aaronm

Looks great. One day they'll have some capex to redo the Sky Voyager facade and there will be much rejoicing from enthusiasts.

I'm not sure your suggestion is workable, but they'd almost certainly make more money with some sort of dynamic pricing model. If the row isn't occupied 80% of the time the park is charging too much, there's no profit to be made on empty seats!

We had a slightly damp day at Happy Valley Shanghai back in 2016, coasters operated as normal in light rain. Heavy rain or lightning might be a different story. But in general they seemed more like the European parks than say, Japan (where a light sprinkle is often enough to pause operations).

Some great advice shared already, outside of Disney/Universal I'd recommend adding at least one or two smaller parks. In Tokyo: - Yomiuriland has some wonderfully unique attractions (noodle cup rapids is my personal favourite) - Tokyo Dome City has the excellent Steel Dolphin - Hanayashiki is peak "weird Japan park" None of these would necessarily use a full day either. There's also Fuji-Q with its infamously slow operations, I would try to combine this with a visit to Mount Fuji if you're going to bother. A day trip from Tokyo is possible but personally next time I'll be trying to spend at least one night up there. Other random parks to consider: - Nagashima Spa Land, Japan's answer to Cedar Point - Greenland, quite big with a healthy dose of oddball, weird and interesting rides - Parque Espana, takes some getting to but well worth the effort. You may even end up as "King of the Parade" (as happened to my friend, hilarious!) - Suzuka Circuit, with the famous "scream and it goes faster" coaster - Nasu Highland, with a spaghetti bowl of coasters straight out of Rollercoaster Tycoon

Would reduce operational costs, I imagine that’s important to VRTP execs right now.

Missed school holidays, might as well aim for July now.

Is anyone else old enough for the name to remind them of reading Disney Adventures magazine as a kid?

Almost announced an announcement there, so exciting.

All good suggestions which require the park to do more than the absolute bare minimum which is sadly beyond their capability these days.

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.

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.

Minimum Viable Product: The Ride

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.

Targeted advertising is on point 👍

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.

It's funny how half a dozen cable ties could make so much difference.

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.

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.

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.

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.

All signs point to this upending SDSC as the #1 family coaster in the country. As an aside, I'd love to see them plus up Steel Taipan one day, plenty of space to add some theming/visual interest beyond the current "gravel carpark with some rocks".