DaptoFunlandGuy

The park teases a ride opening people have waited three years for and suddenly everyone forgets the sorry state of the park overall and is all shut up and take my money again. This is why Village has so much contempt for guests and has zero care for the guest experience.

This certainly sounds like a step up from "burnouts: the show"

I have it on good authority that that was a legitimate issue. Doesn't mean it can't happen twice. And still it's my preferred waterpark... As for attraction age - 47% of WnW is older than WWW: White Water Mountain's first incarnation (now River Rapids) is over 40 years old. Replaced fibreglass 18 years ago, but essentially the same attraction (including the foot-shredding pebble-crete splashdown pool) Giant Wave Pool is over 40 years old Calypso beach is 28 years old Aqua Racer's first incarnation is 28 years old. More recently replaced fibreglass and timing system but essentially the same attraction Whirlpool Springs is 23 years old Mammoth Falls is 20 years old Blackhole is 19 years old Tornado is 19 years old Additionally, Kamikaze is 17, Constrictor is 13, WnW Jr is 11. There's then a pretty big gap until Kaboom, Double Barrel, Super Ripper and H2Oasis opened in 2021- though the opening day is hard to nail down with the on-again off-again operations in it's first season. Let's not forget the SBNO attractions which aren't included in the attraction count at WnW including: Skycoaster Zipline All-in-all, WnW has shown that gaps of between 5-7 years between major attractions aren't unusual - so you'd be correct that WWW would be due for a new attraction soon, but not overdue just yet. And, in my opinion, I still think WWW is the better Waterpark to visit.

Hence why they use the tag line 'biggest'... though 'best' is more subjective. I personally prefer WWW - it is more relaxed, things are closer together so less walking involved.

I think having a single attraction down on opening day, due to open just a few weeks later, is a significant improvement on last season's opening. By the sounds of things its a maintenance issue, potentially beyond their control, so hardly something to come on here and shit on them about.

When it opened, ROTM was top notch, and IMO the best of the ROTM installs (the theming outside was also the best, IMO. The fire scene with Imhotep had the most awesome reveal as you arrived in complete darkness and the reveal was blinding. I think they've toned it down a touch - and the arrival into the MCBR is now dimly lit. It could just be my nostalgia and the 10+ years between my first and second visit. USS had definitely let their standards of theming drop during Covid - though i saw signs that they'd made a lot of effort to tidy everything back up when I visited in December 2023\January 2024, so it could have just been the covid effect. ETA: Ironically it was today in 2022 that we visited - my memories just reminded me that today was the day I first got to ride Battlestar Galactica.

Ahem... Everything Paramount does with 10 is designed to drive subscribers to Paramount Plus - but they still give enough to the free to air platform to ensure viewership doesn't decrease. It sounds like something that would be right up their alley.

Right, so no incentive for the kitchen crew who are regularly scheduled on a 7 day lunch-service to be willing to work a dinner service on the random occasions the park decides to host an event.

Sure, but until the dates for the events are posted, it is difficult to be sure of staff availability. Staff don't just sign a contract that says "I wiLl WOrk wHenEvER yoU DEciDE tO OPeN BECAUsE I hAvE nO liFE oUTsIdE OF mY EMpLoYMent." Most 'after hours' events that aren't part of a regular schedule are typically done by seeking volunteers. The pay is usually better (Private events used to be paid an additional 30% though i'm not sure what the current agreement provides) so there is usually no shortage of volunteers for the task - but it's very different to a business that has regular operating hours that includes 1 or 2 nights per week as those would be considered 'regular hours' for the workers and they could be rostered accordingly. (Plus staff hired with those operating hours would be expected to cover those shifts) Rostering for a restaurant with a chef brigade is very different to rostering an ice cream vendor or a ride attendant too. Cross-skilled staff can cover for rides, and it doesn't take much training to run an ice cream cart, but if you lose half your brigade because they have made other plans and don't volunteer to work your special event - you might be S.O.L.

Wait, your response is "it works in dozens of other countries but it won't work here because reasons?" It may work, it may not. It does cost a lot more to produce over here, sure, but I think they know a thing or two about how to run a show for profit. Even if it doesn't rate well, the production company is still likely to profit from it. You are correct that society has moved on from the bum dance craze of 2001 - but we haven't moved THAT far away - if you think about it, Sara-Marie was your average nobody, standing in front of a camera, doing a silly dance that got broadcast to millions and suddenly everyone was doing it. These days your average Tik-Toker does the same thing. I think producers have considered what works, and what doesn't. They've got recent lessons to learn from the recent seasons on other networks. Sure, they're playing to nostalgia by going back to their roots, but i'm fairly confident there's going to be sufficient modernisation that they'll capture an audience that is sufficient to support the season, and potentially get picked up by Paramount for at least one more. (As long as it isn't the Dreamworld marketing team making the Tik Toks... )

I'm sure most of us don't. great observation.

Maybe night market should be pared back to once a month, and run in such a way that dreamworld doesn't have to cancel it every other month for special event nights. So - make it the first friday and saturday of every month, so they've got the remaining weekends for their own events. This also frees up those friday \ saturdays outside of halloween, winter, christmas, country fair etc to run special one-off events for passholders, or special ticketed events for private hire, fundraisers and the like. This would concentrate those that want to visit the night markets into one night a month too, so potentially attendance at a monthly night market would increase. just spitballing, i'm sure there's other problems with that too.

I think that's a very narrow view to take. According to Wiki, there are 40 different versions in over 30 countries both english speaking and not that have aired a season in either 2024 or 2025. Some of them have consistently run a season every year for a long time, others start and stop. The original raw concept also hasn't been seen in so long that it is effectively a 'new' concept for a whole new generation. I'm not saying it'll succeed, but i'm interested to see what they do, and while i'm not a die-hard fan, i'll probably tune in to see what all the fuss is about this season and how they do things. if it grabs me, i'll keep watching.

The trouble with special event openings is staffing it, whereas when you're open the same times each week you tend to have a regular roster.

Yeah sure - and let Kristoff direct from the guest bedroom of Truman's house too, right? Production needs a separate space. End of.