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I dont think theres a problem having stuff facing the highway. The problem with the light installation at Yatla is its too close and a bit of a mess so you cant really tell what it says. This one near Coffs faces the highway and is easy to read at night: This isnt

Alton Towers did a "safety" fluff piece with Tom Scott under the guise of him getting over his rollercoaster fears. Pretty entertaining watch.

Genuinely is one of the best YouTube channels out there. I didn't mean to sound cynical in my initial post, was just trying to convey the angle that Alton Towers has and what they would get from it (on top of being on a super popular global YouTube channel)

As well as his hardest task - Making Colin Furze wear a helmet.

But the best part of drop towers, is the view and realisation of how high you actually are. If you enclose it, that takes it away and for an old ride like the GD, probably not worth the investment. They put a tunnel around TOT and that made it worse. Enclosed drop towers, in my opinion, only work if they are like Disney’s TOT. Which is about the story and the ups and down drops.

OK so the M1 lights are crap but the Green lantern, Top Golf and Joker signs are good and face sideways. I think the goal would be to have clear visibility for a constant stream of traffic in both directions because you have hundreds of thousands of unique eyes, often from further afield. Rather than just showing it to the same 38,000 locals in the suburbs highlighted.

They wasted two million dollars making this 😭 Anyone know why it is still up?

No, you stop putting dates on it, period, until it is FIRM. And if you prioritise selling tickets on a misleading premise, it ends up being 'once bitten, twice shy' and that strategy doesn't fool the smart consumer more than once - long term marketing tends to prefer to maintain integrity than to mislead the consumer to make a quick buck.

He's a youtuber that has been around practically since the beginning. His main channel does a lot of 'things you didn't know' and some can be very nerdy science and technology whereas others are just cool places in the world that he found interesting. The best part (as Slick references) is that his main channel is primarily short 3-5 minute videos so you can catch them when you've got a few minutes with nothing to do when you don't wanna settle in for a 20-30 minute episode of something, they're snappy, quick and to the point while also being informative. He's one of my favourite youtube channels to drop by when i'm taking a break. He's done a load of things for the BBC and even produced a number of gameshow style episodes including some other popular youtube channel collaborations with folks like Technology Connections as guest stars. "Money" is one of my personal favourites and I wish he'd do another series on that. I think he launched Tom Scott plus about a year ago (he made a short video announcement on his main channel asking people to name the channel) where he explained his intention with the second channel - Plus is kinda Tom Scott does Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe a nervous computer geek. He's already herded sheep, been set on fire, and learned to ride a bike.

You also run into a delay dominos effect, overseas manufacturing delay, shipping container delay, port delay, shipping delay, then covid wave, then customs delay, labour delay. There seems to be a lot of instability in the construction world. Not saying what they have done is right, but "covid" isnt just "covid"

actually found that pretty cool to watch. no idea who he is or aware of his regular content etc, but i thought it was produced really well. As someone who loves rides and coasters, it can sometimes be hard to fathom how genuinely scared some people are of them.

Tom Scott is an epic creator, one of my favourites 👍

This has been in the works for a long time. About 10 years ago I recall a yarn from management where the plan was to build a new ride every year to replace the old rides, Hair Raiser was meant to be the beginning of this process, a replacement of Flying Saucer would have been the second, with all the old rides replaced one by one and would have finished up with a new Big Dipper. This whole plan was from my understanding put on hold post Hair Raiser DA debacle, before the new tango train got built. All the building refurbishments were still done on schedule (such as the lighthouse, Big Dipper facade, etc). Only when the site development regulations were finalised a few years back did things restart.

Hey all, I recently returned from a holiday up to the Gold Coast and visited both Movie World and Dreamworld and wanted to share my experience fitting/not fitting on the rides. Context, I am 130KG, 189cm tall and hold most of my weight in my stomach and chest. I'll go through the rides I was able to get on and hopefully this will help others figure out which rides they can get on when they go. Dreamworld: Sky Voyager: According to their website, the ride has a 120KG weight limit, however I rode this 3 times and not once was stopped and asked my weight or asked to prove my weight. Seatbelt restrain was super long and had no issues putting it on. The Claw: This was the only ride I went on at Dreamworld that I didn't fit in/ The ride has overhead restrains that unfortunately wouldn't lock down over my chest. For someone of my height and weight, probably 5-10kgs down would allow the seat to clip in. (Note, they do have a tester seat for this ride, however, for some reason it was roped off when I went) Pandamonium: Surprisingly to me, I had no issue on this ride. This has another overhead restrain that drops on your shoulders, however, I had no issue with it. The ride has a 300kg per gondola limit, though I was a single rider and was paired up with a lady and 2 kids and had no issues. Steel Taipan: No issues here as well. I used the tester seat at the start of the day and had another 15cm in front of my belly with the light turning green. This ride is probably the most friendly ride for bigger riders. Movie World: Justice League 3D: No issues here, simple lap bar design that can accommodate probably everyone. Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster: I had no issues in terms of weight and fitting on this ride. It was more my legs that took a beating. I did ride it and sat in the back of the vehicle, which I heard had more leg room, though my legs were squashed and banged up by the end. This ride was rough... DC Rivals Hypercoaster (Regular Seat): This one surprised me a bit as it's the newest ride at Movie World but this wasn't very accommodating at all. While I did fit, the overhead restraint did push on my ribcage area the most. I think I was on the last available click in the restraint and did see one other guy who looked about my weight but a bit shorter that wasn't able to fit on the ride. DC Rivals Hypercoaster (Reverse Seat): The back reverse seat is identical to the regular seats on the ride so if you fit in one, you'll fit in the other. I know I missed some big rides like Superman, however, I just had some bad luck with rides going down while in line. Though I hope my experience can help someone out there plan their next trip and have a bit of an understanding of what rides they can go on. Cheers.