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The lease agreement for rivals lists it as an expense, so does this mean MW are leasing the Hypercoaster for $5.4million per year from Mack for the next 5 years after which they pay a fee and own it outright? Similar to how airlines operate, they lease out the aircraft from Boeing & Airbus and after the lease expires they can purchase the aircraft.

They changed the overall theme of the Lethal Weapon, so They had to change the name, so that point isn’t exactly valid. If they kept it as Leghal weapon theme and added a Lethal VR they could have just called it “Lethal Weapon: Next Generation”. If they changed the Scooby to “Jokers Funhouse” then yes a name change is valid. But by keeping it a Scooby theme people will ultimately just call it the Scooby Coaster regardless, so a major name change is unecessary.

It’s fine as a name, it’s the same coaster with “next generation” tech added. MW wouldn’t be wise to totally change the name as it it will be the “same ride” with added features. Imagine the backlash if they gave a whole new name and marketed it as a totally new ride. Most people will still just call it the Scooby Coaster either way.

I think you mean 15th of June 🤔

Getting the new entry ready for use in Fright Nights maybe?

The herb garden is opposite the Road Runner Rollercoaster, next to the photo pass scanners. The other pics are of the seating area in the Wild West section opposite the mural.

He has probably bought fast track for a lot of it. Plus backwards more than 100 times will take you to the front of the line.

I noticed that on Friday, I thought it was new but couldn’t remember if it turned off previously. It’s a great effect to keep the water running, you can see everyone squeeze over to avoid getting wet.

On Friday they were loading only 6 people and the line was about 30mins, by the afternoon the the line was basically walk-on and they were loading a full 8 per boat when possible. So has nothing to do with line length.

Went back late in the afternoon and they were loading all the rows, full 8 per boat. The water level was definitely high throughout the ride, only seemed low straight after the station and before the first lift hill.

Rode it today for the first time since reopening. There are signs in place stating it operates between 11am-4pm. Nothing major to note, except they were not loading the back rows so only six people per boat.

As of today the Poison Ivy card is missing, all the other cards are still in place.

The only reason I included it on my list was because the question asked for a top 10 list. These lists we made do not have any timeline attached to them - it could take 20-30 years before we have 10 rides permanently closed on the coast. So the closure of AA could easily fall within this top 10 list.

Looking only at the Gold Coast Parks my list would be: 1. The Tijuana Taxis 2. Yosemite Sam Railroad 3. Tweety’s Cages 4. Monorail 5. Log Ride 6. Wipeout 7. Sword Swing 8. Ogre-go-round 9. Vintage Cars 10. Arkham

I have heard the term used before, but I wouldn’t say it is “common”, especially here in Australia. * By the way it is Stapling not Stapeling

The 2017 Theme Museum Index (Global Attractions Attendance Report) has been released. Its a pretty interesting read and can be found here: https://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-Theme-Museum-Index.pdf * Wet 'N' Wild Gold Coast is the only Australian park to get a mention - ranking at #19 in the "Top 20 Water Parks Worldwide" - The attendance for 2017 was 1.18million a 5% drop from 2016 which saw 1.24million visitors through the gates. * Australia's only other mention was The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, which was equal #12 in the Top 20 Museums in the Asia-Pacific region with 2.87million visitors. The top 10 Theme Parks Worldwide saw a few changes this year: * Disney's Animal Kingdom, with a 15% increase on 2016, has overtaken EPCOT to be #6 on the list * The opening of Disneyland Shanghai in 2016 sees it come in at #8

The article clearly states downtime “suggests” the will happen. Definitely nothing confirmed

Yes, they are definitely plants. Back when they had the “sneak peek” of rehearsals for the show, whilst waiting to see it for the first time, I saw a staff member whom I recognised from earlier in the day at the Mermaid show in Shark Bay. He walked into a backstage area in uniform and came out a little while later with a couple of other staff members, however we was now in plain clothes. He Spoke with the other staff before they left and went into the show stadium whilst he waited outside like all the other park guests. I figured he just may have finished his shift and was wanting to see the show? Anyway he ended up being the one chosen as a volunteer, so I figured some sort of gag would occur, I initially thought he may fall in the water (like the plant did at the seal show at Underwater World/SeaLife). I did see him again later in the day back in uniform near the park entrance.

I do qualify myself, but had no idea about this deal.

When does the community month offer end?

Here are the pictures from Facebook mentioned in the above news story: There have been calls to have it returned to Brisbane and restored to operation at either South Bank, Queen St Mall, the Botanical Gardens or Roma St Parklands.

And my counter argument is our parks have done a lot with out having to pay through the nose for an "Official Partnership" - which most of your initial suggestions would have required. With the M1 scare campaign prior to the games I'd probably say that the parks were actively discouraged from trying to entice local visitors, and instead focused on enticing future international visitors (which we won't notice the efforts as locals). They have "Donated" thousands of free entries to the parks - Dreamworld has given all athletes and volunteers 1 day free entry, whilst Village Roadshow has given free entry for the entire 11days. As a result Many international athletes and their families are posting to social media from inside the parks to their many followers. Whilst the impact may not be visible to us locals - international media has been filming in our parks (as I mentioned earlier Malaysian and Singaporean crews were at Sea World filming with the dolphins earlier, a New Zealand crew was at Wet n Wild, Craig mentioned media has been to Dreamworld and I'm sure many other international crews have been to the parks. All this International exposure will showcase the Gold Coast as a whole a destination to visit - it's then the parks job to get the tourists through the gates once they are here.

The point is in your last post you literally said "go get the council! Someone's up to no good!" I pointed out this was not just a random appearance that the Comm Games is unaware of, its a pre-planned media event with the appropriate permissions. not some "guerrilla style marketing. Where was Bugs Bunny [or in this case Kenny the Koala] popping up randomly and being part of the spirit of the games" as you suggested would be a good idea for the parks to partake in. How hard is it follow?

Notice how the Minister for Tourism/Commonwealth Games (representing the Goverment, an offical partner of the Games) was on hand at a pre-arranged media event, trying to talk up the positive impact for tourism in QLD that Games have had. Dreamworld didn't just randomly decided to stroll Kenny and Belinda down to Surfers without permission.

see below your quote below implying i that every single dollar should be spent on capex: _______________________________________________________ I never presumed you said VRTP should be a top tier sponsor, I simply pointed out that the exposure that the "The Star" is getting has cost significantly more than just the $500,000 to use the "Comm Games" name as you suggested VR could have done. "The Star" logo is literally plastered all over the Gold Coast, inside every venue, is clearly visible during every event broadcast. _______________________________________________________