I mean, it has been done before... why not again?

Oh right, because labour is prohibitively expensive which is why B&M, Vekoma and Intamin have all built manufacturing facilities in China, right?

FWIW B&M Fabricate in Ohio, Vekoma & Intamin do it in Slovakia.

Vekoma also have a plant in China.

 

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Who builds coasters in Australia?

Pivot leisure when they existed.

Edited April 4, 20241 yr by Gazza

8 hours ago, New display name said:

Who builds coasters in Australia?

Also Logan steel fabricated the track for steel tiapan

12 hours ago, Themepark Enthusist said:

Also Logan steel fabricated the track for steel tiapan

No they didn't.

13 hours ago, Themepark Enthusist said:

Also Logan steel fabricated the track for steel tiapan

Logan Steel installed the track, they didnt make it. All Mack rides track are made by hand in Germany. The track was half made already sitting in a field in China when Dreamworld brought it. From what I have been told.

On 5/4/2024 at 10:37 AM, rac2703 said:

Almost announced an announcement there, so exciting.

1 hour ago, aaronm said:

Almost announced an announcement there, so exciting.

It’s almost cute, in a way, that they think people are actually hyped about Flash’s opening.

They should be. We know its a relocation and it isn't all that, but they're doing something (albeit it seems to have run into it's fair share of road blocks along the way) and the focus on BTS content and construction updates and the like isn't something we've seen a lot of from our parks before.

I don't want to pour shit on the effort because honestly I want it to continue...

On 06/04/2024 at 5:04 PM, Tricoart said:

It’s almost cute, in a way, that they think people are actually hyped about Flash’s opening.

I'm hyped of MW's chance, of having an extra ride open, but if you go by @ShakeShacktheory, Flash will close each year when Superman & Batwing closes for maintenance, which doesn't fix the issues MW have every February-March.

i mean, by the time flash goes down for maintenance (assuming annual and not doomsday) you'll have three other rollercoasters open and theoretically all operational while this lot are down for refurb.

1 hour ago, New display name said:

'm hyped of MW's chance, of having an extra ride open, but if you go by @ShakeShacktheory, Flash will close each year when Superman & Batwing closes for maintenance, which doesn't fix the issues MW have every February-March.

When did I say it will close with them each year?

I said they were closed to assist with the build, not it's annual maintenance.

Edited April 8, 20241 yr by ShakeShack

I'm jumping the gun @ShakeShack

i think it’s safe to say considering Superman and Batwing both close at the same time every year for maintenance, Flash will be joining them. if it doesn’t i’ll be shocked.

They might be able to re-jig Batwing's maintenance a little bit potentially, maybe have it close early feb (Just after Aust Day) and re-open early march and then have Superman / Flash close. That would make the most sense.

1 hour ago, Rivals said:

i think it’s safe to say considering Superman and Batwing both close at the same time every year for maintenance, Flash will be joining them. if it doesn’t i’ll be shocked.

Depending on its actual opening date it will need to at least go down prior to the annual anniversary of its return to service to meet the OEM's planned maintenance schedule. What they could do however is conduct an earlier planned maintenance during this calendar year to realign its placement instead of having all 3 rides closed at the same time in that vicinity. In the future Flash and Superman don't necessarily need to have their shutdown at the same time. Board and boggy lifting for Surfrider always occurred outside of operating hours. Track work on either will be a different story.  

However the challenge in the future is also going to be how this will all fall when you have the two new coasters, flash and Scooby back in the mix. Technically adding in Marvin also they now have 4 new amusement devices at Movie World. 

Time is limiting when you factor in avoiding school holidays where possible, you want all the high thrill and high capacity for October and you want to avoid anything falling in December so you don't risk overruns into peak summer trade. 

Good luck to the rebuilds/maintenance team! 

Have you not played RCT @Levram__? 

3 hours ago, New display name said:

Have you not played RCT @Levram__? 

Brb changing inspection time to every 60 minutes...

Just demolish it and place a new one over the top.

 

On 4/4/2024 at 2:47 PM, New display name said:

Who builds coasters in Australia?

Arkham and Gold Coaster were subcontracted to the same local company (able leisure) who made the track and supports in their Melbourne shop off the vekoma/arrow plans.

Different time though I’m pretty sure most coasters built here until the 2000’s were subcontracted to local manufacturers

Edited April 9, 20241 yr by Baconjack

Movie World have shared another update for the ride stating testing has been happening with Intamin, and after their inspections and testing, they will hand the ride over to the parks engineering team to commence their commissioning which includes the addition of harnesses and seats. And it’s opening very soon.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5mcFPYyrPH/?igsh=MWYyejZ4NHlweHA3Nw==

Here are some screenshots from the video they shared 

In case there was any hope left for it to feature the new Surf Rider OTSLs, consider them gone.

(From Movie World’s Instagram)

Edited April 12, 20241 yr by Tricoart

Movie world have posted photos of the installation of the statues

4 minutes ago, Rabbit2014 said:

that face.... please tell me I'm not the only one that finds it hilarious 

7 minutes ago, Rabbit2014 said:

Know what I’m seeing in my nightmares tonight