Steel Taipan Construction - Dreamworld Mack launched roller coaster

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

oh sod off

[TomiJ]

4 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

oh sod off

With pleasure mate. Lols I've edited my post to include smiley faces and laughing emojis to indicate it is a joke. Please use the right language, it's fuck off not sod off 😉🤔😂🤣😁. 

Edited April 12, 2021 by TomiJ

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

taken in the way it is intended. Sod off is the correct phrase - and i've used it here many times.

Have a great weekend.

 

[Coasterlife]

Credit to Australian coaster club on Insta

[Coasterlife]

And now we also have a video from parks on the coast 

 

[themagician]

The track is already almost at the apex of the first hill 

[mssveattck]

Photo credit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNmf2BJBzUz/?igshid=zywau24ay36v

[Smol bean]

Jesus that’s fast. But it’s good to see that their going fast.

[themagician]

We learnt from DC Rivals construction, once the first pieces go in, it comes together very quickly. For comparison, it took four months to install all DC Rivals track. Rivals is almost 1.4km long and Steel Taipan will be almost 1.1km long 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Almost all of Rivals' layout is linear. Lifting and rigging had to be moved after almost every lift to reposition for the next piece.

Taipan's layout is far more compact. There are efficiencies that can be made here.

There's also the added advantage of not building on an active swamp.

[Gazza]

When I went past this morning you could see that most of the upwards sweep into the first overbank was in place.

Definitely looking more like a rollercoaster now from the M1.

Edited April 13, 2021 by Gazza

[TimmyG]

Holy Macaroni, rather exciting to see this happening so quickly. 

[Gazza]

Current progress

[Coasterlife]

Dreamworlds Instagram story

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

They're probably going to regret putting a year on that. Generic 'in the coming weeks' are all the rage (and are convenient weasel words when stuff goes pear shaped)

#NobodyWantsAnotherWILD

[Gazza]

50 minutes ago, Coasterlife said:

Dreamworlds Instagram story

Wedding venue?

[Coasterlife]

looks like they are also building the loop? 

Edited April 14, 2021 by Coasterlife

[Brad2912]

Poor BuzzSaw....

It's like when you head into the suburbs and see an old couple still living in their 1970s fibro cottage (Hi Mum & Dad), and then someone buys up the house next door, bulldozes it and builds a 3 storey mansion, and then they are living in someones shadow until the day they die.

Edited April 14, 2021 by Brad2912

[themagician]

It’s kind of how GL looks and feels right next to Rivals 

[Naazon]

11 hours ago, themagician said:

It’s kind of how GL looks and feels right next to Rivals 

You say that, and I know I'm a minority here, but I love GL and the ride and thrills it offers are completely different to Rivals. If its working....

[themagician]

I don’t mind GL either, people complain it is too slow, but I think that’s what adds to the thrills of it going round those tight bends and inverting. It definitely isn’t a bad coaster, but I’d always pick Rivals over it 

[Naazon]

1 hour ago, themagician said:

I don’t mind GL either, people complain it is too slow, but I think that’s what adds to the thrills of it going round those tight bends and inverting. It definitely isn’t a bad coaster, but I’d always pick Rivals over it 

Completely agree. If it was faster, you wouldn't get the hangtime. And riding on the edge seats with no track just feels different to me, almost like you're falling. Unless the wheels come off, then you may be falling but thats a separate issue.

 

Back on topic, Channel 7 had a news report on Steel Taipans construction last night.

 

https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSGoldCoast/posts/3832782013487125

[themagician]

[Slick]

Had Dan Males send these to me. Enjoy. 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Slick

[TimmyG]

Farewell Dreamworld express. Thanks for the photos @Slick’s friend.