KingdaKa
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Personally I'd be going to Gardaland for Raptor, but that's cos Iove wingriders.
It is great, especially in the front row. Not massively scary after you've done it like 10 times but still a great ride
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Sequoia Adventure looks horrible and painful....
It is...
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Personally I might visit Mirabilandia. I really wanna ride Divertical!!! Katun looks amazing too. Gardaland looks really good too. Like they have one of the weirdest coasters ever, Sequoia Adventure.
NEVER RIDE THAT. YOU WILL DIE.
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They need something unique but inexpensive at the same time,
it's going to be tuff finding one.
Yes. There is a good chance that along with Hair Raiser it will be the Parks main thrill ride. Important for marketing,
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I am not saying they would research, but IMO you'd have to be a bit thick to look up a POV, see only 2 cars on the track, and think that therefore they would only ever use two. If you're going to watch a POV you are more likely to do a bit more research. Although I take your point about the public not being enthusiasts. That's why those videos don't have many views.
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Yes it's the art one. I've been to Latvia too. Great place. Next year I'm going to Italy. Maybe I'll try to visit their newest theme park Cinecitta World with the 10 inversion coaster Altair. Croatia have finally got their first water park and they are getting another water park next year. Both are in the istria county. They look so nice. Also how is the maurer sohne x car coaster at Drivliet? I heard it was one of the better x car coasters.
Personally I love it. Super comfortable, really unique elements. Plus the launch is a nice speed. Quite zippy. The queues are also always quite short. Breaks down a lot though
Latvia is nice, but not as nice as Estonia
I thought Croatia would have a few water parks given the climate.
I really recomment Gardaland. It is open during the week most of the year and is super quiet but still well staffed on poor weather and off peak days. Rode Raptor 17 times in like 4 hours
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What are we 'The Schmitties'?
To quote XXMr YoshiXX - let's get back on topic.
The Pinfari coasters are getting a little long in the tooth, but if they got a later model it would probably still have a good 10 years in it. I think the Gerstlauer Family Coasters could be a good match for the park- even if they only have room for a shuttle one.
The Black Widow at Adventure World is an example of a permanent Powersurge. It's very much a spin and spew, but seems to make a bunch of people happy.
The Maze Runner is the maze that they are running. I saw the film the other day - it was okay - but could make for an interesting design of attraction. It would be interesting to see if they attempted to recreate those creatures that attack them.
If you had said 'mini claw' that would have made a lot more sense. I think we're looking at attractions that already exist in someone's catalogue nowadays. Gone are the days that Australian parks invented their own rides, unfortunately.
I think the fun in these suggestions is when they're proven right. Like when you suggest a park gets a Gerstlauer and it does. Or when Gazza says 'Go Hawks' and they win the grand final!
Yes. multiple valid points.
That is also unsubstantiated from the park Yoshi. I posted an interview with Warwick Dougherty , managing director of LPS , over a year ago, at the time of the introduction of Hair Raiser. In that interview, he stated that LPS had a 5 year plan but at no time were individual rides or numbers of rides mentioned. I think that this has been diluted by time and Chinese whispers into what you and Kingda Ka is reporting as being official. Unfortunately, at this time, it is far from official and can only be filed under idle speculation.
Since when was this thread solely for facts rather than speculation. All the pages before my entrance discuss possibilities for the park.
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Not really. I only know it would be rougher because I've been on it. Any random who hasn't seen/been on the ride probably doesn't even know there's more cars that could be on the track hitting that brake run.
Just look at the description on Wiki and you know there are more cars. And the break run is still harsh with only 4 cars.
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How many people were there!! Those queues are ridiculous.
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Interesting. That's actually a lot smoother of a stop than usual for that brake run. As mentioned earlier, if you're the last car and the station is full and a car or 2 are already sitting on the brake run, you've got less stopping distance so of course the force would be stronger.
While the parks are in competition with each other, it's not that often you'd find one full and the other empty. (DW/MW) they all offer similar yet different things.
Valid point. I still think that it would be in their best interest (especially in PEAK times) to improve their poorer staff. As seen with the young boy, it is not just about efficiency. He will not be going back to MW any time soon I doubt.
The fact that that run is nicer highlights just how rough it would be if the POV showed 6 car operation.
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Read the whole thread instead of glossing over things and focusing on what you think is relevant.
