I am a tired 13 year old, so I'm not gonna write a full review on my visit here, though I did uncover a couple of intriguing things, to which I will list below.

1. Kraken now has a minimum of 3 riders per raft as according to an employee,"new rafts had to be purchased from the slide manufacturer.

2. Inferno (free fall) is now up and running, better than it was before, but still with the burning steel cheese-grater like pathway. Each rides was surprisingly different (as chosen by operator)

3. Where the circus top is, all of the land has been completely flattened out, and I may know why...

4. As for number 4, after a hard day working the higher ranking employees for answers and getting a response of "if I told you I would get fired", as the cleaning crew/ lower ranking employees did their rounds, I said to one of them "ohh I heard there's a new ride coming but everything is so secretive and she replied "well all I've Been told is that there are two awesome rides coming, one where bountys used to be, and one next to the Kraken". I was gobsmacked that she kind of spilt the beans, but bare in mind she is a low ranking employee.

 

 

1. When you say "higher ranking" who are you referring too? Park management? Ride or F&B supervisors??

2. Why is a cleaner a "low ranking" employee? What rank does a ride attendant or F&B worker hold in comparison? Why are they not the same?

3. Are you trying to allude that because she was a cleaner she would somehow be less sensitive to confidential info? 

Edited January 9, 20178 yr by Brad2912

I mean it n the scheme of things. People in managerial roles and ride instructors etc are higher ranking in the sense of a clearance level

My advice for you as a "tired 13 year old" is not to judge a book by its cover, or the worth of a person by their job title. 

A ranking is not an assumption of one as themselves, it is an assumption of one in a societal structure

They need to change the kraken sign at the bottom of the hill it still says 2-4 riders. 

A sign on the wooden queue barriers as you first get to the top of the hill previously had black tape covering the 2 rider option but that had been ripped off last week also. 

20 minutes ago, grrofunger said:

They need to change the kraken sign at the bottom of the hill it still says 2-4 riders. 

A sign on the wooden queue barriers as you first get to the top of the hill previously had black tape covering the 2 rider option but that had been ripped off last week also. 

The signage at the top of the hill for duel rider is covered with duct tape

25 minutes ago, Aw hype said:

A ranking is not an assumption of one as themselves, it is an assumption of one in a societal structure

Same difference. I've known plenty of people who choose to work in cleaning industries due to work/life balance, availability needs, enjoyment of the role, or because they have investing interests in the business. That doesn't make them any less of a person in a societal, or any other, structure. 

Regardless of your employment standing, CEO or cleaner of the CEO's toilet, everyone is human, has the same rights. 

You're right about most staff members wearing uniform, so it's hard to tell which role they play, but senior management, like Mark used to, usually don designer jeans, business shirt and aviator sunglasses - you could spot them a mile off.

It's possible that the second ride the employee alluded to was a direct replacement for Bounty, like another swinging ship.

Well Mark did say bounty was an unexpected removal and likely they would have then started talking about replacing it after MI3.

Give the guy a break. I'm sure it's just a case of a poor choice of words and he doesn't think a cleaner is a lower member of society than a food and beverage attendant. 

1 hour ago, djrappa said:

Give the guy a break. I'm sure it's just a case of a poor choice of words and he doesn't think a cleaner is a lower member of society than a food and beverage attendant. 

Thank you. If ur brain has the impulse to say that I meant disrespectful things, what does that truly mean

Thanks for the report, @Aw hype. Sounds like you had a pretty good day.

1 hour ago, iwerks said:

Thanks for the report, @Aw hype. Sounds like you had a pretty good day.

I sure had an AWsome day

 

Had my first visit to Cirque Extreme today.  What a fantastic show.  I went in with lowish expectations but came out really impressed.  I'd certainly recommend it to all who visit AW during January.  

As for the rest of the day, the park was quite full early on.  The queues were sizeable right from 10am which for me was a bit unusual.  I wonder if the opening temp of 35c encouraged an early turnout, especially as it was 27c by 3pm.

While it was a day for water rides, I must mention the Japanese gentleman in the front row of the Abyss.  I've never seen anyone go quite so bananas on that ride and have no idea what he was saying.  

Who is the CEO of the park now Mark has left Adventure World?

On 20/12/2016 at 9:52 AM, iwerks said:

According to an official comment on AW's Facebook page, Andrew Sharry is now acting CEO of Adventure World. He was the Chief Executive and General Manager of AW in the early 2000s.

 

Apparently, Roe 8 protestors have been parking in the main parking lot next to AW.  Unfortunately, because it is a public parking spot there's not much AW can do about it.

Finally found a classic 1980s advertisement for Adventure World.  This one is from 1988 and features that earworm of a jingle "Adventure World, they made it just for fun!". I somehow think the modern circus is better than the one they had then.

https://www.facebook.com/perththemeparks/videos/ 

Here's the source video - it's about a minute and a half in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBLhBjWtNc&t=423s

Edited January 25, 20178 yr by iwerks

5 hours ago, iwerks said:

Finally found a classic 1980s advertisement for Adventure World.  This one is from 1988 and features that earworm of a jingle "Adventure World, they made it just for fun!". I somehow think the modern circus is better than the one they had then.

https://www.facebook.com/perththemeparks/videos/ 

Here's the source video - it's about a minute and a half in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBLhBjWtNc&t=423s

I did smile when Bountys revenge was advertised as the big ride.  I had a couple of observations.  when did the mini beach in front of the castle get filled in?  Also, was water mountain a free for all in terms of how many people could ride without a time delay?

The beach probably didn't last much longer than that, I think, and was on the Cabana side of the big pool. I'm pretty sure that they still had crew members at the top stopping the people from bunching up on Water Mountain and they did what they did just for the ad.

I think the ad is interesting for what isn't there. No Kahuna Falls in front of the restaurant, no tunnel of terror and no racing slides. 

I noticed this in the video as well. Isn't this Rail Rider, and what is the thing sticking out the back of it for?

And also, Bounty's didn't have an ugly paint job in those days. Was not a fan of the purple, yellow and red the ride had towards the end. It looked like something out of The Wiggles.

That is a luge sled on the back of the monorail car. You could ride the monorail up or get in line for the luge in the old waiting area they knocked down in order to make the Kraken.

Yeah, I quite liked the original colour scheme of a lot of the buildings and the Bounty.

In case you weren't aware of the wonderful weather we've had over here in the west, Adventure World was closed for the second day in a row due to the heavy rain.

Abyss is also waiting for parts and has been closed for at least a week.

Paid a flying visit to a really packed Adventure World, today.  It's 37 degrees here and both car parks were packed out.  I ended up parking further down the street and walking in.  It looks like @Tim Dasco was right, Summer Nights, AW's proposed new series of night events scheduled for late February/early March has been postponed until next season.  They're promising some big stuff, but it's frustrating to learn from the third crew member that you ask in the park, that Summer Nights has been cancelled for this season.  I mean, if I'm a platinum pass member and not entitled to tickets to Summer Nights (although I was to Fright Nights) at least follow up the promise of keeping your platinum season pass members up to date.

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