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    Hopefully the final product is a bit more vibrant, that's got some better detailing in comparison to the last one, but it does currently look a bit more like a parking lot than a theme park at first glance.
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    Back at my PC, and though I don't have access to the locations of the markers (or have seen them myself to get a bearing on where they may be), a Giga Discovery-sized pendulum would definitely fit within the Claw's plot of land, but to have the same rough load-unload platform location without impeding on Shockwave, it would need to be oriented so it swings towards Main Street instead of perpendicularly to it, as shown. So, before we know for sure what it'll be, a Giga Discovery competitor that's likely slightly taller than them seems like a good bet, so Intamin can tout the 'tallest pendulum' record that Zamperla (and Six Flags) have been using for their own. That'd mean a max height over 173ft, which is almost double that of Claw Jr, and marginally taller than Intamin's current tallest offered Gyro Swing model (136ft). Edit: Also, adding to this, I feel it's worth mentioning that the IAAPA description says verbatim: It doesn't say multiple rides in collaboration with Dreamworld, but it also doesn't leave out the possibility of other ride announcements in their conference that don't yet have installations in the pipeline. It could be the case that their conference will include multiple new models/attractions, with one of them being this presumed 'Giga Gyro Swing', with it being singled out in their description as it's the only one with an installation already lined up via Dreamworld.
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    I feel like that's more reason for them not to be doing that. Yes, they are performing better financially after these additions, and they still have more to go, but Steel Taipan > Train Upgrade > Twilight Trail Reopening > Dreamland > Giant Drop Upgrade > Steel Taipan Train (Spinning Seat) > Rivertown > Tiger Island Upgrade > Claw Upgrade is already a big 3-4 year run before another major project like a new ground-up coaster/water ride, not to mention that their cash reserves aren't infinite (IIRC their latest report had $20mil allocated for park improvements). They'll get a new coaster (or, hopefully, that water ride) at some point in the future, but with the Claw trademark & the markings around it's site, I think it's safer to hedge your bets on the Intamin announcement being related solely to that, with the possibility of Dreamworld getting it as part of a delayed double deal, with something more substantial coming 2026 or later.
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    I can’t compare ride footprints right now ‘cause I’m not at my PC, but is there any possibility that this is their announcement at IAAPA because it’s a scaled up model to the tune of Zamperla’s Giga Discovery, maybe to the point that it usurps their height record? Could a ride of that size fit nearby where the Claw currently stands, and could it match the location of the sighted markings?
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    Yeah, being that it is presented at IAAPA by Intamin, it means it is something of significance to Intamin. What that is is up to debate, but a well-established ride type seems unlikely, especially given all the innovation Intamin are doing that could have been chosen to highlight instead (Gold Rush, Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, Space Mountain @ Tokyo Disneyland, etc.).
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    The 2024 IAAPA Expo Europe has an Intamin press conference scheduled, with its description confirming the announcement of an attraction for Dreamworld. (From IAAPA Expo’s Website) Could be Motocoaster related, could be that water ride Dreamworld needs, but so long as it isn’t a Twin Hammer, a new Intamin is pretty exciting!
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    I'd want it to be functional & reliable (which also costs money).
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    The most important stage being the beautification of a backstage area, and not the ride hardware or the experience within the land itself?
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    Or Earthstory didn't in their concepting, and Pico was forced to turn their nonsense into a semi-coherent area.
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    Do you see any non-Rivertown facing backstage areas of the temple here? And that image also has the basic NL2 background trees to make the image seem more full (behind that is just an expansive flat map), are you also disappointed that they didn't demolish those parts of Dreamworld to add the same background trees?
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    More complicated than FotWW, or than JuR? 'Cause both FotWW and KT's ride envelopes are mostly just affected by their ride buildings, and out of the 2, FotWW seems to have the simpler (and earlier completed) building. JuR, however, is intertwined with pathways & Murrisippi Motors, as well as having a more complicated building than both of them.
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    Yes, and if you have you cat chase a laser pointer to show it to a guest, for example, I would count that as having your cat perform for said guest. Again, 'perform' means more than forcing an unnatural action onto an animal, and I never meant to have that comparison be made.
