TimmyG
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Can we get a “Where’s New Atlantis” article from Parkz like how we got a “where’s sky voyager” article?
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14 minutes ago, rappa said:
We sure did! And it was!
Thankfully those dark days are well behind us know... back to America you go 😛Are they really behind us though? Sure leviathan is a great looking coaster, but is it enough to solve the years of neglect against that property?
They shut down 3 full family attractions, to be replaced with none, 2 mid family rides replaced with Storm and Pirate Splash battle.We have gained 3 (or we will) thrill rides which is great, but the full family attractions in what is more of a family park is severely lacking. With the monorail currently closed and no reopening date, Sea World is still in a bad shape for its target audience.
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25 minutes ago, rappa said:
What, as opposed to every other theme park related page that watermarks their logo on any content, half the time through the middle of the damn thing?
Not limited to theme park groups. Main stream media do that as well.
Slick has done a good job mixing both the audio and vision from the two pov’s and deserves to have his logo everywhere. Well done. Kudos. Cheers.-
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6 minutes ago, Im Hungry said:
But hey, at least there's no music on it.
It’s a decent dub job, I’ll give him credit for that.
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On 10/09/2021 at 6:12 PM, Slick said:
The 4K version is up.
A million, kajillion times better. Now that we've got a solid POV, can we confirm the rumour that this is running quicker than the OG Blue Fire in Germany?
I've seen some photos of it and the orange is just stunning against the blue sky. Also really keen to see it with the zero car on the front - the trains already look sexy AF.
Ive seen it mentioned before that you run this Ourworlds YouTube channel don’t you?
If so, you have done a great job combining the two released pov’s. I assume that’s why you have plastered it with the Ourworlds logo everywhere?
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1 hour ago, Slick said:
The 4K version is up.
A million, kajillion times better. Now that we've got a solid POV, can we confirm the rumour that this is running quicker than the OG Blue Fire in Germany?
I've seen some photos of it and the orange is just stunning against the blue sky. Also really keen to see it with the zero car on the front - the trains already look sexy AF.
Did they let you in to record this one?
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37 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
I know, you've perfected POV shoots and have the right rig and method.
For the spots that the horizon levelling isn’t active (flat, non twisty etc) the vision looks just as good as some of those OurWorld and Theme Park Review POV videos. So ignoring Horizon levelling, The footage is smooth, clear, has decent sound, and is angled just right. If they did this with just a general go pro mount (as was mentioned a few pages back) then all the credit to them, and well done.
I actually quite like the horizon levelling, and honestly, non hardcore videophiles would be very happy with it, as has been the reaction on social media this morning.
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8 hours ago, Slick said:
It’s a great ride, why release a POV that makes the coaster look worse than Rivals?
I’d be down there tomorrow to film a POV if they wanted the help. 🤷🏼♂️
What’s wrong with the video they have done?
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18 minutes ago, themagician said:
Fair. That time it was someone who messaged my page saying they saw it, I trusted their message and shared that. This time, it’s someone who I’ve been in contact with for years and has provided reliable information every time
Don’t believe everything your sources tell you.
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5 minutes ago, joz said:
Asking a follow up is fine. Saying someone is a wanker for not automatically revealing why they know a particular thing seems quite rude.
I didn’t call him a wanker, I said the response was wankerish/ pompous.
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1 hour ago, Slick said:
Transparency kills careers in this industry. I know this all too well - when I was made redundant, I had shared my experience privately with a small group of mates. One of those mates (one that I had known for 15+ years, had photographed his and his family’s weddings) decided to dob my private conversation into my former employer in order to curry favour for their own fan site.
I wasn’t proud of what I said while I was hurting (who is?) but I felt the integrity move was the right move and owned what I said immediately. Meanwhile, this friend continued for months to gaslight me and other folks in the community, going as far as to create fake accounts/emails and even blaming his own fan page admins, tearing a group of mates apart in the process. That mate has still yet to own his impact. What a top bloke right?
TLDR; I don’t have a relationship with my former employer anymore, purely because a friend capitalised on my heartbreak on a dream job ending prematurely. That’s why I say “trust me” and why I just don’t care anymore if you (or anyone) thinks it’s wankerish.
You certainly have a lot of history with the park. Regardless I would prefer to see evidence about things like this rather than “hey trust me”, it provides a better discussion no?
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3 hours ago, themagician said:
There might be something within the councils website, but Slick worked at the park and got insight into a lot of information like this
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I couldn’t help myself and I did some research through the councils website
The river is classified as general priority vegetation. To my understanding, that means that it can’t be removed and must be sustained, but through council applications, some works can occur providing they don’t have major impact on the area.
Because the Ferris wheel didn’t necessarily take away any land from the river, but rather sits over it, that’s why it was approved.
