The Giant Drop Refurbishment 2022

[Brad2912]

4 minutes ago, Dean Barnett said:

Reckon they could have put the ladder in a better place ?

Think you’ll find the ladder is only there for the refurb… 

[Dean Barnett]

Cool

[Ashley Jeffery]

Thanks  to our world on Facebook

 

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[Brad2912]

Yeah that’s been at a different height each night this week as they work. Looks quite interesting from far away 

[Gazza]

Roughly the bottom quarter of the tower is covered in white primer now too.

[New display name]

7 minutes ago, Gazza said:

Roughly the bottom quarter of the tower is covered in white primer now too.

Not having Facebook, I will have to take your word for it.😂

[gumb00t]

Can confirm, white paint creeping up the pole from the bottom.

[Cactus_Matt]

23 minutes ago, gumb00t said:

Can confirm, white paint creeping up the pole from the bottom.

You should get that checked out by a doctor.

[gumb00t]

23 minutes ago, Cactus_Matt said:

You should get that checked out by a doctor.

Nah it's normal, I like to add some decorations on weekends

[Brad2912]

We have progress on the tower painting

[Spotty]

Surprised they are doing the top given the whole tower doesn't appear to have been given a primer? Unless only certain parts needed it. But holy crap what a difference it makes. To think when it first opened that's the colour the tower was basically.

[TBoy]

7 hours ago, Spotty said:

Surprised they are doing the top

Doing the top makes the colour consistent through the whole tower and makes it look much better IMO. I love the black more than the grey.

[Gazza]

I think what he meant is that he is surprised that painting commenced on the top without priming.

[New display name]

You only need to prime bare metal.

[Stevie]

I swear I remember seeing someone doing heavy sanding when I last drove past, wouldn't need primer if it's a nice clean base to paint on 

[Whombex]

It will certainly improve the sky line when finished. From today.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2022 by Whombex

[themeparkman]

Will they bring back tower of terror to dreamworld tower an updated version possibly on the other side.

[rappa]

No

[Whombex]

10 hours ago, rappa said:

No

Moving on, pics from today. Will they continue the rock garden decor over to the Drop? What will be done around the building’s base? 
just feels like a lot of wasted space if they don’t do anything, as they relocated train line frees up lots of room. 

This would have been the perfect chance to remove spaghetti junction as well and make an easier queue closer to the building. Something people here have suggested for years (myself included).

[seatfiller]

I love the new colour! Helps it stand out a lot more and looks like it makes the old TOT supports blend in too 

[New display name]

Maybe DW are utilising the remaining TOT connections to install the new lighting to.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

14 minutes ago, New display name said:

Maybe DW are utilising the remaining TOT connections to install the new lighting to.

I'm pretty sure we had it confirmed to be going on the west side, not the south.

[New display name]

I've seen your post about what side you think it will go on but nothing about it being confirmed.  

How is my eye cached from all directions if the new lighting display is only installed on the North?

"We're installing a brand-new lighting display to rejuvenate the iconic look of the Gold Coast skyline.
With a new illuminated lettering lighting display, the Giant Drop Tower will remain an eye-catcher, dusk till dawn from all directions of the Gold Coast."

 

 

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Yes, this was my argument too. North and South facing the highway and the greater gold coast makes sense (to me) but it was later confirmed (can confirm - by Greg Yong himself) that it was going west facing the highway.

[New display name]

You must have seen Greg's comments somewhere else.