Levithian

You need something to open to though. At the moment, approx half the park is going to be closed at movieworld (while still charging full price). The public will (and have started to) voice their opinions on whether they think it stinks. A big hit to the public opinion might be worth a few extra million to the sale.

Im assuming because seaworld was largely still running behind the scenes while covid forced closures. They probably had literally nothing to open at movieworld or wet n wild when seaworld opened otherwise they would have opened them too once they got the government approval.

What does that have to do with arkham?

Because you have to start paying for them.

Then why is it odd?

You guys seem to be forgetting the sale of the company comes with a provision of a higher sale price if the parks are back open and people are back at work when the shareholders vote on the sale....

Who is the most professional and respected person?

Lots of plastics, fibreglass and rubber used in everything amusement ride. Things that degrade under normal UV conditions. Bombard it with massive doses, you're kinda cutting your leg off anyway.

See the lumens rating? cinema range is more like 15-20,000 lumens. Big buildings, big throw distances. Need a lot of light. When you throw in dual pipe for 3d operation, start talking over 100k. More like this. https://www.digitalcinema.com.au/digital-projection-insight-dual-laser-4k-projector-64hz-lens-sold-separately.html edit: Or something like this for half the price. https://www.digitalprojection.com/emea/dp-projectors/highlite-laser-ii/

Haha. So all the news reports were just out right lies. 😆 Wonder what happened when the government got wind of it. The purchase offer of extra money for shares if the park is open and people are back to work seems to be a strong motivator. edit: heres the original news report.

@Bikash Randhawa if you are here answering questions; is it really going to only be 4 weeks to get parks open and running again as normal when you get the go ahead from the government to run with less restrictions, or is it going to be more a case of bringing rides back online as soon as they are available?

Theres been a study come out from bond university on the gold coast saying approx 15% of positive coronavirus tests were from people who were asymptomatic. Walking around for weeks infected without displaying any signs. Nobody seems to be critising the study, so it only highlights that regardless of people numbers, social distancing is probably the most important thing to focus on and is probably going to be with us for quite awhile. The longer this progresses, the more established the two camps seem to be too. People come first, no matter the cost; or only a few people have died, everyone back to work!

The sticking point might also be social distancing rules and how to operate queue lines and load platforms with a 1 person per 4 sqm rule, and how you can distance guests in ride cars too. Could you imagine the wait times on something like scooby doo if you had to split people up by household? All those 1s and 2s turn into their own dispatches. Even a big space like the inside queue line wouldnt be able to hold 100 people under the 1 per 4sq m rule.

That would be kinda cool though if it was like a giant boardwalk. Great vantage point when walking around the park.

Simple. Park capacity is around 14-15000. So saying half capacity is just that. 7000. Doesnt mean they think they need 7000 now to open. Why? Because september holidays are traditionally busy, a few thousand probably wont cut it then. Dont forget the sale is based on some very specific operational requirements too... As there is no plan after stage 3 and no mention of when you can return to major crowded events, makes sense to put a plan together and get concessions to allow 7000. Realistically, due to social distancing it could come the christmas holidays and we still havent allowed major events and gatherings of people in such great numbers. So youd probably be coming up with contingency plans now.

Might be able to move some of the out buildings without moving the stages though. Things like the sheds and production offices, stuff that isnt rooted in the ground. Especially if they decide they want new buildings. Like, you could absorb the land the offices are on next to dc rivals, superman and arkham asylum, move them to land near where the studios main front entrance gate is now, then repurpose it for when arkham asylum is closed. Would more than double your available space. They arent selling the park, they are selling village roadshow the company. That means theme parks division, cinemas, radio, production. The whole lot. So that includes the studios too.

