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This is the 2nd similar comment regarding the gap in coverage - isn't this the premise of what WoO was meant to fill?

They used to run from that old delapidated hut that was recently demolished for the arcade construction, evidently there's more running to it now though

I don't think this is going to be received too well by the general public if after almost three years of downtime the net benefit (from a perception point of view) is a couple of extra doors and light theming changes. Most aren't going to notice or care about a new ride system/cars. Hell some think Wipeout moved to Seaworld. I'm looking forward to it reopening regardless; I'm waiting for it before we visit again.

There were reductions at least 2 years ago, but not this extreme. We went down in May 2023 and I nearly got caught out as we had originally planned to go on a weekday. I think I saw it mentioned here that rides don't operate during the week and I'm grateful someone mentioned that. Pretty sure it was rides only on the weekend and animal exhibits weekdays when we went. It's a nice park too which is a shame it's not getting the patronage during the week.

Lol chill mate, it was a tongue in cheek comment. I thought it was obvious. That being said, do they normally remove parts of the coaster to repaint?

MW doubling down on wanting people to call it DC Rivals instead of Joker by removing the Joker face. I hope this is just temporary. I seem to remember it was looking a little rusty on our last visit.

All valid points. I would expect that Thunderbolt's plot will be reserved for WWW expansion or other special events. Personally wouldn't consider this as expansion though as it involves removing existing to add new - there's no net gain here. But I agree with your other points on reflection. It's not all bad news. Realistically the end goal from a shareholder value perspective.

Gotta say I'm disappointed with what I'm seeing. For all the improvements they've been making inside the park, they're limiting their ability expand in the future by developing these empty areas around the park with precincts that are frankly a dime-a-dozen these days. If they're trying to poise Dreamworld as a 'staycation' destination, the park itself needs to be bigger to justify it.

'Do not climb' is only a suggestion for a lot of people unfortunately.

I'd hope anything in Woz land would still be covered by warranty, but we don't know how long they've been sitting in storage before installing.

I do see his point though. It's possible to be fast and safe, but some of our parks seem to think fast =/= safe. Read something on Reddit yesterday from the yanks complaining about their parks having slow OPs after implementing, but from the reports of this post Dreamworld seem to be coping well with it.

How would it not? They remove the trains via the maintenance bay, rebuilds likely take weeks - it's not something they just slap together during the day. So while a train is being removed there's nowhere for the other train to park, other than somewhere on the lift hill or the final brake run (ie outside). It would need a 2nd maintenance bay.

You'll also need: 1. Staffing - to run three trains at 3 min intervals you need more staff. The 2nd train is barely ready to go by the time the 1st is in the final brake run as it is. 2. Parking - the 3rd train needs another transfer track / maintenance bay to park in. 3. Maintenance costs - 3rd train would need more maintenance staff time, if they don't have capacity in their schedule already they'll need to employ more staff. Also, how have you come to the conclusion that 2 mins @ 50% capacity would be 20 weeks? Cycles per hour (60/2 min cycles) = 30 Cycles per day (30*8) = 240 Seat Income per day (@$20 and 1 seat per cycle) = $4800 Income per week $33600 Number of weeks to recoup $2M = 59.52 Other issues: * Assumes ride runs for a full 8 hours with no delays. * Tax would need to be deducted from seat sales. * Ride inspection downtime. Even with 3 trains I wouldn't think MW would see much more spent at the gate than they would already - the ride simply existing will drive folks to the park. Its the experience after this that will keep people coming back. Kinda like Disney at the moment, where they're concentrating on the 'once in a lifetime trip'ers; there's enough new visitors coming through the gates that I guess they don't need to worry about the repeat customers. Sounds as though that's starting to sting them though, there's only so much bad word of mouth you can weather. They were moving this up, then cancelled it to reopen SE early due to Rivals having issues didn't they? Maybe the funding approval was moved to something else? I'm concerned a 'Major Refurb' of SE would result in the loss of the hydraulic launch.

Its been SBNO for some time - I'll give them a pass on this one as they're in an unwinnable situation; you'd have to spend money to re-open it for last rides and then permanently close it again. Doesn't make financial sense, especially when the company is trying to consolidate its offerings post merge. Was disappointed it was closed during our first visit in September last year, was kinda hoping to relive the experience one more time before it closed for good.

Some thoughts: Not a finance guy, but it looks to me that they've posted a 3.1M profit on the back of a 5.4M insurance payout, so techically they've profited, but you're not likely to get 5.4M insurance payouts every financial year. Good news is they still have ~60M in the bank and another 10M line of credit for plussing the park, looks like this is also pre-King Claw purchase. Massive reductions in insurance and corporate outlays compared to 2017, possibly due to replacing old assets and procedural changes (Page 19) Guest visitation and feedback is positive as well, exceeding pre incident levels. International travel numbers still down. Cost of Living pressures I'm sure will see an impact going forward - they have acknowledged this.