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And can anyone explain the one piece of orange slide section in the purple slide on the far left? So random. None of the other slides have one out of place piece. What's going on?? (Photo taken from Thrill Zone International... which took it from somewhere else)

Is it my imagination or are the 2 middle master blasters 2 slightly different shades of red? Colour choices really baffling me

Well it looks like it's happening so - believe it. It's a lot cheaper hiring a few staff members as opposed to outlaying capital for a new ride. Plus they'd probably pay them the bare minimum knowing theme parks

So does this mean they are ditching the laser aspect of the attraction?

A tall coaster with prominent support beams is a problem I am VERY happy to have in an Australian theme park

When a mod gets a chance to merge the last few posts into the new Todd Coates thread, that'd be great!

This should be moved into a new thread. Can't believe Todd Coates is leaving already. He was in there for such a short time. He actually had theme park experience and we were all hopeful this meant good things for the park. What does this resignation tell you about Dreamworld's situation! My guess is he was frustrated by the Ardent board of directors' lack of true theme park vision and understanding.

The cheapest looking theme park building ever. So hideous. And so out of place in that themed area. And it was no better when that big flat sign was attached either. UPDATED: I should clarify - I actually have no problem with theme park 'sheds'. Some of the world's best rides are located in big sheds (show buildings): Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Indiana, Lassiters/Bermuda, Scooby. BUT at least hide it with a decent facade AND place it in an appropriate area

Amen to that! What is it about this site that once very couple of months like clockwork draws a new user who feels the need to add totally random and unnecessary comments to every thread?

This is brilliant MikeMac, and clearly I'm not the only one who thinks so. Just wish you'd contribute to the forums more often! It seems to me the ride is an almost perfect fit for the old Bermuda site, with only a small extension of the building needed to accommodate the final indoor turn, plus the need for some of the coaster section pylons to be built over an existing path. Utilising the old show building for an indoor section will give this ride that extra special feature that we have come to expect from Village Roadshow rides. And maybe they can save the car park for another coaster one day...

But they used to make an obvious attempt to link the rides to a corresponding movie. For example, the elaborate chinatown area of Lethal Weapon, the car yard and the pre-show movie they played in the cinema. Same with Scooby - the massive pre-show area showed a video with behind the scenes of the Scooby movie. The theming used throughout Scooby was also taken directly from the movie. And again with Wild Wild West - that was the actual name of a movie featuring Will Smith

Have to disagree with that. They USED to build attractions based on movies eg. Lethal Weapon and Wild Wild West (now Wild West Falls) but now they just build attractions based on DC or whatever else eg. Arkham Asylum, Green Lantern (can't say it's based on the movie version), Justice League, Mini Kids Driving School... if it hasn't been axed

To clarify, I wasn't having a dig (I know it sounded like I was). I just meant that Village Parks of late seem to care little about the connection to each park's original theme or intention. However, I see a closer connection between Sea World and the wild theme - as long as they remain predominantly a marine-based park. Movie World however, as much as I still love most of what they do, seems to have completely let go of the movie theme

Cancel it!! Put something better in! (wishful thinking)

Yeah, 'cause we all know Justice League and Mini Kids Driving School is closely linked to the concept of "Movie"World

Looking at that view it helps me understand why there is not much room left for a long course throughout the show building, particularly considering the angle of attack of the splashdown. Bermuda used to have a splashdown section that ran the full length of the building but was actually outside the main building. This has been demolished. Also, with Bermuda, all of the guest accessible areas and loading took place outside the building with only the dark ride itself taking place inside. It appears the building will now be partly guest accessible for the first time and will contain the station, again reducing space for the dark ride component

Two words: News Limited.

Thanks for the article. The red and orange slide pieces in one of those photos I'm guessing is for the Tornado Wave. It was green in the concept images. Update: Changed my mind... could be the Tantrum Alley.

Looks great! Best theming I've seen for a Mack water coaster vehicle yet. 'Thrill Zone International' is getting all the scoops!

I didn't realise there was going to be a constrictor too. I'm assuming it's the last green slide in the photo below? That is going to be one busy tower!

Brilliant.

That's hysterical! I love that they try to use the ride's remnants as a selling feature. Next they'll be suggesting that the asphalt paths around Dreamworld are actually a type of ride/attraction. I mean, you get to walk along them, so they are kind of like a track - a sort of 'roller coaster', if you will. Sort of reminds me of how Wonderland's PR department must have felt when Sunway took over: trying to excuse the fact that there really just isn't sufficient investment in the park.

Thanks Julys. Are you able to get a closer pic of that sign? I'm interested to see the photos on it. It looks like the guys above were right - it is a WhiteWater West Whizzard, but with additional twists at the beginning. I like the fact that they are going with a mix of both WhiteWater AND Proslide products for this park. They both have some great products to offer

I'm actually struggling to find exactly what model this slide is. Clearly, it's a type of racer. I'm thinking it's a combined Kraken/Octopus racer from Proslide? I can't seem to find any existing models of this type... they're either usually one or the other. So perhaps it's a 'world first'?

New construction update care of Julys: Check out the racer from about 4:01. It's a true tangle of tubes, some with translucent sections. Impressive. Can't wait to see the rest of it!