DaptoFunlandGuy

I've had to wait at the very front entrance because the gatekeeper was assisting someone with the lockers - the chain is across the walkway and you aren't allowed to enter until the gatekeeper returns. The gatekeeper then verbally asks and visually inspects the person for loose items. The argument that someone didn't know better is not acceptable after they've been past this person. I have a novel idea, that would take a little to implement, but i think it would be worth it. I've stated several times that I always get an all day locker, regardless of what i'm riding or how long i plan to be there... but my pet peeve is that i've usually got to go to the photo centre before i leave to pick up my stuff, and if i want to purchase anything, i need to go back and run the main street gauntlet to get my wallet. I don't agree with allowing those people who use a 1 hour locker to 'carry over' their time elsewhere, but why not offer an 'all day - any locker' idea, whereby use of wristband or special pin code, a person pays one all-day fee, but is free to use any locker, anywhere in the park... this way, personal belongings are kept with you, stored in the locker at each ride while you ride and taken out when you move onto the next ride. In my view, this would actually make more money for the park, thereby offsetting whatever additional staffing costs would be required to issue wristbands or whatever (WnW and the MW drink carts can issue wristbands, so what the big deal is there i don't know), because if you aren't occupying one locker all day - but in fact utilising various lockers around the parks for minimal periods and then vacating them when you move on, means there are more lockers available for use at any one time, but you still have the guest's money for an all-day hire?!?! thoughts?

Or, if you plan on using the lockers more than once, and you don't have a friend or family member who can hold them for you, just get an all day locker??? With all the one-hour lockers going up to $2, this is only 5 hours of the 7 hour day that you'd need before you hit the same price - the difference is you can access an all-day locker as many times as you want throughout the day, as opposed to losing the time you've paid for in a 1 hour locker if you access it 5 minutes later.

Usually, the baskets boxes they do have are for things like prescription glasses - where you can't ask someone to put them in a locker and then negoatiate a winding twisting queue line. If its a non essential like a hat or a phone or a wallet, they do make you get off and out the back door... and you don't get to jump the queue to get back on.... something i personally agree with! I've utilised the lockers at universal singapore for revenge of the mummy. The free time limit was quite reasonable (i think we got two rides in during the locker period) but i can understand why VRTP doesn't have the money to provide that as a free for a period facility... even though i think that they should.

If you made no attempt to hold on, and no attempt to stablise your footing (using your 'sea legs') the worst that would happen is you would fall onto the chain, potentially fall over it or through it, seeing you land in the aisleway. The operator would very quickly e-stop, which would flatten the boat onto a level rotation in about 2 seconds, and bring it to a very quick (screeching) stop. You'd be a bit banged up, but you most certainly would not have fallen off out.

I like the nice touch on covering up theming the footings footers out in the pedestrian areas. Hopefully it doesn't remain 'just plywood' (because it'll rot) and they paint up the concrete the same way, or something with a wavy stormy theme around it. On the footers - they are everywhere... and holy crap that layout looks interesting! Cannot wait. I have it on relatively good authority that this is definitely not going to be ready in April... As said already, September is almost certainly bang on the money.... then they can have 'soft opening' that runs for 3 months before the christmas holidays.... that sounds familiar?

Isn't the BRO the blue-ringed-octopus - ie: the Octoracer??? Thereby meaning there is no bowl??? Pretty sure you meant the RIP... yeah?

When did the Germans buy Movie Vorld? Maybe they'll install more rides attractions? The premium on space inside MW is massive. Installing flats willy nilly isn't going to do anything but take up valuable real estate, and in the parks current condition, would take up pedestrian space that is sorely needed. I'd like to see them reopen chinatown alley - or at least the cut through from AA to SDSC, and install a flat in the AA piazza... I've said before that Batwing would have gone great in that space, but alternatively there are numerous other attractions that would do very nicely. There are a few expansion options for the park that have been discussed to death (behind beside showstage, next to WWF, out over the carpark, behind RRRC etc etc. Although it is more expensive, I'd like to see MW make their next coaster a full-custom job, rather than something off the shelf. Instead of trying to find a coaster that fits within the footprint of the land they've decided to use, get a manufacturer to design one that would work with and around existing infrastructure. A coaster that runs around the main street canopy maybe even through the buildings down mainstreet (eg: cross from the upper floor of the bakery, down mainstreet and into a window near the internet kiosk) - [i'm not saying run the track straight down mainstreet, just criss-cross it once or twice - this won't interfere with the existing uses of speaker-stacks and lighting, and it would also provide something else for them to hang lights off]. Movie world needs to install a true, one of a kinder here, and make use of existing areas, work with them, rather than demolishing and levelling the land and building it on a stark, pebble covered foundation.

have that, with assignable buttons that you can modify - so it essentially replicates keystrokes on a keyboard, and that makes it universal to any simulator based program... that... would be kinda cool.

