Looking at the gap waiting for the final piece to be put in reminds me of the Michaelangelo painting 

 

Damn this is one impressive looking coaster, it's definitely got the wow factor covered. Next level stuff for our local parks, I mean even globally, this is as good as it gets for 2017.

10 hours ago, crowd said:

 

Just some I took this arvo long distant

 

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If you took these photos "this arvo", I'm Elvis Presley.

What if they were taken at 12:01

11 hours ago, crowd said:

 

Just some I took this arvo long distant

I love this angle because it really emphasises how much of a baby GL is now.

The lift hill does look a lot steeper than I was expecting.

28 minutes ago, Gazza said:

What if they were taken at 12:01

That's lunch time.

During my morning coffee the crane was hooking up to the final track.

Up she goes

Greg and a number of other team members are set up to the right of the MW entrance too 

Happening now final piece topping out the coaster

THE MICROPHONE HAS GROWN

Things mentioned in the video:

- The world's smallest microphone is no more
- Timelapse!!!!
- Yes the ride is safe
- Greg still thinks this is taller than ToT but Sel seems to know the truth (but she thinks less airtime is good?)
- Fright Nights info coming soon(TM)
- Subtle "screw Dreamworld don't go there" at the end

Edited August 4, 20179 yr by Santa07

And they cut the video before it was even close to being in place! 

That Greg is a legend! 

I love his joke about the microphone 😂😂

Edited August 4, 20179 yr by Ryande16

"Some big announcements coming soon". Sounds promising!

Ok topped out now only for Jokers face 

Theres gonna be so much air on the first hill when you compare to the size of the first drop.

...but that's bad? Sel said less airtime is good?

I'm glad they have announced that it will definitely operate at night during Fright Nights. That'll be a huge drawcard.

30 minutes ago, AlexB said:

...but that's bad? Sel said less airtime is good?

She doesn't know what she's talking about. Look at the hill, there will be airtime. 

15 minutes ago, jack.c said:

She doesn't know what she's talking about. Look at the hill, there will be airtime. 

She did also say the superman goes 110km/h 

44 minutes ago, GoGoBoy said:

I'm glad they have announced that it will definitely operate at night during Fright Nights. That'll be a huge drawcard.

AA was an hours wait last year for the Fright Night that I was there - I can only imagine what the queue will be for this.

 

4 minutes ago, Ryande16 said:

She did also say the superman goes 110km/h 

Which is almost more than the speed limit on the M1 

Long time no see, guys. Hope everyone is well I too was on site at MW this morning for the placement of the final track piece, I did a live stream (or three) to my FB blog - it took about an hour or so due to wind delays.

Anyway, I stuck around for a bit afterwards to grab some high quality piccies from a few other different perspectives and thought I would share them on here with you all, since today is certainly the day for it.

 

Worker waiting patiently wayyyy up top of the lift hill staircase for the wind to die down, and the final track piece to be lifted up lol

 

Now HERE'S a great way to get some decent view photos!

Full view of the track from the rear of the carpark:

GM Greg, Selena & the management team doing their live stream on site

 

October is going to be quite the epic month! Can't wait

Edited August 4, 20179 yr by Theme Park Girl

Amazing pictures @Theme Park Girl! Really good to see a lot more effort was put into this FB live stream. And amazing news about DC Rivals being open during Fright Nights!!

Has there been a sighting of the Joker 'topper' as yet? I'd assume that will go up soon whilst the white crane is in place. Once that's done there is no more use for it so can't see it hanging around for long 

@Brad2912 I haven't seen it yet, but I have had the same assumptions as you - they are definitely gonna need that crane to get it way up there! So surely can't be far off

The first supports have also been installed and the rest are on the ground ready to be installed tomorrow. No sign of the Joker head, but it is expected to be open tomorrow. The lift hill motor is under the shelter, and should be installed tomorrow or Monday depending on progress. The exterior of the station is also nearly complete, and more theming going up.