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DaptoFunlandGuy

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  1. They're out there if you look around....
  2. I didn't realise we were being so pedantic, but in the case of two dimensional space, X & Y are the commonly used labels. You wouldn't skip over Y to refer to something as X & Z unless a third dimension was possible. (And given the artwork and intent of the ride description, a third dimension wasn't seen as applicable). You are correct that Z is traditionally drawn as the vertical axis, but this also depends on your perspective, doesn't it?
  3. There's two directions you can go with these. Both of which you will find with a little google image search. Try the following searches: dye sub polo shirt These are full colour, and can be as simple or as detailed of a design as you like. There really isn't much of a limit when it comes to dye sublimation printing. Dreamworld almost got it right when they produced a dye-sub t-shirt. If it'd had a collar, it would have been perfect! (This is the first result I could find on google when searching for it, as this style of shirt is no longer sold on their online merch store) dri-fit polo shirt This is a much simpler design. Searching this on google will return numerous results of simplistic styled and comfortable polo shirts in a dri-fit fabric (also known as 'wick-away') which keeps the wearer cool. Nike and Under Armour are big producers of shirts like this and they're worn by lots of sportspeople. Tiger Woods for example has his own shirts produced by Under Armour. A lot of golfers wear this style also The important thing about these shirts is the style of fabric. They're not cotton, or a cotton-poly blend. They tend to have stretchy, breathable fabric containing a percentage of elastane or other flexible fabric. (The wicking fabric and breathability is certainly welcomed in the climate of SEQ) Check out the description of this one, for example - Men's UA Matchplay Polo | Under Armour AU As another example - Disney produced merchandise for World of Avatar which was co-branded by Nike, and the shirt was so comfortable! Disney Men's Shirt - Nike Performance Polo - ACE - Pandora World of Avatar (yourwdwstore.net)
  4. I mean, the gondolas spin, so riders do experience movement on the Z axis...
  5. Rumour has it that the train rattles too much in the launch and the train is contacting the launch equipment, which has a pretty narrow margin of clearance. It was rubbing on the the launch modules causing it to slow, and not clearing the tower. No official source, just chit chat amongst different groups i've overheard. take it with a few chips of cedar and some salt.
  6. Look i'd prefer they have more ride specific merch. Heck, last time I went to knott's they had 'new' merch featuring all of their 'former' attractions. For their 30th anniversary, MW released a T-shirt with things like gremlins and stuff on it and i've seen a lot of those shirts around... Here's what i'd like to see (in some semblance of priority): Polo Shirts. Good quality, decent array of sizes, comfortable to wear in a dri-fit fabric or dye-sub design. Full colour artwork\design, or more of a golf-polo with just the small logo. Honestly, i'd buy the whole set if they did one for each ride \ colour. ZIP UP Hoodies. With pockets. Hoodies without zips are a pain in the ass. Hoodies without pockets also. But don't go overboard with designs. one or two in the park is fine - by all means do one a bit more plain \ black \ masculine, and do another that is more colourful or feminine. His and hers are definitely a thing that will sell more than one. Doing one for every DC character is overkill. Release a new one every year, retire an old one. Ride specific products - and not just the same drink bottle or keyring with a different logo on it. Make each thing unique, or something different about it. In the same vein as number 3 - try to tailor your offering. Wild West should have old school curios. metal objects, wood objects. the kind of thing you'd see in the old west. Oz can have kansas-y olden stuff and whimsical colourful oz stuff. Superman is set in metropolis, don't forget it. Importantly though don't over-design it and end up offering a $450 item that will gather dust. It has to fit in the affordable category to move the volume. Never thought i'd be in the camp, but spirit jerseys. Bought one in Hong Kong and i'm a convert. they're lighter than a jumper, loose fitting and comfortable. you can have the same style but release a new design every year and it will keep selling. Yes they are different enough to hoodies that I know I personally would buy both. This one is a long time coming - but a specialty food item or two. To do this, you need a food outlet that produces something popular, that has a signature addition - like a burger with a special sauce. Maybe for Oz they do a Kansas-style chicken wing, and they have Toto's Wing Sauce. custom label it and sell it in the gift shop. Nanocoasters or Cutouts are cool and all. I'd like to see them, but I acknowledge they're pretty niche, but even if they did limited runs of things, or a pre-order or something, I know a lot of fans of the park would order.
