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Repair work happening on the building that has been kept. And more soil and plants have arrived.

When they begin to remove the queue building, station and skull, it’s definitely going to be a mammoth task due to close proximity to Tiger Island, Pandamonium, Madagascar, Gingy’s Flyers and ABC Kids. I wonder if they’ll be closing these rides and area of the park off when they go to remove it. Possibly on weekdays outside the holiday period.

Here’s a potato quality screenshot from the teaser

Massive crowds outside DW

The event has been extended to include next weekend as well. But it won’t be on week days

I was thinking of this one

From memory, Sea World did a good job for teasing and announcing storm coaster. They just had a billboard in the park for months saying a storm was brewing. And then once major construction began, they announced it. I still think Superman Escape is the best marketing/teasing done on the GC for a new attraction.

So do you think Rivals strategy of announcing it officially 4 months before opening is better? Or it needs to be somewhere in the middle?

To be fair, Steel Taipan was supposed to open late last year, so it’s announcement would have been fine if the original timeline went ahead, but that pandemic thing happened. It was much the same at SW (sort of). Vortex was originally December 2019, Trident April 2020 and then Leviathan December 2020. Then Trident was pushed back to April 2021. Then shit hit the fan and everything got majorly pushed back. I felt the same about the loss in interest at first. When there wasn’t any construction happening for most of last year, I kind of forgot about most of it (except for when the track arrived for ST). But as soon as vertical construction began, things were exciting again. The opening of Vortex was something that I overlooked and didn’t have that much interest in, hence why I’ve only just ridden it 6 months later. But for ST and Leviathan I’ll definitely be there for their opening.

@Slick thoughts

They’ve also updated the rides page on the website https://www.dreamworld.com.au/news/steel-taipan-coming-soon-to-dreamworld/?fbclid=IwAR1omNV8cYk0LXNAzLkdQg2y5KHESmOHudtEtZt23uHjXkkCLmRe0E7UGf0

I don’t think the track has been removed, but instead they’ve just put gravel over it to allow for the machinery to move down that path. And just to clarify, there is no track in that second image, the track is behind the trees to the left. I don’t think we’ll say any track modifications through here.

Where was this confirmed?

When was he cancelled?

Why’s that? He always used to make an appearance on Valentines Day

Witch Hazel, really? When was that? And was there ever Elmer Fudd?

I was also surprised they didn’t bring some of the other iconic Looney Tunes characters they used to have, such as Taz. Are there any other Looney Tunes characters that they’ve had at the park that I can’t remember?

@Brad2912 oh. Well they used to.

That is a fair point, I was just spit balling some ideas. You’re right about what a parade is, but even there usual daily parade has a bit more too it. Yes there are less characters and floats, but the music constantly changes, the characters dance and interact with people. And it has a great fun vibe about it This is what I was expecting for this parade

They did claim it was their biggest parade ever, which I guess they aren’t wrong about. And they didn’t say it was their best parade ever

I think they’ve done a great job with the event, but for me the parade was underwhelming. There are some great floats and great to see so many characters, but because it’s meant to be a celebration event, it didn’t feel like there was much happening. All the characters go up and down Main Street and wave. There wasn’t any dancing, fancy lighting, massive change in music, confetti, etc. I think they should’ve made the parade at 5 or 5:30, because it’s dark by that time and then they could’ve done awesome lighting things. Maybe even someone on a mic announcing who/what is coming next (like how events would announce who was coming down the red carpet next for example). The park has such great atmosphere throughout the day, but for me, the parade didn’t match that vibe.

And I wonder if it will have lighting on the train too

Here you go @DaptoFunlandGuy

I’m hoping they get rid of the building and this shelter too (that this photo was taken under) that I haven’t seen be used in over a decade.