This queue area is going to look fantastic and loving the steampunk aesthetic too.

All the footings are in place for the rides supports

And this gap in the walls is where the gondola will swing through and the entrance just in front of it.

Edited June 28Jun 28 by themagician

I'd say it's more Jules Verne than steampunk

I mean let's split hairs, but Verne is often credited as the foundations of Steampunk - though the style and genre goes well beyond Verne's works.

On 29/06/2025 at 7:17 AM, themagician said:

 

Oh how I wished that the pinch point here would have been widened.... 

Install has begun. Photos by @Theme Park Girl

Exciting times.

 

When the original Claw went up, the site was a desert.

New pictures from today! It’s coming along so fast too.

The other half of the structure was installed this afternoon. Just the motor and pendulum arm to go!

9 minutes ago, themagician said:

The other half of the structure was installed this afternoon. Just the motor and pendulum arm to go!

I saw that too! Here’s a picture

19 hours ago, HarryHeHe8 said:

It’s coming along so fast too.

Claw came together similarly fast. When you think about it - it's four supports, the motor assembly and the swing arm\gondola. It kinda has to go up quick because each side of the supports relies on the other side to hold each other (which is why there are so many cranes holding everything as it goes up)

Once it's up though you can expect to see visible progress slow a bit as the finer details are taken care of.

 

Honestly though - if we keep getting good weather, we could see testing by September... fingers crossed for an earlier than boxing day open!

19 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Honestly though - if we keep getting good weather, we could see testing by September

Considering The Claw started construction at the start of the year and was open in September, I’m honestly expecting a similar timeframe (if there aren’t any weather delays).

The Claw had half the theming @themagician and we are already in July.

 

On 19/07/2004 at 3:44 PM, kennykoala said:

I was at dreamworld on sunday(no news to give u!) I was at dreamworld today(monday) the supports were all inside the constrution zone...I was there at 10-30 today and they have already placed together two of the 4 supports, and the other two were getting ready to be joined. They are joined together waith a triangle piece, and inside the triangle is a circle, this is were im guessing will be were the rides boom attatches to the swinging pole. the area were the ride is has been fenced off wider now. the pieces are joined together put r still laying on the ground,,(i left the park so anything could have happend since then) so when u look into the area the pieces look like two big V' s joined...i didnt have my cam(i got a new digital cam so ill be able to take photos now for u. they have also welded on a maintanance ladder the entire length of one of the supports. (lots of workers there and big men in suits) (the triangle pieces must of arrived today because i havent seen them in the car park.)

This post from July 19, 2004, shows that supports were only being installed on The Claw in mid-July.

The ride opened September 18, 2004.

Dreamworld is definitely aiming for a September holiday opening.

Another great pic from @Theme Park Girl

And for reference, here is a photo of The Claw from many years ago.

You can see that the roof at the front right is still the same as gives an indication of how insanely big King Claw actually is!

2 hours ago, wikiverse said:

This post from July 19, 2004, shows that supports were only being installed on The Claw in mid-July.

The ride opened September 18, 2004.

Dreamworld is definitely aiming for a September holiday opening.

I want to congratulate you for trawling back that far to find that. That's really impressive. 

 

While King Claw might have 'more theming' than Claw did - the construction comparisons we've seen posted here recently also show that when Claw went up, the site was greenfields, so they built all the structures after the ride was up - whereas we can already see the majority of the queue structure is already up and ready - so they've got a head start on the theming and while there is still more to do - September is definitely possible.

 

1 hour ago, themagician said:

Another great pic from @Theme Park Girl

And for reference, here is a photo of The Claw from many years ago.

You can see that the roof at the front right is still the same as gives an indication of how insanely big King Claw actually is!

That's a great comparison shot there, although the depth is a bit different, it's definitely bigger.

It's an absolutely bollocks perspective, but the pines in ocean parade have grown too. Not sure the year on Magician's Claw pic above, but the pines on the extreme right were the height of Claw, and now are the height of king claw!

September might be the date DW are going for or maybe DW are giving themselves more time so they don't end up with another JR/MM/Train situation where after 7 months, they still aren't finished.

1 hour ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Not sure the year on Magician's Claw pic above

September 2012

1 hour ago, New display name said:

they still aren't finished.

Aren't they?

how do we know?

when was the last time something was updated \ changed?

JR second waterfall still not working.

MM wheelchair accessible cars still to come.

Train can't do loop de loops.

 

The last podcast Greg did with Dane Themepark Podcast I swear I remember him saying the turntable room isn't finished yet and there was still one more big piece to come, could be wrong though. 

15 hours ago, New display name said:

JR second waterfall still not working.

MM wheelchair accessible cars still to come.

Train can't do loop de loops.

But also remember down the road we’re stilling waiting on Superman Escape to have its queue/locker upgrades, an all new dining experience to open, Doomsday to be replaced, Scooby to open, for WoO to become world class and for them to sort out their electrical system so they don’t have wiring hanging above guest areas.

(The last couple I added for dramatic effect, but you get my point).

15 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Aren't they?

how do we know?

when was the last time something was updated \ changed?

Also too add there is still this out back.

 

I think it's safe to put to bed that this fencing was likely intended to be the envelope fencing, and they had to change to the black fencing for compliance reasons. There's nowhere left in rivertown where all this fencing would be practical, so probably safe to say this is excess (though hopefully in the future they can use it elsewhere)

Would make great fencing separating the train from RT

...if you want to obstruct the nice view of the land you'd get. I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that...

Now you're just talking about all the timber fencing already installed throughout RT @DaptoFunlandGuy.

 

 

Pendulum going up.   Can't be much longer to the motor is lifted up.