There's 2 dams. The one on the movieworld side is used for wild west falls and for portable supply within the park I believe. If the sat photo pulls back a bit you can see the other one across the road and next to paradise country. Its within the fenced park boundary when you drive around the back road, you can see there is park related stuff stored in and around those buildings which weren't included either (hence the post). it brings up another question too though. Generally when you see these figures quoted for park sizing its including things like the car park too (as parks have shown they can use every bit of available land if they have to). In the case of movieworld, it's not even a shared carpark, so maybe it should be included in the land totals too? Probably why the combined total is so large, it includes all available land.

I believe the small lake/dam and the buildings next to it are all part of the park too. Right to the road way to paradise country.

Id like to see the political fallout if scomo pushes to repealing the income support payments. Do you think they are prepared to put their careers at risk when they were predicting 10% unemployment? Especially if it carries through until next year like predicted. Wonder what it would do to those effevtively already defaulting on mortgages and only surviving on the payments + suspending their loan repayments.

All this stuff creates more hassle and more overheads (cost) for parks. Its a further nail in the coffin of opening early. And all this is before you even think about what people are actuallu prepared to spend. Its not good enough to have the potential to open your gates if consumer spending is still very low, unemployment is still very high and people are feeling the stress of just paying all their bills. And lets not forget that everyone is forecasting a bump in infection numbers and clusters to form as we head into winter with relaxed restrictions. What would it mean if a cluster formed centered around a park, either started by a guest or even staff? How much damage would that cause your business as its a guaranteed national headline, so does it mean you need to look at screening all guests before they come into the park? Still seems like a lot of unknowns with the government just expecting businesses to take on all the risk. Now theres already talk about having to extend the job keeper and job seeker payments past september as businesses are not going to recover in a few months and people will need further income support too. I Imagine its a very complex decision you dont want to get wrong and go too early.

Its simple. The parks will have a break even limit. If they cant get exemptions for at minimum that level, theyll ride out the restrictions as long as the government funding holds out and address potential redundancies and job losses if it progresses further. Dont forget they will have factored in the complete lack of international visitors too and if state border restrictions continue longer, its only going to hurt numbers further. Its also worth noting that social distancing rules apply even when these restrictions are relaxed. So youre still expected to maintain your 1.5m spacings and limit indoors to the 4sqm rule as before. How do you plan to maintain that on a roller coaster? Run cars/trains at 1/4 capacity?

I think Its based more of the track attachment on the spine than the actual columns. So you can have multiples of the same number, maybe like 1a, 1b, 1c, etc. Can see some little plaques on the bases of the columns with this detail if you stand on the bridge under the lift and look in dc rivals and green lantern compounds / around the garden on the corner. Some columns are tagged with the same number so there are duplicates.

What is that based off? Movieworld replying to guests on facebook, or do you have some first hand information? Looks pretty dead driving past oxenford at the moment. Even the barriers/fencing are still up around green lantern.

Theres nothing to subsidise tourism wise while the parks are closed due to federal government restrictions. Who is game to guess when they will consider it ok to relax restrictions on entertainment venues while we are on virtual lockdown with them predicting peak infection rates in maybe june or july? Could literally be months after the peaks occur that they are no longer worried about triggering another wave of infection by allowing mass gatherings again. So theres probably zero point investing anything until there is a recovery date on the horizon. Supply chains for all industries are so messed up right now. Looking at how much drama we are having getting engineered timber products into the country for builds, weve had to put some jobs back 6 months until the dust settles and we know more about supply issues, freight, interstate movements, etc. Hell even just getting things through council took a major dump with offices being on virtual shutdown and people working from home. And thats frequently a slow process at the best of times when everyone who needs to put their 2 cents in resides in the same building. It could legit be 12 months before everything can function as normal again, and thats without any impact the recession is bound to have. All bets are off if it heads into a global depression though as some suppliers/manufacturing may never recover or even reopen, so there are going to be disruptions everywhere.

When we go into stage 3 restrictions, theyll be in place a month or if people are still dicks, itll go to level 4 and be months. If the parks are open for the september holidays id consider it good going.