Which post did you correct? I did not ignore any post. Tell me which post you corrected.
He did. That's why he skipped the parts where he was wrong.
I thought you were supposed to be spending time in your club...
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What post correcting?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgR4VZ39xM
Don't forget, USA has how many other parks to contend with? The parks we have on the coast have a pretty captive audience. Sure, you could always fly elsewhere to get better service, but realistically most people aren't going to take that option. So while the parks over there need to get everything perfect/really high standard and deal with much larger crowds, the parks here know that they don't have to work as hard to draw a crowd and people will always just come back another day.
Could you share the POV please?
Re the last car - I thought it was a rotation thing. There's always 1 or 2 off the track for maintenance so they can keep the ride going while working on them, then just keep swapping them for working ones. By the time they've worked through them all, they need to start again. Might be wrong on that though.
That is quite valid. However, competition can not be the sole reason to work faster and more efficiently. And anyway, there is 4 park competition on the gold coast... Sure Dreamworld really on has 2 but it should still be enough to crackdown on rogue ride ops.
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*sigh* Guess your not going to take the advice.
Your original statement was incorrect as it was written. If thats what you meant, then form your thoughts correctly and coherently. We are not mind readers and can only respond to what is posted, not what is in your head.
This is also inaccurate and I have corrected you on this in an earlier post , but, once again, you chose to ignore it.
Warick Dougherty, the LPS representative said they were looking to upgrade the park in a 5 year time frame. Ride numbers were never mentioned nor were individual rides. That is all that is official from the park. 5 in 5 was NEVER mentioned. Anything else is just idle speculation. Anything that is inaccurate or bullshit WILL be called out on these boards.
It was written in here by somebody that they intended to make 5 attractions. I am not imagining this.
As for people being mind readers, I do not expect that, that is why I wrote the second post. However, you claimed that by justifying my claim I was in fact re-nigging, which by you Is BULLSHOT. *sigh*.
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I was responding to your initial post in which you stated that Powersurge's are "fair" rides and not permanent. I called you out on this incorrect statement and proved you wrong.You cannot change the meaning of your original post after the fact like you are attempting to now. Powersurge's, whilst not my first choice , are as valid a ride choice as any other flat for possible inclusion at LPS.
And I will moderate my sarcasm when you stop being a disrespectful, annoying know it all. The tension that you have been experiencing from several other long term , well respected members is because of your attitude. Taking a deep breath, stepping back and toning down the "I know it all" attitude will go along way to alleviating the situation somewhat. Just a piece of friendly advice. Up to you if you take it.
I am sorry, but my post was not inapproproate. You know full well from my explanation that when I said that Power Surges were "fair rides" that I meant they appeared at fairs often and therefore, like Gravitrons and the dlat rides we see in RCT3, they are very much a Fair type of ride, not an amusement park type of ride. I have explained this post without contracdicting my initial post, If you want to be finicky fine, but what I said was not know-it-all in nature and if you want to be hostile go ahead, but don't pretend you were just trying to correct my post, when it was not incorrect when you learnt what I meant by a fair ride.
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Are there any rides at waterparks around the world where the queue and loading is actually at the bottom, and then you ride that liftchain to the ride itself. Probably not, but it would save the cost of having to build a sophisticated tower. Obviously other logistical problems, but perhaps a future implementation at parks around the world.
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And you're just a punk kid who knows nothing...
How's that for a generalisation. Exactly the same as saying all ride ops are lazy. I'm not saying there are some that arnt, but that's the same in any role in any workplace. Plenty of them are great, and take pride in their jobs.
Efficiencies between countries are not comparable realistically due to differences in wages, workforce structures, management efficiencies, systems, engagement, the list goes on. Just because it works in 1 country doesn't mean it works the same, or is reasonable to expect it to, work the same elsewhere
Australians earn more than other countries so...
And talk about being selective with posts. As you will see in my other post about ride ops, I said that they weren't all lazy just some were!! So there goes your generalisation argument. You literally have nothing left to support your argument at all. Unless you want to argue that Australia has worse workforce structures, efficiency etc. than America, where everyone gets paid less and where they have a reputation for inefficient. Australia is arguably one of the most efficient countries in the world. And yet you still believe its OK for a 14 year old earning 7 bucks an hour at a Theme Park to work with vigour whilst there are SOME ride ops at Movie World and Dreamworld who earn almost triple that who couldn't care less, and if you read my other posts, are actually rude and offensive... All I can say is that you deserve the ride ops I mentioned.
