themagician

The gondolas arm has arrived and it’s scale is insane!

Here’s how it looks without the wedgie

The monorail track has been completely removed from the eastern boundary and over the carpark

Cartoon Network Cartoon Beach, Sesame Street Beach, Beach Break Bay and now Nickelodeon Land. It’s crazy it’s gone through that many in the same time that Kids WB has existed and hasn’t really changed. They did add the carousel and pounce n bounce (which didn’t last long). But I 100% agree that this land needs some love. The lineup of attraction isn’t bad (a part from having double driving attractions), but the whole area just feels tired and could certainly benefit from a full refurb and addition of new rides. Just take a look at Warner Bros. World in Abu Dhabi and their Cartoon Junction land. You could certainly take inspiration from this and transform the entire show building to be to this level. Also look at their ride lineup and the way they are themed for inspiration. https://www.wbworldabudhabi.com/en/explore-the-lands/cartoon-junction

Yes it does look bad, but the fence has been this style for at least a decade to my recollection, it’s just been made taller. And while it sucks they’ve had to do this, if there were that many people dropping stuff and jumping the fence to get there items then I see the need to increase its height. And while the height doesn’t look too significant in that photo, it’s just the perspective (as it was taken over the construction fencing) because of you look at the fence to the right next to the exit store, it’s nearly touching the ceiling. Which makes me think the new fence is at least 2m tall. Maybe the better solution would’ve been to install two fences with 0.5-1 metre separation so it someone did drop something and decide to jump the fence, they still wouldn’t be in the ride and envelope.

Fence is finished. Looks the same as before but taller. Photo TPSN

Which is a big issue when they struggle to manage their annual maintenance periods because it creates a very poor first impression when almost all of the rides at the front of the park are closed. But then you head to the back of the park and everything there is actually closed.

The only reason to turn left at the end of Main Street is to talk the back alley entrance to the left of Scooby to access Wizard of Oz; the reveal you should have for the land.

You’re telling me that only having 50% of the park open isn’t a reason to visit 🙃

Except for what I believe is new theming at the very back where the awful screen was

This is an awesome video that gives an amazing insight into the entire process from start to finish for the coaster. It reveals a lot of details many of us didn’t even know about and why there were so many delays in its opening. About halfway through the video it also gives an insight into the incompetence of VRTP and why they sometimes make poor decisions, or thinks take so long to get done!

Photo from Theme Park Ogre’s latest video

We can, you just have to drive 6km up the road.

Looks like their increasing the height of the fence surrounding WWF, which likely means you won’t be able to stand near the store/exit and clearly see the boats come down the final splashdown

The YouTube channel ‘Coaster Studios’ have announced they have made a new documentary about the challenge with building roller coasters in Australia, with a particular focus on Leviathan. The documentary comes out this weekend. “Surprise! We made a new documentary For our next project, we wanted to cover something we'd never really seen discussed before. Most people know building a roller coaster is no small feat- but did you know some countries make it more difficult than others? Australia is known for having some of the strictest regulations in the world, which can add stress to what might be an already difficult project. We sat down with @thegravitygroupllc and Martin & Vleminckx Rides to find out what it took to develop Australia's only modern wooden roller coaster. Leviathan is unlike anything the country had ever seen before- which meant an uphill battle to bring it to life. On Friday, we will share that story with you through interviews, custom music, and never before seen pictures!” https://www.instagram.com/p/DKLCQWAJzO6/?igsh=N3R6NTN4cWc2MnIz

@Brad2912 how did the trivia night go? Keen to hear if it was a good turnout

The first slide pieces have been installed https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16VUKUn3ht/?mibextid=wwXIfr And here’s an artwork of what’s being built

A year later, Sea World have updated their website to have the new style https://seaworld.com.au

Should’ve commented about it sooner!

@Naazon not sure if that entirely counts since it’s run by an outside business and they just rent the park out. You could also argue WWW opens in the winter because the Fun Run goes through the park… but again, I wouldn’t say the park is ‘open’.

Let’s hope so 🤞🏻

They’ve done this for as long as I remember and is generally happens between the April and September holidays, along with the lazy river closing. I believe a few years ago (maybe covid played a part), but they did close a couple days a week during these reduced hour months.

I get the feeling they’re heavily relying on AI for their marketing now

Not caring about the guest experience means crowd levels have reduced, which means they have less profit. I don’t know how to run a business, but surely that’s pretty obvious right?