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    My point is that that wasn’t the intention, I just said the word ‘perform’ as that’s what it is. I didn’t make the comparison, but now that I know that there’s a stigma around the word ‘perform’ due to others making that comparison to mistreatment in other places, using a different word (with similar meaning) makes sense, but would still functionally be what they’re doing. Like zoos choosing to refer to themselves as a ‘sanctuary’ or a ‘wildlife park’ without changing a whole lot behind the scenes to make them such, I see why they would do so due to people not really liking ‘zoo’ right now. But that stigma, in both cases, doesn’t roll into my interpretation of the word or the facilities, so if I’m going to the zoo, I’ll still personally refer to it as such.
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    Performing doesn’t mean doing something against the will of the animal like in a circus, it just means doing something for the entertainment of the audience, which is/was the main purpose of the tiger presentations. Maybe the word ‘perform’ has a stigma due to circuses that I wasn’t aware of, and they’d prefer to use a different term (like using ‘presentation’ instead of ‘show’), but in that case they’d use a less stigmatised term for what ultimately means very similar things, with the differences only coming from how they’re managed & presented. Though that is unfortunate, it’s ultimately about more than the animal handler’s viewpoints on it. If you have a wild animal that could (& should) behave as a wild animal does, the best move for all parties is to let it do so without endangering yourself in the process. Handlers being used to the previous system doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be changed.
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    Been meaning to go out for that reason, Rivals has a great overhead if you turn around on the lift (done it a few times), but finding motivation to travel to the parks just to hop on Rivals is hard True, but Kansas Twister is 1 of 2 (or 2 of 3) coasters in the ‘precinct’, and the one with much less complicated clearance envelopes/work to be done within its ride area in comparison to FotWW & JuR.
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    Wish we had a good aerial to compare ‘em proper, cause it does seem like DW is comparatively behind, but that may just be ‘cause we are only getting certain obscured angles of the WoO site where the most progress is being made. Seems like a new brand they’ve made up for the tractors.
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    Those people being a few in this isolated forum getting disappointed by photos of unfinished construction. We still do not know what it will look like once it is completed, if/how it could be obscured, or what its general reception will be.
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    If you want to bring this back up after 3 days, sure. ‘Trying to get them to perform’ was said when I thought the video was taken during or nearby a show time, but apparently that wasn’t the case. Still, it wasn’t meant to be taken as ‘forcing them to perform’, instead just exactly as how it was written, (worded somewhat differently as) them attempting to get the tigers to cooperate. As it’s now been said that it didn’t happen during showtime, I’d just remove it as an additional factor that could’ve made the tigers more agitated, as I now know it wasn’t one. But, when I believed it could have been at the time, I don’t see why saying that could have added to the tigers agitation is wrong.
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    May well just be me, but I do kinda like bare buildings in places where sightlines don't matter as much. It's like going to a lower budget zoo, or having views of backstage areas at both zoos and amusement parks, where you're able to appreciate the theming or 'beautification' in places it matters (like the Rivertown-facing facade, or the fake plant walls that obscure Leviathan), whilst being able to see the non-glammed parts when function takes priority over form. It's basic sightlines, but it pleases the part of me that is interested in the systems behind keeping rides operational, and the planning/design that goes into them.
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    Of course it's not, but if Village using obnoxious sheds is excusable because it kinda matches what Movie World used to be, Dreamworld using green paint instead of detailed facades on the less important sightlines should be given at least that same treatment.
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    When Dreamworld first opened, it was all about being Australia's Disneyland. Does that make green sheds fine too? Point being, even the most themed parks have some green sheds. It's all about catering to sightlines, and if the sightline that matters looks as good as it's shaping up to be, green walls elsewhere are excusable.
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    That’s fair, but for the ride Dreamworld wants to make, the size of the building was an inevitability. And, if the issue is the building drawing your eyes to it or not, it’s nicknamed ‘Go Away Green’ for a reason, as it’s used to blend the structure in with surrounds as to keep guests’ eyes off of it. Having it be a detailed temple facade would’ve drawn your eyes more. Would have been a better thing to look at, yes, but would draw more eyes nonetheless.
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    Finally, ‘Disney level theming’
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    I have now, and though it mightn’t be themed like the rest of the temple building’ll be, I still stand by it being better than what it was.
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