DaptoFunlandGuy

I had seen the original image, but I think there is some additional content on the site since then. If i'm wrong then my apologies.

Earthstory have posted Jungle Rush concepts on their website Earthstory | Dreamworld - Rivertown Jungle Rush Gold Coast Australia's Dreamworld selected Earthstory from an international field, to create and develop the engaging storylines, visitor experiences and exotic theming designs for their iconic "Rivertown", "Jungle Rush" roller coaster and "Murrasippi Motors" car ride. This was effectively a ‘greenfield’ site; Earthstory worked with Greg Yong and the Dreamworld team to set the bedrock for an iconic attraction. Together, we conceived and worked through the concept feasibility of a temple dark ride, and how to tie a two-ride precinct into a single coherent and exciting visitor journey. Our design philosophy was grounded in the old school, steering away from digital solutions to a ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ mechanical approach - for a cinematic feel where ‘you are in the story’. Our creative journey called for the origination of everything - from an ancient culture including its architecture and artifacts - to a motley crew of adventurers, hand-built jungle cars, a towering temple, massive mysterious statues, and a complete backstory to drive the visitor experience. Upon delivery of Earthstory's Visitor Experience package, Pico Play commenced the CAD and construction process to bring our conceptual designs to fruition.

Can confirm the EFTPOS machine has been with the sorter for at least the past two years.

The Wild West boats now have a smaller 'minimum close' position than they used to (they previously just had to touch the guest in the locked position, now they need to reach a minimum set point). The tester seat \ boat out the front has red\green lights, and there's a new A-frame out front of the ride warning people that larger guests may not be able to be accommodated.

What part of "there's a QR code in the queue you can purchase it from, and the ops staff have an eftpos machine at the front of the queue" did you miss?

I took a look around the park earlier today - not really anything of note. You can see the various ABC\Wiggles items and a bunch of crates of various sizes that could house anything.

I think the online limit just prevents it from being oversold. The last thing you want is everyone buying up the 4:30 slot and being in the position of either cycling for 4 hours past closing (not going to happen) or having to process a lot of refunds. I have seen someone who purchased online right before closing get turned away by the ops team (but that was when they had fireworks on, and the ride had to be shut down prior to them starting) You've still got wristband sales in the fairy shop, and ops team can take card payment at the front of the queue too. It quite frankly couldn't be easier to purchase if they had a paywave terminal mounted to the seat. /s I think at $25pp its a great one off. I won't ride it every time but will fork out when i'm bringing someone to the park that has never done it. If it were discounted off peak. BOGO or similarly priced to sell more than one for a discounted total, i'd be all for it. I think $10 or $15 per person, or in a multi-buy (say, buy 4 for $100, get two free) would ultimately see more revenue and less empty seats.

au contraire, sir.

How much easier do you think they should make it to purchase?

I've been talking about this with some friends for a while. I'd like to see maybe off peak hit $15 for 1 and $20 or $25 for 2 - just use a different wristband for the second one, so that it has to be used together.

From what is said in the video, a single sensor out of tolerance is causing a complete shutdown. This isn't standard in the industry and usually when there's multiple sensors to agree on things, most across the industry accept if all agree except one, the one disagreeing is discarded. You'd expect SBF VISA, given their time in the industry, would do this, but it sounds like they didn't. Not really Village's fault but we all know what happens when you assume. I still think Funtime should have been the direction but we can't know all their reasons - but I do know SBF shouldhave known better.

I guarantee you'd still probably beat me there if we both tried.

Fuck me i'm loving this transparency from Village. Very cool to hear all the things they're doing to try and bring it back up reliably.

I'm really quite surprised, especially in School Holidays, that we've gone from Monday to Friday and not one picture has appeared. I'm confident in the source I confirmed it through, but I'd still love to see it...I would have thought someone would have posted something by now but I suppose Magician is a bit far away for a cheeky midweek stop...

WWW also has a platform that the riders are asked to stand on before they can enter the slide. the scale simply gives a red light \ green light, similar to WNW. Agree it is a standard. I've seen it at many waterparks around.

If a parade character falls in the woods, and i'm not there to see it because i'm in line for a ride, does it matter?

turnbuckles?

Can confirm there is a second tailwhip. i apologise - I’ll eat my words. well who woulda seen that coming?

I can't wait to see the pictures you took

Not sure this needs a new thread - curious as to the community's thoughts on this one. Spotted this on an industry facebook page - it seems one of the TVs in the Sky Voyager complex has (most likely) died, and they've fixed this by slapping a sticker of the ride logo over the top. Looks like its in the old exit shop. Added without commentary - what's everyone's thoughts on this? (Photo credit - AV Install Nightmares)

its not just a case of bolting on the spinning seat either. The station is configured so that the air gates don't open for the other train so the station PLC has to be entirely reprogrammed. The spinning car also requires charging overnight, which is why they almost always park it in the maintenance bay overnight, so with both trains, this would cause issues for them to keep it charged. Pics or it didn't happen.

That's not what i've heard at all, and I believe we should see something happen with this soonish - but since Oz is in full swing, I don't think it'll be immediate. Being fair, Village don't own any of the land anymore... but they do have use of it and it's not a bad suggestion. The cheaper option would probably be to rent some warehouse in an industrial park somewhere to store shit they don't need. There's no reason they need the christmas tree onsite 365 days a year, and I bet theres a lot of other seasonal things they could offload somewhere cheap to make the most of areas that should be guest accessible.

Village leads the way in repurposing old guest-accessible spaces into something genuinely back of house.

Welcome back after your >4.5year absence!