I was at Marineland yesterday and took some more pictures of the new Topple Tower. You can click on the images to see a larger version.
This is a picture of the ride and surrounding area
Since I was there last Friday, almost all of the paving stone has been put down. As you can see, the area is still fenced off
This is the main building where the queue line will be. It’s quite large, so they must be expecting it to be busy
I was by this part of Marineland around 7 pm. Since it was late, no workers were around, and the seats had been lowered to the ground
This is a close-up of the walrus that sits on top of the ride. As you can see, it doesn’t have a crown, so I doubt it is King Waldorf. They are probably just trying to keep with the nautical theme
Since I was there, I asked 3 different people when the ride was going to open…
The first one, was someone who was at the entrance to Dragon Mountain. I asked him if he knew when it was going to open, and he just shook his head no and didn’t say a word (great customer service). I pushed him a little, and he said he assumed was opening soon. He said the ride is working, and they just have to put the fencing around the ride and put in the queue railings.
The second person was at the snack bar near Topple Tower and Dragon Mountain. I asked her if she knew when the new ride was going to open. She was cleaning the popcorn machine, and with her back to me said she didn’t know. She never even turned to look at me (great customer service).
The third person was in the Whale Shop. She was a lot nicer, and said she thought it was supposed to open this year, but since it wasn’t open yet, she assumed it wasn’t opening this year. She said they don’t tell them much around there.
So the bottom line is that the ride is obviously close to being done, but there doesn’t seem to be a firm date of when it will be open.