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@xRazzBerryx just me and I have been invited/attended a few media events already this year

Walking up the path you do get a view of the launch most of the way. When in the queue, the wall does have gaps so you do get teases of the launch while in the queue. And of course you can hear it. I see as a way of building anticipation before riding. You know it’s there, you’ll hear the screams/cheers of riders and adds to the excitement of what’s to come.

The amount of queue rails that you see is final. The photos don’t really capture it well because of how long of path it is, but there is quite a lot of queue area. Greg explained how the queues work and why they are laid out this way. It’s basically designed to be flexible and interchangeable depending on crowd levels. It does become 4 queues at the top. Which are for the 4 purposes as you listed. The left and right sides go all the way to the station. The left one however does split into the 3 at the top. Which I’d imagine could be express, single and spinning. The right one I see as being the main queue. The railings you see in the middle are to extend the normal queue is needed. Roughly this is how it’s laid out (numbers I’ve written don’t relate to @Im Hungry numbers)

Preparations for the event are underway

New fence and garden is done

The garden is almost done

This morning I was invited out to Dreamworld to get a sneak peek of Steel Taipan and a walk through of the entire area. I’ll start out by saying, overall they’ve done a good job with the area. It’s very nicely presented, good aesthetic/theming elements and watching both trains in testing while in the queue/entry areas is awesome. I was able to take a few photos of the area, so I’ll describe what I captured and if anyone has any questions, I’ll try answer them the best I can with what I can share publicly. The entry signage is something we’ve already seen, but here it is up close The path leading to the queue entry A look at the entry and exit paths There is a test seat before joining the queue. The garden beds throughout have been done very nicely. Suits the theme/style. There is a main, single rider and Tailwhip queue. The queue wait time and ride safety information sign is yet to be installed, but will be positioned here. The station area is massive and allows for many people to be organised for loading to make it as efficient as possible. There are also large fans in the station and queue. The screens will show boarding information. Here’s a closer look at the train

Possibly, but they are both only closed for a couple days

The GD is closed as they have been reinstalling the western side and testing.

So we started out with this opening schedule Vortex - Dec 2019 Trident - April 2020 Leviathan - Dec 2020 Then Trident and Leviathan swapped opening dates. Then Vortex changed to April 2020, then September 2020 and finally opening in Dec 2020. Trident and Leviathan then had a September 2021, then a December 2021 and now Easter 2022. When they finally open, it would’ve been at least 3 years since they were announced. That’s Disney level announcement to opening time frames. Obviously Covid had a part in the majority of this, but it’s interesting to look at the long opening timeframes that these attractions have gone through.

I definitely think the Tailwhip 360 is perfectly fine. They could easily just state in the experience description that it’s a spinning seat. I can imagine people will eventually just start referring to it as Tailwhip anyways. Even the acronym is too long for Parkz “T360SS”

Here’s a couple of screenshots from the video of areas not yet photographed/seen

Everyone’s thoughts on the name “Tailwhip 360 Spinning Seat”. I like the Tailwhip part, and I get the rest is to explain what it is, but I don’t like it in the experience name.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUrf_DdD_hV/?utm_medium=copy_link Spinning Video has been released

Other than the lake show, they couldn’t really do an event for the park to level of Hooray for Hollywood. All the iconic parts of the park are rides or animal shows. And it takes a long time to retrain the animals to perform old shows. As already said, the only thing they could bring back is the Waterski Wipeout show (or one of the others that I can’t remember the names of) or something like Planet SOS in the 4D cinema (but I don’t think that’s usable space anymore). Id like to see them at least decorate the park with banners and a couple statues (like the Bugs Bunny one)

https://seaworld.com.au/celebrating50 For five decades our premier marine park, Sea World has succeeded in making its name pre-eminent in bringing people joy and memories that last lifetimes. And now, 50 years and 50 million guests later we have become Australia’s favourite family theme park, all of which is inspired by you. I wonder if they’ll actually be celebrating in park, or if it’s just this online stuff

According to the website, the Skycoaster has reopened and the Flowrider will reopen this Summer

It’s as long as the ones for the old Jet Streams, and these slides are much smaller. I hope this means the double barrel will pick up some speed really quick.

Double Barrel is indeed complete and the final drop for Kaboom is in place too

And the Claw just reopened after extensive maintenance. Hopefully they all do reopen at the end of the month, because Ocean Parade is too quiet and doesn’t have much going for it.

Is it a controlled free spin? Because how did they make it spin in that video?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZnOkCNfXL/?utm_medium=copy_link

Annual passes for $50 is back https://dgc.experienceoz.com.au/en/gold-coast/dreamworld-locals-annual-pass-play-money-rewards

75kg 🤨 Due to my height, I’m almost classified as under weight and I’m still over that max weight requirement. That’s a crazy restriction. Either only kids can ride or a majorly reduced weight capacity.