Official Kamikaze Thread

[joz]

DEAP - Where did you work as a lifeguard?

[Gazza]

^^Bingo, a water park is not the place people would get sloshed at anyway (Probably to expensive for that). I'd imagine they would be serving it just to fill a gap in their offerings, suprise but some people just have a drink because they enjoy it (I think that has sort of been forgotten in all this hype about binge drinking...there seems to be an assumption that people only drink to get drunk), so its nothing more than a complement to their existing F&B offerings. Besides, the attractions already state they are not to be used by those under the influence, so I'd imagine the staff would be able to pull up anybody who somehow did get drunk at the park before any dangerous situations managed to occur.

Edited September 16, 2008 by Gazza

[WalleyWorld]

Back on topic with the new ride, I've been going past W'nW for the past 3 days (on holidays, doing all the themeparks with my family, except W'n'W ) and I still haven't taken a pic from the bus yet. I'll get one on Thursday, going to DW. The whole ride is up, both slides are up I'm pretty sure and the tower. The slide is white with bright blue side gards, so u don't fly off the sides. And the tower is painted....urgghh, makes sick every time i think of the colour. Is painted BRIGHT RED. The whole tower, stairs, supports, everything RED . At least now they are getting a bit more adventurous with colours they use to paint their slides. Other than the combination of white, blue, green, yellow and black. As i said i'll try and get a pick from the bus tomoz.

[DEAP]

To Joz, I've worked in various places around the gold coast as a life guard, some positions more relevant to this site than others, but any way. Guys i don't mean to steer the topic ... well off topic again but you don't have to be "sloshed" for alcohol and water to be a bad combination. That all i gonna say about that. Coaster teen i drove past this today and the red is nearly blinding form the highway it'll be interesting to see it up close.

[Swanny]

And the tower is painted....urgghh, makes sick every time i think of the colour. Is painted BRIGHT RED. The whole tower, stairs, supports, everything RED . At least now they are getting a bit more adventurous with colours they use to paint their slides. Other than the combination of white, blue, green, yellow and black.

I actually preferred it when WnW had a consistent colour scheme throughout the entire park. It just made everything flow better. The colours gave it a more tropical look.. it suited the park. I haven't seen it yet, but this bright red colour sounds as if it sticks out quite badly. The large variety of colours works for WWW because the park itself somewhat reflects this fun, busy nature. Wheras WnW, to me, seems to have a more relaxed, tropical feel.

[Gazza]

Ill have to check it out, but could the red be part of a sort of Japanese theme?

[rappa]

I think the tower looks great as red. And as for the bar... its only serving mid strength beer and frozen slushy chick drinks... So its not like its serving hard spirits.

[jjuttp]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjl-m-DTYI towards the end it has footage of one operating in singapore

[jjuttp]

i just noticed that the link that gazza posted at the start of the topic is the website for the water fun products rides the ride featured is the side winder in singapore (wild wild wet) i know this from the video that i just posted yesterday (^^^^)

[cadboy]

Heres the latest release from Myfun:

NEW ATTRACTION PLANNED FOR WET'N'WILD WATER WORLD! Welcome to the future of waterslides! Kamikaze is a wicked multi-million dollar ride ‘on the edge’ of innovation and design technology that will be launched at Wet’n’Wild Water World in September, making this summer Wet’n’Wild’s Biggest’n’Best ever!! Kamikaze is a unique combination wet/dry attraction and the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Water spray jets provide a frictionless surface on the giant U-shaped slide as rafts are channelled effortlessly to the bottom. Thrill seekers won’t be able to get enough of this awesome new ride as they plunge down a sheer 11m drop at an angle of 70 degrees – it feel like it’s almost vertical!! Guests will ride if they dare, reaching exhilarating speeds of up to 50km/h as they fly in forward and reverse motions in an extreme thrill experience including a ‘zero gravity’ sensation. It’s great fun for all the family. This new ride is another first for Australia’s biggest water theme park, who introduced the world’s first wet coaster Surfrider last summer.

How is it a wet and dry attraction?

[Gazza]

Because its not as full on wet as slides that land in a pool. Your feet, and bum get wet at most. PS Richo, first photo of it that I uploaded was incorrectly tagged (Forgot to give it construction and Kamakaze tags)

Edited September 24, 2008 by Gazza

[mickey_079]

Thanks for the picture Gaz. Although that Kamikaze sign reminds me a lot of RCT3, it just.. has nothing to it.

