Wipeout, Defunct amusement ride in Gold Coast, Australia.
Wipeout was a Vekoma Waikiki Wave Super Flip at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Its gondola sat between two arms, one of which could bend, letting the ride twist diagonally as well as horizontally. It was the world's first installation of this model.
The Wipeout opened on 26 December 1993 as the centrepiece of Dreamworld's new Ocean Parade area, built for $6 million as the world's first Vekoma Waikiki Wave Super Flip. It closed on 8 March 2019 after 25 years, the last of its model still running once Huracán shut in 2017.
The ride's name comes from the surfing term for a wave breaking over a surfer, fitting its Ocean Parade setting. Its lagoon once held water jets and an animatronic shark named Fluffy that circled beneath the gondola. The shark was removed when the lagoon was drained in 2007.
The Wipeout stood in Ocean Parade, the themed area it opened with on 26 December 1993. Its gondola seated 40 riders until 2017, when unreliable operation cut capacity to 20 per vehicle. The ride closed on 8 March 2019 and was dismantled; Kickback Cove took its place in November 2019.
The Wipeout's lagoon once held water jets and an animatronic shark named Fluffy that circled beneath the gondola. The lagoon was drained in 2007 amid water restrictions and ride deterioration, and the effects returned after a 2014 refurbishment. After Huracán closed in 2017, it was the last Waikiki Wave Super Flip still operating.
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