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I've drafted three different replies here. there's so much to say about what Sea World was, what it is, and what it should be. I'll just say 'everything Joz said below is right' and leave it at that.

Triton is based in BERMUDA! THE RETURN OF BERMUDA TRIANGLE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! Those who lack a sense of humor - note, this is a joke. *sigh*

The billboard out the front of the park has been updated. I really do like this artwork for it (Photo TPSN)

@iwerks are you heading up to Northam soon?

Not when he hears the monorail may not reopen

So I recently just came back from visiting the US and Disney World and Universal in Orlando, so here are my thoughts and tips: Fast Pass Like others have said on here, place in your fast pass selections 30 days (or 60 days if staying in a Disney resort) for the more popular rides. You can make 3 ride pre-selections for a single theme park per day. Once you arrive at the park and use up these 3 selections, you may make 1 fast pass selection at a time until closing time. Therefore I strongly recommend you make all your selections for the morning, so that you can then make more fast pass selections once you have used your initial 3 up. We didn't book our fast passes in advance and were still able to get fast passes for the rides we wanted by constantly refreshing the app. People will cancel their bookings for rides throughout the day (opening up slots), and Disney does open up some slots here or there, so if you strategise and prioritise which rides to use the fast passes for, you should still be able to ride all the main rides in a single day. The Disney Parks have wifi throughout their parks which definitely makes it easier to use their Disney World app and not waste a lot of mobile phone data. Disney Magic Band Disney sells at their entry points and within their marks magic bands, which is essentially and watch looking wristband with an RFID chip in it. It allows you to link your entry ticket to it, so you don't need to carry around your paper ticket. Essentially you can use it to easily scan entry into the park, enter the fast pass queues of rides, and easily link photos taken by Disney crew to your account. For a lot of rides, your ride photo will automatically be added to your account also without having to do anything (as the RFID sensor on the ride picks up your magic band when taking your ride photo). This was a really cool and handy feature! Also if you are staying at a Disney Property, you can use the magic band to add purchases at the parks onto your room account (rather than having to use cash/card). At around USD$15 I would definitely recommend getting one for each person, even just for the conveience of not having to take the paper ticket in/out of pocket and worrying about loosing it. TIP: At the gate they only sell several plain colours of the magic bands (Ie: grey, yellow, blue, green ect). If you want more cooler designs, purchase one once you enter the park at one of the gift stores around the park. Disney World Parks Overview Depending on who you go with (just adults or with kids) will probably dictate which parks you will enjoy or spend more time at. At minimum, 1 day at each park (4 parks + 1 water park) is needed; though you may feel a bit rushed trying to get through it all. It is therefore recommended to get a 6 day hopper pass if possible to cover any parts/rides you missed or want to re-live again. In Ops situation, a 14 day pass will give you all the time in the world to experience the parks. Here are my brief thoughts of each of the 4 Disney parks (in order of which I preferred the most): Animal Kingdom - More of an African/Safari themed park, which centrepiece is a massive tree (tree-of-life). Contains a safari tour/ride, expedition Everest (roller coaster in a mountain), Dinosaur (underrated ride imo), and Avatar Land (including Flight of the Passage Ride - arguably the best ride Disney has produced to date). It has a good mixture of rides (for both adults and children), and I really enjoyed the African/Safari vibe of the park. Feels different to the other parks. Avatar land is amazing visually (on the same level as Star Wards Land), though I preferred the theming of Avatar over Star Wars. Also, don't stress if you don't get to ride the Navi river boat ride, as though its cool visually, its quite a quick and lacklustre ride. Disney Hollywood Studios - A universal studios/ movie world Gold Coast kind of park which contains also a good mix of rides for both adults and kids. Aerosmith roller coaster is the most thrilling ride, though I enjoyed Toy Story Mania (family shooting ride), muppets show, and Hollywood Tower also. This park contains toy story land, and the new Star Wars land - so is quite busy at present, and obviously riding both Star Wars rides within the land is a must. Magic Kingdom - The classic Disney theme park which obviously has the princess' castle in the middle of the park. Walking down main-street (especially at night) is truly magical, and out of all the theme parks, it definitely carries the most charm and beauty of all the parks. It's this what I loved most about the park. The rides are not as thrilling as the above 2 parks, and you can tell that this park is more catered towards young children. Space mountain was the most thrilling, along with Thunder Rail Road, though they are building a TRON roller coaster at present which will be opening in 2021. Most of the rides are more of the classic kind (e.g. its a small world, pirates of the Caribbean, splash mountain) which were lovely, though felt a bit tired/old and could use a few 21st century technological enhancements. Being the main Disney park, this park can get very busy so be prepared for long wait times for general rides/attractions (fast passes help here). Most popular ride at present: 7 dwarfs mine ride. Epcot - Out of all the parks, this was my least favourite and very easily can be all done within a day. Note however this park is currently being renovated/overhauled, and over the next few years some new rides and ride refurbishments are happening which will hopefully make it a much better park. Most of the rides are at the front of the park, with the world showcase taking up the rest of the park. The showcase is 11 different themed pavilions representing 11 different countries. All of these 11 pavilions/areas try to recreate the country they represent by displaying appropriately themed buildings/structures. Most of these 11 areas contain no rides/attractions, and only specialty restaurants, food stalls, gift shops, and meet-and-greets, which for me personally felt like Disney was just trying to milk me for more money. This will hopefully change with the addition of the Mary Poppins and Ratatouille rides. Mission Space (intense version) is definitely the most intense ride in any of the Disney parks, so unless you can take a few g-forces, I wouldn't ride it. Ride the less intense version instead. Also Test Track and Soarin' rides should be given a try at this park. A few child attractions like Frozen, Finding Nemo, and Imagination ride also exist. The bad/confusing park layout, with outdated and minimal rides, and lack of attractions around the world showcase (only gift shops and restaurants/stalls), made it my least favourite park. Transport If staying at a Disney Hotel or at a non-Disney Hotel in the area, they will generally shuttle you to the Epcot Park via a free shuttle bus. From the Epcot park, you can then transfer to another free shuttle bus to one of the other theme parks. From Epcot, you can also catch the monorail to Magic Kingdom, or go on the sky way to Hollywood Studios (note: to catch the sky rail from Epcot you need enter and walk to the back of the park). Some Disney Hotels are also within the Monorail route, which might make it easier getting to/from Epcot or Magic Kingdom. Due to the fact that there wasn't direct transport to each park, and buses being on a timetable, we pretty much used Uber or Lyft (another US ride share app) to/from each of the parks for convenience. Park Hours/ Time Different Parks are opening different durations throughout the week. Magic Kingdom may close at 6pm one night, and be open till midnight another night. Therefore find out the opening hours of each of the parks ahead of schedule and plan which parks to visit on what days accordingly. Also know that the timetable can change leading up to your arrival to Orlando, so if you make your plan far ahead of time, check just before you leave for the US (and even once you arrive) just to make sure the parks opening hours haven't changed. If possible, arrive 30 - 45 minutes before the parks opening time to easily clear the security and entry checkpoints, and be able to tick off popular attractions first thing in the morning before all the crowds come. It'll then give you more time to take it easy and enjoy the park in the afternoon.