^ Agreed Rappa. It was a much better experience, although due to it's size height, docking it was a bitch in comparison.

I certainly like this idea, and intend on getting one when my VIP gold expires, unless they either ramp up the gold offer again to something similar... Since this certainly does appear to be a VIP gold 'on steroids' i'd like to see them offer an upgrade option from the existing gold. Either way whether they do or don't, it is still great value, so I do hope they keep it around long enough for mine to expire.

Bad news RWC - wrong again. A person who has lost consciousness and stopped breathing in a pool has drowned. The fact that she was revived just means they got to her quickly enough to revive her. I train the state emergency service on first aid, and this situation is considered a drowning. The fact that ably trained and well supported personnel utilised their training to perform CPR just means it wasn't fatal. I really dislike the term 'near-drowning'. It's like the term 'near-miss'. This little girl experienced respiratory impairment from submersion immersion in liquid, so she drowned... plain and simple... she didn't DIE, but she drowned. I'm curious as to whether the resort had (and utilised) an automated external defibrillator (AED)... Or whether the resort only had an adult model available. CPR usually has a 30% success rate, whereas with an AED it is increased to 60-70%. Emergency services would have responded quickly, but without the nurse and lifesaver present, this little girl would be headed for a wooden box - so well done to those talented people.

Well, as usually happens, until info comes out confirming whats going on, we speculate, tossing ideas back and forth to see what we come up with, explaining why one idea won't work, etc... In the past, our speculating has gotten us close to hitting the nail on the head... it's just usually not so far away from opening when we start because they don't announce it so far into the future...

Always the same with me? Have you got me confused with RWC or something Rappa? I'm not unreasonable, and I don't make statements of opinion as fact. I gave every concession in my follow up that I may have been influenced or biased by other events on the night, but my view is my view. I don't mean to offend anyone who has done the job, but in my opinion, it was as I described. I'm not arguing - i'm just stating my own view... something we've established that everyone on these boards is entitled to.

Tempting as it is to read this in that way - that Joz wants Wiki screwed with again, it wasn't my intention to save the changes - the screenshot was taken from a preview post (which is why the wiki tab is blacked out because it said 'Editing' or something like that... The page auto refreshed while I was prepping the screenshot, and the changes went live. Anyhow - I'm curious with these two attractions - it's been suggested that the 2014 attraction will go into 'showstage'... and so far this hasn't been refuted (although it is a way off yet). If the coaster is (completely) outdoors, that's going to nix the concept of great theming for it too... so are we to assume that both attractions will utilise the showstage in some way??? Surely theres some info out there somewhere???

Who died and made you Jimmy Wales?

The wait is over!

I wouldn't worry too much about the operating hours just yet - they've already got the caveat in there to allow one-off special events... And if the residents think that a 10am open means that they can't make noise until 9:59am... they've got another thing coming - morning maintenance, checks and start up will occur for an hour or two before that! If they'd complained on the opening hours now, they might never build it... better to build it with the restriction, and then petition the council in a year or two once the uproar from the locals has settled down, and community support is up because of those who visit and enjoy it - and THEN they can request an extension of hours. THose in the greater council area that use the facility will vastly outweight those who would oppose it.

Well - for starters, i'm pretty sure they did own the land, so your recollection of the negotiations going smoothly is right off the charts... The land is adjacent (and I believe owned by) the subsidiary that operates their cinema chain - being that it is right by the blacktown 'greater union' drive in, which i'm assuming is part of the village group?

To be honest, that courtyard is a much better place for a spaceshot than where Batwing is... And it'd fit the theme - after escaping the Joker's 'treatment', you could escape Arkham Asylum in the Batwing...

Took another look the other day... something else is happening with the toilet blocks... not sure what, but they aren't just refurbishing the inside of them...

