DaptoFunlandGuy

I thought the same thing. it's the same argument - the author hasn't identified their audience, and nobody has proofed it to translate into GP speak.

If only there were some film students that needed some practice and experience in producing film\video media...

Legoland rollercoaster crash in Germany leaves at least 31 injured | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Yeah, tailoring that to say something like "two hydraulic cylinders per seat for redundancy to meet even the highest Australian Safety Standards' would have been better. Overall there's a lot of jargon and technobabble in there like 'NDT Testing' and 'alignment of the ... ARB' shows the person who put this together has no idea who the audience is. It isn't a straight copy paste though - there are two different spellings for the word 'integrated'. Look - it's "nice" that they did this. I'm not really a fan of when theme parks 'pull back the curtain' but at the same time, i'm the kind of person that likes to peek behind it regardless. I think i'd prefer the little videos they used to do to a 'blog post' as consumption of video media tends to be better received (and it helps the people providing the content to understand how it will be heard as they'll hear "ARB" instead of "Anti Roll Back" and they'll reshoot it properly). I suppose its better than nothing and it does help to explain to folks why its closed for so long at one time - although I do suspect the damage has been done to the parks reputation in the peak seasons earlier this year. The comments on social from the masses tend to be 'everything is always closed'.

Looking at Justice League’s maintenance period, it’s definitely not a Movie World thing…

Maybe if you had, Jonny and Jenny wouldn't have been born and your problems would have been solved...

In general guests at a theme park will check their common sense at the door. You can't expect a guest to show common sense inside a theme park (current and former cast members know what I mean)

Wonderland had it in Billabong Grove, and i'm pretty sure the waterparks on the GC allow it too. But yes - when you've been giving away the gate for so long, you can't afford to allow outside food into the park because your $8 profit margin on 30 cents of syrup for a soft drink is where you make your money back.

(Sorry @Spotty) This is an illustration of the Village Ops mindset that frustrates me. Have guests disembark THEN have them load and mess with loose items etc These two dot points should happen simultaneously. As soon as the train parks, open the gates. This is where you can improve efficiency. As long as the gates are secured and the platform clear prior to dispatch, who cares? ETA: My memory is getting a bit fuzzy, but I think@Gazza had a video back in 2014 (I think you went to Ohio?) and showed something like a 30 person suspended train unloaded, loaded and dispatched within 90 seconds. Absolute magic to watch.

I mean at least then the projectors would have to be working for the 'projection mapping'

You may find these two are connected. Launch speeds take a lot of factors into account including the speed of the previous launch and even wind speed (there's an anemometer at the start of the brake run that wobbles like a bitch when the train hits the brakes). Cold wheels and tracks are slower so the end of the day is more likely to give a faster run. The MCBR is less likely to kick in if your speed is at the lower end, but will kick hard if the train is going too fast. The ride computer constantly adjusts the force applied to the launch based on many factors including prior launch times - so even a large variance in weight from one launch to the next can impact the speed\force applied at launch.

If that's what was meant, fair enough, but in context, the post read like this: Two references to dispatches, two different metrics.

If they improved their operations manual and staffing levels to the point where groups were always prepped and ready to load the minute the gates opened, in theory it would be possible to improve on that though. If they're spending this much money on a harness-free evac platform, maybe they're seriously trying to improve capacity and you'd want to assume they'd do everything they can to do that?

Don't have anything to time it? Have we really come so far in this technology race that nobody wears a watch anymore? 😮 Much as I dislike referencing TPR - this video is 1:43. The train dispatches around 8 seconds after the video starts, and the video stops just as the train clears the final brake run at 1:39. Even without re-entering the unload station, it's more than 90 seconds from dispatch to brake run, so closer to 2 minutes once you account for unload and cycling. Between Launch and Unload there are no block sections (the final brake run is not a block as they are eddy brakes and are not capable of stopping the train completely), So even if a second train is on track, it can't launch until the first train has cleared unload completely. To avoid stopping the train in the dark-ride section pre-launch, I believe MW's ops generally wait until unload has been completely cleared so that when the Load station is dispatched, the second train can be immediately brought forward into load, which ensures the train doesn't sit and wait on the launch for longer than necessary. I also believe the hydraulic launch duty cycle plays a part there too and needs to cool down in between launches. The

Every time it breaks down. Judging by hearsay, thats at least weekly if not more often.

