Tricoart

No, they’re right, Dreamworld needs to change Sky Voyager’s facade. Maybe they could take some inspo from the masters like Disney… Seriously, though, the fact that all people have to complain about regarding Dreamworld is the style of a facade (that’s mostly blocked by DF now anyways) not being one they’d personally like, and a recent marketing campaign that’s slightly corny, (though getting increasingly repetitive) could be seen as a good thing.

Except, I can’t recall the last time I rode DCR when these weren’t shut off and used as nothing more than weirdly shaped cubbyholes. Which, IMO, would be the major issue with anything that’s mechanical & not necessary for the ride to operate, no matter how simple or complicated it may be, it’s upkeep will fall to the wayside & be replaced by (or used as) a system that doesn’t need any extra attention/care to operate. In the event of a Superman overhaul, and under the mutual assumption that they weren’t to keep the separate load/unload station, I’d imagine the loose article system they’d opt for would be similar to Leviathan/Steel Taipan/Storm: A bin/wall with compartments for riders to store their loose articles, with a sliding door that covers at least half of these compartments at all times, which may or may not be slid across by a ride operator between dispatches. In the scenario that they overhaul Superman, but keep it’s load & unload stations the way they are, I’d again imagine that they’d shy away from an overly complex system like on Yukon Striker, instead opting for the significantly simpler setups like what’s on Velocicoaster/Steel Vengeance/Jet Rescue/Motocoaster: Right before boarding, loose articles are placed into a double-sided cubbyhole or (free) locker, and are retrieved from the other side via the ride exit path.

(Assuming this is once current projects are completed) Would it be better for the Gold Coast parks’ next projects, whatever they may be, to allocate a larger amount of resources on enhanced ride systems & advanced/unique layouts, or on thematic elements & surrounding area beautification? Example being (under the assumption that the ‘next project’ were to be a coaster, though this’d apply to any major ride project): Would it be better for GC parks to get an off-the-shelf/lower end ride model (Storm, WoO coasters, Gold Coaster, etc.) and pay close attention to enhancing the theme/storyline, or would it be better for them to get a customised layout (Jet Rescue, DCR, Jungle Rush, etc.), and trade some beautification/theming for a possibly higher reliability guarantee and/or a novel on-ride technology (e.g. Drop track/fast switch track, Articulating trains, Tilt drop)?

Improve guest experience > market lighting package.

Yet another blatantly obvious example of missing my point.

Though it’ll probably just be labelled as ‘Mindless Village hate’, it’s very much just a PR move. It’s not actually implementing anything to improve people with ASD’s experience at the parks, nor is it bringing to light anything they may already have/are working on implementing. It’s the theme park equivalent of changing your profile picture to a Pride flag for a month. If they genuinely want to do something for Autism Awareness, they should actually make changes for people who have ASD.

It really isn’t that serious

Ah, now it makes sense, was almost thinking they did something that was unnecessary but welcome, with the main focus being on guest experience!

Photos from today: Framework has begun going up for the building that’ll enclose roughly half of Jungle Rush’s layout. Look into the (gutted) inside of Billabong: And, the supports: I don’t know what the status of the turntable at Vekoma’s workshop is, but there are visible tags on the shipment that read ‘Platform Supports’, and that tied with the catwalks, and shape of some support columns, has me guessing these are for it.

Seats are on.

So, if I’m getting this correct from what you’ve posted in both threads, they’re moving the First Aid building into the old arcade building (thus reducing the space available in said building), so that they can then incorporate the old First Aid building into an arcade building? What kind of backwards thinking is going on here?

7News report: RPReplay_Final1713257543.mov Seems Dreamworld’s told them there’s an announcement of some kind coming soon.

By ‘latest technologies’, they must mean the latest technologies for Village rather than Intamin (delays/mishaps during construction, rare showy & vague press posts over actual communication to guests, and spending the bare minimum amount possible).

The first supports for Jungle Rush have arrived at Dreamworld. (from auscoasters on Instagram)

Know what I’m seeing in my nightmares tonight

Finally, Disney’s coming to Australia! (/j)

In case there was any hope left for it to feature the new Surf Rider OTSLs, consider them gone. (From Movie World’s Instagram)

Again, not getting what I’m saying. Just play amongst yourselves atp, can’t be assed repeating the same thing a third time over.

