I don't know. Compared to central station in Brisbane the queue for Superman Escape is quite cool. 

Clearly there must be something being done with a major component if Superman is going down for 3 months. 

They don't just shut a signature attraction for shits and gigs, don't be silly. 

^ This.  There's a big difference between extending a water rides maintenance period by a few weeks in the middle of winter (not saying that's what they're doing by the way) and closing the park's most iconic ride.  Makes you wonder when the Hyper will come online and how that will affect the feel of the park in terms of number of attractions.

When Superman first opened I remember there were queues over 2 hours long, so will be interesting to see how long they are for this ride, especially if it opens in the September holidays 

10 hours ago, djrappa said:

Clearly there must be something being done with a major component if Superman is going down for 3 months. 

They don't just shut a signature attraction for shits and gigs, don't be silly. 

Fair enough @djrappa I was probably a bit out of line suggesting cost cutting was at play. Like any business, it has always got to be a factor and MW is no exception.

Naturally the best indication is physical evidence of improvements etc once the Attraction has returned to service? 

Village have already stated that they need to make some savings outside of the already allocated Capex in light of areas of the Company that are underperforming. I would hazard a guess that closing a ride and performing maintenance versus operating it is a big part of any Park's budget strategies.

The issue can be further complicated by a continueing need to reinvest in older attractions (like Arkham having just one train) 

At the end of the day, it is the Customer experience that is the biggest issue here. Fewer attractions operating means less time spent inside, fewer dollars turned over and more dissatisfied Customers that will also tell their friends. 

16 hours ago, Tim Dasco said:

@AlexB you missed AA.

Since it's maintenance period wraps up at the end of this week, I didn't see a point including it. it was deliberate.

1 hour ago, MickeyD said:

Fair enough @djrappa I was probably a bit out of line suggesting cost cutting was at play. Like any business, it has always got to be a factor and MW is no exception.

Naturally the best indication is physical evidence of improvements etc once the Attraction has returned to service? 

Good chance though it's something no one will see.

Say a ride needed it's control system replaced. That could easily take 3 months but would re open with the ride looking identical to the public. 

Has SE ever had its cable replaced? 

4 minutes ago, Original said:

Has SE ever had its cable replaced? 

I would say yes. I know cedar point uses 2 cables a year for Top Thrill Dragsters. So I would assume that Superman has been through a few cables in its 10 years or so.

Edited June 1, 20178 yr by Tim Dasco

Yes

Cable replacement is a pretty standard job. 

Plus cable replacements don't take long. Cedar Point of got it down to a Tee. They can close the park and replace the cable over night. So a cable replacement wouldn't take 3 months.

Hi All,

 

New to these forums but it looks like SE Maintenance schedule has changed and no longer 3 months

Superman Escape

Closed for scheduled maintenance on Monday 5th June and will re-open on Saturday 24th June 2017.

Closed for scheduled maintenance on Monday 10th July and will re-open on Monday 24th July 2017.

Maybe it was a typo. As 3 months to 33 days is a big difference.

I have been checking the schedule daily as we are due to head up there from 27th August and love SE but was disappointed when the 3 month outage was listed....

Hopefully it stays as is now

This sounds more palatable, thanks @ShaneW and welcome to Parkz 😃

Damn that's upsetting they've added that downtime, planned my holiday next month around Superman and Green Lantern's maintenance and will be at movie world on the 10th.

But at least I'll get to ride Arkham for the first time since the retheme! And green lantern

Edited June 1, 20178 yr by diesal11

Superman Escape is now closed from 5 - 24 June and 10 - 24 July.

1 hour ago, Gary86 said:

Superman Escape is now closed from 5 - 24 June and 10 - 24 July.

We know...

TOT2 is closed down still..

testing on the ride was happening on the ride earlier today but it now has stopped 

Edited June 3, 20178 yr by Theme Park Ninja

Maintenance schedule was removed from the TOT on the Dreamworld website and is listed as closed.

Strange...

Edited June 3, 20178 yr by themeparkaddict

57 minutes ago, themeparkaddict said:

Maintenance schedule was removed from the TOT on the Dreamworld website and is listed as closed.

Strange...

 

I guess they gave up on constantly moving the dates so they just took them away instead.

 

Edited June 3, 20178 yr by Jdude95
Derped with the image

I asked Dreamworld whether the maintenance crew had decided roughly on a new opening date. Here's the response I got.

So it's here to stay obviously, but at this stage a reopening is still undecided.

Maybe the testing on the 2nd didn't go accordingly and something else needs to be done.

Super tubes hydrocoaster, the wedgie, and the green room are all closed 7-18 of June for maintenance.

That is so disappointing, we are leaving for Aussie tomorrow and will be there from the 7-14.

Wish they could just spread it out a bit...

@themeparkaddict As someone who also has to travel to get to the GC themeparks, I understand the disappointment when rides go down for maintenance after you book the flights/hotels ect.

On the plus side though, if you go to Wet'n'Wild you get to ride the Tornado (which is essentially the Green Room). And the wedgie is a very uncomfortable slide experience, compared to WnW's Aqua Loops (you ain't missing out on much not being able to ride the wedgie). Supertubes is a bummer though.....probably the most unique slide at the park and my favourite.

Edited June 5, 20178 yr by Luke