Leviathan Construction Updates

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

1 minute ago, LORD_Noodle said:

I’m sorry but I would have to disagree I currently work at a place where we are reliant on shipping containers to send product over seas and I can confirm finding shipping containers and ports available to take the cargo is extremely difficult even now that covid is a vivid memory…… we are still finding it extremely difficult to obtain containers themselves.

 

You're not waiting for 2 years to get a container though, right?

[New display name]

No point having a shipping container if you have no product to put in it.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Regardless, as we commence yet another turn of the circle -

• whether you don't have a container to put your product in, or;
• whether you don't have a product to put in your container, or;
• whether you have neither product nor container;

...this all ignores the fact that this ride was announced in May 2019 for a December 2020 opening, meaning a minimum of 6 months elapsed post-announcement, pre-pandemic (33% of original lead time) during which things could be ordered, manufactured and delivered.

We've seen coaster cars, sheds, steel and timber coaster structures - all of these things have arrived. Despite semiconductor shortages, cars continue to arrive, albeit with 6-12 month delays (but still not 2 years).

So, by this stage as we approach 3 years since announcement - if we're still waiting on a product to be manufactured, or a shipping container to put it in, or both - dude fucked up.

Period.

 

And now i'm off to lodge a travel insurance claim for my 2016 holiday to Hong Kong. I'll just tell my insurer the delay is because of covid. that works for everything now, right?

[Naazon]

Is is possible the theming wasn't fully fleshed out, and so as the pandemic went on and delays were inevitable they either kept changing their minds or adding to it, causing more delays?

[Cactus_Matt]

Or maybe *puts tin-foil hat on* there was never plans to extensively theme Leviathan and its theming was going to be more minimalistic/modern like Vortex but after reading the "feedback" on here (and probably other places) they decided to theme it properly so as it not to look like Steel Taipan as much. And rather than admit they changed their mind on theming last minute they're blaming covid delays instead.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

2 hours ago, Cactus_Matt said:

And rather than admit they changed their mind on theming last minute they're blaming covid delays instead.

That sounds like so many companies (and governments) these days - are you still talking about Leviathan?

[themagician]

Aerial shot update

The station and maintenance building appear to be all closed up now. You can see that the white metal walls continue either side of the track as you approach the lift hill. Hopefully these are painted/themed so you don’t just look at white walls as you leave the station 

[themagician]

And here are a couple shots from in the park 

[themagician]

Now that I’m back home, I’ve been able to get the drone photos on a large screen and have zoomed in on a number of things I can now see. Probably the most exciting part for me, is it appears that there is quite an extensive area of the queue that will be inside (which hopefully means an extensive amount of theming)

Could this part be the stairs that are for emergencies or are they the buildings exit? If it’s the exit it seems like you then enter that opening to the left 

It seems like this queue shade structure will have a water effect that pours into the centre

And here’s a good look at the slab for Trident 

[New display name]

Nothing says "mythology" more than 2 custom orb sheds.👍

Hey SW, there’s this material you could have used to line the walls with.  It’s the same material you used to build the coaster from.  It’s called wood.

[Gazza]

Good point (Subject to FRR) since you'll see it on the ride and even some basic timber cladding (like at Polar Bear Shores) would have blended in.

Hopefully where you emerge from the station they do some rockwork to give some sense of exiting the leviathan lair or whatever it is

That all said, it is a 'show building' so ive got no problem with the bits facing the outside of the park being plain white.

 

[New display name]

I'm probably jumping the gun on my thoughts but if you wanted to blend in the shed, why would you go surfmist as a colour?  

[Ash]

100%, woodland grey or even jasper would of worked way better instead of surfmist

[Gazza]

3 hours ago, New display name said:

I'm probably jumping the gun on my thoughts but if you wanted to blend in the shed, why would you go surfmist as a colour?  

I thought there were only limited colours at the moment?

[New display name]

Limited colours means good luck finding a non-common colour.  Still plenty of colours to choose from but you have to stick to what everyone else is doing, so it's whites, greys & browns.

I wouldn't have a metal shed in any colour. 

A white shed is what you to do if you’re a theme park based on movies and want to mimic a sound stage.

Village is confused on which park Leviathan is being built in.

[Naazon]

Unless the announcement of it becoming Sea Movie World is just months away!

 

Country Movie Paradise is shortly after.

[New display name]

@Gazzaand it's obvious they're trying to make the shed not stand out with it's white fascia & gutter but the contrast against the coaster makes it stick out.

 

It's one of those comical moments because when they designed the sheds it was purposely made all white so not to stand out but they stuck it against a brown backdrop which now naturally draws your eyes towards it…..  It’s no different to adding contrasting colours for a feature wall of a room.

The only problem is they have made the shed the feature wall.

 

I hope I have jumped the gun on this one.😀

 

 

[StingRay]

Shoot me for a different view on this, could the colour of the shed have been dictated by a DA? 

[Gazza]

I dunno, SW seems to get pretty open slather due to their zoning.

[New display name]

Long answer.

No Special Development Approval would be required from council for SW to build Leviathan so council wouldn't have any involvement with the approval..

Short answer

No.

 

[franky]

There is a lot of white around Sea World, mainly roofs etc, but there is a lot of shade structures that are also white or quite light in colour (beige/cream)

It's been a few years since my last visit so I'm working with Street View here, but I don't think it would look as out of place as some of you are making it sound, especially once some planting takes place. Most of the sheds are going to be facing back of house are they not?

[New display name]

also what @Gazza said.   Theme parks are treated differently from anything else as they have their own planning scheme.

[themagician]

You can very clearly see these buildings from most places within the park. The only part of the building you can’t really see is where the exit stairs are facing the road. But once the monorail is operating again then you will clearly be looking at this entire building. I’m thinking they went with the white because they will be painting over it and/or they’ll be some timber facade and planting installed. If it’s just kept white, then missed opportunity, but it is the/‘one of the’ cheapest colour to buy and if there was major budget cuts, then that’s why. 

[New display name]

9 minutes ago, themagician said:

If it’s just kept white, then missed opportunity, but it is the/‘one of the’ cheapest colour to buy and if there was major budget cuts, then that’s why. 

I don't know where you got that from but with colorbond that isn't true.

 

The only thing from the model that has 100% come to pass.  2 white boxes🤣

 

[Naazon]

24 minutes ago, New display name said:

I don't know where you got that from but with colorbond that isn't true.

 

Car insurance is cheaper for white cars as the replacement parts are cheaper. I believe the parts are manufactured in white then resprayed to match the car colour, unless its a specialist part, otherwise no idea.