aaronm
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About aaronm
- Birthday 29/06/1986
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New Dining Experience and more coming to Movie World in 2024
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
A new dining experience could mean anything from a second hot dog stand to reopening Rick’s Cafe. Dreamworld is miles ahead in decent, reasonably priced food options these days, definitely an opportunity for MW to close a gap here. -
Park management clearly spent about 45 seconds figuring out this theming. Which is interesting when you consider that’s also about the length of the ride cycle once it opens.
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Do-Dodonpa Permanently Closes at Fuji-Q
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
Never rode it with the loop, but that top hat was something else. Probably the most violent vertical airtime I can remember. The launch was incredible though, shame to see it go. -
After the initial opening, I think ridership will be similar to Batwing: capacity is low so there will generally be at least a small wait but the queue won't ever be overly long. People will use the ride to fill their day, or when Superman is too busy.
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Minimum Viable Product: The Ride
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Movie World Scheduled Maintenance 2024
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
Another copy-paste statement trying to deflect how poorly the park is run in the name of “safety” and gaslight their guests into feeling reckless for complaining. Plenty of other theme parks around the world manage to keep the majority of rides open for their guests (including WBMW pre-2020), it’s Movie World that is the outlier. IMO the park deserves every negative review it gets, charging full price when so many attractions are unavailable. I feel terrible for the poor Guest Services staff who are no doubt fielding the same complaints daily at the moment. -
Movie World Scheduled Maintenance 2024
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
If they need to cut costs, I'd rather the parks closed midweek during the off-peak season rather than have these ridiculously long maintenance periods. VRTP could easily stagger its opening times so at least one park was available each day, for example: - Movie World open Thursday-Monday, closed Tue/Wed - Sea World open Friday-Tuesday, closed Wed/Thu - Wet'n'Wild open Wednesday-Sunday, closed Mon/Tue -
It's a weak marketing point to begin with, VRTP probably focus test these things to death but I struggle to accept that that's the best line they came up with to promote the ride.
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It's funny how half a dozen cable ties could make so much difference.
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This must be the slowest ride install of all time. I assume they have one guy doing it, and he only works when the moon is in a waning gibbous phase.
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Wizard of Oz - Movie World Arkham Asylum Replacement
aaronm replied to Park Addict 93's topic in Theme Park Discussion
One thing Disney in particular seem to be building into their rides is a "B mode" - a backup for when a primary effect isn't working. A notable example is the RoTR Kylo Ren animatronic being hidden behind a wall when it's broken, replaced by Kylo appearing "outside" (via some windows/screens) in his ship. So rather than an effect appearing obviously broken the ride still seems relatively complete. Given that VRTP have aspirations to be like Disney, hopefully they're paying attention and incorporate something similar in these new rides, where it makes sense. -
Explosion at Lisebergs (under construction) indoor water park.
aaronm replied to Gazza's topic in Theme Park Discussion
Incredibly sad to hear this news last night. Liseberg is a wonderful park and Oceana was looking very impressive. I'd be curious to understand what caused the slides to explode like that (gas buildup perhaps?). Hopefully they can rebuild but it must be horrible for the team involved. -
Wizard of Oz - Movie World Arkham Asylum Replacement
aaronm replied to Park Addict 93's topic in Theme Park Discussion
Concept art looks good but as often with VRTP projects I'm getting the impression that they're spending money where it won't matter. Projection mapping was cool a decade ago but I question how well it will work in a park that's mostly open in the daytime. Buying a pair of family boomerangs instead of a higher capacity family coaster is an odd choice as well, especially since they'll probably end up only running a single side outside of school holidays. Perhaps they just haven't announced it yet, but it seems a missed opportunity to not have a dining outlet in the area as well, or some sort of performance space. I wonder if this area will be like WWF, nicely themed but largely empty except for the queues. -
Aqualoops seems to have fallen out of fashion for waterparks in general. They're a fairly intense ride and can be a 'one and done' for a lot of people. Personally I prefer the old-fashioned speed slides for thrills, less chance of accidentally waterboarding yourself. The structure itself is iconic and highly visible from outside the park - if the park wanted to add another big raft slide or two it would be a great spot.
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