Baconjack

Problem with this is the reptile park is tiny - only about 8.9 hectares. You can’t do much exactly with that. I’d back it in for a gumbuya world style transformation if they owned more land and sold to a new owner with vision, but they don’t. You’d have to build a ground up park and I’m not sure if thats sustainable as that requires much more capital. You’d be better served getting a lease in all that land around Badgerys Creek that the government owns around the airport site, if any of it is to be used for tourism purposes at all. Also around there may be an hour away from the north shore, but getting there from out west where the people actually are is going to take you 2 hours most likely. No train either - closest one would be Gosford and even then there’s no PT serving the reptile park going from that direction.

You’re mostly right but there’s quite a bit of greenfield land out near Campbelltown off the Hume highway, probably one of the last major pieces of land to support a park in Sydney as major road coverage is absolutely critical for a park. Wonderland had that with the M4. That said it will probably end up a cookie cutter housing development or warehouses within 20 years. Out near the second airport I’m pretty sure much of that land around there is commonwealth owned, as they’re planning to develop around the airport in the future. If one was to secure a lease on some of that land and play the long game it would work but I doubt the government or the private sector would have that sort of vision

I read this article the other day it’s complete dribble from whatever hack journo at the herald sun that wrote this. Basically if you boil it down it’s essentially “Disney are spending tens of billions on parks” and “There’s lots of land in Werribee for a park”. Just flat out nonsense. A castle park is never going to happen here. You also gotta remember that Shanghai is getting a stage 2, Disneyland is getting that massive expansion, Studios Paris is getting the frozen expansion (with potentially Star Wars being back on the table), Dinoland USA at animal kingdom is getting a retheme, Epcot is getting massive renovations, among many other projects across the existing parks.

They repainted part of the section that needed to be done up while it was down, so they are just stopping. Photos freely available if you know where to look

Isn’t the reason why the ride is closed is because of updates to the queue and not a part failing?

Bigger coaster and brand new as opposed to a relocated coaster with 10 pieces of track and a couple of support columns apples and oranges mate

I reckon it’s a pre show of some description that takes place in that building (like the old lethal weapon one), before you exit and queue one of the 3 rides on offer. Oh by the way with the $50 million or whatever this project has been quoted at you’d figure there would be a bit more to it? Surely the coasters themselves wouldn’t cost too much given they are both off the shelf models. I suppose construction photos and actually walking through the land will be the judge in this case as CGI isn’t indicative of the final product. I’d be pretty underwhelmed if it wasn’t at the standard of Leviathan though given the budget.

I dunno if staff members are thinking about leaving their jobs, what’s to say that people may have left already?

Correct opinion. There’s a reason why brands everywhere are doing what dreamworld is doing (Duolingo is an example I can think of that does it well). They are simply only trying to piggyback on a growing trend. As I’ve said before engagement (comments & likes) on those reels and the kid drawing of taipan on IG are substantially higher than anything else they put out. So they are doing something right, whether you think it’s cringe or not is up to your judgement but the algorithm doesn’t lie. Yeah you are right but attendance is a product of brand awareness so she also has a point there.

If that’s the case where do you put the single rider line Doesnt look like anything’s changed in that queue shot you’d think they would clear more room in the standby line to put in a single rider line?

Based on the layout I reckon you’ll head up the lift, swivel towards the right, complete the right (indoor) section backwards, before going up the lift again and swiveling towards the left, then completing the layout forwards. That means you will always return to the station forwards. Obviously this could change and it could be anything but if it was to go through the other way (say dropping straight down the lift and travelling through that indoor section) I don’t think the train has the momentum to reach the switch track again + that curve looks a bit too tight to be heading straight down. Didn’t see the sunrise segment lol but that’s new. Backwards train probably is only going to run for 3 months of the year anyhow because dreamworld are not going to run it on 2 train mode for the bulk of the year. Highly doubt they charge money for it, what you’re getting 2 backwards trips as opposed to 1? Hardly a good sell

Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think they’re planning to do backwards cycles. It’s never been explicitly stated and honestly i doubt it because more people get backwards sick than you think, particularly those in the demographic that jungle rush attracts. While it’s true that the ride changes directions twice throughout the course (backwards for the mid section before going forwards for the outdoor section), if movie world struggles to get people to fill seats in the rivals backwards row (even when it was cheap) I can’t see people lining up to ride a full train backwards if it’s an option.

