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Sounds great. Glad to hear the turbine is spinning, and with water coming off it. Let's hope it keeps spinning

That's so awful for tall people. How limiting!

According to SW's facebook page it has a MAX height of 196cm. If I were 6cms taller I'd miss out! I wonder why there is a max limit?

I like the version of the lazy river shown in that animation (obviously an earlier plan that was changed). It looks like it takes a much more interesting and meandering course, and actually has theming in the form of a cave that you pass through.

The logo and colour scheme are almost identical too.

A warm summer expected for Sydney. Great news for Wet 'n' Wild: http://m.smh.com.au/environment/weather/summer-warmth-ahead-to-cap-sydneys-hottest-year-20131127-2y9kh.html

The Theme Park Capital ads are POOR. No thought put into them whatsoever. All they do is rattle of a list of OLD attractions like Tiger Island, Superman Escape and the Tower of Terror (yes, the voiceover just refers to TOT & doesn't even mention the fact it is now TOT2 with a whole new experience, although there is a quick shot of the new logo). Considering these ads are targeting interstate visitors who may not have been to the parks for a while, why wouldn't you mention all of the new rides? Green Lantern, Arkham, Justice League, Buzzsaw etc....

I have heard that the ride is definitely permanent (nice work Luna Park Sydney!) and it is a Larson tower. So good news for those who had their fingers crossed hoping it'd be a Larson.

It makes no sense to be open till 11pm in the weeks leading up to Xmas and then reducing the hours in the weeks immediately following. In my theme park experience it is the weeks leading up to Xmas that are really quiet followed by a huge leap in visitation levels in the weeks following

I agree MickeyD. I really think VRTP's marketing department needs a good clean out. They should be pushing the fact that this ride is a WATERCOASTER. That alone makes it something special and unique in Australia. Based on the marketing so far, people will think this is just another coaster, not a hybrid coaster AND boat ride

I agree. I was hoping the water might have been made to look like it was gushing out from a torn hole in the 'boat's' hull. Alternatively, they could have built some more of those themed crates right around the walls of the cascade to hide the concrete. Maybe they still have some more work to do on it. Here's hoping...

But does a starflyer have a drop component? If not, why would Luna Park's first promo image have featured a girl clearly dropping, with her hair standing straight up? It seems there will be some sort of drop effect with this new ride.

Have they finished work on the cascade? If so I'll be pretty disappointed. There are still large sections of exposed concrete. If you look at Skatteøen in Denmark, the cascade walls are completely covered with rockwork and theming. I can't say I'm thrilled with the theming so far.

People have been saying for ages Movie World could do with some more flat rides to complement their coasters and darks, and to help fill a day at the park, so really - this is pretty perfect.

20 years down the track, when the park is no longer owned by Ardent but by a company that is actually interested in investing in theme parks

Thanks Daniel. The wave pool looks great IMHO. Still seemingly lots of work to be done on the lazy river though. And the plantings around the river need some serious work - very sparse at the moment. Also happy to see they are starting to add canopies to the top of the towers; I was a bit worried for a while they were just going to leave them unsheltered.

Very smart decision. You'll be waiting a long time is my guess. Am I the only one that has given up on DW?

I'm thinking more about the initial drop.

How will people not die? I just can't see how this will work - surely the risk of a raft toppling is rather high? Very interested in the logistics.

I totally agree with everything Gazza. I was just thinking the exact same thing recently in regard to the idea of building a tower with one new attraction and then simply adding one extra attraction to the same tower each year. Cost effective - especially considering the big marketing push that each individual attraction could be given. Ardent Leisure should be ashamed of the way they've just given up on WhiteWater World. It had such promise and started really well with new slides never before seen in Australia (hydroLIM, bowl slides). The expansion plan was to include not only the dark mammoth and tantrum, but also a lazy river. All 3 of these attractions would have been great additions to the park. It's pretty crazy for a waterpark not to have a lazy river. And WWW's small size has always put it at a competitive disadvantage. Ardent could have fixed this. But they gave up...

The Tornado Wave appears to have a similar helix into the drop as Lalandia's original attempt, although possibly even worse; so you'd think if raft tipping was a problem, it'd be a problem for the wave. Unless it has that break system you referred to Gazza. I just can't imagine Proslide building slides that would lead to a good chance of people being hospitalised.

What is this water trim brake you refer to Gazza? Thanks for sharing that koppen. It's a reminder of the serious engineering that is involved in the creation of an effective (yet safe) waterslide

Channel 7 has uploaded a Go Pro POV of the dark tornado, tantrum and tornado wave (although one of them is more of a hairy-leg POV) - https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/video/watch/19814910/wetnwild-go-pro/ The dark tornado is actually not dark at all on the inside; it's got plenty of light. And there finally appears to be an explanation for that off-coloured piece on the last 'bulb' of the tantrum: it appears to be a translucent section. So perhaps not a manufacturing problem afterall (I thought that'd be weird for Proslide to let that one slip). Anyway, I have to say overall the slides look like CRAZY FUN! Can't wait!

Sydney is looking pretty wet over the next week or so. I wonder if this will be an issue for them. They've had a pretty good run up till now weather-wise so I hope they didn't leave anything to the last minute. Latest pics & vids still showed plenty of dirt piles & unfinished bits & pieces

...and of course Wednesday night's program is the only one that isn't available on Tenplay. Frustrating!!