Baconjack
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1 hour ago, Rivals said:
how about a Sky Rocket II? It would be able to fit anywhere and it would be a pretty nice fit and change their skyline drastically.
i would love to see 2 flats, a major thrill coaster and a family coaster within the parks near future.
A park the size of Adventure World doesn't need another big coaster. They need a legit family coaster because at the moment there's nothing between Abyss (major thrill) and Dragon Express (kiddie) - a nice spinner or a drop track coaster would be appreciated in the spot the castle & paddle boat lake used to take up
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A star flyer would be a very solid ride at that park. Imagine the views if you put it at the hill where the drop tower sits.
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Paramount were never going to buy Wonderland. They didn’t want it for reasons mentioned above and also the fact Sydney was a tiny theme park market back then (though they tried building a little park in Melbourne, which didn’t happen either for various reasons)
A real and more likely possibility that Wonderland lives today is through somebody else that we all know. Village seriously toyed with the idea of buying Wonderland around the time Sunway bought it during the mid 90’s. They asked consultants to study the park, but decided against it. I think a lot of the money they had for Wonderland was instead used on things like Lethal Weapon and WWF.
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9 minutes ago, jddc7 said:
Just seen on Facebook that The Rampage is closing end of this season. End of an era
Wow this hurts. This ride had an intensity factor to it that neither Vortex or Wipeout have.
There’s quite a few of these rides they built in the early 2000’s that are running out of time. Surely the power surge or the drop tower doesn’t have much time left either?-
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Intamin blitz replacing it and Superman, please & thank you. Extra points for Batman theming (looking at you, Gotham City Escape)
I think both would be due for replacement at about the same time, and a dark ride would be far better appreciated in the looney tunes/jds building. At the moment justice league is the ride that you do to cool off on a hot day and nothing more.
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On 21/02/2023 at 5:01 PM, Dean Barnett said:
New name confirmed.
I mean if memory serves me right (or if its some weird yarn) DCR was meant to be either joker or suicide squad themed until the dreamworld accident
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On 21/03/2023 at 2:55 PM, New display name said:
How DW's Ocean Parade re-theme is going.😵
TFW Dreamworld of old decided to throw blue paint around areas in public view (not anymore, thankfully)
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9 hours ago, Raider said:
For what it’s worth, I was at movie world a couple of days ago and my son was speaking with a staff member who said they are building a Flash themed ‘skateboard’ ride. So not sure if that’s in reference to what this going to be but could be.
Nah I liked the lex luthor idea better thematically. Red and yellow u shaped coaster next to the red and blue coaster that regularly gets over a 2 hour line in the busiest times of the year is an easy way to make your new addition not stand out. I reckon some punter would get it confused with superman at the fountain. But I guess its just a minimum effort afterthought filler ride and I should expect nothing
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Claw is fun but Goliath is the same thing with better restraints so it wins.
Rebel is the same model as the xxxl from the Easter show no? Wasn’t impressed with that particular ride so I don’t in this case.
Sledgehammer will be comfortable for skinny people below 5’10” otherwise good luck.
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5 hours ago, REGIE said:
RCDB counts wild mouse at Luna park Sydney as from 1990s.. you gotta take what RCDB says with a grain of salt.
Tfw you have never bothered to look at RCDB to see that it's been relocated twice and is originally from the 50's. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Is Project Zero/Buzzsaw from 2022 by this logic?
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49 minutes ago, Naazon said:
Pre-recorded messages are 100% ignored because they are put on repeat so much and always sound the same so people switch off when hearing them.
It could potentially work for Leviathan since its a closed environment with a captive audience, but honestly I don't think its worth the investment there.Unsure about this claim because it seems to work outside of Village Roadshow. Luna Park has one for Big Dipper and it seems to get the message across with few operational issues.
Sea World even had one for Corkscrew back in the day. Superman's video works well too, but all your stuff is meant to be put in a locker before lining up so I suppose that doesn't count.
I know i'm being picky and complaining about nothing but what's the point of spending money on rockwork and AV presentations when the ride ops in generic Village uniform just shout over it and break the immersion? Adding a mic for ops would only make things worse and break the immersion further. This isn't cedar point where every coaster is boarded inside an open air shed.
