DaptoFunlandGuy

Right, it's a billboard. The thing about billboards, is you want to reach the most people. This isn't something you can only see in the 3-400 metres before you pass it. This is going to be visible for miles. I've been on a boat in the broadwater and night and been able to see the LED lights of the tower, so you can see it across the gold coast. Which one of these layouts do you think is going to be seen by more people? (Which of these layouts is also a giant 'fuck you' to the competition? (Also, the 50% of folks who drive by don't see it on their way south, there's a more than 80% chance they'll return the same way, so they'll see it as they go north eventually....)

Yeah the original on-station boxes were pigeon holes only just large enough to accommodate a glasses case or other small pocket-sized item, and I believe they expanded this space to have bigger boxes.

Well, they say it will be visible from all over the gold coast. Personally, I think the southern (former TOT track) side would be best as that faces more of the gold coast (and more of the park!) than any other side. This also means it can be maintained without needing to interfere with the ride systems. Sure, it isn't directly facing the highway, but i'd hope the gold coast has learned that putting light installations facing the highway is fucking stupid (and you can still see it when you're northbound)

No, you stop putting dates on it, period, until it is FIRM. And if you prioritise selling tickets on a misleading premise, it ends up being 'once bitten, twice shy' and that strategy doesn't fool the smart consumer more than once - long term marketing tends to prefer to maintain integrity than to mislead the consumer to make a quick buck.

He's a youtuber that has been around practically since the beginning. His main channel does a lot of 'things you didn't know' and some can be very nerdy science and technology whereas others are just cool places in the world that he found interesting. The best part (as Slick references) is that his main channel is primarily short 3-5 minute videos so you can catch them when you've got a few minutes with nothing to do when you don't wanna settle in for a 20-30 minute episode of something, they're snappy, quick and to the point while also being informative. He's one of my favourite youtube channels to drop by when i'm taking a break. He's done a load of things for the BBC and even produced a number of gameshow style episodes including some other popular youtube channel collaborations with folks like Technology Connections as guest stars. "Money" is one of my personal favourites and I wish he'd do another series on that. I think he launched Tom Scott plus about a year ago (he made a short video announcement on his main channel asking people to name the channel) where he explained his intention with the second channel - Plus is kinda Tom Scott does Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe a nervous computer geek. He's already herded sheep, been set on fire, and learned to ride a bike.

In my opinion, physical photo printing in our parks needs to be staffed. Thermal printers require ribbon replacement, paper rolls, and occasionally can jam. I fully support the idea of a digital download at each ride - and then one central photo place near the park exit where you can present your digital download link\wristband\whatever for them to print if you want to (and if you don't want to, you can just leave) - those rides that already have the barcode scanners basically do this, but in the age of smartphones and QR codes, we need to do away with the wristbands and let it go directly to phone. As for sunglasses, while I realise that most people's glasses would stay on, some would not. If you say "you are allowed to wear glasses on this ride" most people would assume they won't come off, and no care is required. Then some people will lose them on-ride because that is inevitable. Then you have the issue of needing to retrieve them, which in the case of expensive designer pairs you can say 'come back tomorrow' but in the case of prescription 'i can't see without them' you need to get them NOW. Which results in downtime to the ride, and is why you should just blanket say no. 100% this. Wonderland's coasters loaded with this method - an air gate for each row, and a long queue rail behind each gate. The front and back rows were longer (obviously) and the middle rows shorter, and when you got to the station you could see how long each was to make a decision on whether seat position was important to you or whether you just wanted a ride. You could also count the rows to work out how many cycles you had to ride, and if you had friends in other rows, they could allow people ahead of them to time the ride together. All of this without ANY operator involvement. When the air gates open, 2 people from each gate enter and do their thing. Saves an entire staff member on 'grouping' I've had on-station re-cycles at Arkham, the old Corkscrew, . In most cases the computer system needs the harness to be completely opened and re-closed unless maintenance have locked the harness sensor out in the computer. This ensures that every harness gets re-checked. But for single-station rides, re-rides without re-queueing shouldn't be an issue. Imagine, for instance if you had to re-queue for Green Lantern - what a disaster! There may be an issue with rides like Superman where the 'station doors' at the rear of load\front of unload aren't certified to have guests pass through, so the train has to be completely empty because those gates are within the rider envelope? Just a theory... All your examples are valid and are a great way to handle loose items - in every case better than superman, but i'm fairly certain in every case that these designs opened with the ride, and superman already has a system, so changing it would be expensive and time consuming. If I remember correctly, Green Lantern opened with a similar system to Superman, which is why there are lockers at the ride queue entrance, but this was quickly abandoned in favour of on-station boxes, which was a cheap and simple change for a ride with a single load\unload. You can't do that with superman unless you get rid of the second station and unload at the load station - the trouble there is that you make it much harder to operate dual trains - unless you still park at the unload station, in which case you aren't really saving any time. The real time saver for Superman is for Operations to ensure riders are grouped while the ride is cycling. ensure there are people ready at the doors before the train parks, and to open those doors as soon as the train parks. Then as each row is ready start harness checking working backwards.

