Jdude95

Yeah, Ardent are definitely selling down the track. But we can't just stop having an opinion on the park because their plan is to sell it? They are currently, actively investing in the park which is what matters since they have neglected the park for years. Also, when it comes to Village and the parks being their "core business", didn't Ardent just sell off everything but Main Event and the Theme Parks? As Main Event is a US based operations, that would mean their "core business" in Aus is... you guessed it, theme parks.

I'm not saying DW are perfect or deserve to be held in the same regard as Village. Hell, I jumped on the bash DW wagon for a solid amount of time too. But it's just infuriating to see people instantly write off DW because they don't have a hypercoaster or because of stupid reasons like, they don't have any walkthrough attractions and village do. Ardent are only now pouring money back into their parks, so it really doesn't seem fair to compare a park that has had continued cash injection for the past few years to a park that is only now investing money. I'm not arguing that they deserve equal praise or criticism, I'm saying, if you're going to criticise or praise while comparing them, do it on the merits that they share, instead of comparing apples to oranges. That's like comparing Aussie World to Knotts Berry Farm, they are both lovely little parks, but the one with more money to throw is always going to win. That's when you'd start looking at the individual aspects that make up each theme park and start comparing those. Numbers are important from a business point of view but the general public doesn't care how much the park is making or how many people are going through the gate when deciding which park to visit.

Choose Village because they will bring in portable carnival rides and bastardise old attractions so they can make it seem like a brand new attraction? If Dreamworld brought in travelling rides, people would have crucified them. But because Village did it, it's fine. Oh wow, Village have the Aquaman exhibit, albeit after we've been begging for a new "attraction" for years. Dreamworld just finished their Lego Brickman exhibit which, as far as I can tell, was just a popular as the Aquaman exhibit is proving to be. This along with the Trolls Village, another temporary attraction that has drawn large crowds. Yes, the location may be a bit strange but if you're going to actually compare theme parks, maybe you should compare them on the merits they share, instead of just ignoring things to suit your argument. Yes, Dreamworld is still far from perfect but the Village parks aren't exactly a pinnacle either. Speaking of "sucking the teat of companies" I'd recommend you detach yourself from Villages teat. Build a hypercoaster (even though it almost bankrupt them) and you can never make a bad move again, it seems...

I took me far too long to realise they took a photo of the Aquaman suit from the exhibition. Not gonna lie, I thought someone had decapitated Aquaman in a photoshop accident.

Also nothing against Rac but most of their posts in the past have been bullshit or asking questions that had already been asked and discussed at length many times previously. So when I see a whole new thread created by them, about a subject like this. I'm instantly critical because I have never seen any evidence to say otherwise.

So if I find a story about, say a new roller coaster coming to Movie World, even though it's total bullshit being presented as fact, I should post it here because it's interesting? Nah, I'd get my anus ripped through my nose for posting crap like that.

So you created a whole topic around something that didn't even happen? This happens far too often on these forums...

It all makes sense now! The opening date was only for staff. It probably wont open to the GP until February or something.

The storm smashed the Coast. I guess WnW were onto something. I wasn't expecting such crazy storm activity so quickly. WnW for new weather presenters?

It'll be open for the holidays but then the theming will be removed up until it's closed again in June for "Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Next Gen Really This Time"

This is my favourite "Mexican" item on the menu

Or if you wanna get really specific, try here

I thought you were more of a mustard guy?

And Liz

I prefer " Lay dude"

That seems more like the kind of debate @pushbutton would have

At the same time, they didn't exactly make any efforts to not kill people either?

Gold rush was still there, just behind a fence. Now it's just a big old flattened pile of WWW dirt.

I'm absolutely positive it was the fault of a dumb...

And just like that, everything Gold Rush and TRR is now completely gone and filled.

That music is just terrible.

Disney used to have a bad habit of just closing attractions or gutting them if a new sponsor didn't come along to pay for the upgrades. Village had enough money for the upgrades without having to engage a sponsor. If a sponsor came on board, cool, if not, they are still able to open the attraction.

Sorry, I'll make sure everything is tagged as sarcasm in the future to avoid confusion.

If a non seasonal park closed every time they installed a new ride... well Dreamworld would be fine but most other parks around the world suffer. Why was that even necessary to mention in a media release.

I find myself in a constant battle between hating you and loving you for your comments like this 😂