The Giant Drop Refurbishment 2022

[Spotty]

15 minutes ago, Andrew Edwards said:

It has not started any refurb by the looks it. And it's most likely to delay and will probably be set for 2023

That photo was also from May... all the track and the lettering is gone now. I think it's going to be hard to have it done by September but who knows

[Rivals]

25 minutes ago, Andrew Edwards said:

It has not started any refurb by the looks it. And it's most likely to delay and will probably be set for 2023

You should look at the dates of when posts are made. 

All of the old TOT track is gone, the letters (excluding the ‘tow’) have all been removed, theming has been removed off of the station, and station refreshment as well as tour repainting should be starting very soon.

[Brad2912]

No completely unexpected but re-opening has been pushed to December 

[themagician]

Building and queue painting has begun

There are new garden beds and lawn area 

New sign to come for entrance 

No more progress on the tower itself. I believe the few weeks of bad weather in winter caused delays and the workers scheduled to the work had to go to other jobs and will be back to complete it 

Edited September 18, 2022 by themagician

[Ashley]

Thanks, for the pics @themagician.

Gotta say the shed already looks fifty times better than the old deteriorating theming.

This is just my personal opinion, but I wish they could of gotten rid of the raised queue, and had it at ground level, (if that makes sense). I just think it'd open that area out a bit more.

[rappa]

So whats with the TOW still there and no painting?

Is this the workers that need to come back referred to above?

[aussienetman]

That shed is going to be a sweltering hot box in summer... Bring your antiperspirant boys 

[themagician]

1 hour ago, rappa said:

So whats with the TOW still there and no painting?

Is this the workers that need to come back referred to above?

Correct

[Brad2912]

1 hour ago, aussienetman said:

That shed is going to be a sweltering hot box in summer... Bring your antiperspirant boys 

Hopefully an air con upgrade is part of the project 

[Ogre]

(noticeable) work has started on the tower!

Here's how it looked a few days ago for comparison:

[Brad2912]

I can see the top of the tower from home and have noticed some brighter lights both at the top and also around the mid point in recent nights so it’s definitely getting a move on with night works finally 

[Ashley]

Wow, I don't remember the last time the tower looked that good.

Cheers for the pic @Ogre

[Ashley Jeffery]

On 19/09/2022 at 11:46 AM, aussienetman said:

That shed is going to be a sweltering hot box in summer... Bring your antiperspirant boys 

If the queues is too long throw a couple of fart bombs in there.

Edited November 4, 2022 by Ashley Jeffery

[Ogre]

How it looked this evening

[Ashley]

Too bad if the workers are afraid of heights, lol.

[Brad2912]

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

Too bad if the workers are afraid of heights, lol.

I don’t think you’d get a job with a company that specialises in painting at heights if you are scared of heights. 99.9% of all the jobs in the world don’t require that, so I’m sure they could find something else 

[joz]

I mean yeah, but also screw going down that ladder more than most things.

[red dragin]

5 hours ago, joz said:

I mean yeah, but also screw going down that ladder more than most things.

The worker would probably find hypercoasters dull too. 'Meh, was higher than this at work last week' 

[joz]

7 hours ago, red dragin said:

Meh, was higher than this at work last week

This statement has also been uttered by all guests from Logan.

[Spotty]

13 hours ago, joz said:

I mean yeah, but also screw going down that ladder more than most things.

Yeah... I'm gonna pass on that one lmao

[Spotty]

The top of the tower taken today. Looks so much nicer from the carpark. And it’s a lot more noticeable on the highway too 

[Ashley]

Was the tower originally black when TOT first opened? 

[Slick]

 

5 hours ago, Ashley said:

Was the tower originally black when TOT first opened? 

It was a charcoal colour, with the tin of the service floors a matte silver colour with black lettering for “dreamworld tower.”

[GoGoBoy]

6 hours ago, Slick said:

 

It was a charcoal colour, with the tin of the service floors a matte silver colour with black lettering for “dreamworld tower.”

What about before the Giant Drop was installed though, before it was 'Dreamworld Tower'? I can't find any pics of it on Google, but I remember the top of the tower was completely different. I preferred it, it was way more sleek -- but I guess that's because it didn't need to house any drop mechanics. I wonder, did they remove the old tower topper completely or is it hidden somewhere underneath that tin?

Edited November 5, 2022 by GoGoBoy

[themagician]

On 3/11/2022 at 3:02 PM, Ogre said:

These holes in the wall are new. Do people think they’re just openings to allow for air flow within the queue? Or something more?

32 minutes ago, GoGoBoy said:

I can't find any pics of it on Google, but I remember the top of the tower was completely different.

Are you thinking of how it looked in the original ad for the ride?

I’m not sure if it ever did look like this?