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About DaptoFunlandGuy

  • Birthday June 24

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    Brisbane South
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    Resident grouch.

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    Space Mountain
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  1. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Jesus Christ - you went back 13 months to quote this? There is only one possible argument that Dreamworld is a half day park and that argument is that their ops are efficient enough that you can actually ride everything. The confronting truth is that while village might have the bigger blockbusters - they don't have enough to spread the crowds out, and tank their operations with slow load and unload procedures that blow out queue times to several hours. It is ridiculous on a stage of worldwide theme parks that a little Mack HyperCoaster on the gold coast consistently drives wait times as high or higher than the biggest and most popular theme parks in the world.
  2. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Theres always hope...
  3. DaptoFunlandGuy
    It's almost as if making the park a circuit instead of a bunch of dead ends makes sense!
  4. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Greg Yong* The ride consistently gets a queue, though how much of that is attributed to slow operations due to an incredibly clunky harness system, i'm not sure. The park is still on a razor thin line, so I can't see them binning a perfectly operational attraction, no matter how average it is, until it reaches end of life or becomes uneconomical to operate.
  5. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Motocoaster was a prototype and is approaching 20 years old. it's copped a lot of hate it's whole life. I'd love to see them consider other options for the site than simply retheming the ride - though if they can improve on the restraint design as part of the retheme that could revitalise it.
  6. DaptoFunlandGuy
    News.com ran a story on the queues to get into Sea World over the weekend. Never-before-seen queues for Sea World | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines Slow news day. Wish they'd get rid of those green screens though.
  7. DaptoFunlandGuy
    *in summer
  8. DaptoFunlandGuy
    They weren't in the original plan and only came online when Superman shit the bed et al.
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    It's Japan. We entered TDL with our hotel early entry and were one of the first people in the park. On our way to Splash, we saw someone already staking out their spot (8:54am according to my phone's camera roll). When we came back after riding Splash, Pan and Big Thunder, she had been joined by a friend, and at least a dozen donald duck plushes. I checked during the afternoon parade and they were still there. We were lucky enough to get on a month before it closed. Having ridden both the Giacchino and Dick Dale versions in California and Hong Kong - it was eerie to ride in silence. On one of our later trips I cued up the dale soundtrack and held my phone to my ear.
  11. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Enjoy the closing exodus!
  12. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Alright - let me mark that off my bingo card... They're running a bit behind on my wishlist, but they're getting there.
  13. DaptoFunlandGuy
    We had to skip Nagashima (the curse of Forbidden Journey continues) but all our trip planning said you absolutely had to get there at opening if you wanted a chance of getting through all the major attractions. If you get there at open, you can always compromise and leave earlier (TBH we were warned to either leave early or plan to eat nearby as getting out of the area on public transit at close was supposed to be a bit congested) One tip I would give you though - ask these sorts of questions earlier if you want more chance of getting an answer you can actually use - By now I assume it's too late.
  14. DaptoFunlandGuy
    The ride underwent an extensive refurb, where custom parts were fabricated because they were no longer available. You can keep being obtuse if you wish, the fact remains that the osborne-led park was trying very hard not to close rides - even so much as suggesting they'd try and rebirth Eureka. Also the quote from the park was never 'people want shaded seating over a new ride' What they said was that they had decided to use the wipeout space for seating, because guest feedback had indicated more seating was needed close to food outlets and rides, and wipeout's plot was the perfect spot. While its a very fine distinction, there was nothing there that said 'people want this over a new ride' (If you want to check my homework - it was your own post)
  15. DaptoFunlandGuy
    This link might help explain the concept of idioms.
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