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Tricoart
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41 minutes ago, Gobbledok said:
What the hell is wrong with people in this group
All i read is people complaining everything they do is shit and then they do something good and its post about what its shit or not worth bothering for a few nights a year
Get a life
It really isn’t that serious
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9 minutes ago, New display name said:
You never been to a corporate night at MW @DaptoFunlandGuy
Ah, now it makes sense, was almost thinking they did something that was unnecessary but welcome, with the main focus being on guest experience!
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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.
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19 minutes ago, TBoy said:
It was the last shop before you entered Kids WB (across from the kids store)
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?
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7News report:
Seems Dreamworld’s told them there’s an announcement of some kind coming soon.
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58 minutes ago, Narra said:
"All the latest technologies" except new restraints apparently
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).
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7 minutes ago, Rabbit2014 said:
Know what I’m seeing in my nightmares tonight
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Finally, Disney’s coming to Australia! (/j)
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In case there was any hope left for it to feature the new Surf Rider OTSLs, consider them gone.
(From Movie World’s Instagram)
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Again, not getting what I’m saying. Just play amongst yourselves atp, can’t be assed repeating the same thing a third time over.
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24 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
That much is pretty clear, though i'm not sure it’s anyone else's fault.
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.
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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.
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23 minutes ago, New display name said:
I know they eat seagrass, but I don't know many 7-elevens that sell seagrass. The seagrass dugongs eat on the GC, is all protected, as I think for the rest of Australia too.
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.
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17 minutes ago, New display name said:
There aren't many dugongs kept in captivity world wide. I suspect it's due to their diet and how they eat.
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.
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10 minutes ago, Gazza said:
I'd be all for otters, they are cute and funny.
With a Dugong, I thought SW only got pig because it was injured, and was rescued.
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.
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32 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
I think any animal rights groups are going to kick up a stink regardless of the animal introduced to the park, but I think the rarity and the difficulties associated with Dugong take it out of the list of possibilities immediately.
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.
32 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:I'm ok with an ASC Otter. The animals are insanely popular in every place i've ever seen them, they're endearing, and they enjoy human interactions. They're practically domestic animals in some countries, so likely one of the least controversial options too.
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.
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19 minutes ago, Naazon said:
Aren't there less dugong exhibitions because they dont do well in captivity?
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).
22 minutes ago, Gazza said: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.
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6 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
Some parks i've been in overseas have had small aviaries or enclosures with animals in those small 'transit' spaces. If we are adding an animal attraction though, bring on the Otter!
If they were to do a singular larger species like such, I feel they could do better than Otter (unless, somehow, they got Sea Otters, the likely species would be Asian Small-Clawed Otter. Which, though lively, are rather common, and don’t really scream ‘Sea World’). Pipe dream larger species for me would be Dugong, as they’re disappearing from captivity (Sea Life Sydney, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, and Toba Aquarium in Japan seem to be the only current holders), & Sea World’s kind of in a prime position to keep them, if given enough space.
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1 hour ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
(And the other issue at movie world is whether WB \ DC will licence them to do it, which is a pretty big roadblock)
Turning to Six Flags, they’ve got multiple Nanocoasters for their DC coasters (Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, etc.), so it doesn’t seem like that should be an issue. And yeah, I obviously don’t have the sales figures for Levi’s cutout set (which, I agree, is way too hard for families/younger audiences to enjoy), but there are other coasterdynamix things that are easier to set up than cutouts (Nanocoasters), and rides that have more marketability for general/tourist audiences than Leviathan does (DCR, Superman). So, if Levi’s cutout did underperform, it’d be short-sighted for them to blame that on the concept itself.
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23 minutes ago, Naazon said:
Am I missing anything?
Polar Bears.
But yeah, SW would surely benefit from another ride (or, reopening a closed ride) before it would benefit from a new animal exhibit. But, if they’re gonna do neither & just make a long pathway/lawn, I’d have liked if they’d at least had that pathway contain (or be contained by) something interesting or worthwhile. And an area w/ some shade & AC, a passable level of theming, and a couple fish tanks, would be a more satisfying way to make it more than just paving over a ride for a pathway.
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49 minutes ago, themagician said:
I think it’s safe to say this is the end of this iteration of the vintage cars
Word is they want it open, but they’re ‘waiting on insurance’. If that is the case, and it continues to take longer than expected, I reckon they should make that clear & have it closed with no known reopen, instead of delaying dates like other parks do/have done.
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Yeah, doesn’t seem to me like it’s gonna open in 2 weeks.
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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.