldrush toilets always smell like people just walk in and pee all over the floor? It smells worse than what I remember the WnW change room smelling like. We all know Tiger Island is getting a $7m revamp, but one thing that did confuse a lot (almost all that I saw) of people was that you can still get through to the other side of tiger island via the ToT shop. This isn't signed and doesn't look like it's possible, but you can (according to the sign on the other side) - there was no signage on the ToT side to advise of this, meaning several people, ourselves included were getting to the shop and turning back. A simple "though to..." could have fixed it easily. Also - how many years has it been ToT2 now? Speaking of signs - Signs holding up well Signs holding up not so well I don't know why, but these signs just bother me. Please Dreamworld - update them! "Log Ride" - how about "Rocky Hollow Log Ride" And "Rapid Ride" - why not "Thunder River Rapids"? The signs just look faded, outdated and, well, crap. Good - replace them with updated signs Better - replace them with a park map with "you are here" Is "Rivertown" still a thing? Finally for the negatives, it's 30+ degrees outside today. Could someone PLEASE get this poor bugger some more water. The positives - The kindy looks great, especially for a temporary attraction. The care that's gone into it is excellent and shows their dedication to the animals. The food at Grid is excellent. I was quite surprised and impressed. I was expecting it, like almost all other themepark food I'd experienced to taste like cardboard. The burger was absolutely delicious. While I didn't try it myself, the pizza place looked like it was serving up great quality food too. Ok, let me just pause here for a sec. I hope someone got that. The park itself is looking great, and while I haven't been in quite some time (last time I went, I don't think the Tailspin had even started construction) I must say it's looking the best I've seen it. Everything just felt clean around the park and it had a nice atmosphere to it. I'm sure we've all seen this before but here's a few general park shots. Close enough to fit in with the area and block off the old chairlift station, but it does look a bit 'flat'. IMO they would have been better off opening the path up and adding some covered chairs/tables. Wipeout - Phone camera isn't too bad. I was shocked to see no-one enjoying the thrills-a-minute action on Kelly's Show Down! ....Or weighing themselves on the olden-day 1870's scales next door... (sorry for the terrible exposure on that shot) ....Or admiring the classic, as seen in almost every western movie ever made, bright fluro pink building. Tower Of Terror 2's getting decent-ish height. We did have to stop and wait for a light truck to pass at one point. Not sure why they'd be getting deliveries on a busy day like today. When I hear "Hot Wheels", the first thing that comes to my mind is "Range Rover" The creek is looking decent again At least they updated SOME of the map. Not sure if this is just for the holidays, but this is always refreshing to see. And what would a Dreamworld update be without mentioning after 489 weeks and 4 days, Eureka is still SBNO.

@AlexB - apologies, the roo's were in the "do not touch" area today when I went through This will have to do. As for your leaf - do you have any idea how much convincing it took to let me take a boat out there?! Full update later on today.

Not sure who was mentioning it the other day, but Wipeout sounds normal, if not better than normal again.

Because shrek

Carpark is quiet at the moment. @AlexB - leaf on the river and a roo with coke. I have remembered so far.

Having never been on it, I thought one side would release the catch but no fall for a few seconds then drop. I don't remember ever seeing it drop-stop-drop.

Pics if possible? Your version of "pretty quiet" might be different to someone elses

Sounds like it just........ran out of steam

Nothing official http://movieworld.com.au/carnivale.aspx

I'm gonna call it already. I don't care what else comes out this year, this is my GOTY. I've spent roughly 3 hours just playing around with the scenery and all I've done so far is build 1 flat ride and I'm not even finished with it yet. The level of customisation and detail that's gone into this just shits all over anything RCT has done in the past.

He should re-brand the page to "Fox News"

For an alpha - it's amazing so far. Quite impressed at the construction detail. Sadly I have to go to bed now but initial impressions are this game is going to be amazing and if you're still on the fence about getting this or RCT - I'm leaning so much further towards this than I was before. This looks the part, the lighting effects are amazing and the level of customisation is incredible, especially since this is still alpha. Extremely impressed with the animatronics too.

So I wasn't going to do it. Then this happened.... Getting closer....to bedtime since I have to be up at 5 :'(

You know I don't think that's real hey.

"underconstruction" - hardly a secret lol. I'm tempted to pick it up, but was it ever confirmed if this is an "alpha weekend" as such or ongoing alpha until release?

A lot of those facebook pages purchased 'likes' when they started. No one get 10k+ followers overnight.

$2500 - ouch - Next time, PCCG isn't the cheapest place around Picked this up - admittedly without the monitors for $1700

Wouldn't you?

It's a bit discriminating to be shutting fires out like that. #stopfirehate Obviously whatever they're doing will still be up to code, but have they relocated that exit do we know, or was it just an extra one?

If I didn't know better, I'd say he also might be into storm chasing* Even with a watermark, if he's going to steal the pic he'd do it anyway. Re the followers - didn't he buy over 10k followers when he first started the page so he could call himself the "most popular" themepark facebook page? Pretty sure there's something like under 100 legit followers on there. *I know the pages are different people.

Cheers, I'd been looking for a new game to play while poopin' Current best is 14 - not poopin'

When they constructed Storm, they had similar covers over the poles on each fence panel. As they have again here While not exactly the same here, I thought they might be covering posts that were left in the ground? Although this would suggest otherwise How about posts they've PUT in the ground?

This keeps looking more and more promising. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/21/planet-coaster-hands-on/

The problem with that is that it crawls back to the station as it is now. Much slower and it wont make it back at all.

See the problem is that the kids area next to it is a little too young to incorporate it into that, and I doubt they could safely reduce the launch speed and still make the circuit. Assuming: > No new rides in the area > You can only change the train (other than theming/paint etc) > NO changes to the track > NO removal of the ride What would you theme it to so it fits into the area/new area, and if you suggest a new area, what would the theme be and what would the area encompass?