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Yeah this beaches thing seems to be a major issue. Why are people so addicted to the beach? It's so weird. Talk about non-essential.

It's inspiring. One of the most impressive dark rides I've ever seen. Amazing work Disney

This is what I've wondered all along -- why on earth was there not a basic block system installed with the same sensors you see on almost every water ride in the world. The conveyor would have just stopped moving once the stuck raft didn't pass the sensor in time. Surprisingly, this doesn't seem to have come up in any of the coroner's deliberations during the case? I know the water level sensor was mentioned. I guess it's more or less covered under the comments around lack of ride automation / engineering controls?

Totally, as proven by the new Polin waterslides that have just opened at the caravan park next door. As good as, if not better (or at least a bit more interesting) than Fully 6

It's all talk and little action at this stage. How many times can you talk about removing a ride to replace it with new attractions with the latest technology, without actually taking that action, before it just looks like spin? Most of us know it's spin, and judging by comments on DW's social media, the GP is starting to realise that too

^ Agreed. Mondays are often busier than Sundays. Consistently one of the busiest days of the week, because as Joz said everyone has the same idea that it will be quiet. It's a phenomenon.

Do you know why the steam was decommissioned?

Oh wow, I thought the video of the slides going down was in slow motion for a second. People are having to push themselves along to complete the layout. I remember this being a problem at a council waterpark in Sydney that installed similarly budget slides, so i was worried that might be the case again. Didn't think it would be this bad though!

Actually that's a good point. I'd be happy with the removal of the violent and unrideable (for me) HWSW and replacement with something actually rideable and on theme.

If the ocean theme is remaining, perhaps an ocean-themed ride? With Wipeout gone, and Luna Park's old arrow coaster, HWSW, being the main feature of the area, the Ocean Parade theme is a bit stretched. Assuming with space restraints it would need to be another flat or ideally compact flat/coaster hybrid?

Yep - style, colour scheme, overall look and feel. And just filling an empty void that was designed to have something else in it.

It is just a sad, sad time for a theme park when so much discussion is devoted to a new 'seating' area and the map is even being updated to incorporate it. You can sit anywhere. Nobody goes to a theme park to sit. It is NOT an attraction. I was walking through a shopping centre the other day and saw a large vacant shopfront that had been filled with a temporary albeit nice looking kids play area. It looked identical to DW's seating area. This was a temporary empty shop filler in a Westfield. The other is a permanent addition in a theme park. So sad

I love that the Victorian parks continue to expand, but the colour choice on this one is a bit too close to another new ProSlide over at Adventure Park. You'd think they'd want to differentiate as much as possible..

I can't believe just how bad the slides had become for a water park that is not very old. They ended up looking like they were slides from the 1970s, not 2006!

I know it's a sensitive topic, but it'd be crazy to get rid of a water ride at a Gold Coast theme park and not replace it with another water ride. Especially one that caters so well to a broad market.

The Pennywise animatronics looked identical to Pennywise from the movie, they did a stellar job on them. The Georgie performers looked and acted exactly like Georgie from the movie. The costumes of Pennywise in his various other forms were also identical to the movie. Considering the budget MW would have compared to Universal, I can't see how it could have been better.

The IT Maze was absolutely top notch from my point of view. The sets, props, sound track, costumes, animatronics. It looked straight out of the movie. There were so many times when I didn't know if I was looking at an animatronic or an actor. So well done

Yep it looks like you're right based on these earlier pics I found. Looks like they just didn't do a crash hot job of the bottom half - not that it would be easy painting a giant funnel. They moved away from the original colour scheme with the different coloured circles too. Also, can't believe how much it deteriorated in recent years.

You sure about that? Doesn't look like it. You can still see the years of water wear on the bottom half. Plus the darker paint from the top half bleeds down in an awkward way, suggesting they were planning to repaint the rest of it later. I do remember the slide always had two tones though.

Interesting they chose that photo to reference WWW's repainting. From what I can see the top half of the inner section of Green Room was repainted but the bottom half, where the raft travels, wasn't?

I watched some videos of the opening recently and I was really impressed but also surprised by how quickly they come into the stations and move right up onto the gondola in front.

Was anyone else surprised by the $7mil spend for WhiteWater World? I assumed those Polin body slides were super budget. Maybe $2mil? Then there's the repaint. Surely not more than a few hundred thousand??

Looks like the slide complex at Big Banana Coffs Harbour.

It is so great to see Universal investing so heavily into their theme parks business, and also to see it paying off. They clearly see the division as a major driver going forward. It's awesome for the industry in general and this level of confidence suggests a bright future for all well-run theme park companies.

I understand the cityscape was updated to include some iconic Sydney buildings and also clouds were added at the base to suggest that Volare is flying above the clouds. So you can expect that there won’t be any further changes to the backdrop in the near term.