[WalleyWorld]

Great pics Gazza. It looks like they have taken inspiration from WWW's BRO for the shade sails ontop of the ride. Just wondering, cause I can't really see in the picture, but will Kamikaze have a conveabelt to take the rafts up? Because I can't stand taking up huge tubes . That's probably why I like WWW over W'n'W, because most of the slides use conveabelts to take the rafts up. Not so much the 1 or 2 person tubes, but the clover-leaf tubes are a pain to walk up the stairs with. And I just got a e-mail from MyFun about the Kamikaze. They major thing they say is that it will be opening on the 1st of October, so not long now guys:

WIN 1 of 5 Family Passes to ride Kamikaze at Wet’n’Wild Water World! Kamikaze is a wicked multi-million dollar ride ‘on the edge’ of innovation and design, opening October 1st at Wet’n’Wild Water World, making this summer Wet’n’Wild’s Biggest’n’Best ever!! Kamikaze is a unique combination wet/dry attraction and the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Water spray jets provide a frictionless surface on the giant U-shaped slide as rafts are channelled effortlessly to the bottom. Thrill seekers won’t be able to get enough of this awesome new ride as you plunge down a sheer 11m drop at an angle of 70 degrees – it feels like it’s almost vertical!! Ride if you dare, reach exhilarating speeds of up to 50km/h as you fly in forward and reverse motions in an extreme thrill experience including a ‘zero gravity’ sensation. It’s great fun for all the family. ENTER NOW For your chance to win 1 of 5 Family Passes for two adults and two children (aged 3 – 13 years inclusive) to visit Wet’n’Wild Water World and ride Kamikaze! Don’t forget that MyFun Members save 10% off tickets*! PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE NOW And be one of the first to Freak’n’Fall on Kamikaze at Wet’n’Wild Water World. *On selected tickets prepurchased online or via 133 FUN. $3.95 booking fee applies per transaction through 133 FUN.

Here is a screenshot, If u prefer to read the original article lol :

Edited September 24, 2008 by CoAsTeR TeeN

[cadboy]

From the pictures Gazza put on the site showing Kamikaze there are no conveyabelts in sight (unless I am seriously blind) which means guest willl have to carry the rafts up themselves. Shouldn't be to bad though, from pictures they are only 2 person rafts.

[Gazza]

Ah, Freak 'n' Fall was the mini slogan for the ride (Like Mad 'n' Massive for Tornado), I saw it on a bus shelter yesterday and last night I was racking my brain trying to remember what it was. So, opens in 6 days time, I reckon I'll have to head down. One other thing, but I think the shade structure on the platform was a missed opportunity, they should have gone with an Asian style roof...Combined with the red structure it would have gotten a bit of a Japanese feeling across. I mean, still have it as shade cloth, but the metal framework should have had those curved ridges, instead of the dome type thing they decided to go with. See http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/US/Orlando/E..._Pavillion.html

conveabelts

conveyabelts

Conveyor belts?

[ShadowXL]

It wouldn't surprise me if you see it get a soft opening over the weekend and mon tues for the media opening on Wednesday. They were taking down construction fences today in between the Tornado and Kamikaze.

[Swanny]

I still think that Kamikaze looks as though it's basically just half of the Tornado funnel.

[GoGoBoy]

Why can't I see these alleged pictures? What am I missing? Everytime I log into a thread recently everyone is saying "wow, great pictures!" but I can never find where they are anymore

[Gazza]

^Everyone is referring to the pics uploaded into the galleries.

[rappa]

Yeah I wish people would link to their pics in their post, its kinda of annoying if you don't regularly check the front page which I know I don't... Anyway Kamikaze was testing with staff yesterday afternoon so opening is not far away now.

[Troy81]

The talk is for an open this week.

[Dylaan]

So would this ride similar to the Tornado minus the small drop at the end? The tubes look interesting with the back support and all. I still haven't worked out whether riding backwards is better or not... Looks great!

[Park Addict 93]

Looks like Wet N Wild/MyFun pass holders will get in a little early.

We’d like to treat you, our VIP Annual Pass holders with exclusive entry to ride Kamikaze one hour before Wet’n’Wild Water World opens to the public. And breakfast is on us! Numbers will be limited so RSVP early! Wednesday, 8th October 2008 Entry is strictly between 8.30am and 8.45am

[GoGoBoy]

But I can't even find the pics in the galleries! I'm having issues with the galleries and trying to find what I'm looking for

[Gazza]

http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coas...5-24_09_08.html http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coas...4-24_09_08.html Do they work?