Schibbles Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) Hey guys, I have been a long time lurker on these forums and haven't posted too much. Dreamworld on the Gold Coast in Australia, which you know TPR recently visited, has announced that they will be acquiring a thrill ride for the September school holidays. Construction has "sort of" started with areas being fenced off and a little bit of landscaping etc. Some containers have arrived believed to be containing roller coaster track. Onto the reason for this post, structural supports have appeared in the fenced off area... Now I'm not an expert at coaster supports/or structural supports but would anyone be able to tell me if these are roller coaster supports, if so what manufacturer or if they are simply just structural supports for a building or something? Thanks for the help guys! :EDIT: Forgot to mention they will be receiving a Disk 'O' coaster in June, if these are supports for that then let me know! Photos are taken by aussienetman from parkz.com.au Edited May 22, 2011 by Schibbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 ^My guess is it would be for the new disk-o coming in June/July. In the second photo on the left that piece looks like the track for the disk-o. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I can confirm I'm wrong and it's an Intamin hyper (dream on - pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schibbles Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 ^My guess is it would be for the new disk-o coming in June/July. In the second photo on the left that piece looks like the track for the disk-o. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I can confirm I'm wrong and it's an Intamin hyper (dream on - pun intended). That Intamin hyper and B&M stand up await us... (drool) Seriously though thanks for bringing up the Disk o! I've edited the post to make note of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d34thstrik3 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Was wondering when the Disk-O was going to be mentioned on here. Bet Aussie World aren't too impressed now that their somewhat unique attraction isn't anymore. Wonder how many locals yet to venture to Aussie World have put it off now to ride the one at Dreamworld. I know that for now I am one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
READYdot Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Ask Wikipedia: Shockwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d34thstrik3 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Found some photos of parts in the carpark posted to Facebook. Think it is safe to say their September attraction will be a coaster! In the carpark Zoomed in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 ^Nice pick up. Let the speculation begin... The cynic in me says that it will be a spinning mouse like Sonic's Spinball at Alton, I take that back, they're atually pretty good rides. A standard standard Wild Maus would be disappointing. Maybe an x-car, but I can't see them doing one of the bigger ones by September. Oh well, wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxegon Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Yay, an excuse to spend another few days in Surfers Paradise (not that I really needed one...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d34thstrik3 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Was at the park today. Took a fair few photos but thought I would share the ones of interest with you guys first! The Disk-o "Coaster" is complete as far as track work goes. Two weeks until it opens. The next interesting thing was what is sitting in the carpark. Think it is safe to say we are getting a new coaster. Looking at the concrete footprint from the drop it seems to be a standard Skyloop. There are only footings poured for a standard layout and nothing custom at this stage. Track work all done! What's this I see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I would love to see Australia get two big roller coasters and maybe two smaller ones within the next three years so we can do another TPR Trip down there! It was a great trip, really fun parks and KT is BEGGING to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Movieworld are due to open a new coaster on boxing day 2012, going by the story in one of the papers a couple of weeks ago. It will be something larger and longer than Superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Dreamworld needs a high capacity coaster that's a decent length. I don't know how long normal Maurer coasters ride times are, but this looks like a great move. Their waterpark is already bad ass, they have amazing flats and a nice little average coaster collection...they need a quality ride to compete with Movie World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbesx2 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I was just at the park the other day and I saw the track from the drop ride... I assumed it was for the disk-o. Typical of me to go to a park before they build a new ride (happened with Cheetah Hunt too). ^That's very true. The main problem with Dreamworld was how slow they operated the coasters based on their ride length. I was waiting for around half an hour to ride the motocoaster and the line started in the station. I think the Movie World thing is also important, I enjoyed Movie World a lot more just based on a couple rides of theirs (Superman, Scooby-doo, and the log flume). Dreamworld didn't have much to offer me other than an awesome drop tower. Also they brought a (real!) tiger out to chill in the queue line for the log flume. Seriously, wouldn't see that in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Movieworld are due to open a new coaster on boxing day 2012, going by the story in one of the papers a couple of weeks ago. It will be something larger and longer than Superman. Must've missed this. Got a link, or a scan? In other news, there was a story about Maurer Sohneon German TV, and towards the end is a shot of an X-Car with the Dreamworld logo: http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=3256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d34thstrik3 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 For those not following any of the Australian sites the ride has recently gone vertical! It's going to be kinda tall once done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Not following any of the Australian sites, do we have a layout for this ride yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d34thstrik3 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Looks to be just a standard Skyloop XT 150. As for a name it was revealed over the weekend the parent company of the park (Ardent Leisure) have taken a trademark out for the name "Buzzsaw" and the CEO for Dreamworld mentioning it on his LinkedIn profile by Parkz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmull19 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The ride's main tower (with the vertical lift) is now completed with construction apparently ahead of time. It won't please the enthusiasts (seeing as it is only an XT150 by the looks of it), but it'll probably be enough for the general public if it's themed well. I'll get a photo on Saturday and upload it. I'm excited for it (I've never ridden a Skyloop). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Damnit they need a B&M hyper! Something with great capacity and ride length. All of their rides are too short and too low capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmull19 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Press Release for Buzzsaw! Also, a photo that I took. There are some photos in the press release above. The photo I have just has a little extra on the vertical lift added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
original Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Didn't really want to start a new thread for DW here, but I thought it might be worth mentioning that Dreamworks (since Shrek left MW) has gone to DW. Nickelodeon has now left DW and gone to SW and Nick Central is being turned into 3 themed areas. 1. Shrek, 2. Madagascar, 3. Kung-Fu Panda. They are advertising to open this weekend but they have had some really bad weather lately and look behind. I don't live there so I can't get photos but Parkz have put some photos of the progress on their site and Outsiders Australia have put the most recent update on their Facebook page to show the areas progress and from the photos it really does look good at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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