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Dreamworld’s newest attraction will pack plenty of venom. The Gold Coast theme park will today announce new details of the $32 million rollercoaster, including its name of Steel Taipan. Reaching a top speed of 105km/h and a G-force of 3.8, with multiple inversions and even a spinning gondola at the rear of the train, the ride is being heralded as a world-leading thrill ride and stands as the biggest single investment in the theme park’s history. German manufacturer MACK has commenced testing of the world’s first “spinning gondola”, which will be a key feature. The project was delayed by the park’s lengthy shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic, but work is now back on track. Earthworks have already commenced, with the entire project expected to take about 12 months – making the ride on track to open in time for the 2021 Christmas holidays. The project will include over $15 million in contractor works while providing employment for over 200 people across the local economy. Dreamworld chief strategy officer Paul Callander said there was an air of excitement around the new attraction. “We look forward to our guests experiencing the world’s first spinning gondola and the southern hemisphere’s first reverse twisted half pipe,” he said. “We believe these features will make Steel Taipan a truly unique coaster experience. “We are incredibly excited to have commenced a project that will deliver not only a world-class experience for our guests, but also a welcome boost to jobs and the local economy.” https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/queensland/inside-steel-taipan-dreamworlds-newest-32m-rollercoaster/news-story/6fbe6786478e67c11b0ba9c383bfc95a “Worlds first spinning gondola?”

They have.

Look I’m certainly not adequately informed or experienced to answer this question in detail other than to say from what I have seen this ISNT the case, and you’ve basically proven that yourself by stating you’ve had no problems on some of the hallmark rides in Australia like SE and DCR.

New dates just added all original dates now sold out

Summer Slam is back this year, as well as extended trading hours and movies

It’s an annual event that is EXTREMELY popular and being in summer this time around rather than winter will make those extended trading hours even more attractive for locals and interstate visitors. You don’t even know what they have planned and are already bitching & moaning... seriously.

Cranes working in the carpark https://www.facebook.com/105756824486321/posts/220352133026789/?vh=e&d=n

interesting little grab from Clark Kirby's contribution to an article in the GCB about how the Gold Coast will rebound from covid. "Family-favourite events White Christmas at Movie World, Dive’n’Movies at Wet’n’Wild and Carnivale at Sea World are all returning as well as the addition of some exciting limited-time-only attractions which will be in place over the summer period." Wonder what these limited-time-only attractions will be. Maybe some drop in carnival rides as we saw with Star Flyer?

SHAREHOLDERS in Gold Coast theme park owner Village Roadshow will benefit from a bonus cash payment if they give the green light to the BGH Capital takeover at a meeting later this month. Village on Monday announced that it has agreed with BGH to lock in the 12 cents per share bonus four days earlier than required. The bonus was conditional upon Movie World and Sea World being open for a period prior to the shareholder meeting on November 26. However, shareholders will miss out on two other bonus payments - one for there being no changes to the cinema release schedule and another related to border closures with NSW and Victoria. The latter would have delivered 5 cents extra to shareholders if there were no border control measures with NSW by November 1 and Victoria by November 15. Queensland did not open its border to residents from Greater Sydney on November 1 meaning that the requirement for the 5c payment was not met. A booklet outling the property from private equity firm BGH was sent to shareholders last month. The proposal is actually two with the first option - preferred by directors - offering $2.32 per share with additional payments for the theme parks and borders reopening and the cinema release schedule remaining unchanged. This would see BGH acquiring shares in Village’s ultimate holding company, held by John Kirby, Robert Kirby and Graham Burke, with the holding company going on to buy out all remaining shares. The holding company has 39.91 per cent of shares on issue. A second option has a lower cash offer of $2.22 per share because of what are said to be additional costs incurred by BGH in implementation of the second proposal. Last month an independent expert’s report came down in favour of shareholders approving the takeover. According to Grant Samuels - the independent expert engaged by Village to report back on the scheme - the offer was fair and reasonable and in the best interests of shareholders in the absence of a better offer. Grant Samuels said if not for the deal, Village would have to raise $300 million to keep the company afloat. https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/business/gold-coast-theme-park-owner-village-roadshow-close-to-finalising-deal-with-bgh-capital/news-story/e641f79673a6806dba008d549e2b794c

