2014 In Dreamworld - Tail Spin construction, Wipeout refurbishment, Triple Vortex construction

[MickeyD]

MW could do worse spending 10k - heck, landscaping and redressing it would probably cost em more! Truth is, I reckon sw could use it too

[lolman123]

Is there enough land under storm (on the gravel) for reef diver? (Probably not) that would be cool though. SeaWorld could theme it to a mini cyclone or the eye of the storm or something like that. They could put more recycled crap around it. :-)

Edited July 4, 2014 by lolman123

[Gary86]

^They could always have it broken and say the storm did it. They have tons of land for more broken stuff under the storm, at least it could be theming for Coaster Pillers The Ride.

[Jobe]

MW could do worse spending 10k - heck, landscaping and redressing it would probably cost em more! Truth is, I reckon sw could use it too

Bang on MickeyD,I agree 100%! Seaworld, almost as much as Movie World, is in dire need for one or 2 quality flat rides to broaden out their attraction offer. Surely there is space left in the park somewhere as to where 2 family flat thrill rides could operate?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Is that really the direction we think MovieWorld should go? Take a decades old flat ride from a park that has cast it aside as being excess to requirements and near the end of it's life (and another small park tight on cash trying very hard to expand has also passed on it), and put it in an already crowded bat-area?

[Jobe]

Yeah agree It should not and would not be on Movieworlds radar in the slightest.

[casey96]

Been at dreamworld today and noticed a bunch of test dummies lying around the site. The whole pool area under the ride had been sprayed with blue paint and all the sand was removed from it. The maintenance team was testing and working on the harness system. Nothing new on the new thrill ride though.

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

Found this photo on facebook today of Wipeout that was taken today. It looks nearly done

[Reanimated35]

For the love of god please tell me there's some sort of shitty filter on that

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

Yeah there is, I don't know why they did it. Maybe this helps?

[themagician]

It looks like viewers will be able to get even closer to the ride in the middle section. I would say once the path is completed and the railings are put in place testing will begin.

[westical]

I have to admit the refurb of Wipeout convinced me to get a DW annual pass after a one year hiatus.

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

What day do you guys reckon Wipeout will open back up? I've just arrived here in Queensland from Newcastle and I'm waiting for it to open back up until I go to Dreamworld, but by the looks of it, it looks like probably early next week

[lolman123]

^Still got to consider path needs to be finished, fence needs to go up, waterproof the pool underneath and test it.

And hope testing goes to plan

Is the pool already waterproofed?

[Slick]

Cheers for nicking my photo and not giving due credit. Makes my efforts as a photographer almost worthwhile.

Yep very filtered as they came straight from the parking lot and I'm not too fussed on processing in my car. Expect some proper processing soon. It looks good. Not sure about the logo on the boards. Looks to much like game wipeout and not the ride.

They were waterproofing today. The smell of sealant was intoxicating both figuratively and literally.

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

Hey, a friend sent it to me by message last night so I never knew, sorry.

[downunder196]

Not sure if anyone has noticed, but Dreamworld have a Christmas Party event running 3 nights.

28th November 'Christmas with the tigers' $140

5th & 13th December 'Christmas Party' $130

Excuse my ignorance but is this new? I've never seen it before. If it has happened in the past what is it?

[T-bone]

Since it is on the events page, I'd say this is one of those corporate Christmas party type of events instead of something like White Christmas.

[Brad2912]

Yeah it's a corporate Xmas event. Been running them for many years, as do movie world

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

6.7.14 UPDATE AT DREAMWORLD

Wipeout looking good

The Big 9 Thrill Ride (spin and spew)

Hmm there's a gap here you think they would close it as there's no workers on the site but Hell No!

I think that the ride will be themed based by Kevil Hill since it's near Evilution and also they got rid of the giant starfish near the Stingray/ReefDiver

Found this photo on facebook today of Wipeout that was taken today. It looks nearly done

That picture looks like from the 1980

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

When I saw the Wipeout photo you just posted at first glance it looked like the water was back in. Not long!

[themagician]

Were ther always cables, or have they just been added?

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

Were ther always cables, or have they just been added?

They have been there since they put the arms back on.

[themagician]

So they weren't there before the refurbishment?

[WipeoutDreamworldFan]

Correct.