Construction underway at Wet'n'Wild

[thunder001]

^As DJ said, wait and see and you will get a nice surprise. And please remember that the upgrade to WNW will take 3 years to complete.

[paul frank]

when i went the slide peices were exactly the same as mammoth river, i in fact first thought that it was the peices from mammoth plunge

[taronga]

I'm sure they could have better spent their money, rather than mirror clone an existing slide or 2.

[Richard]

The key reason for this change was to increase the capacity of this ride. Because of the nature of the Mammoth Plunge ride it had a significantly lower capacity than Mammoth River. The tower was already effectively 'maxed out' with two slides there and it would be far less economic to build a new slide of the same style (there is limited marketing potential for a homogeneous ride). It also just so happened that Sea World's speed slide was about at the end of its life. The way I see it they have very effectively hit two birds with one stone.

[Gazza]

I reckon if they wanted they could turn it into a racing attraction.

[coasterlover]

The Double Screamer was one of my faves at w+w it was differnt to the tube rides, I hope the new attractions have access for single riders it really sux if you have know one to go on with

[Richard]

The latest update from Wet'n'Wild can be seen on the main page. H2O Zone Gallery - http://www.roller-coaster.com.au/gallery.php?gid=117 Buccaneer Bay Gallery - http://www.roller-coaster.com.au/gallery.php?gid=116

Edited November 12, 2005 by Richard

[Gazza]

Good work, thanks for that Rich, I've been hanging out for some photos.

[lil' monster]

When are the first new thrill slides set to open?

[Adam]

At this stage I believe Extreme H2O Zone is set to open around Christmas time (most likely on Boxing Day).

[coasterlover]

When will the "Tornado" be openin? is it already being constructed or is that later in there plan?

[Adam]

Tornado is being added separately and will be opening sometime in 2006.

[Gazza]

So has anyone seen much happening with the extreme H20 zone such as the tower or slide segments? Its getting pretty close to opening so I would hope a fair bit has happened.

[tom]

I was at Movie World and Wet N Wild alot during the past week. The last couple of days I was at movie world, at the top of Lethal Weapon I could see green support structers in place with some slide also in place across at Wet N Wild. It looks pretty cool! From Mammoth Falls you can see alot of the new section, there are plenty more footings in place, which mean plenty of more slide elements! Unfortunatly I didnt take any photos... Anyway, hope that was helpful. The last time I was at movie world was on Monday 21st November.

Edited November 24, 2005 by tom

[dreamworld_rulz]

You can see photo updates here. http://www.ozcoaster.net/index.php?option=...&id=46&Itemid=2

[Gazza]

Thanks for that Rabid.

[Gazza]

So now, with the opening less than a month away, how has construction progressed?

[Richard]

Recent construction images: http://www.roller-coaster.com.au/gallery.php?gid=120

[dreamworld_rulz]

Thanks Richard and Joz for the updates.

[GoGoBoy]

I was just looking at the latest photos of H20 extreme zone (thanks for those by the way Richard). Now is it my imagination or is WnW building another stock standard freefall and speed slide in this area? If so, I think it's terrible idea. They already had a speed slide and they gave it a much needed upgrade and converted it into the speed coaster only a few years ago. Speed slides are so '1980's Australian waterpark' and are certainly no cutting edge attraction. If this is the case, bring on Dreamworld Water Park which will no doubt have better offerings. I'm not liking the look of H20 zone so far, nothing about it appeals to me. So bland

[kennykoala]

how is taking out mamoth plunge, and adding a mirro of the mamoth river an increase in capacity??? there is still only 2 slides again on the tower.

[joz]

Max capacity in each tube on Mammoth River: 6 Max capacity in each tube on Mammoth Plunge: 4 Does more need to be said?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I believe it does Joz. Now, things may have changed, but last time i went to WnW, we were a group of four, and we had to split to ride plunge, but we had extras on river. As far as I can recall, Plunge is Max Capacity of 3

[joz]

Eh, I knew it was 3 or 4, and knew that no matter what I said, I'd probably be corrected . The spirit of the post remains though, you can't fully fill a tube on Plunge, but you can on River, hence why replacing Punge with another River is an increase in capacity.

[kennykoala]

Eh, I knew it was 3 or 4, and knew that no matter what I said, I'd probably be corrected . The spirit of the post remains though, you can't fully fill a tube on Plunge, but you can on River, hence why replacing Punge with another River is an increase in capacity.

thnks joz, i was not aware that they didnt put 6 on plunge, thats why i asked.....i did think it was funny that ppl were saying it was done for capcity.