supports have arrived for Aqualoop’s replacement, they look like pretty big beefy supports. surely this replacement is announced soon.

Cows go to the gym to beef up,  It wouldn't surprise me me if the supports went to the same gym.

14 hours ago, New display name said:

Cows go to the gym to beef up,  It wouldn't surprise me me if the supports went to the same gym.

Probably not your best moment....

23 minutes ago, Jobe said:

Probably not your best moment....

And that's a low bar to begin with 

 

50 minutes ago, Jobe said:

Probably not your best moment....

Good to know you're keeping tabs.  @Jobe @red dragin

Anyone know what kind of slides these are? I can see 4 trademarks waiting for approval for the park. 
My guess its a Bowl kind of slide by the name of them. 

19 minutes ago, mattcrombie said:

Anyone know what kind of slides these are? I can see 4 trademarks waiting for approval for the park. 
My guess its a Bowl kind of slide by the name of them. 

water

Dammit!   I was hoping for beer slides.

16 hours ago, New display name said:

Dammit!   I was hoping for beer slides.

You should probably cut back.

20 hours ago, mattcrombie said:

Anyone know what kind of slides these are? I can see 4 trademarks waiting for approval for the park. 
My guess its a Bowl kind of slide by the name of them. 

Body slides. 

Slide parts for the new slide tower have shown up back of house.

(photo from Gold Coast Theme Parks on Facebook)

First look at the new tower slide for Wet n Wild, photo from the GC. Bulletin 

New attraction complex will be called ‘Zoom Zone’, with each specific slide having its own name. Each body slide will offer a different level of thrills to cater to more guests. They’re on track to have it open this December.

 

 

I prefer open body slides.

Looks like a WhiteWater design? Do any other manufacturers do translucent sections in that many different styles?

https://www.whitewaterwest.com/en/products/water-slides/waterslide-fiberglass-design/

+1 for new slides. But nothing great.

26 minutes ago, Ashley Jeffery said:

+1 for new slides. But nothing great.

Agree, pretty lacklustre, but I suppose them keeping the tower was a cost saving option, hence why we have just body slides 

I'm going to buck the trend here and welcome the addition of some new, modern body slides. Too many slides in previous years have relied upon a gimmick, or a raft, and lately more attractions have specific group and rider requirements making a waterslide a much more cumbersome experience than the old days of WhiteWaterMountain - especially for single riders who can't experience some of these without partnering up with some random.

Sure these ones have the new translucent sections which make the body slide more of an experience than it used to be - these sorts of slides have existed at van parks and resorts up and down the gold coast for more than a decade so it's great to see WNW finally entering the new Milennium.

 

I agree, this is an upgrade. We get four different slides replacing what had become a relatively unpopular attraction, and will add some useful variety and capacity to that side of the park. Will we see all four operate at once outside of opening season? 🤪

Zoom Zone now has it's own page on the parks website

https://wetnwild.com.au/attractions/zoom-zone

As the name suggests, these slides have been designed around speed and potentially could be some of the fastest attractions in the park. Very interested to see which ones are fastest and what kind of forces they pull

“Soaring 17.6 meters (that's almost 18!) above the park”

Apparently 18 metres is the benchmark for exciting waterslides.

I am hyped for some decent body slides tbh. Hopefully these pack a bit more speed than super ripper and faulty 6 

It’s definitely not a bad addition. I enjoy these high throughput speed slides. But I feel the disappointment with this being one pf very few additions to wet n wild. I would love to see a large scale raft ride with a raft lift personally. The huge lack of slides with raft lifts at wnw is wild. Call me lazy but I think they’re necessary.

On 09/05/2025 at 2:32 PM, aaronm said:

Will we see all four operate at once outside of opening season?

I don't see why not. like whitewater mountain you only need one attendant at the top and one at the bottom. set up your traffic lights and people tend to self-load without an issue.

 

On 09/05/2025 at 6:06 PM, aaronm said:

“Soaring 17.6 meters (that's almost 18!) above the park”

Apparently 18 metres is the benchmark for exciting waterslides.

I thought you were joking but they actually wrote that. Shit - why not go all in and say 'the southern hemisphere's biggest almost 20 metre slide tower!'

Also (and it's their typo), a metre is a length of measurement - a meter is a device that measures. In the US they use METER for both - but that isn't a standard to aspire to, especially right now.

 

49 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Also (and it's their typo), a metre is a length of measurement - a meter is a device that measures. In the US they use METER for both - but that isn't a standard to aspire to, especially right now.

I get the feeling they’re heavily relying on AI for their marketing now