The fact that you started off with 'completely objective and stating fact free from opinion doesn't mean thats what your post was... [*]...What crap [*]Load of bullshit And I'm curious how the installation is much neater and with way more attention to detail than last year, if the designs are all the same??? WTF? I don't really see how I was implying an insult by saying the entertainment cast refused to work the event, so they hired in externals, and staff from their other parks? You were being defensive otherwise you wouldn't have started with 'what crap' and 'load of bullshit'. You were angry at my comments, and it shows in your choice of language. And I said main street lights because they were the ones that I saw last year. Scooby and wild west weren't lit up in the slightest last year - they only had ambient lighting from LED pars and uplighting. So my comments on those hedges and tall trees, although I found them disappointingly messy, were not those that I was comparing to the efforts from last year. My comparison was the lights on main street. And I admitted that perhaps I was being overly critical because of the poor experience I had, and you may well have photos of a completed installation to compare with last years completed installation, but i'm not talking about photos of a completed job, i'm talking about an outdoor installation that has been up for a month, within reach of the general public - and what i saw on the buildings on main street (if you wish for me to be specific - i'm talking about the wall between Roxy and the collectable shop, above harry potter, and above the photoshop were sections that just didn't look as neat as they could have been. I think the crews who do this work do a spectacular job - If you go back to the fright nights thread you'll see I was all praise for the work that had been put into it, but in my opinion, the lights were better last year than this... and i'm sorry if you disagree, but nothing will change my mind on that. You may not have done the work yourself, but you must admit there is a little bias in there somewhere... I rarely have something bad to say about all that VRTP does, and when I do, it's usually minor detail that the average Joe doesn't take note of, that I don't make a big deal of but point it out as an item of interest. In this case, I felt the lights could have been better DOWN MAIN STREET, and thats that.

but they've only just refurbed the track and replaced the train a year or so ago, and had no end of trouble with it. Trust me - management decided they wanted to keep that coaster, rather than replace it... and that's what they're going to do. Has anyone checked GCCC DA approvals?

Rappa - I did ensure to post that it was rumor mill. I don't normally post that sort of thing (i don't normally engage street staff in conversation), but it was mentioned, and I repeated. I don't claim that to be a fact, just mentioning it to add to discussion. To be honest, For an entertainment cast that does the day shift, I wouldn't want to be doing an extra 4+ hours at night too, so I'd be in support of them if they did refuse anyway. Re: lights, I'm taking your response to mean you did have something to do with it as you're quite defensive. I was under the impression you'd had less to do with it than last year... Anyway - I visited WC last year twice - once for a corporate, and once for general admission. I didn't do the corporate this year, but i'm basing my opinions on photos I took last year (and i'm not talking dodgy camera phone shots either). The area outside Roxy was better lit up than it was last year - that was a plus, but the strings just didn't seem as 'tight' as they were last year - they appeared to me to be a little 'floppy'. Smaller details - like the blue and white icicles in the hedges outside Dirty Harry's just seemed 'messy'. I love that attention was given even to the tall hedge trees next to intencity, but it just didn't strike me as being done with any finesse. Obviously you have an insight into the work behind this, and i'm not criticising those who have put in the hard yards, it just didn't look as clean or as neat as last year, and that is my opinion. Whilst I didn't specifically disclaim my comment as 'my opinion' - I did say that the lights 'struck me' as etc etc. I'll be honest - perhaps the other faults with the night made me view smaller flaws in the installation a little too critically - i have to allow for that possibility, and perhaps I didn't view them so critically last year because the rest of the experience was an enjoyable one. You and I have discussed at length various 'technical aspects' of various things done by VRTP, and i've picked up flaws which usually go unnoticed by the general public that you've agreed were an issue. I sincerely doubt that you personally installed and strung every bulb in that installation (forgive me if I am wrong) but can you state, categorically, that everyone involved in the installation has as much care and attention to detail that you do? Something I didn't mention in enough detail though was the fantastic coverage of snow during the opening ceremony - i've seen the 'snow' efforts last year, and believe wholeheartedly that this years efforts in that regard were far superior.

lol - re: Arkham... "You won't be needing that anymore!" re: SE - Hello and welcome, you are about to board the MRT - Metropolis Rapid Transit. Your safety is important to us, so please, give us your attention for a moment, even if you are a frequent traveller. By now all of your loose items including anything in your pockets should have been left with a friend, or in the lockers at the entrance.... (anyone want to keep going?)

Re Age restrictions, it avoids the complications of minors 'needing permission' to enter competitions etc. They also probably want to filter out some of the "OMGGGG U GUYZZZZ NEEEED 2 GET A B&M COASTERRR" Re: African Safari World - I don't. I hope they ask meaningful questions about ideas they are actually considering that are viable. I hope they ask questions on concepts they want to make happen in the next few years, not a 'one day....' pipe dream. Personally, I hope they ask Mack to come and do the refurbishments on all of their attractions next year... since they've got such experience working in our climate, and most of our attractions are getting on in years...