New Helicopter Centre Coming to Sea World

[New display name]

Why do you want DC characters at SW @pushbutton?

[Naazon]

If you take a helicopter at night, does it count as a dark ride?

[pushbutton]

11 minutes ago, Naazon said:

If you take a helicopter at night, does it count as a dark ride?

Maybe if it was inside the new helicopter shed, and it was at Dreamworld, it might be something some of the Dreamworld management  (or former management) might consider to be a dark ride. 

It's not though of course. 

[themagician]

[New display name]

I still can't work out why SW went with 2 different buildings.  One looks like a hangar that you would find at an airport & the other looks like a warehouse you would find in the back Nerang.

[Gazza]

Sea World Secondary College Hall.

[rappa]

It’s times like this I say we need MORE regulation of what you’re allowed to build along the Broadwater for once. That shed looks like an eyesore. 

[pushbutton]

That's because it's a shed. It belongs in an industrial estate, not a theme park. 

[themagician]

The first helicopter took off from the new helipad today 

[Brad2912]

3 hours ago, themagician said:

The first helicopter took off from the new helipad today 

But did it return? That’s the question.

[Jdude95]

3 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

But did it return? That’s the question.

Or did it return upside down in the middle of the carpark?

[themagician]

Nearmap update from August 17

[red dragin]

So had there been any changes to the existing helicopter pads? 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I was wondering the same thing... putting the pads outside the gate means they expand their potential audience as you don't need a park ticket to ride... I'm wondering though whether the captive market inside the park will be as 'impulsive' at taking a ride when its all the way outside the gates...

[themagician]

With the current placement of it, you can still ride the helicopter without a park ticket. A mate and I did it a couple years ago and he didn’t have a pass. Instead you walk through a part of back stage and into a small room, where they then take you through a staff corridor and then you are in the park. They walk you to the helicopter centre and after the experience they guide you back out.

I imagine they will still be keeping the current ticketing booth for it within the park, but you’ll have to exit the park to actual get to the helicopter 

[StingRay]

I've been waiting for Broadwater airport to open for a while now!.

[Slick]

Soooooo are they knocking this over when they build a hotel there as per the master plan?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

13 hours ago, Slick said:

Soooooo are they knocking this over when they build a hotel there as per the master plan?

Master plans can change. We've just finished discussing this over dreamworld... 🤣

[New display name]

On the news the other week or could be fake news, they stated the helicopters are supplied and run by an outside company and it was this company that built the new hangars.   

[T-bone]

So the Sea World helicopters are being outsourced now? Go Village.. it may not take as long as people predict for a chopper to crash into the Broadwater 😛

[New display name]

It's probably why the sheds look so cheap and nasty and if a helicopter crashed SW could play the blame game.

Sea World Cruises are operated by Wyndham Cruises.

[themagician]

The centre should be opening within the next couple of weeks 

[themagician]

The new helicopter centre is now open and in full operation. The in park booth is now closed. It will be interesting to see if they utilise it in peak periods. I do like that this now creates a hub for the parks additional experiences

[themagician]

The old helicopter access/viewing area is now fenced off. And I didn’t get a photo but there’s a very bright led screen above the helicopter booth installed 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

13 hours ago, themagician said:

there’s a very bright led screen above the helicopter booth installed 

No doubt just an upgrade to their advertising to try and catch more punters. 

It's insanely expensive for what they offer... But you can charter a chopper from SW to take you to Topgolf for a night with the boys, and have them pick you up when you're done for a few thousand. I assume they'd land in the MW helipad though...