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    Where's Sky Voyager? Dreamworld's biggest ride in 20 years is nowhere to be seen

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    It's a shame that the current norm for Australian theme parks when talking about something that is less than positive is to just go hush-hush. Village is guilty of doing the exact same thing after they demolished the interior of Scooby Doo and a large number of guests were left confused and frustrated. When I visited in the peak season last year, I don't think I saw anybody come off that attraction looking satisfied. 

    Our theme parks need more transparency. They're worried that they'll be giving us ammunition to attack the parks, but all we want to know is what on earth is going on. Radio silence isn't an option in this day and age.

     

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  5. Dreamworld Annual Pass Pricing

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    I don't even live near the Gold Coast but I'll still probably renew my pass. It's nice to have the luxury of just popping into all the parks when I'm up on a work trip, etc. Even if I only go twice, it's still cheaper than two 'one day passes'. 

    Also I can never have enough valid season passes in my wallet. They make for great conversation starters!

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  9. The Off Topic Topic

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    5 hours ago, Glubbo said:

    When I went on Tuesday this week, the single rider line took longer than the general line, despite only having 10 people lined up. If the numbers only work out to one or two single riders per cycle, and there's a dozen or more in the single rider line, I'd suggest swapping to the general line if it's no further back than 80-100 people (Green Lantern / Atrocitus ?).

    Yeah my general rule is one rider = one cycle for single rider. If there are 10 people in the SR line than expect to wait at least 10 cycles.

    6 minutes ago, XxMrYoshixX said:

    Anyone else find AA unbearably rough when they rode it in the last few weeks? IMO the next capex project should be replacing AA.

    I find it very rough. It's one of the few rides on the GC that I'll just ride once and that's enough for me. And then there's Hot Wheels which I'll ride once in my lifetime as I enjoy not having roller coaster endued scoliosis.

    To be honest, when I went to WBMW and rode AA about 3 - 4 years ago it was still rough. It's just aged really poorly and is possibly the weakest attraction on their line-up (apart from Scooby Doo's Nothing Coaster).

  10. The Off Topic Topic

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    On 1/20/2018 at 10:55 PM, XxMrYoshixX said:

    I've not done DC Rivals yet. Hopefully the ride lives up to the hype and the presumably long wait is worth it.

    I went on a Friday smack bang during school holiday season. We immediately joined the Rivals line after getting into the park and I'd say we waited about 10-15 minutes once we got into the line itself. Once the day picked up the line got smashed up to about 60 minute waits (the sign for which is annoyingly placed inside the queue) and then slowly declined over the day.

    If you can, go single rider. My fiancee loved going on Rivals, but only once. After that I was on my own and utilized single rider as much as I could.

    On this note, I also imagine that the best time to do Rivals would be holidays as they are running it with two trains and an optimal number of ride ops. I can imagine it being like Superman during the off-peak where it takes 3 ride ops to do the job of about 6 and they only cycle one train making it a 45 minute wait for a queue of 100 people.

  12. Seat size on Hypercoaster

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    17 hours ago, MaxxTheMonster said:

    In my case it was due to medications, surgery and 4 months of bed rest (lack of being able to exercise) that I went from 90kg up to 140kg...  It took me 5 years to be able to once again fit into every ride at MW but I'll be damned if on every trip to the park I didn't check to see how close I was to being able to ride and celebrated that little bit when I could add a ride back into my trips...  But I always requested to be placed towards the back of the ride in case I had to disembark due to harness not being able to close...

     

     

    Amazing job on bringing your weight back down mate, congratulations!

  13. Seat size on Hypercoaster

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    1 hour ago, AlexB said:

    ^Agreed and can give a perfect example - Silver Bullet at Knott's is a B&M custom invert, but the seat sizing was quite tight for me the last time I went... whereas most everything else we did wasn't a problem.

    Ever been to Japan? I'm not a huge dude, but I'm a short guy with a big belly. The restraints in Japan hated me.

    I was always like one click away from being too large for basically every coaster in Japan. I'd have the ride ops jumping on my restraint to push it down.

    Weirdly enough my mate who is much taller than me and basically the same weight was perfectly.

  14. Dreamworld unveils new and returning attractions as peak season winds down

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    Good read!

    The log flume additions are extremely confusing to me. I'll need to ride it or see them operating with it to see what they're honestly trying to do. I feel the human element will be the real test of these frames as I can see teenagers swinging on them and using them to do stupid tricks. 

    Also the pinching is going to be a hot topic of one star review mum's on TripAdvisor...

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  17. Play School Wheel announced - Dreamworld

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    I have a question as to how an Adult would fit in that with their child? I'd be worried that I'll topple the thing.

    If this is a changes discussion, do we reckon we will see major changes to the Gold Rush part of Dreamworld once they start building their new iFly attraction? I imagine that they'll need to expand the theater, add an area for a decent queue, etc.

    Also I hope they add a general theme similar to Soarin'. It'd be a great opportunity to get an Australian Airline on board and theme the building to be an old hanger or something.

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    The Off Topic Topic

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    Since we're on the topic of Sea World, I actually got engaged there on Saturday! I did it as part of the snorkeling experience and had a bunch of the staff helping me out. They were super helpful and organised most of the logistics for me (getting a sign in the water, having the ring delivered in the pool, etc).

    Here's a sneaky picture of when everything was going down and she caught on to what was happening. I'm happy to chuck the full story and my planning up on here if anyone is interested.

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  21. Dreamworld - 2017 "exciting" "experiences"

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    38 minutes ago, Naazon said:

    I've only been to Disney once so have no clue but just an idea, could Disney do a double fence? A fence with the construction warning signs around the construction areas and then another nicer looking fence around that whole area with theme to keep it 'nice'?

     

    Redundant and waste of money, but thats Disney isn't it?

    I think the biggest difference is Australian vs American Construction Law. Australia probably has some policies that say that you clearly need to state it's construction, etc.

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  22. VTP Annual Pass Changes

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    I can honestly see this being done as a move to try and push Dreamworld out of the picture. I've often bought a ticket to Dreamworld whilst I've had trips up to the Goldcoast because I'm like "Four Parks for $150!? Hells yeah!" But now with that going up to $270~ for both groups I can't really see it being as worth it to drop by Dreamworld for a day or two. 

    VRTP know they've got the better deal with three parks in one so I doubt this increase will cause any uproar.

  23. Let's be honest about Topgolf

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    On 11/9/2017 at 11:15 AM, Brad2912 said:

    It’s a good thing then that Disney’s queue lines are more entertaining than some of our rides here 

    Those feels when your only entertainment is listening to an incredibly jarring accent say "4.2 POSITIVE G FORCES AND 1 NEGATIVE G FORCE." on repeat for 45 minutes.

  24. Theme Park Maintenance Schedules 2017

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    7 minutes ago, Mc coaster said:

    Or maybe they just aren’t maintained very well to begin with. 😂😂

    I get your point, the staff member didn't seem to troubled with people punching / kicking / sitting on / yelling at / causing emotional distress to the wings of the planes. In fact, the staff member I had was full on jumping on one wing to try and fix it because it was jammed.

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