Shouldn’t as the capex has already been approved by the Board and the funds allocated. Whether that remains the same in the actual event of a takeover, who knows... Also, it would be a bad PR move for the new owner to cancel or substantially change the timeline, unless they were doing something even bigger & better.

That's a fountain.

Bikash happened to SW and now he has control of it all.

Yes, it's a dog eat dog world. We have a problem. A SW Triton container has ended up at DW. TTPSN

Boneheaded comment of the month. It might be 'plausible' to assume. You might even stretch to say 'reasonable' to assume (even though, they literally service every populated continent in the world). But 'safe' to assume a german container is from germany, containing ride parts from a german manufacturer? Especially since we know that Mack ships rides in Hapag-Lloyd containers because they're cheaper, so its safe to assume that Hamburg-Sud containers won't be used to ship this one. I now post unequivocal proof that Mack doesn't use Hamburg-Sud containers, and its safe to assume i'm right.

Stack of pallets next to the tower track and a container in the car park. Surely not hard to put the two together. I'd be extremely surprised if this is new coaster and not ToT removal related.

Oh man, I hope they get the shaded seating area up and running again soon. Dreamworld management must be devastated that one of their key attractions is fenced off like that.

What's your beef with gold rush?

Only if you stand up before the lift hill!

I thought telling the truth was the easiest way to get a fountain around here?