[DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion]

 omg I'm so excited! Hopefully they will unpack the containers today so we can see. 

[DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion]

33 minutes ago, MaxxTheMonster said:

So after digging through the parkz database and old threads...

With GL they said they would make an announcement in July 2011...  August 28 black support parts arrived...  September 8 track arrived...  Started releasing some images September 16...  Announce GL Coaster September 17...

On December 21 2004 it was announced  "Warner Bros. Movie World is set to open a $12 million Superman themed roller coaster in 2005".... June 22 2005 MW had signage stating the ride name...  Sometime in July track arrived and during July and August construction started...

 

Could go either way really...

2 month delay in announcement and 3 weeks after parts arrived GL was announced...

7 months before track arrived we knew it was a Superman coaster...

Thanks for doing the digging!

[Why Australia has such horrible thrill rides?]

That's 12 million visits, not visitors. The majority of people visiting the Gold Coast are people from within about 2 hours drive of the Gold Coast. Only about 1 million of those are international visitors and about 5 million are domestic visitors (not local).

I do admit, our parks do need some amazing new rides, but with it costing about 3 times more to build/do things (based off minimum wage levels) here than it does in America, I don't really see that happening.

it clearly says "While the Gold Coast remains a favourite tourism destination, attracting 12 million visitors each year, the city's economy is diversifying."

What are you talking about?

[Why Australia has such horrible thrill rides?]

2013 attendance for the parks mentioned:

Knott's Berry Farm -- 3,683,000

Cedar Point -- 3,382,000

Magic Mountain -- 2,906,000

Great Adventure -- 2,800,000

http://www.teaconnect.org/pdf/TEAAECOM2013.pdf

Well, I'm sure dreamworlds average of 1.5 could be higher also.

Also, I'm sure those numbers were alot lower before they started to build good rides, the visitors each year would have spiked dramatically per new ride they built.

If our parks built something worth travelling for, I'm sure our average for dreamworld could be 2.5 a year within 10 years. They need to take risk & spend money to make money, I'm sick of our rides, they have been the same my entire life almost.

[Why Australia has such horrible thrill rides?]

You might think that they're in the middle of nowhere, but really, the catchment area for those parks could be five times the population of the south east Queensland. Alton towers for example, is located in the middle of nowhere, you need to go down small country roads to get to it, but within two hours drive of the park, are about 10-14 million people. The number of people within two hours drive of Dreamworld is about 3 million people. Even if only half of the population goes to a theme park, Alton towers will still get more visitors than population in South East Queensland.

So, you're very, very wrong when you say a Gold Coast theme park would make 100x more than a random six flags. If south east Queensland had a population (tourist visitation) of 10-14 million people, then we might be able to see some amazing B&M's, but we don't, so we can't.

You see, you're also wrong here. Locals don't tend to spend every single weekend @ dreamworld/movie world. Its not about the locals, its about bringing in the tourist, I'm pretty sure the gold coast brings in 12 million visits per year, which I'm sure alot of those numbers would visit our parks: http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/default.html

Edit: I checked the exact numbers of Dreamworlds intake & they pull in around 1.5 million per year: http://www.dreamworld.com.au/schools/pdf/dw-schools-faqs.pdf

ALL six flags theme parks bring in a combined 25 million per year: https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/partners (there are 13 six flag them parks over the US)

which means.. 1.9 million visitors each year visit EACH ONE of six flags theme parks ( I divided the 25 million by 13 to get that number)

So.. that means that on average a theme park in the US will have almost the same amount of visitors that dreamworld would per year, yet there parks can manage up to 10 multimillion dollar rides in each park whilst being able to gain enough profit to build more and more and improve over the years.

Dreamworld can afford it, but they're too money hungry. We remain the losers of the theme park industry.

I guess we will never know.

[Why Australia has such horrible thrill rides?]

I just got back from visiting the US for the second time this year, went to Knotts berry farm, Six flags magic mountain, six flags great adventure & cedar point.

Knotts berry farm is pretty much located in the ghetto of LA.

Great adventure is all the way in in the middle of nowhere, in the woods.

Cedar point is on some random island in the middle of nowhere.

Magic mountain.. pretty much close to the city, but still.. It got me thinking, how can such expensive theme parks be located in such crappy areas? you'd think the areas these parks are located would indicate crappy, dreamworld like rides. But no, the rides at the theme parks i went to were beyond amazing.

Will Australian theme parks ever pick up there game? I mean, what is this new "Tail Spin" crap ride? its just sad. Gold coast theme parks would make 100x more than a random six flag them parks could (which are located in the middle of nowhere).. why cant they just build something good on the gold coast with millions of tourist!?

If you have any questions about the roller coasters at the above parks I'm happy to answer them by the way

[Something strange happens to me when i ride roller coasters..]

Sorry for posting this in the wrong section, but it seems this is the only active part of the forum at the moment.

Anyway, i have always been able to ride roller coasters when i was younger, without a problem at all.

but since visiting the gold coast 2 years ago and being older ( 20 years old ) something strange happens

when going through loops/sharp turns.. I noticed it first when riding Superman for the first time, after the launch and

the first bend, i got a strange pressure in my forehead and it felt like i was about to get a blood nose,

i ignored it and thought Whatever, anyway.. I went on lethal weapon.. same thing happened when passing

through the loops! It almost felt like my head was going to explode.. this never happened to me in my younger years? (12 years old)

Then a few months ago, i went to dreamworld and the SAME thing happend to me when going through the second inversion of cyclone.

Head pressure between eyes, blood nose type feeling. This is SO scary because im planning on visiting Cedar Point in a few years

and im scared it will be MUCH worse when riding more intense roller coasters.

What im trying to say is, has this happend to anyone else before? or does anyone know what this might be?

Im completely healthy and fit (Although i DO smoke and drink alcohol) Thanks guys and sorry to be posting in the wrong part! Hope yall can help.

Jak,