themagician

Just checked out the area. And progress is great. Poison Ivy has appeared near Killer Croc. The strange cutout for the truck has been fixed up now. The wall next to SDSC exit has been themed. The strange cut out in the wall has been fixed up. Along with the rest of the fencing being put in place. And I noticed the bent metal affect is behind the signage too.

Was just looking through your photos again, and only just noticed Killer Croc and the really cool detail/affect they've done with the ground, as if he's smashing through it. And great to see the bent still frame work back again. Great job MW

^Agreed, seen some photos from the event that was at the park tonight, and it looks great. With all the lights and facades the space looks fantastic, and looks better in every way to what was there. Can't wait to check it out this week.

8 minutes.... That just doesn't seem right at all. Unless there is a long pre-launch/lift hill section of the ride, and it moves through it slowly. If you'd said 2 minutes, then yes, very believable. Otherwise, @Theme Park Ninja I have my doubts, or the staff member misheard

I think this photo really shows that the monorail is well clear of the roof (Photo: AusParks)

Only for rides that have the Fast Pass system, so that's Superman, Green Lantern, Scooby-Doo, Justice League, Road Runner and WWF.

Just watched a news story on the proposal for the casino and nothing has been approved or proposed at this point in time, as usual it's just the news papers saying untrue things. However if the casino were to be constructed, a bridge would also be constructed across the Broadwater. Also sea world have said that the statement that the park will be doubling in size are untrue and at this stage no such plans exist.

The ad has been released for the maze:

There used to be bridge that crossed over that area of water. But was removed in the 60s.

There was this article from 2014 about a cable car ride travelling past to the spit and over the broadwater. http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/a-bit-of-a-stretch-a-24km-cable-car-ride-going-to-southport-the-spit-south-stradbroke-island-and-sanctuary-cove-could-be-built-before-2018/story-fnj94idh-1226813502386

I agree Alex. If they really didn't want us to see things they'd cover them up straight away. And if you're theory is correct, good on MW for doing it. I suppose in the past, up until the last couple of years, there were less theme park enthusiasts, there wasn't as much need to tease the way they have been, because people either weren't noticing or not visiting the park as regularly. But with one of us visiting the park nearly every day, we don't really miss anything. Doing these 'sneak peeks' is getting us talking and excited about things happening, and I guess that is what MW would want, unless the info was confidential.

Despite that being cool. I highly doubt WWF would be brought to the Tour due to safety issue of being near water. And walking up the side of the final drop while the ride is operating would be a big no too.

If they are increasing the size of the park, I do hope that they don't go and remove/destroy that bushland along the coastline. That is a really important ecosystem for that area, and I feel that would be much better to look at from the beach, then a theme park. But i am fairly sure that land is protected anyways.

^Yeah, I misread it, thinking it was just a new attraction was being added to the current water park.

SWs maintenance page Please note that the Water Park including the Plunge Waterslide is officially closed, following plans of an exciting new attraction to feature in this area of the resort.

Add a water park? It already has one, which they are apparently are adding a new attraction too. Doubling the car park size would be good for the peak periods, as that grassed space fills up pretty quickly too. In regards to becoming the biggest Australian theme park, they aren't actually much smaller than DW when measuring on near maps. DW is approximately 18ha (and that's just the park itself, not including WWW, the carpark or any additional land they own), while SW is approximately 16.4ha (not including the resort or carpark). But they only way they could make it the biggest park is by either expanding the park into the Broadwater, which would be insanely costly and very unlikely due to councils restrictions, or expanding it east into the bushlands area, which I was under the impression was a protected area. So I don't know how they'll do it, but good luck.

I think that would be a much better location than the area on Main Street they had it last year.

@Troy81 This is from May 13, 2016

^Well if they are filming the commercial next week, the area will probably only need finishing touches after that. So I'd imagine at the beginning of the school holidays.

Thanks TPG. By the looks of those reo bars, the foots are going to be quite big, meaning that the thickness/height of steel for the coaster should be pretty impressive.

Panic Rooms are returning

^That and finishing off the shop, and if there are interactive elements with the facades they may still need to be installed. I'm interested to see whats going to go on those posts on the top of the shop and above the rides sign.

You mean this machinery? (TPSN)

TPSN posted this, does anyone know what that refers to?

Today's update: And the humpback whale hasn't been out back in place yet: