franky
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Possibly controversial question here. Do you think that Scooby's throughput will be better/worse/same after the revamp?
We've seen improvements made to WWW that seemingly make throughput worse, due to changing safety standards. With new ride vehicles/ride system planned, I'm expecting it will be more reliable but will that come with a trade off of reduced capacity?
All speculation of course...
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Glad to hear the ride should be a smoother, those small dips really bruise your internal organs if you're not prepared!
Also: Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Next Generation 2.0?
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1 hour ago, Noxegon said:
There's competition:
World's longest named, non-alliterative roller coaster!
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1 hour ago, REGIE said:
I am not saying “expand into the studio” but just wondered if they “could” I don’t want them to and they really shouldn’t I just wanted to know how it works.
It's absolutely possible. It would just require agreement from both 'companies'. It happens all the time elsewhere in the world.
Might be unlikely, but it's possible.
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It's probably more than just buying speakers and throwing them in.
The park seems to have trouble keeping rides open consistently; they need constant attention (GL/DD). Im also assuming the same team responsible for fixing them are maintaining the rides too.
Id also imagine this kind of work would need to be done when the park is closed so they can configure/ adjust sound levels, and they might not have time to do this with the other maintenance going on.
They speakers might have a particular requirement that are rare to find these days or too expensive (for the budget allowed).
There might not even be a budget for their replacement.
Maybe management haven't noticed therefore haven't made it a priority?
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3 hours ago, Spotty said:
As an ex operator at Movie World...
Welp... I stand corrected. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Spotty
5 hours ago, New display name said:If the rides were opening at 10 it means the front gate opened at 9:30 not 9:00 when you went.
I think this might have been the case now that you put it that way.
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Just now, New display name said:
MW might currently open the gate at 9.00am for people to enter the park but the guest can't ride to 9.30am.
In my experience you're allowed to line up outside the queue from 9, the ride ops arrive at the ride and start testing at 9:30, and the ride opens once testing is complete (which was at least 9:50 from one of the photos I had from my last visit standing in the pre-queue). For this to have happened with no paying guest impact, the ops would have had to test and have these guys cycled and done with filming before their normal open time (which was around 9:50-10am last I was there).
+1000 doubt Movie World would have brought ops in earlier to do this prior to their usual opening time. I would be gracious in defeat if they did.
You've all made me analyse this situation much more than I originally did/planned to. I honestly don't care about it that much, but now I'm just trying to make sure you're on the same page as me as far as how I've interpreted this playing out. The reality is it would have at most been two cycles (the same as testing) that would have impacted other guests.
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I'm not saying they directed MW to close the ride, but by virtue of them wanting to film, the ride was closed for them. My use of commanding was more around the definition of drawing attention or priority (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commanding).
45 minutes ago, Park Addict 93 said:You will find the video was edited, recording for both forwards and backwards would have taken place prior to the ride opening for guests for the day.
This makes sense now that you mention it. Having watched the video again the ride was closed on both runs. The 'pre ride' discussions where they were lined up in a full queue must have been one of their non-filming re-rides, which threw me off.
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39 minutes ago, New display name said:
How many people have been able to enter the park before it opens, ride Rivals 7 times in a day and get every other ride in?
Did anyone else notice when they rode forward Rivals was open (queue was filling up) but when they returned to ride backwards the ride was closed (queue was empty and everyone could be see queuing outside on the bridge).
I'd be filthy if I was a paying customer that day... Holidays are busy enough as it is without someone commanding a ride to be closed so they can film it. Even more so if I was to learn after the fact that they were gifted admission and an unlimited use fast track. At least they only let them film on 2 rides.
Upside is, these POV's are better (image wise) than the ones Movieworld had for Rivals.
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12 minutes ago, rappa said:
Its obviously saying it includes Leviathan but not to ride it backwards.
How can 'includes one entry to ride it backwards on: Leviathan' mean it doesn't?
I'm guessing they were supposed to cover one of them up, depending on demand
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1 hour ago, Park Addict 93 said:
The park is now is selling a One Time use at each ride Fast Track pass in park for $119, including one ride on Backwards Levi too
It says included above the leviathan logo but then that's it's not included underneath... Colour me confused.
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9 hours ago, Brad2912 said:
I can guarantee you that no ride is going to be called “flying monkeys”
I'll ride it!
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2 minutes ago, joz said:
'The website says it's a family ride, so you WILL ride it!' while they whip their kids towards the entrance.
