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Just had my first ride, row 5. I was surprised at how compact a coaster it is - making some transitions quite surprisingly snappy. DCR has snappy elements, but being a hyper you can see they’re coming. as so many have said, that reverse launch is surprising. Part of the thrill is knowing the track has no apparent end on the spike (and even though the ride’s computers apply the correct amount of thrust), the half-fear of flying off the track is fun. Two trains today, so as a single rider it a walk-on.

Hi Phil. This is what a pass looks (or looked) like. The staff should be looking at photos.

I've linked my MyHealth Vaccine status to my phone's wallet, not the Qld app. Has been accepted fine at dining/bars. Will report when I visit DW soon. On topic, good to see DW continue their Wiggles relationship. Will certainly help visitor numbers that day.

Remember that most of the US parks are at a higher latitude than the Goldie is south. If DW was in Victoria, there'd be the daylight to allow trading that late.

Quite quiet, indeed.

No POVs yet from boofheads on FB or YT. Dunno about TT or Insta as I'm not on those. We know they'll come. Good thing DW has released enough media in advance to curb the demand for dodgy POVs.

Just a suggestion, folks. If you're going to add a snappy comment... give it some thought before you click on "Submit Reply". Maybe even wait a few minutes before clicking it. The claimant's story is pretty harrowing, if true.

...which currently is projected to be January 11th, but this fluctuates a little.

Time for DW to make hay, considering New Atlantis is now confirmed to open Easter '22 next year sometime.

If you can hide away a SBNO ride on the edge of your park, you can get away with it. If you have a SBNO ride/area in the middle of your park, you can't pretend it doesn't exist. The station and castle is a generous footprint for a new attraction, but New Atlantis is the current Capex focus. Plus, there's no easy back-of-house access to that part of the park for heavy vehicles/machinery. They will have to take that into consideration when replacing VR.

I wouldn't mind at a minimum if they painted the slab like they did the entry to the precinct (on the other side of Vortex). Maybe a combination of sandy, rocky or water styles, based on the theming.

Maybe at this part of Blue Fire, it's the same elevation as the rest of the ride, and DW bought off-the-plan? Concrete raisers are cheaper than custom supports?

Will? Probably not. Should? Yes.

The train without the spinning rear carriage will be 'worn in' long before the other. It's not been sighted yet, has it?

You, and about a quarter of the members here, are in a very small niche of being significant coasterheads. Which is fine. To general Aussie coaster fans, and the average person attending the park who doesn't get to ride the cutting-edge, world's-best coasters in the northern hemisphere, ST will be a very enjoyable ride for years to come.

Hard to see, but it doesn't look like the 2nd train is in the maintenance bay yet. That's that the 'road' on the ride exit's for. Took me a while.

The first povs are often the ones that go viral, not necessarily the high-quality ones that could come later.

It would help greatly if it was painted the same grey colour as the retaining wall to the east. An easy ‘fix’.

All but confirmed now that there's no path from ST to GD. Very unlikely a path would go through here, as it'd be built by now, and people coming from GD would be arriving at the exit pathing for ST. Additionally, the landscaping along the bank on the eastern side of the area, near the old train tracks, isn't showing signs of a new bridge being built to link up with spaghetti junction. The 2nd option was linking the 2 red arrows, a gap in the landscaping can be seen at the right arrow. The only gap (left circle) isn't as high as the one as you enter the ride (right circle). The option of a path running along the wall behind SV is unlikely, as it's back-of-house. Plus: The fence looks like it might be up and blocking this off anyway. So, unless Blue Lagoon's area is part of an expansion, it's likely that ST will be a spur in DW's pathing. Which doesn't bother me that much.

Here's the trailer for the documentary on Rocky Mountain Construction, to premiere on Vimeo in October:

They painted over the similar ones on DCR...

When they were first testing DC Rivals, a horn sounded before each run. I wonder if this will be the case for Steel Taipan?

Doesn't the ride have enough hold points without the MCBR anyway? Station, brake run and transfer track? A MCBR would only help if they had a 3rd train. Have I missed something?

I'd love to see more artificial rockwork, giving you the impression of being a snake in a rocky gully. This said, the tunnel area the track encounters twice looks great, and a fair amount of the track is elevated (loop, rolls, MCBR). In the video posted by @OgreMagic, is the train the one with the non-spinning rear carriage, or just missing the spinning carriage on the end?

Surely they're planning on not leaving a brick wall there. Continuing the rock theme is a no-brainer... (Excuse the dodgy photoshop.) The artist's render on the pov, although flattening the terrain somewhat, is what I had in mind.