I got you mate

The Florida Tron was shuttered during covid. I don't know if there was official Disney announcement on it, but every Vlogger I know that follows the florida parks was reporting on it at the time - they literally boarded up the holes where the track exited the building. So whether the park announced it or not, it was VERY common knowledge that Disney had paused construction deliberately and intentionally during the worst of the Florida covid restrictions. Village may have strategically delayed their attraction, or it may have been shipping delays, or labour delays, or the fact that Aries was in the second phase and Jupiter was rising. The issue for Village is all they've done is move the date whenever the date has gotten too close. It feels like a teenager after school holidays who keeps pressing the snooze button not realising they should have gotten out of bed 18 months ago... and we all keep giving these analogies because the park created a vacuum which the public are only happy to wildly and inaccurately fill. There is no PR catch 22 at this point - when you're this far beyond your original launch date - the best thing you can do is just be honest. You'll get the acceptance of adults and the sulking children won't accept it no matter what you say so they don't really matter. But honesty is the way to win the PR campaign, not silly tricks like promoting your brand new roller coaster and themed land as a reason to buy season passes, only to delay the entire land's opening beyond the expiry of those passes.

I mean, I think both parties stood to gain from this. Tom comes off as a very genuine and honest person - I do get the feeling he had a legitimate fear - and as far as 'safety fluff' - they did reassure him that they'd done safety checks as such but didn't go into any great deal behind the safety mechanisms as such. Either way it was a good little video, and the ending seemed so emotional and heartfelt. Also me: tell him about the Smiler! tell him about the Smiler!

Must be the week for flubbing the website. what’s the point in a lighting package if they’re only lighting it up in the daytime?

I look forward to this side of the highway "making good use of these forums to leverage their fan’s insights to improve their parks."

You're absolutely right, but - first - one can hope, and second - asking them to do what seems like the most reasonable thing in the circumstances is less likely to trigger folks than if I were to start directing criticisms at management for 'always not giving a shit' which only brings out the faction wars between the two groups.

Has anyone kept all of the various changes? it's hard to piece together the changes in retrospect because the wayback machine hasn't done enough crawls at different times. JUST COME OUT AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE BLOODY PROBLEM IS!

I did think about this, and is there any possibility that the Moonlight night market thing would conflict with that?

The speed upon which Dreamworld action small minor quick fixes versus the sometimes glacial pace that some of MW's corrections are made - in my opinion.

Don't you remember? The number one thing their research told them was that they needed more shaded seating

See the smartphone generation never had the problem of needing reading material in the bathroom. Anyone born before about 1995 has definitely had the opportunity to read everything from the ingredients on a shampoo bottle to the instructions that come with various pharmacy\chemist-related products. (*cue Skeet)

Like it's hard... They've had plenty of time to do something with Arkham. I wouldn't be surprised if they dumped those plans and went with something else out of spite. #AqualoopGate

It depends on the works they're doing. If a crane is involved to lift out TOT track, or something else (like the cable winches we've seen recently) they might be too close to Taipan's envelope. Heavy vehicle accesses are all on the Taipan side, not the Motocoaster side.

This bridge dates back to the days of BA:TRide when only one attraction lay down this pathway. Now with FOUR attraction queue entrances behind this bridge, it's a bit disappointing they've just put up a new copy of the same old banner. When Rivals was brand new, sure - but this used to have BA:TR and Batwing sharing the banner, and I feel like this could also mislead first time guests that that path was only for Rivals and not for the other attractions. I would have loved if they'd taken this opportunity to identify each attraction - maybe even a 'highway road sign type design... Just a suggestion... It's very clear that they pay attention to many online sources of fan feedback including facebook and youtube too, but I feel like the trickle-down methods on how this translates to outcomes are a bit different. I get the impression (and this is just my perception of how it happens) that someone senior in Dreamworld might see something, pick up the phone and call 'the guy' whose job it is to resolve the issue and say 'let's try and fix this up today'. On the flip side, I think at Village, this sort of feedback or issue gets highlighted by the guest relations\social media team, etc, which gets emailed to a department head as an item (probably one of many) and added to a hitlist, and then its up to the department heads to pick what they want to prioritise (which may prioritise show, or it may prioritise efficiency). There are pros and cons to both methods so please don't misunderstand my perception as a criticism - the 'Village' method (as I see it) ensures things are documented, addressed, and prioritised, without jeopardising the completion of an existing job by diverting work to another. On the other hand (the more recent) Dreamworld method (as I see it) gives that 'quick win' satisfaction of knocking small irritants on the head quickly before they're buried by other priorities.

Ask @red draginabout Rivetz

I feel attacked.

*Train enthusiasts have entered the chat*

Reading your later replies, I now understand that you're referring to "Parkz" the Entity, and not "Parkz" the community - which is where my comments were directed. I clearly misinterpreted which 'Parkz' you think Dreamworld can't live with\without. To respond to that, Dreamworld most assuredly can live without Parkz (the Entity). Like minded fans would gather and share opinions in whatever outlet there happened to be - and while Parkz happens to be the longest running and most comprehensive one around, I think its foolish (and quite egotistical) to think that Dreamworld somehow 'needs' Parkz (the Entity) to survive. To explain my intent (which, again, was directed at Parkz the community) - Because I think its very important that Park operators listen to their most fervent fans, especially when they are pointing out things that they could be doing much better for essentially no cost at all, but at the same time, they shouldn't be kow-towing and crawling up their asses (I'm looking at you Disney APs of the early 2000's) because it generates entitlement amongst the community and the park is so busy pleasing the superfans that the general guests get left behind.

Honestly thats the way most theme parks should be with their respective enthusiast communities.