Thank you.
I don’t care if Slick worked for the park or not, the words “I know, trust me” without providing evidence are a little pompous/ wankerish in my books, so thank you for providing the evidence to show it is protected. So when/ if Dreamworld becomes a housing estate/ shopping centre, it will become the memorial river..
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10 hours ago, Slick said:
You’ve misread. The island can be developed, the river can’t.
Where is the evidence regarding this? I still find it incredibly hard to believe the river can’t be redeveloped.
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7 hours ago, New display name said:
If DW can't evict the turtles
Time to get Big Brother back to see what magic he can work..
I beg to differ that the island can’t be redeveloped. The amount of redevelopment around the park in the last 10 years through natural bush land says otherwise. Plus if the park turns to a housing estate or industrial park, they are going to have to develop around the river?
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I read the reports, and it lists only $13m has been drawn down from the Qld Treasury Loan?
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All in the name of safety…
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For Aussie world, it’s not financially viable for them to offer annual passes. They tried it a while back as you note but it cost them more to run than what it bought in.
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August 6 and very little has changed at the Leviathan and Trident sites.
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2 hours ago, Brad2912 said:
Just because you think “they should be able to do it” doesn’t just mean they can because you said so. That’s not reality. My argument isn’t moot, it’s providing reasons why a cost benefit decision has determined the steam engine isn’t viable.
If it was too expensive to run, all the other places would be in a similar situation. It’s not like we are talking about rides in a space rocket to the moon where Dreamworld is the only place to offer rides for the public in an amusement park style location.
Sure a cost benefit analysis says they chose to buy a diesel Replica, but that was all done in a period before TRR where we know now just how great park management was at the place during that time..
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42 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
But if that multi million, multi national company decides that running a genuine steam train is too expensive, and shuts it down, and a bunch of volunteers put their hand up to keep it going - is that different?
I don't think the volunteer suggestion has been that Dreamworld should rely on the free good will. Its more the volunteers asking to be permitted to do it because the park has chosen to otherwise not operate it
If a group was knocking at the door, then so be it. I still maintain a park like Dreamworld can afford to run a steam engine. Currumbin has seen a down turn similar to Dreamworld yet it runs their steam train atleast once a month. Currumbin is a not for profit company.
Timbertown as I linked to earlier also runs a steam train of a similar size to Dreamworld, and would see a much smaller number of guests coming through the place.
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7 hours ago, Brad2912 said:
I don’t think @red dragin said he supported not running the Perry, was just explaining the reality of the situation.
As for other theme parks and how they handle steam engines, well I can’t answer that as I don’t have a like for like comparison park….
if you can find another theme park with an operational steam train - that’s located on an island nation, a minimum 6-8 hour flight away for international tourists, has been devoid of said international tourists (and domestic ones) for a large part of 2 years, coupled with having only just begun to recover from killing 4 people through malpractices leading to low consumer confidence and resulting attendance, and then throw in owners who are notoriously tight-assed - then we can probably do a case study on how they can make it work when DW can’t/won’t…
I was in America when Dreamworld killed the steam train, but they killed it all off before the accident even happened I believe. Your argument is moot.
To those saying the park should get volunteers to run the steam train, I disagree. Dreamworld is a multi million, multi National company, they should not be relying on free good will from Volunteers to run an attraction.
Also - https://timbertown.com.au/portfolio-view/timbertown-steam-train-experience/
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57 minutes ago, red dragin said:
The thing is, Dreamworld have to pay a qualified people to operate the steam loco. Plus the specialised maintenance personnel and tools required to maintain it.
You've got several hundred litres of water at 180psi of pressure, sitting at around 190 degrees. The fire (it burns oil) needs to be started several hours before trips start, as well as shut down procedures. The boiler requires independent inspections (yearly I think), these are in the thousands of dollars and there are very few people in the country who do them now.
You can't train a couple of ride attendants to run that and get a truck mechanic in to change the oil.
Progress on the Perry continues, but covid has slowed it further. Even without labour costs, these are expensive things to bring back to operational standards.
So you support Dreamworld not running the Steam Train?
How do other theme parks look after these costs and hurdles?
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What does everyone reckon? September holidays opening?
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1 hour ago, StingRay said:
Could this possibly be the location for the memorial garden perhaps?.
Doubt it, I thought I read in the past on here that the families didn’t want a memorial to remind them of the tragic accident?
1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:Smokers corner?
Not next to the dingo enclosure it’s not. That’s as bad as building Vortex next to a dolphin nursery… oh wait.
Leviathan Construction Updates
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But were they really in the know for the various articles about Skyvoyager? Speculation makes for some of the greatest journalism efforts of all time. Some investigation journalistic efforts to the same tune as what was put towards SV would be great to see.