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  1. themagician
    Without question, they absolutely would. Universal have done a pop up store for Wicked and it was very well done.
  2. themagician
    And to put this into perspective, The New Atlantis at Sea World cost $50 million. Wizard of Oz cost double what New Atlantis did. Crazy.
  3. themagician
    Here’s a Flight of the Wicked Witch POV https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19YvSvs7M2/?
  4. themagician
    Considering they’ve said it’s officially opened, I doubt it
  5. themagician
    Great photos @Noll_57 For the most part Kansas Twister looks to have been executed really well (minus the lighting that’s just got exposed cables around the track). And while the indoor queue and station of Wicked Witch looks really good, that transition area in the queue is so poor. The lack of effort to hide anything BOH and the bland walls is pretty sad to see considering their claim it’s world class. They definitely can’t have spent $100 million. But I know the coasters themselves are good, will be a hit with everyone and suit the park well.
  6. themagician
    The restaurant is now open daily from 11:30 to 3pm
  7. themagician
    Apparently the Wicked Witch wait time is already over an hour and Kansas Twister is having some technical issues and it’s opening is delayed as of 10:30
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    I’ve been on TNT at Gumbuya World (same ride as Flight of the Wicked Witch) and it is a surprisingly very enjoyable and re-ridable experience. It’s much quicker than you expect, has some great little pops of airtime, good forces and is super smooth. From what we’ve seen I think Rivertown is a better and more immersive land, but Jungle Rush might not necessarily be the best coaster of the 3 (I haven’t been on it so I can’t compare accurately).
  9. themagician
    I can’t imagine they’ll be adding many more physical elements to the ride, but there might be effects that haven’t been turned on just yet.
  10. themagician
    The headline for the article says "From two ground-breaking roller coasters to high-tech holograms, no expense has been spared in this $100m new theme park attraction recreating the world of the Wizard of Oz." Since when were the park spending $100 million on the Wizard of Oz? That's three times the cost of Rivertown. That's the roughly the same price Universal spent to build VelociCoaster. The bar has now been set very high if they really spent that much.
  11. themagician
    I saw this and the first thing I thought was they’ve rushed to open the land so they can beat the competition. I’d imagine they probably did plan to soft open the land today (like a few people heard) and then officially open on Boxing Day. Interesting that they’ve only said that for one of the attractions too.
  12. themagician
    If anyone’s got tickets to the event over the next 3 nights, you might get to check out Wizard of Oz at night! Tickets are still available for Sunday if anyone hasn’t already got them and wants night rides.
  13. themagician
    Within the park you do only find the characters within Dreamland (and now as a photo op for MM). It’s not like you find them at every corner of the park. If K&B appeared anymore than this then I’d agree, but I think this as a photo op is fine.
  14. themagician
    I don’t think we’ll see a full on-ride POV for a while, if ever from the park. I think they want to keep it as a surprise and since they can operate the ride in different modes the POV would only show one version of the rides offering. And as a lot of the ride is in the dark the POV probably wouldn’t do it justice.
  15. themagician
    Absolutely. Because of the turntable, they can essentially change how long the ride experience is. During peak times they’ll operate with two trains and a shorter ride time, but in quieter they can run the ride on a longer program or some where in the middle. If they really wanted to, they could load one train and have it going around the track all day without coming into the station.
  16. themagician
    From what I’ve seen so far, nope. And it didn’t appear MM was open either, but this could also open any day as part of the soft opening. But keep in mind as it is a soft opening there’s a chance Jungle Rush might not operate every day, or only briefly.
  17. themagician
    My understanding is because it’s soft opening, not everything has been turned on yet and there might be more to come during the ride experience once it’s officially open.
  18. themagician
    At least they are open until 5 now, unlike your last visit!
  19. themagician
    Can we pull anchor now?
  20. themagician
    Rivertown has soft opened. Not sure if the rides are yet available to guests, but you can walk under the archway and the store is open
  21. themagician
    Yes, but it’s the same fence. It was black and now it’s white (which is a lot more suitable for the white aesthetic for the ride)
  22. themagician
    Sea World Carnivale returns again for 2025 and is on every Saturday been February 1 and March 1 from 5:30-8:30pm. The event appears to be the same as the last few years, with the returning precincts, shows, entertainment and uncharges. Tickets are $49 for kids, $69 for adults, free for One Pass holders and they’re offering a 50% discount if you have the One Lite Pass. https://seaworldcarnivale.com.au
  23. themagician
    Side note, massive shout out to the entire construction and Dreamworld team who are working around the clock in all conditions to get Rivertown complete before the end of the year. What you are creating looks to be setting a new Australian theme park standard for immersion and story telling.
  24. themagician
    Yes, but they did theme the posts instead of just having a black standard pole. If that is the only minor thing on the scale of this project, then that just shows how good of a job they done. Yes a fully themed fence would’ve been great, does it really matter… no!
  25. themagician
    Price rise has happened and the Locals One Pass has increased by $10 to $229 Not sure how long this has been the case but it is also now the same price to enter all 3 parks (I’m sure WnW used to be cheaper). $99 Child, $109 Adult.
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