Current Sea World Thoughts (2018)

[MickeyD]

Hey @joz I'm just about to hop into my alter-universe transportation bubble and pop down to the Bottlo to pick up a pack of the hangover-less stuff..

While I'm there, can I get you anything to congratulate you on the new SW GM role? Top shelf buddy, take your pick!??

[T-bone]

The sad thing about Sea world (and village I guess now) is that they were parks that took pride in their shows and entertainment, the Sea World skiers, the seal show and the Dolphin show were top notch presentations that were worth the entry cost alone, now they are cheap contrived rubbish not even worth seeing. 

The same can be said for pretty much all the shows and entertainment at Movie World. What has changed? Can they no longer produce a decent live show? This was one of their key differences back in the day between Village and Dreamworld, now they are pretty much on par with entertainment, which is not good considering Village consider themselves the entertainment experts.

[MickeyD]

Visited SW for a couple of hours today.  It is always a lovely place to take a stroll and enjoy the Day with the Animals and Environment, if not anything else.

Being so close to where I live, if anything else SW is a spectacular Parkland and I am glad it's still there, despite seeing better days.

Some potentially exciting news; it seems progress is finally being made on the reclaimed area beside the old Corkscrew/Pirate Ship site and around the old Lighthouse where some dredging work continues.

Ray Reef remains closed. My guess is Village Lawyers found a risk and won't reopen until deemed safe.  Wtf Pfff..

Shark Bay is getting some TLC and Storm looks to be getting some serious work too.. tick!

A few pics from my phone..

[themagician]

That is some serious work happening on the reclaimed land, because last time I visited a couple of weeks ago, all that machinery and sand wasn’t there. So maybe we could see something coming in the near future 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

12 hours ago, MickeyD said:

 

 

I really wish they would do something about that bridge, and the stagnant water in that 'cul-de-sac'. If they're leaving it as is, just stick a water fountain in the middle of it to break up the surface, and prevent that sludge and crap from sitting on the surface - it looks feral.

Ideally, i'd see them tear down the entire bridge, landscape a ground level walkway (that isn't 6 inches wide against a chainlink ride fence) and make it a nice place to walk around.

Hopefully the movement further down the 'lake' is an indication of something to come - but i doubt it is anything large, as no doubt somebody would have found council applications if it were the case...

[themagician]

Works are also still happening on the dolphin lagoons, with fencing everywhere. And because of these works and the land works, COTD still mostly remains closed

[pin142]

Guess that answers the questions around the sand appearing on the reclaimed land.

[MickeyD]

Hey @pin142 I take it you are suggesting that extra sand is coming from the dredging work taking place in the lagoon next to Dockside? Judging by the colour of the sand mound in the second picture I'd say you are correct.

You can also see what looks like dredging pipes running from COTD Lighthouse area across the Lake in front of the Whale.

That is a huge pile of sand they have pulled from the lagoon, so perhaps all this is just SW making more room (depth) for their life-long Residents?

[themeparkaddict]

Council Applications show that:

- There are currently no applications submitted to the GCCC at this stage which could indicate a demolition of Vikings Revenge (or at least the main castle, not sure if the rest of the ride requires an application for demolition)

- The internal demolition works for the SEA JELLIES building application was only added to the GCCC website during SEP 17, obviously there were definitely some delays there, because council applications are usually posted online around 2 months after they are submitted

- Potentially a new coffee shop is coming to Sea World.

 

[Whombex]

Visited today, and next to the castle I asked a staff member where a nearby water dispenser/bubbler was. Reply was that "there was one near Shark Bay, but it's gone.."

So, there's no longer any water source apart from the restroom taps? Park map shows no other dispenser?

Over at MW there's 4...

[MickeyD]

I mentioned this in a customer feedback survey recently.. pretty shithouse really. As far as I am aware there is only 1 bubbler that is adjacent to the Ladies room in the Castaway area. It is just a bubbler- no chiller or filter and the water that comes out of it tastes pretty unpleasant. Not a particularly rewarding discovery being right at the back of the Park!

[themagician]

The bubbler near shark bay is in the Ray Reef area, and obviously because that’s closed for maintenance, there is no access to said bubbler. You’d think that the parks message is about recycling, etc and yet they only provide one facility to fill up your water bottles. For a park that’s quite spread out, realistly they should have at least 4

[New display name]

On 27/05/2018 at 8:19 AM, themeparkaddict said:

Council Applications show that:

- There are currently no applications submitted to the GCCC at this stage which could indicate a demolition of Vikings Revenge (or at least the main castle, not sure if the rest of the ride requires an application for demolition)

- The internal demolition works for the SEA JELLIES building application was only added to the GCCC website during SEP 17, obviously there were definitely some delays there, because council applications are usually posted online around 2 months after they are submitted

- Potentially a new coffee shop is coming to Sea World.

 

No such thing as council applications for building work anymore and what is the BLD application number for the coffee shop please.

[Slick]

As much as you could trivialise bubblers as "one of those enthusiast things like lockers or refill cups" I do think they're the kind of thing we should see all over the park, especially given that the heat in summer and the price parks charge for bottled water are both unbearably awful.

I see it as a win win thing, less people keeling over from dehydration means less frivolous law suits and less scenes in the park and more happier guests all round.

[themeparkaddict]

Alterations to an existing building and demolitions are available to view. These are the applications I pointed out.

[New display name]

32 minutes ago, themeparkaddict said:

Alterations to an existing building and demolitions are available to view. These are the applications I pointed out.

I can't see this one-

What is the BLD I have marked in yellow?

[themeparkaddict]

20 hours ago, Skeeta said:

I can't see this one-

What is the BLD I have marked in yellow?

BLD201804

I would be pretty sure that it's for Sea World as there is no street number posted on this application for Sea World Drive.

[Brad2912]

Not sure Why you are assuming it has anything to do with Seaworld. There are literally hundreds of properties registered on Seaworld Drive including a shopping centre which is where i think is more likely this tenancy is fit out is for 

[New display name]

38 minutes ago, themeparkaddict said:

BLD201804

I would be pretty sure that it's for Sea World as there is no street number posted on this application for Sea World Drive.

 

It's for Marina Mirage

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Edited May 29, 2018 by Skeeta

[themeparkaddict]

Got that one wrong.

Sorry about that.

Won't happen again.

Edited May 29, 2018 by themeparkaddict

[red dragin]

I just search in the name field for "sea world" rather than the address and it brings up the relevant lots. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Re: bubblers - i know it isn't ideal, but i'm pretty certain that food outlets will give you tap \ soda fountain water if you ask for it.

[Redboost]

Whenever I hear bubbler, Todd Carney comes to mind......

[joel]

Don’t know if anyone has noticed, but the new SeaWorld website are using very very old photos?

[themagician]

Wow, 2009 that image is from. Surely they’ve taken a new aerial photo in the past 10 years