DaptoFunlandGuy

You paid $299 to do the star tour, which included fast lane passes etc all afternoon, and you still left the park early to go to dreamworld? for shame.

Given the facades are on top of the existing buildings, those buildings probably could not accommodate them.

I think a trip report or review, if the experience was negative, was fine, so long as you make efforts to recognise what positives there were as well - but if a trip to the Ekka for example was overall a bucket of shit (Went yesterday, left after 90 minutes having done everything I was interested in), then it's hard to be positive. I think the difference is that the podcast (I haven't listened to it and am only going second hand on what others say they present) is doing what i'm doing now - Judging something without having actually taken part in it for themselves. Except in this case - there were plenty of reviews out there both on Parkz, Facebook and private sites like OurWorlds that people who do a podcast within this industry should have been aware of it. Now, what little credibility they might have had - they've lost - because we know that their judgment is based on pathetic assumptions without having experienced it for themselves or listened to others that have. MW has really gone to the next level with this tour by all accounts - it is unfortunate that they (and our other parks) have for a long time tried to do things on the cheap, so now that is what is expected of them.

You should go on Park Chat.

Although there are many things you couldn't price up - not being available otherwise - there are comparable things to look at too - things like bridgeclimb (Storey or Sydney) are obviously a much higher and more elaborate sort of thing to this - taking you to the top of a structure that you would otherwise never be allowed to go, so even if you think of it as half the price of a bridgeclimb, you can still give that a tangible value which takes the total well over the ticket price, without even looking at any of the other experiences. VIP parking overseas at places like Universal and Six Flags are between $10 and $50 for the day - so split the difference, call it $25 and you're up in value again. The kitchen tour can't be priced, but the cost of the items can be - and you can safely add about $10 worth of bakery items consumed to the price as well. Theres a few other things you could attach a tangible price to - for example drink costs - chances are with jugs delivered, you would probably have more than just one drink while dining... stuff like that. On another note, the more I think about this tour the more I can't wait until I can do it - but it got me thinking about some of the other things the park has around that might be interesting. We know, for example, that the park stores the parade floats either out the back behind intencity, or in some cases inside the old LTRR building. We also know that the park has several worksheds where they create \ maintain theming - some of them are on studio property while others are behind LTRR. It would be cool if they added (or used as substitute when certain other parts of the tour were unavailable) an opportunity to perhaps stand on a float for photos (as this isn't usually available) or see some of the 'behind the scenes' work that goes into creating theming objects such as they use for white christmas (the 'snow' blocks placed around main street buildings for example). I don't know whether its entirely practical, but just an idea, and its the sort of thing I think would be a cool addition to what is already a fabulous (and definitely well worth it) tour.

LOL. For those outside the circle - @reanimated35 usually hyper-analyses @Slick's articles on OurWorlds for spelling grammar and punctuation, so it had to be done! On topic - given that the tour was designed with Superman Escape in mind, and given the maintenance schedule has it out until almost the end of the current tour schedule, am i the only one thinking it'll be extended?

You're right @downunder - i've just started paging through RCDB and there doesn't seem to be many overtly named.... now i'm going to see if I can find any that may be more play on words. Of note so far - 6 Man Bob. For obvious reasons though, i'm sure 6 Woman Bob would prove extremely popular. Bob also seems to be a very popular name for a coaster - although I can't imagine why... Angry Birds - although the theme is obvious, the okker translation is hilarious. Big Fury - (well?) Black Widow (x2) Black Witch (that's racist) Blazing Fury (*see above) Bone Shaker Boss (my wife wouldn't argue with this one) Bronco Buster ... the fun continues - i've done up to page 30 of 328 pages on RCDB - thats A and B covered. Anyone else want to take on the next block of 30? seriously - another 10 people and we can cover the entire database! start here: http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&nm=na&page=30

A good representation there @Wyncenuros - I guess then that people who require the ramp should aim to park closer to the bus stop than they do now parking closer to WWW. TBH it'd be nice if that were permanent - ie: DW customers parking closer to Buzz so that WWW customers aren't competing for parking closer to the WWW gate. Of course the only inconvenience then is if you plan on park hopping throughout the day and want to leave by a different gate than you entered, but that isn't really a big deal in the middle of winter.

That joke is getting on in years.

Given one suggestion is theming for current construction, and the other is hints to possible future attraction(s), and the fact that @reanimated35 has just been on the Star Tour, I find its more likely they were told about an attraction being built, than several that would clearly not have been signed off yet... therefore.... Brad is right.

I heard they're putting in some new fountains.... and toilets.

I can now see it correctly.

Am I the only one that can only see HTML code, rather than the article, pictures and links?

Yeah given this isn't even three years ago, and this site has (in some form or other) been going since 2003- theres a decade behind this topic to wade through...

I've been in the cinema\training room that used to be a gremlins cinema for a future of fun focus group. It certainly doesn't look as glamorous as it used to, but it lives on.

I like that they've extended the games building to incorporate the drink station, rather than the portable stand. it means they'll be able to put in a soda fountain instead of selling bottles only.

I heard that the bugs bunny group shot had to be paid for separately?

That's a great read, and perfectly explains why Disney has had some limited exposure with marvel characters in florida too.

Wow. A picture really does tell 1000 words... or in this case 148! Good description for the giffickly challenged Jamberoo Fan. Great to see this little park continues to build on its success.

Seeing that makes it obvious how bad the paint job really was looking. I mean we could all see it, but the before and after just shows how bad it was. I'm glad they took the step to do it now, rather than waiting for another year.

why did ROTM affect Scoob? I mean I get they're both dark ride coasters, but they're very different... not disagreeing with you just curious how you took that view.

Could just be a 'dirty office' for tradies and the like and a 'clean office' for the project managers \ corporate types. Suits generally don't like to mix with the 'unwashed'

My syndicate had a win on Wednesday lotto. $16.95. Split 13 ways. I only need another 153 wins and i'll be able to book mine.