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Hang on, isn't Superman Escape the MRT, Metropolis Rapid Transit? They could simply extend the track.

"Barefoot says that if I put my money into a MOJO account then I could have a Cedar Fair by 2024!"

Your ad hominem attacks don't make look you right, they make you look desperate. Honestly at this stage Movie World may as well have killed people because their response post accident is embarrassing. The park is on the decline and it's sad. I wouldn't have gotten engaged in and worked with the staff on Village property if I didn't deeply care about those parks so don't assume that just because I like some things about Dreamworld that I'm a shill or that I think Movie World should crumble. If I didn't care then I wouldn't point out the problems that I experienced. The Dreamworld Incident had detrimental implications for the industry as a whole and it's a valid point that some of the problems that we experience today is a flow on effect from that event. The previous ex-management were exactly what you said and literally nobody is arguing against you in that regard. However, that's not how you decided to interject and instead of refuting the central point you thought it best to come in guns blazing whilst slinging thinly veiled insults for no other reason then it seems that the conversation wasn't going in the direction that you'd like. Unfortunately some theme parks will never embrace certain features of rides and immersiveness and efficiency again because some very dangerous people who ran things at a single park gave them a scapegoat. It's not the actual problem; it's the perception. The entire park is in an awful state of presentation and this is from somebody who hasn't been to a proper theme park in over 18 months before coming there so my bar is pretty low. Do you think that instills confidence into the general public that don't care for the enthusiast discourse? If I see a rusted old car hanging out in a parking lot my first assumption is not 'well it must be squeaky clean and operationally sound under the hood!'. Instead I think 'if this is what they want to show me then imagine what they're not showing me.' This was literally my exact argument that you decide to reflect with an ad hominem attack. The Dreamworld Incident is likely a fraction of the problem affecting Movie World's operations. You can't blame Dreamworld for Doomsday operating on 10-12 minute cycles, DC Rivals operating one train during Summer, Superman bizarrely operating two trains with not enough staff allocated to utilise it efficiently, and Wild West Falls only running 6 boats. Dreamworld also didn't force Village to implement an app which directly benefits from extended wait times and therefore incentivises the park to take things slow and underperform to push more people towards One-Shots.

Obviously I have no proof of this, but from what we can see as guests I can't help but feel like this is an extension of a culture problem within the business. I don't feel like the park is looked at as a 'package' but instead is micro-managed as individual elements so that when an issue like this arises instead of having management go 'just fix it and get it done' they instead need to figure out which department to blame for the problem, then figure out which will manage the solution, then which entity will pay for the solution, and slowly work their way up from there. This generates the problem that because each department is managed as an individual entity then instead of having an 'all for one' to create the best possible park experience they're fighting between themselves for attention, love and money which slows everything down. Again, nothing to back this up beyond experiencing the park as a guest, but its blatantly obvious that certain individual aspects of the park get far more love then others.

That makes a lot of sense but you're right that the price of most of rapid transit systems are ungodly expense. The most realistic option I can see the precinct going with is a Bus Rapid Transit system (pictured below) that could easily be retrofit into the area to provide a good transport solution. However, I can also see them just not bothering when it costs them nothing to make people walk 15 minutes.

I can't imagine that after almost 7 years that regulators and insurance companies turned around and forced Movie World to buy these new boats and loading mechanism. Also, no offence, but that's an extremely poor take. Regulators and insurance companies aren't saying we can't have nice things, their escalation of requirements is a response to ensure that more people don't get hurt in a culture that has a tendency to continually put profits above all else. I can imagine that the park has been put into a tough spot because of problems up the road but frankly Movie World has too many scapegoats. I just expect at this stage that VRTP has something to blame their problems on that is beyond their control and it's embarrassing. They can blame COVID and Dreamworld all they want but it doesn't change the fact that multiple rides are in an awful condition, the park is presented extremely poorly, and their operations make La Ronde look like Disneyland. If the 'incompetent f$$$s up the road' can do these things then surely so can Australia's #1 Theme Park. Also I found the picture of the mushroom growing on the Justice League sign and it brings me joy.

I think it depends what their target audience is for the planned hotel. If the hotel is designed mainly for tourists to visit their parks, then an interconnected system (including shuttle to SW) is required. If its for businesses, conferences and/or tourists for the GC and guests visiting their parks is an added bonus, then I think its not as likely.

12 months ago they couldn't afford Iron Gwazi but now they can afford Cedar Fair? What do they have Shamu making meth!?

Wow that sign is in bad shape, the park needs to spend some time refreshing and fixing all these issues

You can’t actually be serious with this post right? There is a MAJOR different between a park religiously following all manufacturer maintenance procedures and an inherent design flaw out of their control causing an incident that injured no one, and a bunch of cowboys hacking together a non existent control system, ignoring safety recommendations AND BRUTALLY KILLING FOUR PEOPLE! And you can’t also believe aesthetics of a sign in any way correlate to the safety of a parks rides??? Don’t be dense! Anyone is entitled to their opinion, like, dislike and critique of any of our parks. Hate MW, think they are crap? Sure. Think the sun shines out of DWs ass and a couple small changes to their shadow of a park is the greatest thing to hit the theme park industry? Go for it! But facts are facts. Previous ex management of DW were dangerous, unsafe, arrogant, and killed people. This ultimately had major impact on the insurance and regulatory framework of all parks in Australia which will be with us forever. And this ultimately means ride capacity will play second fiddle to risk aversion. How anyone can argue this I simply can’t understand.