Also there is already pre recorded messages when entering and exiting the station area which ops just yell over anyway. Just keep them and let them do their job. Make them play a bit louder, even.
If that point on people not listening to pre recorded audio is true and I'm wrong, then staff on Rise of the Resistance deliver the appropriate message to riders and act like they were always meant to be there. Food for thought.
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Hair Raiser by a mile. The drop is genuinely terrifying, is instant (and most people never know when it comes) and made Giant Drop look like a family ride by comparison.
Batwing is fine, but the shot isn’t that special. Inferno is like a giant frog hopper.
If only hair raiser was a bit taller
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Also model t ford’s don’t really fit the theme of “jungle”
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This is a bit unfair. I think Bush Beast would have been a better matchup even though it doesn’t exist anymore
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5 hours ago, New display name said:
One sign is for an Australian premium theme park and the other sign is for a regional park. Guess which sign goes with which park.
Well at least both of the signs are 3d
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5 hours ago, themagician said:
Maybe this…
They still don’t look much like anglerfish. I get what they are trying to achieve but maybe in the most vague of imaginations it can. To me it’s just a minimum effort “retheme” trying to make it fit with ocean parade, like what they’ve done with the rest of KFP land trying to make it fit to ocean parade. Who knew simply repainting the facades and rides of a Chinese themed land wouldn’t be enough to fit it into an ocean themed area? Just because there isn’t an ip telling you what to do doesn’t mean you can just put the bare minimum of effort in trying to make an existing land fit an ex ip area rather than the other way around?
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That space is yearning for a big family ride. I had no idea the paddle boat lake in front of the castle was filled in too. There's an absurd amount of prime real estate towards the front of that park that's ready for some rides next time the owners are spending big.
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Have yet to ride at buzzsaws new location, but it wasn't great when it was at dreamworld. Was pretty smooth when new but its a one and done ride and you could see that in the later years when it had a nasty shuffle and I wasn't keen to ride it more than once a visit.
Say what you want about how poorly Lantern has served MW but it's a really solid and fun ride. If only it was presented properly beyond some 2D cutouts and some comic art in an open shed.
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On 27/2/2023 at 3:23 PM, REGIE said:
I think it will be in their plan to put some ride there. If they wanted to do a tribute to wipeout they could get a intamin tourbillon but that ride would probably have just as many maintenance issues as wipeout did. What do you guys think would be the perfect ride for that spot? What ever goes there would look sick with gold coaster behind it.
Lol why.
All of these are lemon flats. Six Flags is already removing one of theirs they bulk bought just because of how much of a lemon it is. And from what I hear the ride experience isn’t that great either.
Dreamworld was held back by the amount of unique flats and coasters they had that were a nightmare to maintain. Buying another of them is idiotic after all they’ve had to go through.
Get a free spin or a cheap flat like a super loop. Dreamworld needs its e tickets but it needs filler more.
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2 hours ago, joz said:
A lot is made of Leviathan since its the ride we care about. It does tend to open late, but far more often then not when it's open, it stays open. If you went to SW with the intent to ride Leviathan and it was important to you, there is one day you wouldn't have been able to, and 1 or 2 days where you could easily have been unlucky with timing and missed it, but for the rest you would have had no worries getting a ride.
I had been very interested in what would happen with Vortex when the rest of NA opened, and it seems; not much. It's not really captured much interest with the public. I think it's both the wrong ride for that location, and it's in the wrong park altogether. Vortex's downtime isn't entirely mechanical; I think using it as a replacement for Doomsday at MW or sending it to WnW wouldn't be the worst thing. 140cm is too high a height restriction for a filler ride at SW, the demand just isn't there. Even with a better cycle I can't see it doing that well. It's part of why I don't think Surfrider is the right ride for the park, even though I do concede Surfrider would probably perform better. I think Vortex's plot would be better occupied by a mid size Ferris wheel, be a much better 'look' with dolphin pools nearby than a high impact thrill ride.
