DaptoFunlandGuy

Honestly - I thought the original press release mentioned that they'd be changeable for different events, but going back to look for it - it's another @themagician forecast. He must have been there in person for this one, because he was right again! Honestly with them going to this trouble, making them RGB changeable is a no brainer - With the proliferation of cheap RGB lights in everything from gaming desks to car underbody kits, if they DIDN'T make them changeable it'd be a cause for embarassment

is that actually gold or undercoat? looks like part of the red track on the right hasn't been painted yet (at the rear) and is the same colour as the track next to it.

What's funny about that is that you can still read them - so it doesn't really matter. I was moreso referring to a protrusion from the rear that meant nothing could extend past a certain distance, bent or not. I don't know anything factual about this, i'm just speculating like everyone else here. That image shows the letters spanning more than the distance between track support members though, which isn't possible with 3D letters. Perhaps, when they made those letters smaller to fit, it wasn't as legible at distance, so they opted for a different font? (Guarantee though, given the age of the original lettering, like most organisations, there's probably no record of what font was originally used)

Why is that better? It might be further from the theme park, but it still impacts on others in the vicinity who aren't at Movie World.

^Relevant for sea world bathrooms

Its a first generation install. It's no "giant gold banana in a western area", but if they prove successful i'm sure we'll see them invest in them. I'm personally a fan of these things, even though I don't tend to patronise them. Wonderland had more than 20 skill games across the park and they were all quite profitable with only about 4 of them closed in off peak periods. All major parks on the GC have skill games now, so clearly there is some level of merit in it having them - and for a park that is by all accounts not financially well off and trying to recover, not going all out on a proof of concept isn't the end of the world - certainly not 'death'. The flip side is that if they decide to remove them, a tilt tray can pull them out overnight, and you don't end up with a situation of a virtually abandoned shopfront rotting in plain view, like we saw opposite Wipeout for a number of years.

the width of those letters (not the thickness) are still comparable. the outside edge of the A is about the same distance outside the track as the outside edge of the M. If the width is restricted - say, perhaps because the gondola or catchcar has a clearance requirement, then all the letters have to be squished within that requirement. In fonts that do not have a fixed with, the capital letter W is the widest letter by far and is approximately 42% wider that the next widest letter - the capital M. So, regardless of what you think the reason or problem with this is, the suggestion that it may be width related at least has merit. They did a thing. They didn't have to do a thing. It's gonna look awesome lit up at night and really highlight the park's presence on the MWY. And only pedants, typographers and enthusiasts are going to notice anything wrong with it. For one of those, it's their expertise, and for the other two - because they both need something to pick about.

You can't help yourself. We get to this because you make flippant off-hand remarks that aren't based in reality. As Joz demonstrated above, you even contradict yourself at times. You probably should have. You should by now have realised that people here aren't going to let you get away with bullshit. And providing a complete and utter shutdown in one post reduces your avenues of attempted rebuttal. You attempted a stab at Superman Ops by expressing your desire for superman to dispatch as often as a real subway. Your previous words (which identified Superman Ops as "bad" when it was 4-6 minutes) were thrown back at you. You tried to give your original comment legitimacy by screenshotting a travel blog that claimed 2-5 minutes was normal. I provided numerous sources that called your source into question and showed a much more balanced assessment of the frequency of the subway you yourself pointed to as a source. You switch to implying the direction the conversation went is somehow unexpected You double down on your original position trying to explain that one platform can handle multiple services, while ignoring the fact that that platform is also fed by multiple tracks, whereas this fictious rollercoaster city only has one track. Objection your honor, this question has been asked and answered. He's badgering the witness!

Honestly, I think you're expecting too much.

Must be a water themed thing - Ocean Parade has shipping container skill games too - I suppose there's plenty of shipping containers in the ocean!

I know right? I mean cold winter mornings outside are a constant reminder of just how much we inhale the air that comes out of someone else's lungs - the last thing I want to do is be reminded at other times by making it smell fruity.

