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I gave these a whirl on Saturday night. During Dive in movies, the River Rapids, Zoom Zone, Aqua Racer and Constrictor stay open, and by that point in the day the park had begun to empty out, so probably waited 20 mins each time. At the base there are two separate queues at ground level for the “Loopers” and the “Twisters” . A “grouper” weighs a few riders at a time before sending them up the tower, so there is no waiting on the stairs. (The attraction has 6 staff running it. 1 greeter, 1 grouper, 1 person at the top collecting cards, 2 dispatchers and 1 lifeguard at the run out.) If you are riding the “Loopers” you are given a card to hand to the lifeguard at the top, and then sent down one of two short queues on the top platfom… I guess this i to make sure someone doesn’t queue up for one and ride the other. For the Twisters, there’s a teal and orange one, both felt fairly similar though the teal ones have tighter turns. The slides are mostly pitch black, save for the transparent light effect sections. I actually preferred the orange for the smoother transitions. The Loopers are similar to the old Wedgie at WWW, sans the trapdoor start. Yellow is a single helix, dark blue is a double helix but tighter. On balance the dark blue was probably a bit better, just because it lasted a bit longer. Yellow was probably faster but its hard to tell in the dark!

Another FNQ Water park project, ReefsEdge in the northern suburbs of Cairns at Kerrawa Beach. There seems to be a couple of sets of renders floating around: These ones from July show a bunch of Proslides, including a bodyslide version of a flying saucer and a ‘Hive’ slide: https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/fun-tastic-2025-07-25 These ones from August show Polin stuff: https://www.ausleisure.com.au/news/cairns-regional-council-gives-go-ahead-for-new-reefsedge-waterpark Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VhbcKRJrUiokYhKfA

Imagine if the one at Arthur's Seat gets up.... That will be one of the world's longest. This one definitely looks more family.... But you know, there are some guests on any Alpine coaster that wanna brake the whole way. It is possible to be "Too long", the one in Andorra was a one and done for me... You're basically having to hold in a flye position for 8 mins straight. Just wish more of the Sunkid/Brandauer ones existed, they are the fastest.

Oh right, I had always assumed it was just a motor with a reciprocating arm.

I don’t mind some extra body slides because from memory the River Rapids and Super Ripper always seemed to generate long lines due to a combination of broad appeal and single rider dispatches, so if the demand is there it’s warranted. (Plus I guess we lost 4 body slides with Aqualoop, and they have been substituted with something that is more comfortable for the average visitor) That all said, I hope the next thing the park gets is a 4-6 person slide with special elements.

So the axes turn on and off? I thought that it might be less stress on the machinery to just keep them running since they have a bit of momentum of their own.

Keen to hear what this soundtrack sounds like!

I can see a bit of Turbosquid in there.

https://www.thehotelconversation.com.au/properties/2024/10/24/townsvilles-proposed-550-million-waterpark-burgess-rawson/1729736199 https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/about-council/news-and-publications/media-releases/2025/october/townsville-waterpark-site-gains-preliminary-approval This one has flown under the radar a bit. The site is here, looks like whitewater west job, with a wall runner family raft slide, aqua play, 180 degree flowrider, wave pool and all your usual body and raft slides.

I feel like it wants to be a hot air balloon like the Worlds of Fun logo. Can anyone find the old logo when it was called Alpine Toboggan Park?

A few photos from this morning including what appears to be a section of the old Dreamworld hot dog stand. Apparently the alpine coaster opening in November.

You need to find out what the ticket yield actually is. Eg a 3 park escape pass is $169, so that's already yielding only $56 Things like annual passes, if they spend $299 and visit every 2 months, the yield becomes $49 Im not sure how many one day ($109) tickets they would be selling to get the average yield up to $80.

Something to do with Village Key?

Is it called that because people puke on it?

Very simple design philosophy. Want the theming to look good? Make sure it's all written in the same design language!