DaptoFunlandGuy

Usually you like to give your marketing people a heads up on things so they can start formulating a marketing strategy. You don't do that overnight. I'll weigh into the debate with my 80 cents. There has been a lot of discussion here about MW vs. DW. TBH - I don't think that is a fair comparison. It has been mentioned that DW offers families more - by having animals, and kids areas and such, and this has been pointed out where MW is lacking - but I don't think many of you realise the model VRTP have going. You cannot compare DW to MW. What you need to do is compare pass to pass. The VIP \ VRTP Membership vs. the World Pass. Both passes get you into all of the relevant company theme park property both offer a waterpark gate both offer high thrills both cater to families both offer various children's branded entertainment and themed areas both have animal experiences Once you broaden the comparison, those few areas where DW is regarded as 'better' suddenly lose a little shine. #MyOpinion

How then did it fail? either they debited the old, or the new - if both would have worked, how did it decline? Reserve bank...

i think old faithful, like most geysers on flumes and rapids have a 'winter' and a 'summer' setting - and are timed specifically to either just miss, or soak the boat. it could be that you always ride on the 'winter' setting, as i've personally been soaked by the geyser. (it doesn't have to be winter to be on the winter setting either). I'm not saying WWF has this setting, just going off experience with other similar rides.

replacement parts are always needed for general maintenance. Its still technically possible - however unlikely we've already ruled it out to be - it could well have been the case. As I understand it - the crates we have seen did not come straight off a boat\plane either. I believe they were already on site at MW and were MOVED to that location afterwards... so someone at the park made the decision to put them there... was it intentional? were they just making space without realising the boxes had stencilling on them? I mean lets be real - we know the contents of those are damn heavy. And there's no urgency to them - they can be shipped well in advance rather than being flown... and if they were shipped - they'd have been in shipping containers - like everything else we usually see arrive on site...

Well, this somewhat suggests that the WANDA angle isn't happening anytime soon. It also suggests the park does have things in motion before the CommGames - something I know @reanimated35 had been (until recently) pushing for more info on from 'Belinda Brown' But it seems since they've been asked to pay for the privilege, DW has clammed up on us.

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the thin strip of land leading to GL lends itself perfectly to a station house, and accompanying lift hill - roll out of station, do a u-turn just like GL does, then hit the lift - by the time you reach 'open land' you can be at the top and ready to roll!

I'd like to see small spurts throughout to give that 'who's gonna cop it' effect - i'm thinking like the raptors on Jurassic park - but in this case not an animal - maybe just a leaky overhead water channel - spurts a constant stream of water into the middle of the channel, and the boat goes right under it.

What you say sounds logical, and of course that is what they would do, but the park has been dropping hints - leaving a red herring out to fool people would have been genius.

It depends on how close to the debit date you changed them. Our organisation processes direct debits and we need 7 days notice to update account details.

I think we've seen doomsday for some months now... TBH they've modelled the ride so much on the character, it would be strange for there to be a second 'character' in the area...

I'd say more likely that the building behind that facade is not part of the new fit out, and it is probably used for something else, so they couldn't tear it down. I have all faith we are not seeing some weird dutch style barn lego store.

Nothing is official until it's on the website...

You can, of course, plant trees which do not grow that high ever.

You can fix that you know. Learn how to use that fancy camera of yours instead of running it in Auto.

The longest ride time of any rollercoaster in the world is 8 minutes - a scenic railway style coaster called Hochschaubahn, in Austria, which closed in 1944 (Darn Germans!). It had three lift hills, which is likely the reason for much of the ride time, since it was only a mile long, giving you an average speed of 7.5mph or 12kph. The next closest coaster to that ride time is Daidarasaurus (Expoland Japan) which closed in 2007 - At almost 2.4kms long and a ride time of 6:33 whilst its top speed was 72.5kph, its average was a mere 21.4kph. RCDB's ride list shows all of these by ride time here - Our own Scooby comes in at 7th on the list (and beats the Beast by 3 seconds). So whilst its entirely possible, you would need an INSANELY LONG themed pre-lift or pre-launch, and an INSANELY LONG track with a relatively slow average speed. Given what we have heard about this coaster, and what we have seen so far, I think it is safe to say that it will neither have a huge pre show, or a huge track, or a low average speed. Hell - even Arkham hits a 27kph average.

I think you'll find somebody goofed. http://www.funpark.ciderhousetech.com.au/index.php/freefall says that Freefall is 52 METRES high.

Until it hits the new roof it won't fit under...

This - thanks to coaster 101:

I don't think you'll find cold hydraulics has anything to do with it. More likely its friction. What you need to remember is that these rides are calibrated extremely closely. When first installed, coaster trains come with a mix of polyurethane and nylon wheels. During testing, the manufacturer may trim the train by swapping some of these wheels out in different places in order to get the best performance, and the right speed. As wheels and track wear, maintenance may do modifications and adjustments in order to keep the train properly trimmed. Superman has run the rails for quite some time with little or no paint on the tractor (running) surface. Now that the entire track has got a completely new coat of paint, several things may be impacting the ride's ability to get over the top hat: increased thickness of track (only microns) means less 'play' between running and upstop wheels, more 'grab' and therefore more friction the painted surface itself most likely causes more friction to the wheels than a bare steel rail, and therefore more friction The wheel combination currently installed may be 'slow' wheels to compensate for the faster speeds achieved by the missing paint. They may need to change some wheels to the faster wheel materials to compensate. The winch system - having undergone over a decade of minor adjustments to keep the launch speed aligned has potentially been programmed to throw less power into the cable because of the speed of bare steel rails, and now needs to be reprogrammed. Remember - the launch system weighs the train in order to calculate the force required to get it over. So the ride is now weighing the train as it did several months ago, but not putting as much effort into the launch, because it is still calibrated to the fast running of bare steel.

I disagree - we've had initiatives like FoF, and whilst we might not have the same opportunity for public Q&A, we're fed enough insider and backstage information through 'official' leaks and unofficial sources through staff and what not. We've got more of an idea of a coaster that is a year away and hasn't even got footings yet than we do of a building \ store for which artists impressions, concepts, plans and designs have been available for months. but as usual we are probably going to have to agree to disagree. This was my first thought.

Link?

Or, buy the whole lot, build a bridge over the road, fence it in. then i have two words for you... Kickass Dark Ride.

Clearly their interest to engage with enthusiasts waned when they were asked to dig into their pockets. Its one reason why i'm no longer a passholder.