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  1. DaptoFunlandGuy
    While Australia has typically had a 'traditional' house with ceilings and the like, there are plenty of versions internationally shot on sound stages that have nothing but trussing and rigging overhead.
  2. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Clearly people like to avoid you.
  3. DaptoFunlandGuy
    From what I'm aware, Sky Voyager and SX360 ran into issues due to the changing regs around that time. Without directing anything at particular manufacturers - they may assume they are compliant with Australian regs without realising they have changed. They can provide assurance they meet the standards without becoming aware that those standards changed. At any rate, i've simply put forth a suggestion on why, based on historic examples. i'm not suggesting it as fact, nor should it be read as so. Feel free to put forth your own suggestions on why the ride has essentially sat for months.
  4. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Sea World skews younger. while the park is busy, the younger families tend to drop off earlier in the afternoon and the park is a lot quieter close to closing. Without a night event to anchor later attendance, I don't see much merit in SW operating later, and there isn't much point opening earlier if maintenance and animal services aren't ready.
  5. DaptoFunlandGuy
    I tested that theory last year by visiting before Christmas. It was wrong. Sure - holiday traffic doesn't arrive, but the local passholder crowd are there in droves.
  6. DaptoFunlandGuy
    My thoughts are different manufacturers having different capacity to address these issues in a timely way - though i've no idea which manufacturers are involved for most flats.
  7. DaptoFunlandGuy
    The Wet N Wild hours are a good extension this time of year. It's a shame they haven't gotten around to building out the precinct to attract people after hours. I would have liked to have seen Dreamworld and WWW do longer hours over the period - seeing the park after dark is a completely different experience. You can still get a lot done in one day. Ironically though - even with MWs hours (and I double checked, park gates and rides are open for the same time - none of this gates open 30 minutes before business, which is a good thing) I've zero doubt during these peak dates it will still be impossible to ride everything. I'm betting DCR, SDSC, WWF and WOZ will run 90-120 minute queue minimums all summer, which even at 90 minutes equals 7.5 hours of back-to-back rides in a park only open for 8.5 hours. I'm unsure if they'll manage to get Superman open. Right now the maintenance schedule says Superman will be open over Christmas - with the 'unplanned closure' only marked on the schedule until the end of November. The park will be missing the capacity for sure - but either way you'd have no chance of getting through all the majors in one day, let alone GL, JL, FSF, Roxy or the new Stunt Show - and that's without breaking for lunch.
  8. DaptoFunlandGuy
    QLD state schools don't finish until the end of that week on the 12th too so they get a solid 5 days to operate it before the holiday rush begins in earnest..
  9. DaptoFunlandGuy
    I love how notoriously ridiculous this topic still is.
  10. DaptoFunlandGuy
    I could sarcastically pose many reasons it could be but that wouldn't be helpful. The first realistic options I can come up with is perhaps that the regulatory requirements in QLD are stricter post-TRRR, and like Sky Voyager, perhaps the regulations for compliance are causing a delay. A smaller park would have less resources to throw at such a problem so it could be taking longer to piece through everything they need to.
  11. DaptoFunlandGuy
    I see you recognise the benefits of not operating year round if it is unprofitable to do so.
  12. DaptoFunlandGuy
    You silly billy! You forgot to register your domain! Right... but the weekend visitors are families likely to eat and drink at the park facilities and spend more money - also, white water world is open on weekends, so the staff and utilities are already an expense - so some additional passholders isn't making your costs go up - but it is increasing the value of the annual pass. If the bus doesn't go to your park, your park is shit CLOSED BECAUSE ONE BUSLOAD OF KIDS ISN'T GOING TO PAY THE COSTS OF OPENING.
  13. DaptoFunlandGuy
    it seems I was right Just a reminder As for your other observation FUCK ME, @New display nameTHINKS YOU CAN PROFITABLY OPERATE NOT ONE, BUT TWO WATERPARKS ON A SINGLE BUS LOAD OF SCHOOL KIDS! I'M IN THE WRONG BUSINESS AND AM OFF TO SPEND MILLIONS ON A WATERSLIDE TOWER. I'M GOING TO MAKE BANK! Wait. I should do my due diligence. I have some additional questions. Will this ultra profitable bus turn up every day? Will they pay the same entrance fee to attend every day? Will they want to go swimming in June? How many other ultra profitable buses are out there, and how do I get them to come to my park, while still making a profit? If the ultra profitable schoolbus doesn't come to my park - how do I pay my staff, utility bills and other expenses that are inherent in the daily operation of such a large facility? Is there a magic wand I can use?
  14. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Cairns is close to Townsville like Bundaberg is close to Brisbane... it isn't. The tropical northern waters contain both stingers and crocs - neither of which are a good idea. The population within a 1 hour drive of greater melbourne (which is about the distance between Melbourne and Adventure Park or Melbourne and Gumbuya World) is over 5 million people - so give or take, around 1.6Million people per park as a conservative estimate. Cairns and Townsville's regional (within 1 hour) population is around 200,000. Tourism is likely to give this a little bump, but it is still way short of the numbers you've got around Melbourne. Bold to face the wavepool away from everything else instead of putting the pump and machinery against a boundary. Makes maintenance harder and means folk have to walk around the entire wavepool to get to literally anything else.
  15. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Sir - Bravo. This is such a well put together plan, makes use of existing facilities well, but removes those where impractical. I love the entire concept. I would like to see Dreamworld do all of this save for two things: Relocating the shell is probably not viable. If you need to move it - just remove it. Consider a new picnic \ shaded seating area in the new zone, but don't restrict yourself to rebuilding the same thing you already had (and probably don't want to relocate it anyway - it looks pretty tired) BB House - it can't go there. The proximity to Beattie road will be hell for sound recording. It's too close to a public space the production can't control - anyone who pleases to can park outside the house during production and just lay on their horn to make the footage entirely useless. I appreciate you calling it out that it won't happen, but when you're looking at things like this - consider what it is you're removing. The 'BOH building' you're removing is the Dreamworld ride maintenance facility. It's a significant space, and you'd be better off going around it than removing it. You don't need to stick a clone into a space at the cost of everything else - work with the space you've got.
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