Wet 'n' Wild Sydney Construction

[rappa]

Thanks Captain Obvious. I understand why people don't post on here and just browse. People like to update those who won't get to see it in its building stages yet you need to post utter dribble in return. Please Captain Obvious, tell us more.

Yeah can people just stop with all the snarky comments. I've seen so many posts lately from people who clearly think they are some kind of big shot regular putting down rare or first time posters. I'm going to start deleting posts if the attitudes aren't pulled back a couple notches.

[GoGoBoy]

New construction update care of Julys:

Check out the racer from about 4:01. It's a true tangle of tubes, some with translucent sections. Impressive. Can't wait to see the rest of it! Edited May 20, 2013 by GoGoBoy

[Julys Aquila]

New construction update care of Julys:

Check out the racer from about 4:01. It's a true tangle of tubes, some with translucent sections. Impressive. Can't wait to see the rest of it!

Thank you GGB, you should see the photo's so awsome in particular areas as they are slowly forming like the lazy river? which has the concrete being layed out as well as the man made beach slowly getting its concrete foundation, and in other areas of the park foundations and foundations for all sorts of rides etc are slowly but surely forming buddy, no need for photo's on here if you have video's....

Edited May 20, 2013 by Julys Aquila

[JacobSibbald]

I like the twist idea but mixing translucent sections with plain doesn't really seem that appealing to me. The white section doesn't either. I really want to know their reasoning behind colour choices.

[Alex Berriman]

I like the different colours being used, and its a nice change having hills and twists at the start compared to the others where the hills are at the bottom. Always good to see some change instead of the same thing.

[Julys Aquila]

I like the different colours being used, and its a nice change having hills and twists at the start compared to the others where the hills are at the bottom. Always good to see some change instead of the same thing.

Definitely agree with you Alex,it is nice to have a change and what i'm thinking is their experimenting at the moment as they have alot of time to adjust and readjust, and it really is good to have a park that differs from the rest of the world

[Gazza]

Experimenting? Watersides get made to order at the factory and go together in a numbered sequence....I don't think they'd have a box of waterslide segments and be playing around with colour combinations like lego.

[Julys Aquila]

Experimenting? Watersides get made to order at the factory and go together in a numbered sequence....I don't think they'd have a box of waterslide segments and be playing around with colour combinations like lego.

That is true Gazza, made to order, what are the chances of ordering more than 1 piece of the same pieces with different colours, i'm just saying i was thinking that they might be experimenting, in saying that i thought i might go down there today to take a few special photo's just only for this forum (if you look closely at the pieces there might be a possibility they could be shuffled around) and by the photo's it looks like the racer is now affixed from top to bottom and what you see will now be presented as is... unless they change the colours around... .

[Tomato]

dat rainbow mess

[Alex Berriman]

I like how the racer combines 3 different elements: part twister (just like the one from the gold coast), part BRO (white water world, spiral part), then what looks will just be a long downhill to the bottom.

[rappa]

It looks cool, I just wouldn't call it a racer. IMO if you want to race the most enjoyable is the good old aqua racer at gold coast. You want to see who you're racing.

[Alex Berriman]

It looks cool, I just wouldn't call it a racer. IMO if you want to race the most enjoyable is the good old aqua racer at gold coast. You want to see who you're racing.

Probably, just easy to call it a racer since: 1) We don't know its name; and 2) It resembles a racer, it just doesn't go straight down.

[GoGoBoy]

Probably, just easy to call it a racer since: 1) We don't know its name; and 2) It resembles a racer, it just doesn't go straight down.

I'm actually struggling to find exactly what model this slide is. Clearly, it's a type of racer. I'm thinking it's a combined Kraken/Octopus racer from Proslide? I can't seem to find any existing models of this type... they're either usually one or the other. So perhaps it's a 'world first'?

[themeparkgc]

I am thinking it is a 'world first', although I'm thinking its more like a modified WhiteWater Whizzard based on (what looks like) the single drop to the finish.

[Gazza]

It's a Whizzard, you can tell by the style of starter tubs used (The entrance to the slide is actually at waist height so you just tip yourself forwards rather than having to land on your belly like on the BRO/Super 8.

It looks cool, I just wouldn't call it a racer. IMO if you want to race the most enjoyable is the good old aqua racer at gold coast. You want to see who you're racing.

I quite liked on Taumata Racer at Aquatica that they had a system that gave your time to the milisecond, so you could race, but there was also emphasis on being able to negotiate the enclosed section well and be quick in general.

[Julys Aquila]

I'm actually struggling to find exactly what model this slide is. Clearly, it's a type of racer. I'm thinking it's a combined Kraken/Octopus racer from Proslide? I can't seem to find any existing models of this type... they're either usually one or the other. So perhaps it's a 'world first'?

Hey mate i thought i might take a closer look at the above 2nd photo and just below the 8 racer (or whatever it's called) is a picture for it's description.... its called WHITE WATER 1- if that helps...

[GoGoBoy]

Thanks Julys. Are you able to get a closer pic of that sign? I'm interested to see the photos on it. It looks like the guys above were right - it is a WhiteWater West Whizzard, but with additional twists at the beginning. I like the fact that they are going with a mix of both WhiteWater AND Proslide products for this park. They both have some great products to offer

[Matthew Hearn]

the land has started to be cleared when i was down a few weeks ago but thats all that has been done so far

i was ova at the wet n wild sydney Site yesterday 26 May 2013 and YES they are on scedule for december opening ......

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I like the fact that they are going with a mix of both WhiteWater AND Proslide products for this park. They both have some great products to offer

Kind of makes sense though when you think about it - it reduces the risk of there being construction delays when you're asking for 20 attractions to come out of the same factory at the same time... split the difference, devote half to each of them, the workload is less, and you can stagger their arrival to fit in with construction better too.

[jjuttp]

Went by today, i will upload the panorama later on. But the structure for a Boomerango is evident on the far side of the park (Home Base for Sydney locals). The large piles of posts near the road i'm unsure as to what they are, and no other ground work appears to have been made.

From left to right: Unknown poles, Crane, Boomerango structure, Lazy River, Fence.

Edited May 26, 2013 by jjuttp

[Alex Berriman]

Anyone able to check if nearmap has updated its image of the park yet to a later date?

[Gazza]

Here you go...3rd of May.

Uploaded to imigur because the site uploader seems to be non functional at the moment:

http://i.imgur.com/qB1jVed.jpg

Edited May 26, 2013 by Gazza

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Well thats nice and recent - good to see the overall layout coming together nicely. Everything appears to be well spread out with plenty of buffer between each 'zone'...

[Alex Berriman]

Damn, still at 3rd of May. Was hoping nearmap might have finally updated the area by now. Oh well. It's gotta happen eventually. I saw that this image was posted a few weeks ago and was hoping they might have updated by now. It's still good to be able to see the park from above and see a general layout coming together. Where the pipes are currently sitting, is that the front of the park/carpark?

[Gazza]

I think the area with pipes is just general pathways and seating areas?