Adventure World 2015 - 'Mi2' Kraken Tornado slide

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I don't think the slated road extension would be too much of a barrier to possible AW expansion (obviously dependent on budget...)

Knott's Ghostrider goes straight over a publicly accessible road just fine...

Now - I know Ghostrider is probably out of AW's budget for some time (a 5 minute googling couldn't turn up a cost for it, but it's no doubt a lot)... but the concept is there and clearly it wouldn't be hard to utilise the land for some great coaster layouts...

The park could also utilise those blocks by using tunnels to cross the road (as well as transport systems like chairlifts, monorails etc) or alternatively just use it to house it's maintenance, logistics and warehouse, and use the existing sites of those facilities for more land 'in-park'.

Sounds like long term planning - snapping up all those blocks (it could also be neighbour-proofing) - and i like the sound of it either way.

[grrofunger]

AW doesn't have any land near the road expansion anyway - (unless they own the 'phantom' block)

just the main carpark which is apparently owned by the state government

i just feel it would be shit to have another road run through there along the boundary of AW

the 2 blocks AW own to the south have no road expansion issues and AW could easily expand the park into them

Edited April 19, 2015 by grrofunger

[iwerks]

Yeah and the problem of parking your car and having to walk across a road to get to the park. Not the greatest idea with young families. Let's hope it never eventuates. It's not like the block is that big.

[grrofunger]

seeing as the main carpark is owned by the government now...

if the road goes ahead - one possibility might be the government block to the south between the 2 expansion blocks becomes the carpark?

then if the park expands it would encompass and wrap around the main carpark quite nicely

[pin142]

Is there anything saying that the road expansion will actually go ahead. Looks like the School is making use of it for a basketball court and other things currently. The area Google Maps has marked out for the future road also seems too narrow to build something suitable for the amount of traffic it would have to deal with based on the amount of space the road to the north and existing road uses before stopping.

[grrofunger]

no nothing that i can find saying it will go ahead but generally the fact that the land is reserved for it means nothing else will go there and the road will always be a possibility

maybe the road will go through in 2030 or something

who knows

Edited April 19, 2015 by grrofunger

[Gazza]

You mean the Roller Soaker that used to be at Hershey Park?

No, he meant Bandit Bomber at Yas Water world (Its in Abu Dhabi by the way not Dubai)

Roller soaker is a different ride, by a different manufacturer.

[iwerks]

A good view of the toboggans and the little monorail features in Adventure World's latest 'Throwback Thursday'. This is pretty much where the new slide is going to go.

[iwerks]

Looks like Screamscape has picked up Megan's TR from Adventure World.

ADVENTURE WORLD (Australia)

Park News - (4/20/15) A fun trip report from the rarely seen Adventure World theme park in Australia was posted to Flying Pirouettes. This park is off the beaten path for most coaster enthusiast trips and gives us a really good look at the park's newest coaster, Abyss, who also has some unique looking merchandise, especially the themed USB Sticks.

What got me is the 'rarely seen' bit. Really, because every other CEO is busy posting on enthusiast forums? That's the real story.

[dukeofwhales]

A good view of the toboggans and the little monorail features in Adventure World's latest 'Throwback Thursday'.

I seem to remember there only being one toboggan when I last rode it (early 2000s) - did they take one of them out before the second, or is my memory failing me?

[iwerks]

There were two. I actually thought they'd gone by the mid 90s.

[XxMrYoshixX]

Wait so the old Alpine station is the building where you get off the chairlift at the top of the hill behind Speed Slides? Are they demolishing it or repurposing it as a station for the new waterslide?

[iwerks]

Most probably. I'm at the park at the moment and will check it out later. The water looks cold.

[iwerks]

Busier than I expected at Adventure World today - probably because it was open and a lot of shops weren't. The dry rides like the Grand Prix Raceway had quite a long wait. Abyss, running two trains, was a 5 minute queue for the front seats and no wait for the back row. The voice was back on again inside the show building. Outside, it looks like a Guardian has taken a tumble and is resting by the main building. The lawns look well trimmed. The fallen crow on the roof of Below Zero has magically disappeared (it would be nice to have something up there for the riders of the chair lift). They also have a coin pressing machine for the Abyss.

Freefall was down for some major repairs. It was stripped of its seats.

The animals at the Aussie Wildlife Experience were active - saw the little joey eating food whilst still in its mother's pouch. The wombat and one of the koalas were also running around their enclosures.

It's great that they've got that announcement 5 minutes before a show is about to start so people can make their way there, especially considering that they wouldn't have their watches on if they were swimming.

Had a 'The Chief' burger - with two patties and bacon - it was very filling.

The shelter at the top of the hill has disappeared and awaits the next attraction.

Had a great day showing a friend around who had not been there in twenty years. He couldn't believe how big Abyss was and commented on how Adventure World was more like the Gold Coast parks now.

[iwerks]

It's all over for another season (we had the Anzac Day holiday today). From AW's website:

Dear all.

Today is the very last day of our 33rd season and on behalf of the team here at Adventure World we would like to sincerely thank you for choosing to come to Adventure World this season. We really do appreciate everyone’s patronage and support and we hope to see you back next season when the park launches a new $6m, fully themed mega water slide, the steepest and longest of its kind, anywhere in the world and tipped to be the very best in Australia.

Mark Shaw, CEO.

https://www.facebook.com/AdventureWorldOfficialPage

[XxMrYoshixX]

Thank you Mark for a great season. So now what do we do after the season's over?

[grrofunger]

sad day

[iwerks]

We can start speculating even more now that we know it's a 'mega water slide'.

What are Proslide Mammoth water slides like? I like the look of the dueling one at Jamberoo.

http://www.proslide.com/rides/mammoth/

[iwerks]

Perkins Construction appear to be building the new attraction (they also helped with Abyss). Their offices have magically appeared in the car park, near the Season Pass Members' gate.

[iwerks]

From Adventure World's Throwback Thursday:

[grrofunger]

not much to see yet but nearmap have finally added a new image so......

7th March

24th April - Demolition of building at the top of the hill

Edited May 4, 2015 by grrofunger

[iwerks]

That might be the easiest way to keep track of this project. We're not going to be able to see too much from the street level until it gets very big indeed.

[grrofunger]

I'll pop a new image up here everytime near map update their site.

hopefully they update plenty over the next few months

[AllegroCrab]

Had a great day showing a friend around who had not been there in twenty years. He couldn't believe how big Abyss was and commented on how Adventure World was more like the Gold Coast parks now.

That's the one thing I seem to forget every time I don't go to parks for a while, just how big these rides are. You see them from a distance and say, "Well that's 30m high, not too big", but when you're right up next to it you see how wide the track is, how big the cars are etc. It's still only 30m tall but it just feels like a massive beast up close because of how thick the components of the ride are.

[XxMrYoshixX]

not much to see yet but nearmap have finally added a new image so......

7th March

24th April - Demolition of building at the top of the hill

Whoa. That's a lot of space for the water slide. Still think it's going to be a Tornado from the land size.