  7. Absolutely preposterous. They've all done their training. They've all worked a hard day on a new attraction. The last thing they're going to do is intentionally cause a fault when its time to knock off. Don't be so absurd.
  8. It's a relocation. It was meant to be temporary\filler for scooby. It's opened much later than planned, and probably cost more too. It's not the show-stopping new attraction set to open this year. I'm quite happy for them to go skint on this thing. the best visuals are the fact that superman is all around you too - we finally get to watch SE from inside the helix as well. I don't want a bunch of themed tunnels or some shit blocking the view. If WOz turns out amazing, i'm totally ok with Flash being this way.
  9. Thats a really long pathway to the Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation. I can't even find where it is on the map, but i'm assuming it's somewhere near the Tigers? That's called 'East'. It is apparently quite common to balance things out maintenance wise, but I only ever see West running. First there was blue screen, then there was green screen. Now beige screen is used to hide objects in front of a plain coloured wall. The sign is nice enough but the colour choices are horrible against the background store colour.
  10. I'm hearing the ride is cycling today with passengers. Not sure if they're staff to get the cycle count up for ops or if it has soft opened, but seems like it will be announced as open any day now.
  11. Thankyou for announcing the announcement that an announcement was about to be announced.
  12. BGH aren't in it for the long term, they're in it for the money. But they do need a product they can sell to an eventual buyer, and since the land isn't theirs anymore, it won't go the wonderland route, so they're going to need to start rolling this turd in glitter because they sure as shit don't want to polish it. I've been saying this for a while now. The tide is turning.
  13. And I just pointed out that it wasn't the same complaint every day. These people are in the C-suite. If you're saying that it is more likely that they are incompetent, (as much as I'd like to think they are too) unfortunately you're just very naive. I mean, I'd love nothing more than to slap an image from one of their social media profiles on here in a farcical example of them doing just that, but it wouldn't be realistic, nor would it be fair to them. Unfortunately we don't see them walking the parks, interacting with regular guests and showing that they care about the very poor experiences their guests are having. The park is no doubt doing what they do best - quietly slinging free tickets at people who have complained, but that doesn't fix their image problem. And in the absence of some of the C suite coming out and explaining things, we are left to draw our own imaginative and wild conclusions. Contempt is the very least of it. A few years ago, Dreamworld was in a very similar situation, and the CEO sent out an email to all passholders to explain why things were the way they are, what they were doing to make sure it never happened again, and issued every passholder a free ticket to an after hours event that was normally an extra charge. They didn't have to do that. but they did. And even though we couldn't go to the after hours event, I personally appreciated the gesture. I was far less pissed off with the state of the park because they had made an effort to make it right. Meanwhile at village: Radio Silence.
  14. It's that pesky 3pm pickup with a 5pm park closure that gets in the way though, am I right?
  15. It's a bit rich to consider Green Lantern to be 'working' at the best of times.
  16. No but workers who are parents have impacts to their availability during school term too.
  17. The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. Just because older \ other sites are poorly designed for those with disabilities, doesn't mean it should be allowed to continue when a new site is developed.
  18. I mean to be fair, their staffing numbers do drop outside of school holidays because some staff have schooling obligations... but its still ridiculous to suggest all the rides are closed because they don't have the staff.
  19. Way back when we saw this: I assumed this is what the lethal weapon building was being used for. There is a doorway on each side of 'the great and powerful oz' and I assumed one door lead to each attraction. I assume that leads to the pathways you can see scattered throughout the land.
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