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So, I did a little more digging around the websites. Apart from the many spelling and grammatical errors - including in the company name, I've noticed the following: The business website - https://rhccity.com.au/ The 'Leadership and Management' section only has one name - Ramin Ahmadi. Here is his LinkedIn page:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramin-ahmadi-29a85215b/?originalSubdomain=au He has 50 connections on LinkedIn. His current business Neguin Pty Ltd. has only 3 people associated with it on LinkedIn (including himself) - one is a retired marketing executive Vernon Tang who left the business in 2008. The other is an Auckland based writer/architect Noushin Ahmadi - possibly a daughter or other relative who left the business in 2016. The business seems to spruik residential apartment buildings as it's most successful and most recent accomplishments. The listed address: Level 38- 71 Eagle St. Brisbane, Qld 4000, seems to be a co-working space that offers 'virtual offices'. https://www.myspacesworks.com/centre/5486/details There is no contact information other than an email address on either the infinity planet or RHC websites. The theme park isn't actually listed on the 'Sections' page of the infinity planet site when you click through to it. There is no way this concept - with its complete lack of detail on any attraction - including for the business/tech park, lack of any leadership team, board of directors, anchor tenants, publicly named investors (including private equity), or established intellectual property licensing, has attracted $2.6Bn of investment. I get that big ideas can come from ordinary people. Everyone starts somewhere and I don't want to crap on anyone for trying to punch above their weight. But this isn't a big idea, this is no idea. There's no substance to this. Maybe he should put a little more effort into the actual attractions, theming, and functions of the spaces before launching this thought-bubble to attract investors.

It will become mixed-use residential and commercial offices with some retail. Disney couldn't even get a 'permanent world expo' to work at Epcot beyond the early 2000s and it's just turned into another theme park with rides themed to Disney IP. Brisbane doesn't get the tourist numbers to justify something like this as a permanent attraction. Also, a 'business and technology park with retail' might work since Northlakes isn't too far away and it's a shorter commute for residents there than going into the CBD, but a theme park and a 700 room hotel just up the road from Caboolture isn't going to happen. There is no demand for it. Aussie World can't even sustain 7 day operations or being open for more than 6 hours a day and it's right by the Glasshouse Mountains. I don't have a problem with people dreaming big and wanting to build something impressive. Dreamworld was built on a patch of land in the middle of no where with no public transport and it became a destination that arguably drove the placement of Coomera Station and ultimately Westfield. But this is just being pitched as a weird combination of business park and theme park. If the developers were talking about building specific attractions - rides that don't exist at the GC, animal experiences that don't exist at Australia Zoo, then we'd probably take this more seriously instead of ridiculing it. But they're not. They've not mentioned a single attraction other than '10,000 car parking spaces' and the concept art just shows duplicate 1980/90s rides. It tells us that exactly zero thought has gone into what this could be beyond 'spaces for stuff'. Honestly, I could see a version of this working somewhere like Hamilton/Northshore with a LPS style park (possibly slightly larger) and cultural performance spaces/theatres, Television Studios and a hotel... functional spaces that would get used, close to where people live. These people aren't interested in building a destination. If they were, they'd choose a more appropriate location. They've just got a plot of land they want to develop and they're pitching an idea around 'tourism and culture' to attract government funding/subsidies instead of just building an office park/shopping mall with their own money.

I'm personally excited for the Arrow Corkscrew. Nothing screams 'iconic destination' like a 1980s roller coaster.

I used to think that the best option for motocoaster would be a re-theme, but my opinion has shifted firmly to outright removal. The cost of new trains and new theming would be so high that it would be better to sell the nearly 20 year old ride and put all of that money toward a better ride(s) in that area. A better ride with immersive theming will have a better ROI, even if it costs more. Rivertown sold passes and draws pass-holders back. King Claw will sell passes. Putting lipstick on the motocoaster pig is a lot of money for a 'boring' filler ride. It won't sell day passes or annual passes and the ride will likely need replacing within the next 5-10 years anyway.

DW should not be factoring Big Brother into any of their plans. This current series starts in Nov and ends in Dec. It's only going to be a 4-5 week run and the 'house' set will be gone before Xmas. DW need to focus on their own core business of theme park experiences and putting in fully immersive, themed lands. BB might bring in some short-term cash so I don't hate them doing it, but if they want to have a TV production precinct (not a terrible idea) it should be on the North end of the park as part of their rezoning/development plans, and should be designed for many different shows so it can operate year round.

I don't really have time to dig through the proposal, but is CEH wanting to develop the land themselves or sell the land for development? I know they're just requesting re-zoning and this isn't a solid development plan. If it's the former, I would hope they've considered things like future expansion of the park (even just the wildlife park) or a potential second-gate, given there is likely to be a boost in tourism around the Olympics (possibly sustained if it's as successful as Sydney). This is definitely a 10-15 year outlook, but presumably the park will still be around then. If it's the latter, I would be concerned that will crimp the long-term value of the park if they ever want to sell to a bigger player that would want to consider expansion. They're deliberately land-locking themselves further beyond the previous land sale. I also am not sure that a 'down-town' precinct is really going to be that popular given Westfield exists across the road. Also, any residential properties are just going to create noise complaints, so you just end up with a gimped entertainment precinct, and crappy residential areas that are noisy and have crap parking. It's just my opinion but I think that CEH are doing good things at the moment and should be preserving land or developing land in line with their core tourism/entertainment business and I'm not sure if this rezoning plan really does that.

