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rappa last won the day on August 28 2022

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  1. This is hardly the same as having a stage the people attending an event can't access... It's pretty simple really: Women have women only events to get away from having to deal with men behaving poorly. Men have men only events to get away with behaving poorly.
  2. Yeah what moronic sales staff member ever thought booking this event was REMOTELY a good idea. Just wow
  3. And to be fair that was really version 2.5 after Next Gen was terrible, there was a change in GM and some effort was made to make it a bit better.
  4. Parkz will publish press releases that are sent to it… but they do have to be sent by the park for that to happen
  5. Regardless of when it was installed and what it has on it, we can all probably agree its fairly ugly.
  6. Both Gold Coast companies dial up their marketing spin to 11 when advertising new attractions so I think DW get a pass here when it comes to any claims of being their largest ever investment. And to be fair, this is exactly the kind of ride we have been asking them to build and the return to nicely presented lands (remember when we had lands instead of precincts? Weren’t those wonderful times??) we have all wanted. So its hard to criticize much of anything about this new coaster. I’ll call bullshit on any kind of ‘changing the face of family entertainment’ claim or anything like that but that’s only negative thing I could say.
  7. This is definitely the same space and viewing window that is now in the Penguin Encounter exhibit. And nice souvenir video. That’s actually from my VHS tape!
  8. I think it comes down to two things. Firstly, ToT was a bit if a one of a kind OMFG kind of ride. Where as DC Rivals is a solid coaster, but internationally it’s one of many. Its good, maybe even great, but is it “OMFG WHAT WAS THAT?” good? Still why I 100% rate Superman over Rivals any day. Secondly ToT in its hey day was a time when the general masses weren’t as exposed to international attractions both via social media and also through affordable travel. Side note on merch… needs more nice polos
  9. Well it also used to take 25mins to get from Gold Coast airport to Surfers, but now it’s 50. The whole city is bursting with people, its record numbers of people and this flows into the parks. Everything is busier and takes longer on the Gold Coast than it used to. For me the LAST place I’d want to be at this time is the theme parks, but as you can clearly see, many do not feel the same. As pointed out though, having Scooby and Arkham (and Tunes River Ride for that matter) missing doesn’t help. Hopefully next year this makes things a bit better.
  10. Its pretty ridiculous to carry on about Christmas crowds at any of the parks. This has been the case for more than 20 years.
  11. That is very nice that he took time to respond directly, but more importantly agreed with you on the choice of music. These are the subtle unquantifiable items that make a huge subliminal impact on guest experience.
  12. Absolutely right! Which is why it is just such a shame all that whimsy is erased by running that god awful lighting sequence which makes it look like a piece of tacky carnival crap. I just can’t understand why you’d go to all that effort with the extra detailing, lovely buildings, fountain, etc and then balls it at the finish line with those lights.
  13. That's a great find on the 1998 photo! This somewhat peaked my interest given I knew they raised the roof but then I went looking and couldn't find any real evidence of such a thing. Sadly google Earth only went back to 2002 so happy you pulled that above photo. Are there more from other years? I did have a look though over at Movie Park because they had the exact same building setup (apart from roof material) from their Gremlin's ride and in their refit used the same building as original so you can see on this comparison that the buildings there are all one height. Bit of fascinating park trivia and I 100% recon this would have been another one of those ways to make a project more economical back in the day with loopholes and cleaver constructions hacks.
  14. Whist this is being done by one of the best content creation companies in the business I can’t help but feel it’s an odd choice. Surely what the market wants from Luna Park is nostalgia and throwback real world experiences in a world class location. Same same virtual projection worlds that are already everywhere just seem really off brand.
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