It would be much more productive to have the pitchforks out during a period when people actually visit the park. If rivals and west maintenance and flash gets delayed to well into the winter school holidays - then fair call. Like during summer when the park operated on a limited number of rides (when it should realistically be everything) it was rightfully called out, but not on days when you’d be getting triple digit pax at most. Why would movie world close ever at all because there’s few rides open? They are a business, and if they shut, their main competitor is right up the road to take that foregone money, or anywhere else on the coast. Maybe charge off peak prices based on ride count that aren’t $110? (Something they really should be doing to get more people in who haven’t got annual passes already) That would eliminate the “ripped off” vibe.

Are these longtime staff members or people they’ve hired just to fill numbers for summer? If it’s the latter you’d figure managers would make it very clear with them that you’d really only be needed during that time. It’s like rule 0 of theme park/entertainment business ops

Idk people here would still complain if superman was open (which it normally is, but given there’s a bit of construction work going on around it that’s an exception). Also I’ve said this a few times but will also say that ride replacements and renovations have been slow - which leads to problems like these. If things are shut in school holiday periods or in summer then yeah its fair game for criticism but realistically how many people visit at this time of year? I’d be willing to bet mostly annual pass holders, who can come any time they like. How many people are coming from interstate in May/June? Probably very few. Happy to call out movie world for their shit (and have done a few times for many reasons) but having rides down in the deadest time of year is not that. ideally they should have as much of their maintenance work done as possible prior to people coming in for the next school holiday break so am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt in this case. Whether you charge normal prices or an off peak price for the reduced experience (which is done at a lot of other businesses in the industry) is another can of worms but I’d say swap it to a floating price which is adjusted for ride count and season. Will check back in 2 months to see if there’s barely any rides open, then I’ll happily criticise just like I did during summer.

It’s past the April school holidays and it’s fast approaching winter (the deadest time of the year). Two of the majors are scheduled to shut at this period every year, another is having a major being built right next door (and another ride within), another is being renovated, with another ride most likely getting pulled down. People complaining that rides are closed at this time are living under a rock. It’s been this way for decades before BGH ever came in the picture

300-400 likes on Insta compared to their usual output which gets double digits, that’s definitely three times the amount ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ More people use Insta these days especially young people where reels are more popular as a format.

Why do people on here complain about the sky voyager facade so much lol it fits the theme of what the ride is about. Art deco respectfully does not scream to the average guest of a flight around australia. When it’s one of your key attractions that’s not what you want. I get that it’s jarring but the most you could do is repaint the white a different colour (perhaps grey) and change the sign.

It looks shit but it’s what gets the clicks at the end of the day. If you look at the engagement it’s twice or triple fold compared to the other stuff they post so they must be doing something right. Lots of brands do this, to varying degrees of success and quality, but it’s about consistency with the uploads. Cant fault them (or village either) for trying to get ahead of the algorithm

Something really similar already exists with Rivals (in its first couple of years) with the double sided bins in the station where riders boarding placed their stuff next to the train, which would rotate towards the station wall by the time guests went back into the station. Iirc with 2 train ops the bins would rotate after guests on one of the trains disembarked and got their stuff, with the bins emptied for the next train and the next train’s stuff towards the wall waiting for them. There’s no reason something similar could be implemented into superman for a “next generation” revamp, however this would obviously necessitate a major re routing of the queue as those lockers would need to be placed on the wall next to where the fast track queue for the ride exists now. Don’t think this gets implemented until such a revamp occurs, if it ever does, because it requires massive works to not only the queue but the wall to fit such bins in.

Did the laminated sign printer machine get retired or something?

Probably need a location more central in the park for that kind of thing, I dunno. Close enough to west and scooby, close enough to Main Street, close enough to Dc. Also the ambo point is valid too the building is right next to a service road. Real question is why does there need to be an arcade in a theme park? This isn’t sega world, and if people want to do that they’d go to Timezone. I never saw anyone in the old arcade ever so why bother making alterations to a building for a new one? Make it a walk through or a proper attraction of some degree, it a complete waste of space that movie world does not have in spades

Where was first aid before?

I mean they are somewhat right. The ride was done up at wet n wild not long ago

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