Website just updated too

9 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Dec 15th is the day, marking the 40th Anniversary of the park. 

 

Honestly seemed the most logical otherwise I'd have gone with the Thursday/Friday to lead into the holidays.

15 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

@pin142 is the winner! 
 

Dec 15th is the day, marking the 40th Anniversary of the park. 

Well played!

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/business/gold-coast-business/gold-coasts-dreamworld-to-launch-its-32m-steel-taipan-coaster-on-for-40th-birthday-on-december-15/news-story/f08ce5246f1e9727b81eeb356ce17e85

Announced today? 

Imma claim silver medal for picking the announcement date. haha.

15 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Announced today? 

Imma claim silver medal for picking the announcement date. haha.

Second place makes you the first loser.🤣

loser on the podium still gets paid. i'm fine with that.

21 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

@pin142 is the winner! 
 

Dec 15th is the day, marking the 40th Anniversary of the park. 

Well played!

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/business/gold-coast-business/gold-coasts-dreamworld-to-launch-its-32m-steel-taipan-coaster-on-for-40th-birthday-on-december-15/news-story/f08ce5246f1e9727b81eeb356ce17e85

I also put down the 15th  Looking forward to riding, sadly I'll be at work that day

14 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Imma claim silver medal for picking the announcement date. haha.

Can I claim Bronze if I guess first soft open?

I don’t know anything offical, but because the walls are down I’d say we will see a soft opening in a few days. Today staff were undergoing training and maintenance staff were doing final checks/tests

Wouldn't it be a bit unusual to announce an opening day and then push forward with a soft opening?

4 minutes ago, Vidgamer said:

Wouldn't it be a bit unusual to announce an opening day and then push forward with a soft opening?

the announced date is only for the hard / official opening, soft opening is going to be taking place with Steel Taipan most likely starting early next week (in contact with a couple employees that have stated this)

Nope, happens with almost every ride. Soft opening means it could only be open for a couple hours on one day and then be closed for the next couple days. There is no way to predict it, but allows the park to trial their operations and fix any issues before it’s offical opening when it will be operating all day, non stop

Tonight was staff night 6:30-8:30pm. ST running with both trains. Family and friends of staff invited. Operations are currently suspended due to the lightning😞

Screenshots from some friends stories on Instagram 

Didn't expect the sign to light up. Very nice!

@Im Hungry @TomiJ get the honorary second place or getting the soft opening date