Dreamworld is still lacking a dark ride, a water ride, a second major thrill coaster, a second inverting thrill ride and an adults-only space like a bar. They're also lacking shows - especially shows that aren't for little kids. Most importantly a second themed land. Rivertown is it. Goldrush, Rocky Hollow and Ocean parade used to be themed lands (even if they got a bit crap toward the end), and Ocean Parade is currently a dead end with a Big Brother set. Dreamworld needs to replace Rocky Hollow with a new water ride. They need to fix ocean parade from the Wipeout plot around to Kevil Hill and completely remove Gold Coaster - which is a janky painful experience - and tightly integrate a new internal entrance to WWW - maybe using the land to weave coasters and slides together. DW doesn't need to 'replace what was lost' because they also lost the chair-lift, the paddle steamer, the Tiger Island presentation, Thunderbolt, and ToT. They need to build out new themed lands and have a good balance of attractions for kids, families and thrill seekers. They also need to remove Motocoaster and Gold Coaster - which is honestly more of an opportunity than a loss - They don't need direct replacements, but a second family coaster, and a second thrill coaster are definitely things they'll need.

But both parks also saved millions of dollars by getting massive set pieces built in Vietnam instead of Australia, and without that, we would have Rivertown - at best - looking more like Steel Taipan. So I'd say it's worth it for Dreamworld and Pico to sort their s*** out, because if they do we get more like Rivertown and Universal-level parks, and if they don't we get Six Flags level parks. You get what you pay for, and I think both parks have received a lot of value for what they paid. Even incomplete, Rivertown is great, and the theming that does exist in WoZ is also good, there just needs to be more of it and the coasters needed to be custom designed to fit into that space (and existing queue buildings) better.

I wouldn't say that. Companies that work together often have disputes over contracts and deliveries, and they continue working together. In future they just make sure that the expectations, communications and dispute resolution procedures are more clearly defined in the contract. Given the large amount of future expansion Dreamworld has planned, it would be foolish for Pico Play not to offer to rectify any problems and repair the relationship to get future work.

This conversation has several pages of conversation unrelated to King Claw. Perhaps it should be spun off into a new thread?

The general store and Motocoaster are going to be re-themed at some point, and the fencing in that area could be installed along the train line to help hide the BoH areas. I wouldn't assume it's going to land-fill, I would expect it is being stored for (and was possibly originally intended for) those purposes.

Intamin would have the final say on the size and weight of anything attached to the structure. They would have designed specific mounting points with appropriate specs considering things like forces from wind, clearances around the motor/catwalk for maintenance. Tigeren's is around the same size (possibly a little bit bigger), but it might just be a bit less flat and has matching paint on the structure to make it feel bigger. I think most people are going to be looking at the gondola though, and the lighting on that looks great.

This isn't the same show as 20 years ago. Back then they were still recording to tape. Now everything is just data that gets uploaded to post houses almost immediately. The show is much easier to produce now. It's mostly PTZ (security style) cameras, and one person can operate 10+ cameras from a single desk, depending on how spread out everyone is. It's not the big infrastructure-heavy show it used to be, which is why the 'house' is just a Set in a shed. It's designed to be temporary, and it's unlikely that the show will ever have a permanent structure again because it's expensive, unnecessary for production, and no broadcaster will be willing to pay for it given the relatively low viewership the show now has. The final series on 7 was only pulling an average 140,000 viewers per night and was cancelled as a result. The previous series only pulled 340,000. Compare that to the 1M-1.7M that ten was pulling in across its first seven series - cancelling it in Series 8 when they only pulled 860,000. They're hoping that the DW nostalgia and live eviction shows will spur some renewed interest in the show, and it might for one series, but that is not sustainable and people will lose interest pretty quickly. The show is only ever going to be as interesting as the cast, and unfortunately, genuinely interesting people (compared to charismatic people) are not usually the extroverted narcissists that are willing to sacrifice their privacy to go on a reality TV show where they're filmed showering naked and taking a crap. But if you're thinking that the scale of the production will be the same as it used to be, you're in for disappointment. It doesn't need to be, and the live shows and the production will be much smaller overall to align with the revenue that the much smaller audience generates. But the show will bring some national exposure for Dreamworld, which it still really needs.

Small point, but it's the Australian Geographic Society - publishing Australian Geographic magazine. NatGeo is National Geograpic, magazine and Cable TV channel - now (partially) owned by Disney. Similar organisations, easily confused. But it's a good fit for Dreamworld and will probably make it a lot easier for them to build out educational experiences, since Aus Geo has the magazine/Awards and is associated with Northern Pictures so they effectively have a production arm to lean on.

It's Showtime Entertainment Production group, not Showtime FMX. Completely different companies. MW are changing from this: https://www.showtimefmx.com/ to this: https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/