Honestly quicker to go out to the carpark from Superman. Less congested too. The last time I was in the states - about 10 years ago - parks had smoking areas everywhere, including e-cigs - the areas were even sponsored by the e-cig companies with the ashtrays and benches having advertising. So it was quite a shock this year that none of the parks allowed smoking in-park. All smokers were required to exit the park - and that included e-cigs and vapes. It was honestly so nice to walk around the park without getting smacked in the face by smoke. (ex smoker here)

You really can't help yourself, can you? - you've always got to disprove the other guy and defend your statement even when you've been called out. And you always fail. Saddle up. Even if you take the average of all of those running times over the course of the day, the average frequency of the NYC is 7 minutes and 22 seconds across its operating day. The 5 minutes quoted run time during peak hours is also smack bang in the middle of your quoted Superman dispatch times. However you should be careful of your sources. The site google has quoted there is not an official site - but a tourist blog run by a commercial tour company - Civitatis Tours. Let's check some other sources: Wikipedia starts off noting there are actually five different service patterns, rather than the three the tour company mentioned (the others are late night and weekends, so presumably won't help bump the average). What's also notable is the fact the NYC Subway has 28 different routes, and each operates different frequencies - expresses, all stops, some only in non peak times - but what gets really interesting is this table: What we see here is that, even in rush hour, not every train comes every 2 minutes, and if you average it out (based on the fastest time for each line), it still comes to 5 minutes and 40 seconds during peak. Now, assuming we take wiki with a grain of salt: The official MTA website shows all the schedules for every line, and if you go and look at those examples during peak hour the frequency is scheduled quite often less (ie, longer wait) than posted even in Wiki. Pedestrian Observations has written an article specifically regarding the NYC Subway frequency, and in their own analysis, they found an average of 5 minutes and 42 seconds during morning peak across all lines. New York City Photo Safari (another tourist blog) states most trains run every 7-10 minutes, with some as many as 15. It notes that if you wait more than 10 or 12 minutes, it's unlikely the line is operating at that time. TL:DR - you got owned, stop talking out your arse and just accept the L occasionally.

Much as I'd hate to see Monorail go, if a skyway was brought in as the substitute, can they please do a continuous load rather than pulsed? (a la disney world \ sentosa island cablecars) Capacity on the old one was dreadful, and the stoppages of the rope for loading and unloading (especially at (Australian \ Village operations speed) just kills any chance of the attractions success. Side note on the affordability here - $3M USD is around $4.5M today. As we've learned previously from @Mark Shaw, the ride purchase cost tends to be about half the total cost of the project - so this is likely around $9M AUD - potentially with the extension to SWR adding a good chunk of that on top... so call it $15M? sounds like a good park addition to me. One thing i've experienced on cable car \ big wheel attractions around the world are onboard dining experiences. While the ropeway is relatively short, one could offer multiple circuits in a premium car for VIPs, with dining or beverages offered would be a good revenue generating add-on too - something i'd happily pay to experience at least once - and being connected to SWR makes catering that easy with access to Shoreline and Hatsuhana kitchens to provide a unique tailored menu! Below is one of the Mount Faber cable car ropeways to Sentosa Island in Singapore - just one example of what such an experience could look like!

If thats the biggest positive you can think of, then yeah - its a pretty crappy idea. Great self-reflection there though bud!

I wouldn't be so sure. First - if they needed to mark out services, it would be for digging. They'd certainly do that before they poured the ride slab. Second - the slab inside the ride envelope does show a pathway leading to the 'smokers area'. What's more likely - they wouldn't put a queue through the smokers area? or they move the smokers area? Looks like I got the exact orientation right too!