Yeah look - i've often rubbished complaints about this sort of thing because we all know what puffery is and calling something "worlds best" or "world class" is just that. But a tangible claim such as 'biggest' or 'tallest' or 'longest' or 'fastest' is a recognised accomplishment by Guinness and it is entirely and utterly misleading to make that sort of claim. Call it the worlds greatest coaster. call it the biggest wooden coaster built in the last 5 years in the southern hemisphere. call it the longest continuously constructed wooden coaster in Australia. Say its the best. Be proud of what you have but don't paint a horse and call it a cow.

I mean, yes - and no. It does seem counterintuitive to build in Adelaide when Sydney, Melbourne and even Brisbane are more populated centres - but Adelaide does have one thing going for it - space. There are large tracts of agricultural land less than 30 minutes from the Adelaide airport (if you head north of Salisbury for instance), and the city is in the middle of that path - so potentially 15 minutes to your hotel and another 15 minutes travel to the park... Disneyland was an orange grove when it was first built and the population sprang up around it. Neither of the three east coast capitals could offer that proximity. Not sure about a hotel, but there are very loud whispers within the cruise industry at the moment that DCL is bringing the Wonder Down Under (Just thought of that... that's a great marketing slogan right there too!). All of DCL's ships have had their schedule released for next year, except the Wonder which has been blanked from September 2023 onwards. The Magic has also taken over the Wonder's previous schedules out of Galveston and New Orleans, and I believe the Wonder is doing the Summer in Alaska which puts them in the Pacific priming them for a trip to the South Pacific. Disney has also registered a company in Australia "Magical Cruise Company" last October, and in April this year they registered the Disney Cruise Line trading name. Further, there are current port 'berthing' reservations for an "Unknown" cruise ship flagged under "Unknown" Cruise line. While unusual, this isn't proof that Disney is coming, however it's unlikely there are two unknown ships, from an unknown line, berthing at two different terminals in Sydney 30 minutes from each other so it's likely arriving at White Bay after the trans-pacific crossing due to potential customs and quarantine issues, and then transferring to the OPT for overnight turnaround and media previews before welcoming it's first sailing from Oz. *Can't take credit for most of this info as it was gathered together by others. Try googling "Is Disney Cruise Line coming to Australia".

Ironic that you mentioned Tom Scott in your review... Parkz keeps coming up with reminders about Tom Scott videos and here's another one! Great TR Gazza!

I've timed Rival's operations in both peak and off peak periods and they tend to average 5-6 minutes between dispatches, so 4-7 minutes sounds like butter, not 'getting worse' I call bullshit on this. I guarantee Superman is not capable of 1 minute dispatches. It's ok, zero guests in park actually notice this. This isn't anything new. We're getting to the end of Winter and now is the right time to prune them back and have them looking good for Summer. This has the added benefit of keeping the outdoor queue a little warmer in the winter. Are you sure you're not? because that was a pretty good answer! Looking at the way it's been cut, I think you might be onto something. They seem to use this overflow queue a lot more now that they've dedicated one side of the indoor queue to events space, and having an all-weather shelter for an indoor ride makes a lot more sense.

Well, it took them less than 2 months to catch up... Many 'first runs' are done at night. This doesn't show that they're 'going all in' - its pretty normal, This allows day work to continue on the site within the envelope, and also prevents any embarrassing headlines hitting the 6 o'clock news if it stalls or collides with something. (In the US, enthusiasts camp out outside the park when they think it will start testing to capture the first run, and it's usually at night. The video they released isn't raw, has been edited, and comments on socials from park staff indicate it was recorded about a week prior - meaning they kept it under wraps until they were ready to release it - all the usual grapevines that would've mentioned testing in the past week were unusually quiet, so my conclusion is that was deliberate. I know what you meant, but I find it amusing that 'MW' has become the default descriptor for the Village Roadshow Theme Park named Sea World.😆

I got some exclusive backstage access to the testing and managed to snap a picture of the world class camera system used: (For the avoidance of doubt, this is a joke, and I didn't get access to anything, duh.)

5-10? that's a stretch. i'd suggest they'd need another in the next 5 years max, and only that long because they need to fill the family void in the next 2-3.

Yeah, apart from trades needing access during daylight for ongoing works, testing at night means fewer people notice it happening, so they can iron out any early issues without giving too much away (and keeping it secret until the video is ready to release). In the big parks in the US, enthusiasts will camp out outside the park regularly at times when they think it might begin testing so they can be the first to film its first test run. I thought this was known?

If public sentiment is the right thing to do, apparently 'build a koala research facility'. Job done.