Sea World to reveal $50m spend

[Naazon]

The best thing about this is how open VR are being with the announcement. Early dates, pictures, names, cost. Not ignoring the big pink thing in front of the park...

 

Hopefully we find out the manufacturers soon which should be telling and then hopefully DW follow with an open announcement, no more hiding.

 

Also if this is $50mill and DW have $80, hopefully theirs should be killer.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

22 minutes ago, Thrill Seeker said:

It is going to open in September. It will showcase a variety of set props from recent movies filmed at WB studios. Full info on instagram.

[wikiverse]

I'm going to assume these renderings are fairly accurate to the layouts and models that they want to have, since they've already started land clearing.

Based on these animations, the Top Spin looks to be a HUSS 'TOP SPIN SUSPENDED' model with the back-to-back seats.  Which is a great choice.

Based on the supports and the Timberliner train in the video, the wooden coaster will be a Gravity Group model.  Any coaster nerd will tell you that means lots of ejector airtime and great transitions between turns.

If you haven't ridden one of these, and you're turning your nose up at the term 'family coaster', you're in for a pleasant surprise.  Gravity Group build roller coasters that are half this height and still pack a punch in terms of thrills.  This will be a great addition to Sea World and is something that Dreamworld could learn from.

[xRazzBerryx]

Gravity Group Confirmed ✅

[Park Addict 93]

What is the current plan for SW’s entry, from the GCB. Part of the Spit’s master plan now to be called “Gold Coast Ocean Park”

[xRazzBerryx]

Looks like there is a scale model on show in Shark Bay. 

[Baconjack]

Leviathan is a pretty cool name for a coaster IMO. Can't wait to see what Gravity Group can do with this coaster considering their reputation for fun small woodies. I guess SW have gone with the 'backwards' row after the success of DC Rivals doing the same thing.

These renderings infer the Top Spin will be a standard model and not one with an extra axis of rotation like Wipeout. It looks very similar to a Huss suspended top spin - @HussRainbow87 will be happy if it is one.

At long last SW are making use of the old Pirate Ship spot and the land reserved for Wild. I'm already too excited to wait 18 months for the woodie.

Edited May 25, 2019 by Baconjack

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

30 minutes ago, xRazzBerryx said:

 

 

 

 

Top Spin Exclusive - You will be able to sit diagonally on the ride on two seats 

[themagician]

I would say COTD is already closer forever. Considering the works already happening and it says on the attractions page that it is closed until further notice (but not listed on the maintenance page) it has officially closed already 

[joz]

I didn't know you could make a themed land just add the words 'Of Atlantis' at the end of the ride names.

[Rabbit2014]

This is fantastic news for sea world, three great rides a new wipeout at SeaWorld shame on dreamworld for replacing theirs with shade and seating 🙄. A full theme park model of the sky flyer and australia’s First Wooden roller build since wonderland Sydney the beast and beastie. And movie world bring Tom and jerry to the park as characters and studio showcase.

 

Great news for all except dreamworld they will need to have some big announcement on rides if they will continue to compete for there future.

[Brad2912]

For those playing at home & reminiscing of the good old Wonderland Days 

Leviathan will be 5m taller and about 25m longer than Bush Beast. 

Given BB remains in my top 5 rides (probably out of virtue of have never having ridden another woodie since), it makes me super excited for Dec 2020. 

Also very interested in watching the ride come together having not seen a woodie constructed before. Anyone know the construction timeframe for a woodie of this size? 

[Wil_i_am_not]

Woodies aren't like a conventional Roller Coaster (such as DC Rivals) in which pieces can just be shipped out and assembled on site. In most cases, Gravity Group will come out to the site and fabricate the track and supports on site, so I'd say that we'll see preparation happening within a few months. Considering that Wicker Man at Alton Towers took around 7 months, I'd say that around 9-10 months before opening is when we'd start seeing timber arrive. 

Can't believe Australia is getting it's first Wooden Coaster though, unbelievable!! I assumed that we would be getting a mid-tier GCI such as Mystic Timbers, but from what I've heard, the Gravity Group does incredible things, and with how far they've come now, I can say we should expect a layout filled to the brim with pops of ejector and floater airtime. 

[westical]

27 minutes ago, Wil_i_am_not said:

Can't believe Australia is getting it's first Wooden Coaster though, unbelievable!!

I can’t believe it either. 

[pushbutton]

3 hours ago, xRazzBerryx said:

Looks like there is a scale model on show in Shark Bay. 

I'm at Shark Bay now looking for it.

[Whombex]

15 hours ago, Slick said:

This is very exciting news indeed. Let's break it down:

• New wooden roller-coaster - looks to be a family coaster in the same vein that Jet Rescue is (TLDR; not really a family coaster) which is great news. Unconfirmed manufacturer. 80k/ph top speed. 1km+ of track.
• Trident-shaped sky flyer - not sure if ride goes up to 52m or whole tower including trident-head is 52m. If it's the former, i'm guessing that Trident head will top it over 60m+, making it the tallest thing ever to grace the spit. Unconfirmed manufacturer.
• Top Spin ride, unconfirmed manufacturer. Bit cheeky. Placement next to dolphin pools is concerning.
• New amphitheatre is being wedged in somewhere
• Movie World's WB Exhibit/Museum is getting new artefacts.
• Movie World's also getting Tom & Jerry characters in park from September.