Trident I think actually looks better with the stats that what the reality is; I dont think @Brad2912's story is uncommon. I've never been much of a fan of SBF, but I think Golden Horse has them beat at this point. Anything above the smallest kiddie ride and they seem out of their depth. Interesting that it has a fairly hefty bit of downtime planned. Hopefully it can come back being at least a little bit reliable. With how much people will complain about anything, it's strange to me it's taken this long to notice Trident.
Wooden coasters are a completely new breed for the major parks in terms of maintenance and running it. I'm not surprised to see Leviathan have the teething problems it has and it’s rather unfortunate as these problems create negative impacts on the frontline staff that are faced with disappointed guests who’ve come to sea world to ride the coaster all over the airport billboards. No one has maintained these things since the days of Wonderland.
Fully agree on Vortex. It being right next to the dolphins is a tad insensitive, it was always a bad location from day dot, but it runs pretty quiet to their credit. If it was as noisy as Wipeout then it would certainly be a problem. Not only it has the height restriction but it also faces the problem of appearing too intense and scary for Sea World and I believe that’s why it struggles to get much of a line (especially on my visit). It's a good ride (but the cycle doesn't do it justice) that's in the wrong park. Another ride that can go on the "ship off to MW" list, I think it's too intense for WnW also.
SBF is a bit of a lol, i'm shocked village decided to buy from them for trident rather than funtime. Luna Park bought the replacement tango train from them well before Atlantis was planned, and managed to get an overall downgrade that has reliability problems, and when it runs, its unusually rough and unpleasant compared to the original.
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1 hour ago, RobMac said:
Insta...how 2010.....
Uhhh more young people use insta over fb these days actually. You're giving away your age a bit here
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WWF obvious answer here. In its day it’s the best themed ride in the country, it’s rather unfortunate most of the theming doesn’t work these days and the whole ride is ripe for a refresh beyond some boat replacements.
Storm’s flume section is disappointingly short for what it is, and it is more coaster than themed experience imo given the ‘story’ makes little sense.
Aussie World I have never visited so can’t really comment.
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MW - dark ride in the ltrr/jds building. having jds take up that building is a waste and all of mw's crap can be dumped elsewhere
DW - big shoot the chutes in the old rocky hollow plot. high throughput family ride that's been missing from the park for ages
SW - dark ride in the vikings/theatre plot. sorely missed, park needs a ride to keep guests cool on hot days.
WNW - slide wheel or tantrum like slide next to kamikaze or behind black hole. slide wheels are pretty cool
WWW - lazy river in thunderbolt or gold coaster plot. park's lineup isn't complete without it
Adventure World - family thrill coaster in the old castle plot. perhaps an sfc 450 or a maurer spinning coaster. park has too few dry rides that are in between high thrill and kids only
Gumbuya World - drop tower or top spin. park needs a big flat
Luna Park Melbourne - eurofighter. park sorely needs a coaster
Luna Park Sydney - impossible to fit, but a star flyer. imagine the view.
Raging Waters - technically cheating, but dry rides.
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Even the thrill rides are quite thrilling at Disney. Look at any of the Test Track style rides. And they all are more than just rides, they are immersive experiences, that's why installing unthemed S&S drop towers at DCA didn't work.
Big Grizzly Mountain for example is one of my favourite roller coasters, I personally rate it above the likes of Jet Rescue and Scooby. One of the things I like about it is that it feels a lot faster than it really is (56 km/h on the launch if I'm not mistaken) because it almost entirely takes place at ground level and the land that its built in is designed in a way that makes you feel like you're really there, plus the presentations during the course are good to watch.
22 hours ago, REGIE said:I can’t see the appeal in dark rides much unless it’s a dark ride + log flume/coaster.
Yeah nah this ain't it. Disney dark rides are another thing entirely, to draw from the same park, Mystic Manor is easily the most immersive and well presented theme park ride I've ever been on, and a few jump scares and presentatons to keep guests engaged. And punters seem to like it too, because it was getting 1.5 hour lines on my visit.
Imagineers have taken decades to hone their craft and I still believe they are the best in the business despite Universal playing catch up and disney execs limiting their possibilities. Thoosies having a crack at disney for their rides not being tall or fast enough is highly cringe as that is not what disney's about.
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This would make the ride even more of a lazy afterthought addition than it is right now.
”oh look it’s literally the surfboard ride from next door plonked at movie world!”