I've just bought a platinum pass so I'm all set for the next two years!

Does that mean with your limited finances, you won't be getting a VRTP pass?

2 hours ago, Santa07 said:

Well anyone who is going today, please give us a nice trip report on the ride, and possibly some pics.

I'm going to the park today, pretty excited ?

and of course I will do a review  

Edited December 26, 201510 yr by The_Ninja_59

Menu for the Grid Burgers. Food sounds nice and seems reasonably priced:

And you now queue in the inside out the building:

Photos from TPSN

just got off the ride, It's much smoother than Cyclone hands down, the theming in the queue line is pretty good, as what Magicain said, you queue up in the turbine room and you exit where the entrance for the Cyclone was, I'm giving it an 8/10  

^Is the lift hill smoother now, or is there still that rocking back and forth? And when you come back into the station, do you still stop 10m back from the station, and then every metre stop and move again?

49 minutes ago, themagician said:

^Is the lift hill smoother now, or is there still that rocking back and forth? And when you come back into the station, do you still stop 10m back from the station, and then every metre stop and move again?

the ride doesn't rock back and forth when going up, and it stops only once when it's coming back into the station not every meter  

1 hour ago, themagician said:

Menu for the Grid Burgers. Food sounds nice and seems reasonably priced:

And you now queue in the inside out the building:

Photos from TPSN

I thought it was illegal for Australian theme parks to sell alcohol, being family friendly places.

Its great to hear that Cyclone has become better. I am looking forward to trying it out myself. Are the cobwebs still in the station or did DW clean them up?

 

@XxMrYoshixX

they cleaned all cobwebs in the station  

1 hour ago, The_Ninja_59 said:

just got off the ride, It's much smoother than Cyclone hands down, the theming in the queue line is pretty good, as what Magicain said, you queue up in the turbine room and you exit where the entrance for the Cyclone was, I'm giving it an 8/10  

What would you have rated it before the refurb? What are the queue times like for it, are the staff trying to cycle quickly?

Edited December 26, 201510 yr by Santa07

@Santa07

I would give Cyclone a 5/10 before the refurbishement 

wait times have been around 15 mins max

I can also confirm the onboard audio is working for now..

oh and the dispatches are very quick 

Happy days. Will definitly be riding it once again on my next visit.

Edited December 26, 201510 yr by themagician

Well I have something great to look forward to when I most likely go next week. Cyclone was a fun ride, but it was painful and that meant I couldn't enjoy it as much. And the queue and station looked like a scrapyard. 

also I can confirm that Vekoma is responsible for making the new trains

Is the audio any good? Is it audible and does it work with the ride?

10 minutes ago, Santa07 said:

Is the audio any good? Is it audible and does it work with the ride?

the audio that's playing on the ride is pretty good, it plays techno music during whole rides time.

3 hours ago, XxMrYoshixX said:

I thought it was illegal for Australian theme parks to sell alcohol, being family friendly places.

Its great to hear that Cyclone has become better. I am looking forward to trying it out myself. Are the cobwebs still in the station or did DW clean them up?

 

No more illegal than a cinema or a restaurant and those are family friendly places. Only time it is illegal is if they don't have a liquor license or if the person has had too much to drink and they keep selling alcohol. You will find most Australian parks are licensed to sell alcohol for the duration of opening plus outside of operating hours to cater for functions and events.

3 hours ago, XxMrYoshixX said:

I thought it was illegal for Australian theme parks to sell alcohol, being family friendly places.

Its great to hear that Cyclone has become better. I am looking forward to trying it out myself. Are the cobwebs still in the station or did DW clean them up?

 

Billabong restaurant has sold alcoholic beverages for as long as I can remember you just can't bring your own in.

Or take it away from the area. Usually it's licenced just for a specific zone, can't walk around the park with a beer, etc. 

The Peter Brock (or whatever his name is) museum looks pretty well done. I just wish they'd gone for something I was interested in. 

To me it's a shed full of old cars!

I like the concept of a walk through attraction though. 

12 minutes ago, pushbutton said:

To me it's a shed full of old cars!

LOL

That makes 2 of us.

pictures from today

 

 

Edited December 26, 201510 yr by The_Ninja_59

7 minutes ago, The_Ninja_59 said:

pictures from today

 

In this photo - were you standing back and there was no one else there? It looks like you should be able to walk closer but I'm just surprised there's no one else there???

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

LOL

That makes 2 of us.

3 of us. have fun with your car garage and repainted cyclone dw i'm going to MW next year

Edited December 26, 201510 yr by bladex

Looks great. But not great enough for me to get a new pass. I always thought the Cyclone was too short anyway...

Cyclone still appears on the Dreamworld app.