Infinity Falls - 2018 Raft Ride

[shiekra38]

To be fair, it did always say summer (which technically ends in September). I'm just not convinced the landscaping will be as beautiful as the concept art suggests.

Yeah there is going to be a lot unfinished I'm sure

 

[SWBGFan]

I hate to be so defensive, but what qualifies anyone to think that the landscaping will not be as nice as the concept art, considering this is currently a bunch of dirt and footers? If anything SW does best it is having incredibly landscaped areas, ie. what this area used to look like prior to Infinity Falls. Either way, not sure why anyone would think that, I'd argue that this ride is gonna use landscaping to it's advantage as it's much cheaper than other forms of themeing and the set is in a South American jungle. I'm just not understanding the negativity of this forum.

 

[Scott W.]

I hate to be so defensive, but what qualifies anyone to think that the landscaping will not be as nice as the concept art, considering this is currently a bunch of dirt and footers? If anything SW does best it is having incredibly landscaped areas, ie. what this area used to look like prior to Infinity Falls. Either way, not sure why anyone would think that, I'd argue that this ride is gonna use landscaping to it's advantage as it's much cheaper than other forms of themeing and the set is in a South American jungle. I'm just not understanding the negativity of this forum.

I don't see why not either. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than rock work, easy to do and they have a good track record already with landscaping plus it's all that's needed.

The only downside could be that the trees need time to grow so it might not look as good as it will in a few years time.

 

[UAN17]

Are Seaworld even serious about opening this thing in 2018?

I don’t understand the logic in not getting their new attraction out there ASAP and market it through Spring. It’s looking from the latest overhead shots that this will be another mid summer debut? Half the season gone. Stupid.

 

[shiekra38]

Are Seaworld even serious about opening this thing in 2018?

I don’t understand the logic in not getting their new attraction out there ASAP and market it through Spring. It’s looking from the latest overhead shots that this will be another mid summer debut? Half the season gone. Stupid.

I've never seen a raft ride be built so I'm not sure where they are...but it appears they are behind somewhat

 

[Teebin]

Midway Mayhem just posted an infinity falls video update and the guy wouldn’t pay the measily $2 to show it from the sky tower. The update was junk containing very little info.

Now I’m in a pissy mood...

 

[Scott W.]

Midway Mayhem just posted an infinity falls video update and the guy wouldn’t pay the measily $2 to show it from the sky tower. The update was junk containing very little info.

Now I’m in a pissy mood...

The sky tower costs $2?

 

[sonoma15]

The sky tower costs $2?

Nope


Edit: Nevermind

 

[SWBGFan]

The skytower costs $2 for non-passmembers. This a recent change since the Skytower recently reopened after being dormant for close to a year.

And yes, haha I saw his update and couldn't help but laugh at that. He does explain himself somewhere in the comments though! Not to worry, yesterday bioreconstruct on twitter posted an aerial update which is a better image of the site anyway. Doesn't appear to be much progress, yet as MM mentioned in the video, we shouldn't be that far off from vertical construction and seeing some serious movement on this project. This project is still 6 months away from when we officially reach summer so just remember that!

 

[Teebin]

To clarify, they seem to now be charging the $2 to pass holders as well.

 

[Scott W.]

The skytower costs $2 for non-passmembers. This a recent change since the Skytower recently reopened after being dormant for close to a year.

And yes, haha I saw his update and couldn't help but laugh at that. He does explain himself somewhere in the comments though! Not to worry, yesterday bioreconstruct on twitter posted an aerial update which is a better image of the site anyway. Doesn't appear to be much progress, yet as MM mentioned in the video, we shouldn't be that far off from vertical construction and seeing some serious movement on this project. This project is still 6 months away from when we officially reach summer so just remember that!

That's pathetic. For how little they'll make from this it gives a very bad look of the park's financial situation.

 

[Alicia]

That's pathetic. For how little they'll make from this it gives a very bad look of the park's financial situation.

It looks bad but I think it has more to do with keeping the line down since it has such low throughput. Just a guess.

 

[WAJAS]

To clarify, they seem to now be charging the $2 to pass holders as well.

It’s free for passholders still. At least since last I went a week ago.

It looks bad but I think it has more to do with keeping the line down since it has such low throughput. Just a guess.

This could be true. It always had a long (up to an hour at times) wait whenever it was open before, but I think that was more due to it never being open.

 

[Teebin]

It’s free for passholders still. At least since last I went a week ago

Midway mahem posted differently. He’s a pass holder and they charge now and he would not ride because of it. Thus his video is less than worthy... short of this pass holder development.

 

[Alicia]

Midway mahem posted differently. He’s a pass holder and they charge now and he would not ride because of it. Thus his video is less than worthy... short of this pass holder development.

I'll remember to bring a couple bucks with me next time I visit.

I've been waiting to do an update because it's still just a pile of dirt. Hopefully we see some action here soon.

 

[WAJAS]

Midway mahem posted differently. He’s a pass holder and they charge now and he would not ride because of it. Thus his video is less than worthy... short of this pass holder development.

Maybe he’s a FunPass holder? They don’t get any of the benefits of being a pass holder, while still getting a year of free entrance.

 

[Ultranel]

Regardless when it opens, I'm just glad Sea World once again is opening another record breaker in FL. That's something none of the other ones are able to say. Keep it up SW!

 

[anihilnation]

Concrete was being poured yesterday.

 

[SWBGFan]

I don't think ride is as far off as people are making it seem. From some videos/pictures, it looks like significant progress has been made over the past week. I think Infinity Falls will open by mid-July at latest.

 

[anihilnation]

I don't think ride is as far off as people are making it seem. From some videos/pictures, it looks like significant progress has been made over the past week. I think Infinity Falls will open by mid-July at latest.

Aside from the tower structure, there is not that much to raft ride construction anyway. Essentially it is a long twisting canal with large beams at the bottom to break the flow of the water, so not much to see. Queue will probably be a simple outdoors thing a la Mako.