Good job taking my statement out of context. For that matter, I don’t think you’re seeing what I’m getting at, either. I don’t mean solely making a public-facing facility on the off chance another that Pig shows up, I’m talking about establishing a breeding program. In captivity, Toba Aquarium in Japan has a female, Sea World Abu Dhabi has a juvenile male, and Sydney has Pig. With a breeding program in place, they could source a minimal number of wild specimens, and partner with some or all of these facilities to rotate individuals between them as to maintain genetic diversity, and increase the numbers available both for captivity, and to be rewilded. A facility like such could also, in the scenario that one is unable to be rereleased (like Pig, the female at Toba, or the juvenile at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi), simultaneously act as providing such cases with a home, both allowing it to live in peace & increasing the diversity of captive populations further (see also: Hudson & Nelson). And, with dugong populations vulnerable & decreasing, a captive breeding program, even not solely for rewilding, is a unideal but manageable fallback.

Exactly, more often than not the exact food that wild populations eat are easily substituted in captivity. Hence the ‘ringed seal’ comment, as Sea World successfully substitutes more easily accessible meat (chicken, veal, pork, beef, various fish species) for their Polar Bears, with no complication.

If it’s protected, that doesn’t mean it’s unable to be grown for captive populations. Also, I doubt you’ll find ringed seal blubber at your local 7/11, either. I really don’t see what you’re getting at here, the complication with the species isn’t their habitat requirements, it’s almost solely due to the current lack of any captive facilities, or cohesion between them. And, if anyone could provide dugongs with a substantial facility in the region, and successfully begin a breeding program for the species (either to further captive populations, or the more beneficial & likely option, for rewilding), it’s Sea World.

Again, no. They eat seagrass & other aquatic plants, as is the case for all sirenians, including the West Indian Manatee, which is a much more widespread species in captivity. They’re not kept because of their conservation status & location meaning there’s more laws around their protection/welfare (and, therefore, one can’t just grab one from the wild for no reason and exhibit it in an enclosure that doesn’t meet minimum standards, as was usually the case for a lot of individuals at the beginning of these breeding programs), their native range not being as easily accessible to most facilities who do captive breeding programs for sirenians (NA/EU), and the abundance of sirenians that have established breeding programs (again, West Indian Manatees) making those species the easier to source, and therefore more attractive, option for a lot of facilities.

Yes, the same case can be said for the shark/s & turtles in Shark Bay, their polar bears, and the dolphins scattered throughout the park. Most of their major species seem to be rescues, and dugongs wouldn’t be any different (the dugong in Japan & Abu Dhabi are both also rescues, though Japan did attempt to begin a breeding program at one point). And they’re being rescued/conserved by Sea World somewhat commonly, they just haven’t ended up in a public-facing enclosure here since Pig & Wuru.

If Sea World are continuing with their dolphins, despite some being from the wild, and with animal rights groups proportionately targeting cetaceans much more than any other animal group, the backlash from groups would either be relatively minimal or be easily explained against, provided again that the reason for/means of sourcing dugong was in keeping with their more recent practices, and the space allocated for them is suitable in size. Remember, it wasn’t too long ago that they were planning on adding captive-bred hippopotamus and gorillas, rescued dugongs shouldn’t be too far-fetched of an idea. It’d be hard for me to not see them as a disappointing, generic pick for me, but a generic pick is better than no pick. And yeah, undeniably, people would like them.

The only thing I have seen in regards to that is that it’s hard to grow seagrass, but the prevalence of manatee in captivity seem to mean that’s a non-issue elsewhere. I think the main reason there aren’t more dugong is just ‘cause manatee have been so easy to source for many reasons, which (when mixed with some other things) just means it hasn’t really been that worth it for places that could’ve hypothetically kept dugong to choose them over a different species (like manatee). The dugongs that used to be there are the ones that were moved to Sea Life Sydney. But one has since died, and Pig’s life expectancy is up in the air due to the lack of study into the life expectancy of captive dugong, but after Pig inevitably passes there’ll be no more dugong in captivity in Australia. Hence why Sea World exhibiting them again would be pretty worthwhile.