^They aren't though, if you check out this pic: http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/in...post&id=985 (care of Saberon) you can see the middle of the bowls have what is called a "corkscrew core" which allows rafts to safely slide out of the middle of the bowl. The body slide version is smaller, has narrower lead up tunnels, and above all just has a normal round hole cut in the middle which you just fall out of and into a swimming pool below.

But as far as the splash down like twister it is far safer compared to the pool

Hhey, I used to think the style of splash down that twister has was safe....until I discovered an gif showing that isn't the case...which I proudly set as my signature (see below)

Edited August 28, 200719 yr by Gazza

I actually think that tower really is looking quite impressive and complicated now with so many pipes and track surrounding it, it's looking very cool!

I reckon adding a roof to the Rip and some lighting effects would be great. Then the bowls would have some variety. There is a ride like that in the US called Disco H2O. The tower will look impressive when it has the five tube comming off it, but its going to be a bit of a trek from the splashdown/que area of the bowls to the top of the tower with the big tubes.

Edited August 29, 200719 yr by TommyDig

I found a recent press release on the Macquarie Leisure website which mentioned how WhiteWater World has been performing well ahead of expectations. They then said this: "To satisfy this demand a further A$5 million expansion to increase park capacity is underway and will provide a unique corporate and group entertainment venue catering for up to 1,000 people." So based on this does anyone think there is going to be more than just the function shed and bowl slides? I have a feeling there may be more to this function shed than meets the eye. An old contact of mine mentioned something a long time ago about a plan for a function area in the middle of a lazy river. Could this be next? Any thoughts?

I'd say a lazy river would be quite likely, the park needs a bit of a chillout area

It's not a shed. It's got an ugly canvas roof. Good move. /sarcasm

I'm just wondering if $5 million would cover 2 bowl slides and the function shed? Seems like quite a lot of money to me and in waterpark terms should get quite a lot. Although I honestly have no idea how much the function building would cost them

But yeah, it's not a shed, just a shaded area. It is kind of like the tarp things at Wet'n'Wild where the SurfRider is going in. So that wouldn't have cost them a whole lot. As for the bowls, you would think they would cost roughly 2 million each. It is not like they are cheap. But I hate to say it, but there could be every chance that they were planned in advance to this, as a sort of short term development plan, rather than a last minute, 'oh we need to expand' plan.

I'm glad to hear that the 'shed' is going to be more like a shaded area. Hopefully this means there is actually more money for proper attractions. I think the cannon bowls would be probably be less than $2 million each. From memory I think the Behemoth Bowl was only around the $1 mill mark and they haven't even had to build a new tower or pool for the new bowls. Will be interesting to see what happens anyway

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but when I went, there was a freaking huge hole in the ground! (Before vertical construction started). Surely this wasn't just for pumps...?

If they are flood primed pumps then a deep pit is necessary as they have to sit below the waterline of the thing they are pumping for, how big and deep was it?

Took this a while back, you can't really see the depth of the hole though...

Edited August 31, 200719 yr by WnW_Rocks

Mac Leisure has made a market presentation, which shows a concept art of the function area as well as a picture of the new slide: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20070914/pdf/314k6jd94rpkkp.pdf Enjoy!

Jeeze, 38% and 46% operating margins for DW and WWW respectively! Where the hell are the big rides?

Edited September 15, 200719 yr by Gazza

I cannot get over how wonderful that function centre looks.

^Are you being sarcastic? Meh, its OK (as in just ok) does the job, colour choices are pretty terrible though.

Does anyone know what sort of theme the bowls are going to have? Surely it will be something to do with ToH? It looks like they changed the colour from what was originally planned too. I liked the old one better. I think they should be more matching. I haven't seen them from inside the park yet though. They might call them Huey's Current ie. Small Rip I'm not funny. That function place is about as hot as my grandma. I would have thought they could build another slide tower there with some Plummets coming off them. Or even a Dark Mammoth. But it looks like they have opted for some big shed that I am officially going to crown "Waste of Space: The Ride".

Does anyone know what sort of theme the bowls are going to have? Surely it will be something to do with ToH?

I dont think they will have any 'theming', none of the other WWW rides have any.

Well not to an extravagant extent, but they do. Green Room, BRO, Supertubes - they all follow a theme around surfing/beach or whatever. I hope the bowls are just like "The Cannon Bowls" - they need to keep in line with the other WWW standard of slides.

Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about the slides having actual thematic elements (which I was talking about, none of the rides at WWW do). With the example you gave, BRO and The Green Room are beachy enough with their names....but SuperTubes Hydrocoaster I struggle to see what that has to do with the beach, I remember from the WWW website there being some contorted story that made no sense, about a river dredging project, but anyway moving on. IMO having a name related to a certain idea doesn't make a ride themed, It would be like saying Thunderbolt had a storm/severe weather theme because of it's name. But yeah, I can imagine a beachy, or at least a water related name, they would sort of have to since that is the way their marketing efforts go.

^Are you being sarcastic? Meh, its OK (as in just ok) does the job, colour choices are pretty terrible though.

Yeah I was being sarcastic. I could have come up with that concept art using autoshapes in word.

They have a sign on the exit slides for the cannons that says "The Little Rippers".

They have a sign on the exit slides for the cannons that says "The Little Rippers".

I actually love that name. They have managed to tie it in with The Rip as well as keeping in with the Aussie theme

OMG LOL. I WAS RIGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RIP. haha that's the worst name though haha how slack. I bet they're fun though.

^I'm gonna have to disagree mate. I know it sounds like a really povo sort of a name, but when you think about it, it is really quite creative and context relavant. Take it out of Whitewater World and yeah, you have a really silly name.