Steel Taipan Construction - Dreamworld Mack launched roller coaster

[themagician]

Train is scheduled to arrive next week. Testing will begin by late August. As @DaptoFunlandGuy said, they will get the theming done first and get most things that are on the coaster route done first. Then areas like the queue, paths, landscaping, theming, signage, etc will be done 

[themagician]

The fenced off area in the car park has been reduced 

Framing is going up for the rockwork

 

 

The fencing between BuzzSaw and Steel Taipan has started to be removed 

Edited June 26, 2021 by themagician

[mssveattck]

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQqUs6JMrsg/?utm_medium=copy_link

[Smol bean]

Looks like it will have a head chopper effect on the tunnel which is new for dreamworld since i'm pretty sure they've never had a head chopper before on a roller coaster. Excited to see if it will be good.

 

[mssveattck]

  On 29/06/2021 at 5:57 AM, Smol bean said:

Looks like it will have a head chopper effect on the tunnel which is new for dreamworld since i'm pretty sure they've never had a head chopper before on a roller coaster. Excited to see if it will be good.

 

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The TOT II tunnel was definitely quite the head chopper..

[Im Hungry]

  On 29/06/2021 at 5:57 AM, Smol bean said:

Looks like it will have a head chopper effect on the tunnel which is new for dreamworld since i'm pretty sure they've never had a head chopper before on a roller coaster. Excited to see if it will be good.

 

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Could you say Buzzsaw's station is a bit of a head chopper too?

[joz]

All of Eureka?

 

I never though ToT's tunnel was a head chopper for some reason. Maybe because you'd just come out of the tunnel a few seconds ago, or maybe because the turn was so gradual but never really was a thing for me. The only head chopper of any real note I can think of on the Gold Coast was Corkscrew's dive under the monorail.

Edited June 29, 2021 by joz

[Rabbit2014]

Sea world Leviathan coaster will have a few head chopper moments when it opens as well.

Edited June 29, 2021 by Rabbit2014

[Brad2912]

  On 29/06/2021 at 9:16 AM, joz said:

All of Eureka?

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I don’t think @Smol bean was even born when Eureka was operational….

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

  On 29/06/2021 at 9:16 AM, joz said:

The only head chopper of any real note I can think of on the Gold Coast was Corkscrew's dive under the monorail.

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I mean I guess it depends on what you consider 'of real note'. 

I've always regarded the camera bridge on BigCycWheelCoaster between the corkscrew and the loop to 'feel' pretty close because of the angles between the two elements. Definitely not CorkViper's level of close under the monorail but still pretty close.

[Brad2912]

We have a logo…

[StingRay]

Another copy and paste, possibly with speculation. 

Edited June 30, 2021 by StingRay
Grammar

[westical]

I’m surprised the S isn’t a snake. 

[themagician]

I’d say because the S stands for Steel not Snake. And in the ride logo on the website, the word Taipan has has the snake tooth/bite reference

[Naazon]

  On 30/06/2021 at 7:18 AM, themagician said:

I’d say because the S stands for Steel not Snake. And in the ride logo on the website, the word Taipan has has the snake tooth/bite reference

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Snake Taipan would be a better name

 

[Cactus_Matt]

  On 30/06/2021 at 7:20 AM, Naazon said:

Snake Taipan would be a better name

 

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Dreamworld Presents - Steel Snake Taipan: The Roller Coaster: Experience

[Coasterlife]

Trains arrived?

[Rabbit2014]

  On 30/06/2021 at 7:49 AM, Coasterlife said:

Trains arrived?

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It appears like that have arrived, can’t wait to see the train on track in the coming weeks

[themagician]

  On 30/06/2021 at 7:46 AM, Cactus_Matt said:

Dreamworld Presents - Steel Snake Taipan: The Roller Coaster: Experience

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That’s what VRTP would’ve called it 

  On 30/06/2021 at 7:49 AM, Coasterlife said:

Trains arrived?

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Yep, they arrived yesterday 

[TimmyG]

Damn that looks good!

[ejpdtd]

Damn that head chopper looks sick so far, and Logo looks sexy

[Im Hungry]

I swear I've seen that logo before... Perhaps it was from that video of the trains leaving the Mack factory in Germany?

Edited June 30, 2021 by Im Hungry

[Ogre]

  On 30/06/2021 at 12:13 PM, Im Hungry said:

I swear I've seen that logo before... Perhaps it was from that video of the trains leaving the Mack factory in Germany?

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You're correct!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

  On 30/06/2021 at 12:13 PM, Im Hungry said:

I swear I've seen that logo before... Perhaps it was from that video of the trains leaving the Mack factory in Germany?

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Dreamworld own goals another marketing release!

I must say - I find the "logo" to be quite 'yawn' if i'm honest. I did manage to find their early design drafts for it though...

 

[DJKostya]

Logo looks great IMO. Sleek, simple and suits the name.