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X2 has been retired! https://www.sixflags.com/blog/retiring-x2-magic-mountain https://x.com/SFMagicMountain/status/2104946498374889899

Didn't they recently spend a bunch of money refurbishing the Koala photo area?

Despite its hype, X2 was a one and done for me because it gave me a concussion in the last part of the ride. It was a rough ride so I had my head forward a bit to try and avoid a headache, but in the last couple of elements the forces of the ride ended up smacking my head into the head rest a few times. After my trip I saw some comments from fans that say you have to keep your head back to avoid that. I don't disagree, but rough rides I feel are viewed in a different light. I was surprised by the injury on Stardust racers, as our new Mack coasters are smooth as glass. X2 was not! From a liability perspective, even if with underlying conditions, the machine can't make the issue worse or cause further injury. If a ride needs to have very specific instructions to avoid injury, then the engineering on the ride should be changed to accommodate it, for example leg braces on floorless coasters.

If you're a local that makes sense, not so much if you've traveled from interstate specifically to visit the parks. Having visited the parks from interstate over an Easter break in the past, 0/10 do not recommend.

From what I remember of other closures such as TOT2, as much as the community speculated a retheme, when DW said something was closing, it's gone.

Might be situational too. First time on the Claw I was ill but managed to keep my lunch down (pandamonium wild style took me out XD) 2nd time on the Claw on a later visit I felt OK afterwards.

RCDB may just be speculating on a long term or permanent closure due the recent extended downtime of xcelerator and removal of TTD/Kingda Ka. I'm not worried yet, not that it counts for anything 😄

I'm of two minds about SE's future. Positive Thoughts: While the accelerators aren't sold anymore, outside of TTD/Kinga Ka we haven't really seen any permanently removed yet (others have been relocated). Xcelerator has had a recent lengthy downtime, but was returned to service, and has now had KK's parts sent over to be used. Negative Thoughts: The ride is 20 years old this year, it's not going to last forever. MW has demonstrated in the past that they plan to keep things open and operational, until they don't, and the ride gets quietly shuttered and demolished. Future Thoughts: Intamin LSM launches are 'good enough' in that you'll have a thrilling ride still if they were to retrofit it somehow or replace it with something like a blitz model (like Maverick but with newer more comfortable trains). It won't be punchy as the hydraulic launch but it will be cheaper to maintain. The cost of maintaining vs the cost of replacing will be the main driver for Superman's longevity.

Live in hope, but it could end up just being another main street performance like Wonder Woman/Catwoman

Looks as though DW has started (re)construction! Credit: https://www.facebook.com/GCthemeparkgirl

Honest question here. How have Dreamworld been maintaining Steel Taipan if this is not the case in some regards? It's been open for a couple of years now and I don't think I've ever seen it down for months long maintenance. Are they doing more of it during the morning/arvo being they open and shut later?

Early November shooting is only 3 months away. Surely we'll be seeing some construction soon if not already?

How much would need fabrication though? Did they destroy the track completely during construction of Rivertown? It looked to me like they protected it fairly well.

Looks like the main street canopy supports are getting a lick of paint too: (Credit Dreamworld's Golden Years on FB). Looking good!

This is the 2nd similar comment regarding the gap in coverage - isn't this the premise of what WoO was meant to fill?

They used to run from that old delapidated hut that was recently demolished for the arcade construction, evidently there's more running to it now though

I don't think this is going to be received too well by the general public if after almost three years of downtime the net benefit (from a perception point of view) is a couple of extra doors and light theming changes. Most aren't going to notice or care about a new ride system/cars. Hell some think Wipeout moved to Seaworld. I'm looking forward to it reopening regardless; I'm waiting for it before we visit again.

There were reductions at least 2 years ago, but not this extreme. We went down in May 2023 and I nearly got caught out as we had originally planned to go on a weekday. I think I saw it mentioned here that rides don't operate during the week and I'm grateful someone mentioned that. Pretty sure it was rides only on the weekend and animal exhibits weekdays when we went. It's a nice park too which is a shame it's not getting the patronage during the week.

Lol chill mate, it was a tongue in cheek comment. I thought it was obvious. That being said, do they normally remove parts of the coaster to repaint?

MW doubling down on wanting people to call it DC Rivals instead of Joker by removing the Joker face. I hope this is just temporary. I seem to remember it was looking a little rusty on our last visit.

All valid points. I would expect that Thunderbolt's plot will be reserved for WWW expansion or other special events. Personally wouldn't consider this as expansion though as it involves removing existing to add new - there's no net gain here. But I agree with your other points on reflection. It's not all bad news. Realistically the end goal from a shareholder value perspective.

Gotta say I'm disappointed with what I'm seeing. For all the improvements they've been making inside the park, they're limiting their ability expand in the future by developing these empty areas around the park with precincts that are frankly a dime-a-dozen these days. If they're trying to poise Dreamworld as a 'staycation' destination, the park itself needs to be bigger to justify it.

'Do not climb' is only a suggestion for a lot of people unfortunately.

I'd hope anything in Woz land would still be covered by warranty, but we don't know how long they've been sitting in storage before installing.

I do see his point though. It's possible to be fast and safe, but some of our parks seem to think fast =/= safe. Read something on Reddit yesterday from the yanks complaining about their parks having slow OPs after implementing, but from the reports of this post Dreamworld seem to be coping well with it.