Adventure World 2015 - 'Mi2' Kraken Tornado slide

[grrofunger]

45 or 60?

[XxMrYoshixX]

45 or 60?

What is the difference?

 

Edited July 11, 2015 by XxMrYoshixX

[grrofunger]

size

[iwerks]

60s are enormous. The only drawback if it is, is the lack of hybrid options. We'll find out soon enough.

[grrofunger]

looks like a 45 based on the very limited pic of the structure built so far and the space it occupies, hope it is only a 45 if that means hybrid options

if its just a funnel (either size) i hope there is lots of twists and turns down the hill

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

lol. Today Tonight's Exclusive.... not so exclusive! lol

[iwerks]

The funnel looks almost complete now.  You can see it much better from the street outside.  There's a pile of marble/paving waiting by the bumper boats area and some work being done in other parts of the park.  There's lots of green slide sections at the rear of the hill, next to where Freefall normally stands.

 

Edited July 12, 2015 by iwerks

[grrofunger]

love it

we are such diehards

[dukeofwhales]

Hah, thought I was going to get in first- turns out y'all figured it out over the weekend.  Anyway, Today Tonight ad this morning in the west:

Exactly what I was hoping for

[iwerks]

The West had something of interest in it? About theme parks? 

[dukeofwhales]

Nah just that ad for Today Tonight

[iwerks]

And I was getting my hopes up.

All the visuals tend to suggest an open Tornado.  I wonder if that was done on purpose.

[dukeofwhales]

I wouldn't mind a closed one purely because I haven't been on one of those before, but the open funnel does make for quite good spectating if there's an appropriate platform (a la WnW GC).

[iwerks]

I hope the West covers it tomorrow - there's not a lot of tourism or park news in the paper.  It's great that the government is going ahead with the $2 billion dollar rail link to the airport, but it still kills me that we haven't got Inspire WA off the ground yet and that Outback Splash is only slowly expanding its water park section.

That's a ProSlide Tornado 60 in the Today Tonight print advertisement, right?

Edited July 13, 2015 by iwerks

[dukeofwhales]

Yeah it's a Tornado 60 from 6 Flags Great America - taken straight off the Proslide website.  No guarantee that that's the model though since the ad was no doubt put together by Channel 7.

Edited July 13, 2015 by dukeofwhales

[iwerks]

Yeah, with their 100 metre tower for Abyss, they're renown for their accuracy. 

Edited July 13, 2015 by iwerks

[Mark Shaw]

All

The new slide Mi2 is indeed a Proslides Tornado 60. at 260m long it is the longest in the world, the steepest drop top to bottom (30m). The slide starts with a small drop to get up to speed quickly then shortly after enters a nice 360 degree section with another steep curve down then out into a long snake like section before the usual drop into the funnel. I'm sorry for those who were hoping for a hybrid. We did investigate this unfortunately the geotechnical reports showed very soft top ground which means we have in places 8m deep piles for the engineering supports. If we had added a bowl the foundations would have needed to be enormous and cost prohibitive. I think it will be a terrific slide though, along with the theming which itself is enormous and impressive. Thanks for your patience with the announcement. Please do not share on social media until after 7pm tonight.

 

Mark

 

Regards

 

[grrofunger]

Thanks Mark

A 60 that long and steep is still going to AWesome

Cant wait to go on it.

Pretty epic to get such a world class big slide here in Perth too

Edited July 13, 2015 by grrofunger

[AUSTHEMEPARKS]

Looking forward to the new slide. Thanks for the news. Good choice for a slide as tornados are very popular.

[iwerks]

Thanks Mark - great news, indeed. When does the season pass sale begin? We're lining up!

[themagician]

Sounds like an awesome addition to the park. You are definitely making the park into a serious competitor for the GC parks. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the themeing. Congrats with it all.

[iwerks]

Changing of the thread's title in 5,4,3,2..?

[iwerks]

Nice 3 minute segment. Good explanation by Mark of what we can expect.

[grrofunger]

sounds good

[iwerks]

Sorry about the glitchiness, but here's the story:

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Edited July 13, 2015 by iwerks