loki75
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Sounds like Mack Rides Operation Enterprise at Movie Park Germany
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Here this morning for early access. Just finished my second ride. All I can say is wow. What a fantastic ride. Couple of hundred people here and wait time is about 20-30 mins
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Isn't Wipeout undergoing a full tear down at the moment?
Also @djrappa mentioned recently we would be surprised to know how many pieces Superman's train was in during maintenance.
I'm all for anything that increases public safety but I don't think we will a massive increase in maintenance schedules at the parks.
What we may see is a more open process on maintenance procedures from the parks along the lines of the maintenance/safety videos to inform the public.
Travelling rides on the other hand would appear to have some hard times ahead.
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The QLD govt. have rejected ASF's casino and resort proposal.
Key points.
To have a masterplan for the spit
Three storey height limit to apply for development on the spit.
Casino license to remain on the Gold Coast but no integrated resort would be allowed on the spit
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Problem solved. Use this instead of Kool Aid
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35 minutes ago, themagician said:
TPSN posted this from DW, don't know where it is from, but it is something shared by DW. And it says that the log ride and vintage cars will be a whole new experience.
It's part of an email from Dreamworld to pass holders reminding them their pass has been extended.
It starts with
We would like to remind you that your Season Pass that was due to expire in June 2017 has been extended until 24 December 2017.
The post above follows that.
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15 hours ago, Skeeta said:
Considering we have been across every DC character and they have all been found wanting, maybe this will buck the trend of tracks matching characters. It could even be a possibility that the coaster is not based on a DC character.
Even if the coaster turned out to be Wonder Woman, the colour does not match.
Saw Wonder Woman on Thursday night and the track colour was nowhere to be seen. The lasso however did have a twisty coaster feel to it which would work if the track was a yellow/golden colour. But as Skeeta says maybe the colour doesn't have to match.
If it's not DC based but movie based I hope they weren't counting on this.
A unit of the Los Angeles-based Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), VRP is making it a priority to unearth films which it believes are potential franchises. Now the company is confident it has three titles which fit the bill: David Yates’ The Legend of Tarzan, Guy Ritchie’s Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur and Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, all co-produced with Warner Bros.
“ We see the future of film production as events and global franchises and films which have compelling reasons for people to leave their homes and go to the movies,” Graham Burke, co-chairman/co-CEO of Village Roadshow Ltd., which owns 47% of VREG, told Forbes. “We think our upcoming line-up delivers just that.
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Pretty logical speculation based on the track numbers imo
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9 hours ago, Brad2912 said:
So why can I only buy Pancakes between 9-11?
what if I want afternoon pancakes?
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Having only ridden the Gold Coast and Brisbane (Expo Park) coasters I'm really excited for this one.
It's a coaster that one of the parks had to do and VRTP have made a bold move capex wise to do so.
Not everyone loves roller coasters just like I don't like flat rides like The Claw, Wipeout etc.
Everyone handles the forces on rides differently @Ryande16 so not everyone will be happy with it but at least it seems everyone here is going to try it once. Who knows maybe even @pushbutton will like it.
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A non inverting loop sounds very cool but the assumed track pieces 42 and 43 have me asking questions.
This would be Mack's first non inverting loop so anything goes and given rcdb.com has 11 coasters listed with non inverting loops there isn't much to look at for comparisons.
Both track pieces 42 and 43 are very twisty and both have one anchor point.
Intamins Flying Aces and Soaring with Dragon have a non inverting loop and the last piece of supported track on each side of the loop start straight and then twist. There is a section of unsupported twisting track that joins the 2 together.
Photo Intamin Rides
Shock at Rainbow Magicland has the loop fully supported but that loop is tilted over.
Photo Rainbow Magicland
If 42 and 43 are part of a non inverting loop I'm very keen to see how they fit in.
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I also got the park today and was impressed. I look at the top of Batwing and think this coaster will be the same height.
Fence at Green Lantern isn't blocked of either so here are a couple of pics.
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22 hours ago, Skeeta said:
I agree @AlexB but the law man say you can't bank traffic onto the road. For every so many car parks you have to have create a length of driveway.
@Theme Park Girl when did you take the photos? When I was around the park at 8am they had the track hooked up to the crane.
