Parkz News Sea World's Sea Viper closes after 32 years

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Complete scrap metal now. They could sell off some parts to collectors.

Sadly, VRTP won't be selling any pieces of the ride due to their assets policies.

Not much chance of a wedding souvenir.

[rappa]

Well we've seen a lot of such items sold in recent years at lot sales.

But you're not gonna sell scrap metal and there isn't much more too it than that

[lolman123]

^the train?

do they still have the original train?

[westical]

they sure are in a hurry to tear it down...wonder why hehehehe

It costs more to do it slowly?

[Gary86]

Are they getting rid of the station or using it for the next coaster? If they tear down the station they will need to get rid of the old train stored under the station, which may lead to them ripping up the reaming train track, which they will then get rid of that annoying gate in the middle of the public walkway!

Keeping the station may be a good idea it will mean the new coaster will be free (no need to hire an annoying locker).

[Reanimated35]

LOL! You really think because they got rid of the train that they'd really go to the effort of removing the track??

[aussienetman]

Heading to Seaworld today. Pic requests?

[Gary86]

Photograph whats left pf the sea viper and station

[Reanimated35]

Photograph whats left pf the sea viper and station

Please.

From me, if you get a chance, would you mind getting some shots of the lake looking from the show seating area, a shot of the area around the lighthouse, then a shot of the land reclamation please?

[bladex]

Keeping the station may be a good idea it will mean the new coaster will be free (no need to hire an annoying locker).

who says their building another coaster?

[Brad2912]

No one

[aussienetman]

Some pics from today. Sorry I didnt get the shot looking from the entrance to the reclaimed land.

This is the best I could do without trespassing. I couldnt get any shots of the station interior. I am going to assume the whole thing is coming down though.

[Reanimated35]

Cheers for the photos

Anyone know what they would have been doing/trying to do where all the paint has been stripped back to white at the start of the corkscrews?

[mba2012]

Anyone know what they would have been doing/trying to do where all the paint has been stripped back to white at the start of the corkscrews?

My guess would be that it's where they've been finding (or were trying to find) cracks. It looks like they've stripped away the paint covering the major joins in the track.

Hopefully the corkscrews aren't in too bad of a state, I'm hoping they'll do something like Alton Towers did with their corkscrew and set up the corkscrews on display at the front of the park.

Edited August 2, 2014 by mba2012

[rappa]

I would say that's from NDT (Non Destructive Testing) which is used to test/check welds for cracking. It involves spraying on a special kind of paint over the welds which may be what we see here.

[zacsta_1997]

Hopefully the corkscrews aren't in too bad of a state, I'm hoping they'll do something like Alton Towers did with their corkscrew and set up the corkscrews on display at the front of the park.

Wow. That's a great idea. Like a tribute to the Sea Viper.

[Sam Cash]

I'm at Movie World right now. The Sea Viper train (if not all most sections) are up in the storage yard behind Wild West (heard it called the graveyard before). Will post a picture when I get home

[themagician]

^Any chance you got an photos of the new kids ride?

[Sam Cash]

I got some exterior shots. My iPhones camera is really crappy

[Sam Cash]

Sorry for the quality. ill take my camera later this week and get a better picture

[joz]

Cool watermark bro.

[Brad2912]

The watermark completely distorts the photo, especially given its poor mobile phone quality. Was there really much go gain by doing it?

[ShakeShack]

Heres the picture without the water mark over the WHOLE image. I always put one on because certain people (Theme Park Social Network) like to take the pics and use them without my permission.

[iwerks]

Some pics from today. Sorry I didnt get the shot looking from the entrance to the reclaimed land.

This is the best I could do without trespassing. I couldnt get any shots of the station interior. I am going to assume the whole thing is coming down though.

You mean you weren't trespassing? Pretty good pictures - they certainly tell a story.

Has the monorail been running with the deconstruction of the coaster? I hope they're looking after it - not many monorails of that vintage left anymore.

[aussienetman]

I took the photos from vantage points accessible by the public with a little bit of creative thinking.... yes the monorail was still operational. Vikings revenge still down.