Sea World updates 2016

[Wil_i_am_not]

One quick question, is the old train still at one of the stations or has it been moved?

[downunder196]

Haven't seen it mentioned on here (unless I'm blind - sorry if that's the case) but the water park is history. What could the future hold? There is so much space there now.

http://seaworldresort.com.au/rooms/resort-extras/water-park.aspx

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I wonder what they're going to do with the mammoth - it's surely got a fair amount of life in it yet...?

[Original]

^ I'd love to see it return to WnW next to the other Mammoth slide and enclose one of them with lights and music.

[Santa07]

9 hours ago, downunder196 said:

Haven't seen it mentioned on here (unless I'm blind - sorry if that's the case) but the water park is history. What could the future hold? There is so much space there now.

http://seaworldresort.com.au/rooms/resort-extras/water-park.aspx

I love how 2 years ago Sea World had absolutely no space and now look how much they have.

[themagician]

Current progress of roof installation:

The extent of the work is going much further than I thought it would, so it seems the only way to get through the park is to pass through COTD and then through NL

[Theme Park Girl]

Some Sea World photos from today!

New bridge is finished, just needs a bit of tidying up and it will be ready for the public to use

Food plaza construction photos....

 

I reckon a fountain or water feature may be going in here ^^^^^ as it has a bunch of hoses and pipes sticking out of the ground in the center of it! Thoughts?

 

One of the artist's impressions of the new area is plastered on the side of the dividers...

Sideshow thing relocated to under Dockside is doing quite well...

A popup shop has appeared outside of the Monorail station near the front of the park, since obviously they can't trade in the Plaza area atm!

The permanently closed water park is still untouched, although the swimming pools have been refilled by all the rain in the past couple of days lol...

Annnnd last but not least, here's Hudson trying to squish himself inside a blue tub

 

On 02/06/2016 at 1:20 PM, themagician said:

The extent of the work is going much further than I thought it would, so it seems the only way to get through the park is to pass through COTD and then through NL

Yup @themagician. Due to numerous roadblocks, the only way to get between the front and the back of the park now is via COTD path, leading into the kids area. Then you have to go up the path under the bridge between JSR & Flume to access everything beyond that. The walkway at the Ray Reef entrance that goes toward Polar Bear Shores (where the time share stand used to be) is also closed off, as is Ray Reef atm for maintenance, which means you have to then go down the path past the flume drop and up toward the castle in order to access Polar Bears, Shark Bay and the back of the park.

Some attractions are now sitting in temporary dead ends as well, which means you have to back track afterwards.

Its a serious pain in the ass, especially with the monorail down!

Edited June 5, 2016 by Theme Park Girl

[Tim Dasco]

Not saying that it isn't a fountain however, pipes sticking out of the ground don't always mean plumbing. They could be marks or pipes for any other services like electrical. Or it could be marks for something else. (like a stage )

[themagician]

The park has really become just one big maze. If the Skylink was still there it would have made things so much easier.

[Reanimated35]

2 hours ago, Theme Park Girl said:

Some Sea World photos from today!

New bridge is finished, just needs a bit of tidying up and it will be ready for the public to use

Don't you mean "new ride opening soon"?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Am I the only one cursing the park over the size of that bridge, and wishing they'd made it MUCH wider?

 

As for the water feature speculation, that ring doesn't appear to be level, there doesn't appear to be any waterproofing. Its definitely got something coming to it, but i'm thinking more a daytime version of a nickelodeon light show they have at the resort or something like that. 

[themagician]

Just been to SW, so here's a quick update. Doesn't look like there's a water fountain going in. And footing for the roof are now in place:

[bladex]

could be one of them water jet things kids can run through while the parents sit and eat their lunch in peace

Edited June 16, 2016 by bladex

[Theme Park Girl]

7 hours ago, bladex said:

could be one of them water jet things kids can run through while the parents sit and eat their lunch in peace

I suggested that, too. The concept would make sense, given they removed the old one from the kids area, and they still have one at MW. However the placement is probably not the best, since it would potentially be in the middle of a major walkway ?? 

[grrofunger]

I'm gonna miss that waterslide

[bladex]

^^ well the one at DW is in a walkway and if you don't know where the jets are and you walk through at the wrong time you will get a face full...especially if your admiring the sculptures like i've seen plenty of tourists doing

^ they will prob move it to www later.

Edited June 16, 2016 by bladex

[Theme Park Girl]

It only is whilst Tiger Island is shut, otherwise it's not a main walkway, it's just a shop exit. And it's usually turned off these days, other than the jumping water vases which are occasionally on for shits and giggles.  

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

never knew a garden was a fountain...

[iwerks]

^What's the process? It rains food?

[themagician]

Should've gone to Specsavers

[Theme Park Girl]

God  So because I posted a while back speculating that maybe it could be a fountain or water feature going in that spot (because of what looked like pipes and hoses initially there when it was a dirt patch) he has apparently decided to take that idea and completely run with it... hook, line and sinker  I don't think anyone actually confirmed at any stage that that's what it was, if anything there was disagreement over the idea. I think its pretty clear now that it's a garden and not a fountain lol. So why is he still posting that it is? 

Edited June 21, 2016 by Theme Park Girl

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

I heard this new "fountain" that Sea World spurts out garden weeds  

14 minutes ago, Theme Park Girl said:

So why is he still posting that it is? 

because TPSN

[themagician]

People even commented questioning his post about it being a fountain.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Dam it he changed it! 

now the question what silly quote is the best ?:

a: upwards sitting pit

b: old wind machine

c: a fountain with plants

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

SPOTTED: Old sea world 'blue' loco in a scrap yard.

Thanks to @T-bone for the tip off