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Though obviously cost-effective in its design and construction, there's no reason that a casual guest would ever know or think it's temporary.
And every effort has been made to ensure that the exhibit is as complete as it can be.
The area is very impressive for a temporary attraction.
We're not sure who has the better life... the tigers that lay around all day, or the handlers who get to join them.
In place of Tiger Island and to make the most of its five tiger cubs, a makeshift Tiger Cub Kindy exhibit has appeared in Ocean Parade. Here a demountable building houses the newest additions from Japan: so fresh that they're still in quarantine.
With the area well and truly off-limits, meaningful progress updates will be fairly few and far between.
The area is set to feature a vastly changed theme and atmosphere, with celebrity landscaper Jamie Durie's Durie Design steering the project's landscape and design work.
Tiger Island will be upgraded to include a 500 seat stadium and vastly reimagined viewing and experience areas.
Tiger Island is now off limits as work commences on a massive $7 million refurbishment of the 21 year old attraction.
One of the giant surfboards is having its logo redone, barely a year after the ride came out of a major refresh.
The work is fairly standard maintenance; right now it is focused on the gondola and restraints.
Wipeout is down for annual maintenance.
Rick's Cafe courtyard continues with its cosmetic fixes.
And so concludes an update that included overcast skies and construction hoardings in every single photo.
It'll be interesting to see how they deal with the dominating presence of Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster, which always stuck out like a bit of a sore thumb when the area was western themed.
With this much work happening in March for an October opening, it's safe to say that the end product will be far more than just a single ride.
The DC Comics Super-Villains Unleashed area will sit nicely alongside the western area.
As literally the most exciting thing happening on the Doomsday Destroyer site, we just had to include a second photo.
Steel reinforcing that will become the footing for the ride's central support column. If you've ever wondered what's inside those big round concrete footings that ride supports bolt into: this is it.
The Suspended Twin Hammer features a hydraulic lowering floor, so even though the ride will likely sit at ground level, its mechanical components will all need to be situated below.