If we're gonna dredge up history - then they could just close the ride for 'annual maintenance' and let it sit there for several years before finally demolishing it unceremoniously. But I know you're not suggesting Dreamworld's current operations aren't up to the legislatively required standards, so I won't infer that's why the Monorail is closed. So let's not dredge up history. Rides can operate cyclically - this saves on running costs and staffing costs Shut down shows on quiet days to reduce costs for staffing and consumables Reduce the number of S&E cast for special events like Hooray and Heroes Reduce the number of scare actors in mazes and precincts - half the frights are anticipating the scare, so who cares if they come less often? Don't pump litres of fog juice across the M1 during fright nights Cut the snow machines from main street What's that? these would all be a poor impact on the overall guest experience? Yes. I agree.

To be clear, I understand why the bean counters have made the decision. Disney is making a number of austerity measures also. Everyone is feeling it. It's still short sighted. To quote Tom Cruise - it doesn't matter what you know, it matters what you can prove. And you're not saying anything which means it's not information available to the public, and therefore, speculation will be king. The writing is on the wall for anyone who can read it, yes. My implication was that because they are actually doing it now, it's clear its a major impact to their valuation - ie - they have to fix it before they sell it or it won't be worth what it should be worth. By that method of deduction, the problems with the attraction seem very serious indeed. But "we" (collectively and generally) still don't know what the actual issues are, which is why I said that.

But one is far more economical than the other. Firstly - don't overanalyse the drawing. It's not scaled, and i've not drawn space for the switch tracks very well, but you get the idea. Green - existing track Red - Station 'zone' Black - Launch area Blue - Final brake run Yellow - additional track for spike and switch track If you put the station close to the top hat, You're going to need to duplicate the track so you can return the previous train to the station (you need a lot more yellow track, which costs more). The final turn before the station will also need to be reprofiled to a high speed banked turn rather than a slow upright turn post-brakes, unless they leave the brake run where it is, and then install a bunch of tyre drives after the turnaround to get you back to the station... I'm not a coaster designer, but this option doesn't make sense to me - it makes more sense the station will remain near where it originally was, which is why I asked the question. If anyone is actually more familiar with these concepts - maybe like - does it for a living? - they could explain to me how this could work? or maybe it doesn't?

Yeah the heritage listing requires them to maintain it to a certain standard. They can't just bin the ride and built a replica. They'd have to assess each piece for whether it can continue to be used, requires refurbishment, or requires replacement, and if replacement is the solution (again, on a piece by piece basis), then they must replace it with as close to original as possible.

All excellent points. But improvements to attractions that will show a better valuation on auction day is easily understood. Improvements to (or maintaining) theme, which aren't essential to the tangible bottom line valuation aren't a fair comparison. They see it as 'trimming the fat' by reducing uniform expenses. We see it as a loss of theme, of magic and immersion. These aren't really things that they can write down as numbers on a balance sheet. It's shortsighted, but we never really expected them to be in it for the long game, did we? If WOO land opens with generic cast uniforms, then themeing the land will have been relatively pointless. If it opens with themed uniforms, then why did they remove the others? Not at all. It's good they're taking steps to fix it. But we've no idea what the actual issues are, so its hard to speculate what they're doing and whether thats an enhancement for 'magic's sake' or whether its another valuation decision, if the ride was actually broken in some way that would impact their ability to sell. (I do realise this is a completely separate question responding to Dean's suggestion to leave it as is, but it's still a question on investment). Nevertheless - delaying the refurb for scoob was absolutely out of the question. Well shit, if only they had a turnstile, everything would be fine!

The spike wouldn't need to be higher than the top hat either - though I don't think they've demolished that far towards the top hat to do that have they? Plus, if the station is so far down the launch track, how are they handling multiple trains?

The experience is the same downgrade for everyone. But in case you missed it - I don't think the current focus really cares about being a theme park:

it'll absolutely need the third boost. While the spike is apparently higher, there is losses to speed and momentum across the entire launch track, which is straight, or slightly inclined (and of course friction losses too) which is why drops usually lead into hills, not long straight sections. how much power will be needed - maybe not much. but the launch isn't just going to switch off after going backwards.

Nope, they're gone too, and from what i've heard, they're not being retained - they all went straight into the dumpster.