Any ride with compression fins stops harder than GL at MW, take Road Runner or Scooby as an example. The majority of GL's brakes are magnetic, the friction brakes are only for the station blocks, and the two blocks mid track. It's only a hard stop when they're running all 6 cars and they stop you right at the start of the brake run when you're in the back train.
But you can still tell from the POV and they are only running 1 or 2 trains in the one I saw, so if you can tell from that then you could definitely tell when riding it with 6 cars.
BTW, why do they never use the 7th car? Is there no space?
How do we know that all these you tube commenters are not rake thin, and Kingda or anyone for the matter might be large? Comfort is relative to size, weight, proportions, which no 2 people will be the same.
Large? I am literally a rake...
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Tallinn is beautiful, it is like a museum itself
I speak Estonian so it is my favourite country. Which museum was it? The art one?As for Drievliet, I have been
Not Plopsa though.I love Croatia!! My family went to Bol, Split, Dubrovnik and Osijek and we loved them all. Slovenia is also nice
And I have been to Mirabilandia as well sorry, and I have been on Katun. Much more intense than Black Mamba but IMO not as good a ride.
I would have been to more parks because me and my sister love them and my parents like to travel to countries like Germany, France, USA, Spain etc. where there are a lot of parks. Unfortunately, they don't like parks so we can only ever really go to 1 or max 2 a trip, unless they are local Dutch parks which my parents let me and my sister go to on our own.
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They are more focused on water rides. Still don't know what's happened to the rest of the kangaroo island expansion.
I know, but even if they had a couple of small flat rides I think it would do good for the park.
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Pinfari looping coaster. A flume ride, like Splash Down. A full size 'tea cups' flat ride.
Has anyone done the Maze Runner attraction?
Maze Runner?
Anyway, I used to dream that Luna Park would install that looping Pinfari roller coaster with the Roll Over in Maloney's Corner. Now that I know they are more ambitious that might be below them
You do realise, in all your infinite wisdom, that Power Surge's, made by Zamperla, are available as a park model, as well as a trailerised version? In fact most manufacturers offer park versions of their travelling rides. Most travelling rides can be made as a permanent attraction and vice versa. Your definition of the Power Surge as a "fair ride" as you coin it, is inaccurate and incorrect.
Of course it can be a permanent ride and I knew it was made by Zamperla. I still think that in many ways it is a "fair ride" though. Look at Dreamworld's Flat Rides. They are all very good now. I think Luna Park should invest in an innovative and unique flat ride like them, not a puke machine that is popular at the Easter show. And please don't be so sarcastic, I can't be the only person who hopes and believes that Luna Park may look past a Power Surge for their next biggest attraction.
why doesn't anyone realise that Luna can't afford all this huge stuff.
it will be a normal ride, we just don't know what.
They would be able to afford a nice compact coaster. Of course not the other stuff, but they are just wishes. Realistically though, they can go for a good small scale thrilling coaster, a very good new thrill ride, and 2 new smaller rides over the next 4 years. They said 5 in 5, and 1 year and 1 attraction have passed.
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Whoops. IMO but like Yoshi said we are getting a bit off topic.
What flat rides do you think luna park should add?
I would like to see some medium rides. As much as I love thrill rides, Luna Park will be losing a lot of market share if they instantly transfer from the tame park it is now into a more thrill park. So for the 5 rides I think this would be good and realistic:
1. Hair Raiser
2. Small-scale El Loco-like coaster for Tumble Bug to Flying Saucer area.
3. Scariest ride in the park, key thrill ride for Flying Saucer Area. A really really good flat ride with good theming.
4. A tame flat ride.
5. Some form of moderate thrill ride, like the Spider but more thrilling.
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I thought you hadn't been since the change over from LW so how would you know??
Read my posts closely and you will see I actually said I went on either side of the changeover.
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Jamberoo could latch onto another market if they invested in dry rides.
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Why are Village Roadshow parks seemingly becoming so opposed to signage?
This!! If I hadn't been to them so much I would be VERY confused.
Wet N wild Sydney Trip Report
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If all rides had hour long queues, that would be pretty bad for a waterpark...