Overall i'm really pleased with this - what i'm interested to learn is if they're going to leave Viking's Revenge SBNO until 2020 and beyond or if there's something else yet to come in regards to its future? I'm also going to guess that to fit this all in the bridge to where Jet Rescue resides is finally getting the flick.

The highlighted above were my initial thoughts as well. They're going to cop flak about that Top Spin being so close to the Dolphins. Personally I consider even Pandamonium to be too close to Tiger Island, and this Top Spin is even closer to the dolphins.

More current movie exhibits goes a long way to keeping the movie in Movie World. 👍

Going by the artist's image, I can't see the woodie extending as far into Sea Viper's footprint as I thought a ride would. The paths from Viking's Revenge station through to Jet Rescue sorely need fixing. I often had to help direct first-time visitors to Jet Rescue.

14 hours ago, Mc coaster said:

Wow let me just start off with I am really amazed.

For years Sea World have been taking out attractions with out replacing from the train to SV. The park has in recent years the park has become kind of a joke it has really been begging for this kind of investment. Recently we have been debating if SW was really a theme park or just a marine park with a couple rides but with this expansion I think I can without a doubt call them a theme park. Congratulations to Sea world and I can’t wait to see this take shape in the coming year. 

This. The buzz this site had during the whole time DC Rivals was under construction was awesome. Can't wait to see that here again. We've been bickering and whinging here too much.

[Gold Coast Amusement Force]

8 hours ago, rac2703 said:

Alternate rendering of the Top Spin. 

Same colour scheme as Wipeout before it was decommisioned as well.

[Whombex]

1 hour ago, Wil_i_am_not said:

Woodies aren't like a conventional Roller Coaster (such as DC Rivals) in which pieces can just be shipped out and assembled on site. In most cases, Gravity Group will come out to the site and fabricate the track and supports on site, so I'd say that we'll see preparation happening within a few months. Considering that Wicker Man at Alton Towers took around 7 months, I'd say that around 9-10 months before opening is when we'd start seeing timber arrive. 

Can't believe Australia is getting it's first Wooden Coaster though, unbelievable!! I assumed that we would be getting a mid-tier GCI such as Mystic Timbers, but from what I've heard, the Gravity Group does incredible things, and with how far they've come now, I can say we should expect a layout filled to the brim with pops of ejector and floater airtime. 

We've had a few already. But yeah, happy for a modern woodie being built. 

 

Also, here's a link to a much larger version of the rendering of the Atlantis Land. 

Edited May 25, 2019 by Glubbo

[pushbutton]

Thanks. Much easier to see the details. 

[Whombex]

4 hours ago, Jordan M. said:

What is the current plan for SW’s entry, from the GCB. Part of the Spit’s master plan now to be called “Gold Coast Ocean Park”

How much admin/back-of-house is there in that entry building? It'd make room for some more attractions if the new entry/admin was moved to the broadwater end of the car park.

[iwerks]

1.Who knocked down Scenic Railway?

2.Did Sea World just replicate Ben’s plan for Dreamworld?

3.The top spin looks to be in a different position on the model, so which is the final position?

4.So many of the GP think that the top spin in the SW plan is Wipeout.

Edited May 25, 2019 by iwerks

[aaronm]

Properly impressed by this, just shows Village seem to be willing to wait until they can build the “right” investment these days. All three rides are a good fit for the park, the “trident” will likely be a Spit icon, and the theming on Leviathan looks superb - let’s hope the real thing comes close.

Another world-first in the backwards row on a woodie as well, great to see them pushing the envelope when it comes to building unique rides.

[MARK28]

I have to say I would love to see the Viking’s Revenge flume ride restored/replaced with something similar after this... the park would be well on it’s way to feeling complete if that happened. 

[xRazzBerryx]

With the new area being built, surely this calls for a new boardwalk/walkway. It would definitely improve the flow of crowds & make access to Atlantis so much better. 

[Mc coaster]

41 minutes ago, aaronm said:

Properly impressed by this, just shows Village seem to be willing to wait until they can build the “right” investment these days. All three rides are a good fit for the park, the “trident” will likely be a Spit icon, and the theming on Leviathan looks superb - let’s hope the real thing comes close.

Another world-first in the backwards row on a woodie as well, great to see them pushing the envelope when it comes to building unique rides.

Honestly though I am not a fan of the backwards row on this not that it’s a bad.l thing. When it was done on DCR it was a cool because it was a gimmick it had not be done before so it was really cool and unique. I don’t want them to start doing this with multiple coaster cause I feel like it kind of devalues the experiences since it is not unique anymore.

Also its great that this is all going in an all new area for the park and they aren’t taking anything significant out also they still have a few spots to expand the park. such as the top corner were SV was and Viking. 

Even if the don’t demolish VR I hope they at least get rid of the station or something so we don’t end up bad bottlenecks.

My last thing is that the castaway bay of the area is already dead even on crowded days because of where it is with this expansion in the front of the park how will the back do. Hopefully down the line they add something in that corner to pull people to that are in the park.