Kinda wished my family did that to me as a kid... took me going on roller coasters to learn not to hate them and enjoy them
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Personally I think motocoaster is completely out of scope for the project. When you look at those renders the entry sign perspective lines up with ABC world with Billabong in the background (just after the motocoaster entrance)
My theory: Dreamworld are keeping this open purely because they can't afford to close it at the moment. After which it'll be transformed in Phase two with the area between new Rivertown and Giant Drop. Whether the transformation is a retheme of the ride or if they sell and remove/replace will live to be seen. It's 15 years old now, they just bought a new train but who knows, that might have been a necessity to keep it operating.
As an aside, wasn't it voted the worlds worst rollercoaster? I find the restraints uncomfortable (average 6 foot build), loading slow and arduous, and the ride experience doesn't really make up for any of that aside from the initial launch and first couple of corners.
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1 hour ago, Whombex said:
The Royal Palace of Oz (Green Palace) looks to be in the same spot as the Lethal Weapon preshow room where you watched a car chase/action scene. This room was bypassed when it was rethemed to Arkham Asylum. I believe this was often used in the Halloween events as well. Does any part of that building still stand, or will they/have they raze it completely and start the Palace from scratch?
Never rode it as LW, but is this the building you're talking about?
Looks like that one is still there too (behind the site sheds), infact they all still seem to be standing, with just the facades being demolished:
On 15/10/2022 at 9:33 AM, Brendo88 said:
And it looks to still be there in the new render (its the building underneath those lighthouse things.
..at least that's my interpretation
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The quotations weren't a mistake, just FYI
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You got me!
Seriously though, they're still copping it in the public eye about the $3M that was 'stolen' from the Koalas for Taipan. Can you imagine the feeding frenzy the media would have? "Dreamworld tears out 3 year old attraction after 3M Koala fund was spend on roller coaster just 6 years after killing four"
They don't need to give them more ammunition.
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It'd be a bit silly financially to rip out a practically new 'attraction' when there are other areas that need to be upgraded to match the Ocean Parade theme.
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Two interviews with Greg talk about changes to Tiger Island. Linked these on the main thread but adding for context here.
https://fb.watch/g-3ro6BzFo/
https://fb.watch/g-3xQ1BdXv/
Greg touches on the following reasons:
- Having adequate trained staff to perform the interactions.
- Changes enhances safety
- Changing from 'full contact environment' to 'protected contact environment'
- There will still be tiger presentations, but different as tigers and handlers will be in different spaces.
I guess I'm a little more optimistic, maybe they'll add in platforms for the trainers to stand on, kinda like how some parks do crocodile shows etc.
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Nine News Videos - Interviews with Greg
https://fb.watch/g-3ro6BzFo/
https://fb.watch/g-3xQ1BdXv/
Couple of snippets from the segments in the Jungle Rush thread, but these are the full segments going over everything happening (inc Tiger Island).Of interest to me, the spend is now $60 million
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15 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
Could they be repurposing the TOT station zone? perhaps that is why they didn't remove those parts of the ride?
It has a toilet block in the lower levels of that building, I'd say that and it's proximity to Dreamworks has been the reason it wasn't pulled down earlier.
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1 minute ago, Rivals said:
The only thing i wish was that MDMC was being rethemed to fit in more, but besides that i can’t wait for all of these projects to be open by the end of 2024.
Nothing to say it won't happen in the future. This is only 2 years worth of announcements, and they said they have plans for the next 5.
Loving the fact that Vintage Motors are moving (sort of) back where they used to be, they're so far out of the way at the moment.
Jungle Rush looks like its going to the right of the Billabong Restaurant building - so right where big red car / TOT station is now. Will be nice to see this area refreshed. Curious to see what is to happen with Tiger Island too as it looks like it will encroach on this area too. Unfortunately construction in the area will probably mean the train will close again.
Good to see some Parkz members nailing some of the speculation - DreamWorks retheming, having a ride open for the markets (I mean its not ST or Claw, but close enough!)
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What was the timeline for when the big ferris wheel was at seaworld? I don't remember one ever being there.
My first and only visit as a kid was circa 2001, I remember there being a Sidewinder roller coaster and the corkscrew/pirate ship. Our next trip was 2012 and they were demolishing the Bermuda Triangle,
I think sidewinder was where the sting rays are now. And from the looks of the photos that's where the ferris wheel was too.
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27 minutes ago, red dragin said:
I'm surprised no one here has tried to work out what it is from the shape of the slab.
I thought it was a mini swing flyer like Trident?
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