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  1. Baconjack
    The thing is that big dipper’s roughness is not a result of the way the track is assembled it’s an issue with the ride’s trains being too heavy for the track it rides on. You don’t feel any of the pot holes/gaps you have mentioned throughout the ride, the rattle is only noticeable during moments of high intensity (the pullout between the non inverting loop and the sidewinder being the prime example). I think that might be leading to some stress on the track, so the rattles gotten a bit worse over time. I personally don’t mind it, you have to accept coasters will have at least a little bit of rattle in our climate, but I can see why it would put some people off. on mahuka the trains have been re-done with carbon fibre lap bars among other improvements that make the trains a lot lighter than big dipper’s ones. By all accounts this has made the ride much smoother (based on people’s opinions who have been on both installs) - would love to see the new owners of Luna park upgrade the trains on theirs to this new spec but I’m not holding my breath.
  2. Baconjack
    That’s a tiny bit of land looking at google maps, so good on them for fitting all of that in. Should be good for the locals
  3. Baconjack
    Good time for brookfield to cash out after everything they’ve added in the last decade. They’ll probably make quite a bit off the sale compared to what they bought for. I suspect another developer (or Lindsay fox type) will buy and keep it long term, village probably won’t buy the park unless BGH think it will be a cash out opportunity when they inevitably sell (even if the park makes shitloads off its venue operations), and ardent will cash out of dreamworld and wind up in the next 5 years or so.
  4. Baconjack
    Yeah it’s now owned by the same guy as the rainbow (march’s), it’s just started doing shows again this year. Hasn’t hit any majors yet though unfortunately hopefully that changes in the future, there is a dearth of good rides at major shows these days beyond your generic swing and spew crap. Would love to see taipan (and rainbow when it’s up and running) back at the Easter show one day
  5. Baconjack
    I believe they are still working on it, operating off a reliable source who works in the industry. Spent money on blasting the steel relatively recently, they’re not binning it if they spent money on that. It’s also fibreglass, they can easily just get a third party to make new fibreglass parts it’s not that complex, and the restraints are getting changed heavily to bring the ride up to code anyway so this means nothing. The owner has just spent a bit of money doing up Taipan that’s only just started going around the show circuit so this has sat on the back burner for a while
  6. Baconjack
    What a ridiculous layout. So basically they keep the side door from arkham that skips half the queue, you walk in, do the pre show, line up for the coasters, ride, then get spat out at emerald city? You'd figure you want guests walking through that big rainbow entrance into your new $50 million land with the fancy building and decorated paths as a good first impression, rather than being spat out in it after you queue for an hour and ride. People design better land layouts in planet coaster You'd think they'd shut that side door but they might not even do that
  7. Baconjack
    It was a terrible idea, with even worse execution. Splash is a relatively intense ride (for a castle park) and this version doesn't have a villain or any tension (which is needed on a flume) - think of West as the local example and the voice lines it plays leading up to the final drop (when they're working). I'd imagine little kids would be scared shitless with that drop that comes after "Lets get you to the party". Prime example of mismatching the story with the ride layout. Just a case of a terrible IP match with the ride type, it looks like princess and the frog was shoehorned into the ride when the IP and story should be integrated ito the ride layout. The IP and the story they were trying to tell have been a much better fit for a ground-up gentle dark boat ride, I think Lilo and stitch would have been a much more suitable refit for Splash.
  8. Baconjack
    Paramount tried building a park at docklands in the late 90s but was the victim of horrible timing and no one wanted to finance it. The land it was meant to go on was pretty small - don't think it would be enough for a castle park, and it's being used as railway facilities iirc
  9. Baconjack
    Misread it as 3 people, honest mistake
  10. Baconjack
    Hate to be that guy but £50 a person is about 90ish Australian
  11. Baconjack
    This is absolutely correct and can’t stress this enough (having been there once and now doing it as a first solo trip of any kind) For reference, I’m going for about 2 weeks, so probably about 30% of the trip I’m doing will be at parks. Lots of places around that I haven’t visited (Kyoto is one of them) and chuck in a couple of good bush walks and you’re pretty much set. I love parks but Japan is different to let’s say Orlando so will go to the key spots I haven’t yet seen and really soak it in - you only live once and I might never be back there again. Other parks that have interesting credits id do on a return trip, the only reason I can fit yomiuriland in is that it’s close to Tokyo (and could do it in a morning), and you can fit in Tokyo dome city and Joypolis within an afternoon. Disney & disneysea, universal, Fuji q and nagashima are all my non negotiables and I’m happy sticking to those as that’s 5 days, already quite a bit.
  12. Baconjack
    Doing an identical trip end of this year actually so starting to pull it all together at the moment. Been to USJ before - a fast pass (or whatever they call it) is a must-have as lines get ridiculously long (especially on flying dinosaur and minion mayhem), and you basically need one to do anything in Harry Potter or Nintendo. Will be going there again on this trip as well, as I missed out on Jaws and hollywood dream backwards last time and Nintendo was being built, and really want to see that land in person. Gonna do 3 days at Disney & disneysea too (1 at disney, two at sea). I'm assuming whatever fast pass system they have is a requirement - if anyone's visited feel free to chuck me a reply. Will also take a quick trip to Tokyo Dome and Joypolis while i'm around Tokyo, and do day trips at Yomiuriland (because bandit seems too good to miss), and Nagashima and Fuji Q which i think all three are open in december, and that should be plenty of new credits for me.
  13. Baconjack
    I reckon that concrete was more expensive than moving the churro carts in the lethal weapon alleyway
  14. Baconjack
    Hardly. It’s probably just exaggerating the fact there’s multiple options on how you ride (backwards or forwards). Realistically theres little with the design of the ride to suggest different cycles. The layout is only designed to really traverse the course in a specific direction at a specific speed which produces safe amounts of forces on the track, supports and riders. This isn’t a vekoma boomerang. You couldn’t have it drop straight down from the top of the turntable, the curve after that drop is far too tight to traverse safely based on the layout drawings and I don’t think it would get the momentum to reach the turntable again going in that direction. Unless you make the ride move through the indoor section multiple times or have it drop straight into the section that goes to the brake run, there’s little variation in the layout possibilities that make sense. With the cycle it’s probably running the train is returning to the station in the same direction you left.
  15. 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.
  16. Baconjack
    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
  17. Baconjack
    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.
  18. Baconjack
    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
  19. Baconjack
    Isn’t the reason why the ride is closed is because of updates to the queue and not a part failing?
  20. Baconjack
    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
  21. Baconjack
    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.
  22. Baconjack
    I dunno if staff members are thinking about leaving their jobs, what’s to say that people may have left already?
  23. Baconjack
    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.
  24. Baconjack
    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?
  25. Baconjack
    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
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