THE Gold Coast’s newest roller coaster will open in time for the winter school holidays in 2021. Sea World’s $20 million Leviathan will be the first new wooden rollercoaster built in Australia since the 1980s and has already made its presence felt in the city’s skyline. The first major peak of the attraction can already been seen soaring above the theme park, with construction only just passing the 25 per cent mark. Village Roadshow theme parks chief operating officer Bikash Randhawa said the new ride would be a “game changer” for the city. “We did our research and spoke to a lot of people and what we found was that every park which had a wooden roller coaster saw their attendance go up and this it is great point of difference for us because nobody has done a ride like this in decades,” he said. “It is an impressive structure and we believe it will feature in almost every future marketing campaign for the city, because it will be the first wooden coaster in the world to also have backwards-facing seats. “A lot of engineering has gone into this and let me say, you don’t buy a $20 million ride just because you like it, it has to hit the mark (for bringing in new patrons)”. The Leviathan is the centrepiece of Sea World’s $50 million, 1.5ha New Atlantis precinct which is expected to be completed in mid-late 2021. It will stand at 32m tall and its carriages will hit speeds of up to 80 km/h along its 1km track. Village Roadshow had initially planned to open it for Christmas 2020 but construction was delayed because of the COVID-19 shutdown of theme parks. https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/future-gold-coast/gold-coast-theme-parks-first-look-at-sea-worlds-new-wooden-roller-coaster/news-story/886299411d58db1e2fdc5d508c669b05

Seats are all detached from the arm on Claw

The upper facade of the ice cream parlour is now completely gone, so it’s safe to say that the overall aesthetic will be changing dramatically Pandemonium has all its cars and arms offsite somewhere. It being closed as well as Sidewinder & Claw really saps some family attractions out of the mix. Line of Madagascar is therefore well outside the queue house. Whilst I personally cannot remember what they used to be, ride ops are making constant mention on the Dodgems that the ride restrictions have now changed. I have checked the website and it reflects what they are now verbally telling everyone pre-loading. My guess is previously shorter kids could ride, and there wasn’t an actual specified height limit to drive, you just had to be able to reach the peddles

Just the final car on each train

13 months is plenty of time to allow for some delays along the way. Barring a serious second wave in QLD shutting everything down long term

But it’s not October...

This is definitely incorrect unless they are a per person limit as opposed to a 2 person limit. (Ie triple vortex - 2 people x 115kg = 230kg limit) My son and I regularly go on all these slides and have a combined weight of approx 130kg and have never once had an issue

What movies are you expecting?

Whilst understanding that the buffet isn’t running as they are effectively an extinct species (although greatly missed as it was the highlight for mine), packaging a dinner with a choice of 4 meals, unlimited drinks (including alcohol) and a family photo in my opinion is overkill. The photo op should be optional, as should the alcohol package. $69 for adults $39 for kids

If they incorporated DW relative merch/prizes (wiggles,abc,Dreamworks,tiger island etc) they’d look much better incorporated overall and less plunked

Not sure how many financial results you’ve looked at, but our parks haven’t been pulling much of a profit for a long time. Punters (not just enthusiasts) are demanding more rides, experiences, upgrades - and the only way to provide that is with increased prices.

What makes you say that though? I know many many families that fork out more than that per year for season tickets to their NRL/AFL team, and that’s only for 12 games over the course of 6 months. cost is irrelevant, it’s all about value, or perceived value. If a family of 4 pays $1000 for the 4 passes, if that family attends the parks 2 times per month, that’s $41.66 per visit for the family, or a tick of $10pp. Compare that to any other activity on the GC. Movies, bowling, putt putt, time zone etc etc costs more, and only for a limited 2 hour window. plenty of families had passes back when they were $250-$300 each with the 3 park passes back in the day, myself included.

When I was there 2 weeks ago, JR looked exactly as it had 3 weeks prior to that. No progress.

Fantastic review! japan has really come into our mindset in terms of a trip in the next 12-24 months due to covid since our USA trip was axed this year. Japan’s borders much more likely to open up short term. Disneysea was always top on the list if we go, but this has given me heaps more idea of what’s instore.

Your original post refers to the name changing to reflect the riddle/clue, the answer to which is BuzzSaw. what outback theme are you speaking of? Steel Taipan doesn’t scream “outback theme” so why would BuzzSaw be re-themed to it? To be honest, BuzzSaw basically is an outback theme.. more so than a Steel Taipan anyway..

And? Their is not heavy rail near the coast where all the tourists stay. So they have to get on a tram, to helensvale, to get to heavy rail. I feel like you’ve never tried to use the bus service to get around the Gold Coast. the light rail is already planned to the airport, so it’s running Coolangatta to Helensvale - so about 40km give or take. Adding an extra 8km to get you to coomera isn’t going to cost 10s of billions, nor would a spur line to the VTP properties.