Going by your photos it now looks like they now have 2 bigger cranes on site.
I thought the same as @AlexB
@Skeeta can you see any legal reason why they couldn't run curbing along the temporary fence line and make that the new drive way. Also in your lift hill calculations did you get the possible angle of the car park footer support and if it might create a vehicle height restriction as it crosses the road.
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11 hours ago, themagician said:
And here is a map showing the carprk system now: Black is fencing, blue dot is someone directing buses, red is bus route (buses do now drive over the pathway where blue dot is), orange is general traffic route and green is parallel parking spaces.
So from now on, for people to get photos of footings and track installation around the station area, you will need to take a camera with a big lens
@themagician can you still see through the fence in the GL queue or has that been screened off?
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1 hour ago, Glubbo said:
I'm at the fence now - a support very similar to the ones in the zero G roll is now up. Where it is placed, I can't imagine this being for a loop as there is limited room to turn away after. There are 2 support areas now at the front - a smaller group near the turnaround, and the larger ones right alongside the driveway arch. Pics when I get home from my SLR, here's a few from my fruit phone:
Scrap my previous comment I thought the first lot of photos were closer to the park. I can see now this is closer to the road and the turn toward AOS and TG.
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I agree with @themagician that @Skeeta is on the money here. I've flipped the Flash image to highlight themagicians suggestion in green.
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17 hours ago, AlexB said:
I don't think we've ever seen a single construction topic on these boards take 123 pages before we have actual ride pieces installed.... thank god for something new to discuss.
Another 123 pages and we might get an announcement
5 hours ago, bladex said:it's not one of them no newfangled monorails i've heard about?
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Thanks for the update @YLFATEEKS
This is really disappointing as Village now have to waste money on legal costs and NIMBY's
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2 minutes ago, YLFATEEKS said:
@loki75 Two different trailers. I would be keeping your eyes out for containers with a tarp for a roof.
Yeah if it wasn't for the tarp roof I wouldn't even bother looking.
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^Haha I've been doing the same thing further down the M1
@Theme Park Girl @themagician Are the containers coming in on standard trailers and using the one swinglifter I could see in the first photo to offload or are they all swinglifters?
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3 hours ago, AlexB said:
Application Number: BLD201701082
Description: SOUTH CARPARK ENTRY CHECKPOINT BUILDING
Code: BUILDING
Class: OFFICE BUILDING
Work: CONSTRUCT
Lodged: 02/02/2017So a few points:
remember that the entire property - WNW, AOS, PC, MW, VRS, and everything in between is ONE LOT - this means the applications could be for anything on property.
As far as the carpark entry building - it could be an indication of paid parking, or it could be that they are erecting a new 'gatehouse' at a new location to replace the 'gatehouse' they will lose with the installation of the hyper... or it could be something completely different...
The current Studio Gate House would be my guess as one of Top Golfs car parks is after the gatehouse.
Suggest the gatehouse will be moved to just after the car park
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@Cactus_Matt brought this up in the [Wishful Thinking] The Gold Rush Replacement thread
QuoteCactus_Matt
Surprised no one brought this up with all the Doctor Who talk http://www.insidethemagic.net/2016/07/sherlock-holmes-doctor-who-london-paramount-bbc-theme-park-coming-to-kent-england/
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13 hours ago, djrappa said:
Why are you all thinking they need to announce before the track?
youre talking about a tiny insignificant piece of their market in enthusiasts who are the only ones that care about track in a car park.
The poeple they want to buy tickets as a result of this build will know nothing of the construction.
Whilst most of us here are just eager fan boys/girls that can't wait to know what is being built what about the people that know nothing about it.
It's been noted on here that getting annual leave during school holiday time can either be a lottery or have to be applied for 12 months in advance. That eliminates any potential visitors for the possible September opening and Christmas this year. I'm talking about out of town visitors in particular.
I'd be trying to build as much buzz as possible to bring customers to the park. After all isn't that what advertising is all about. Generate interest and capture your market.
I'll use Blackpool Pleasure Beach as an example of their upcoming Mack coaster.
https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/construction/
Announced before they even turned any soil.
Just my 2 cents
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Which is the design element from operation enterprise. I wasn't saying it was going to be operation enterprise. I should have been more specific.