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rappa

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  1. I would think the best look would be some whimsical style artwork as a mural on that fence depicting what is to come for the area. Maybe that’s in the works?
  2. Leviathan’s lights do already follow the train. However as the train’s eyes light up the lights actually turn OFF on the structure as it passes by as the park wanted the effect of a ‘shadow’ of the creature and to emphasize the train lighting. No it doesn’t provide the same effect, it probably has more impact given the scale of the structure. However currently that’s not the program that’s in use as the park wanted what’s above. But I’ve seen it and it looked great. It could also easily be incorporated into any shows on the lake.
  3. Has a nicer ring to it than Memorial Factory in Coomera though
  4. Of all the insanely moronic ideas you've proposed this is by far the worst. Which pool of specialised ride mechanics will they pull from for this exactly? And yes, let's incentivise people with money to have rides open that shouldn't be (the only reason they are closed is because they require maintenance)!
  5. It’s got to be one of the best and most thrilling rides in the world, why change a thing? Good on them for investing to keep it running for years to come!
  6. I mean to be completely fair they 100% would have felt Covid roll on effects on this project. Firstly they are dealing with construction trades which have stupid high demand so even getting them is half the battle. But secondly, we kinda know they ran into unexpected issues/items that needed to be addressed on the tower/ride as they went through the process. These would have likely meant they had to start from scratch on whatever these were in a post Covid environment. So as much as someone might like it, for sure they would have had Covid related delays and we do just need to accept it.
  7. I feel like Lightning Rod was a victim of a marketing dept with too much say. In a rush to be the first/fastest/whatever it was wooden launch coaster they forgot to stop and think if a wooden launch was a smart idea. Ultimately the track design was also terrible, but had the launch problems not existed (remember it actually caught fire! - 1 day before I was going to ride) the track issue would have seemed much more minor. It was an amazing try, and for the lucky few that got to ride it an amazing coaster, but a lesson in the perils of trying to push the limits.
  8. I don't know any more than any other Joe Shmo on what maintenance the coaster needs and why. But I'm smart enough to work out that not one single other ride exists that fits all the categories of this thing once you consider what it is, what it's made of, the location and the fact it sits in a different regulatory framework than anything else out there comparable. So yeah I put it in a box of 1, because it is in a box of 1. I'm also smart enough to know it's not good business to keep your star player sitting on the bench, so if the ride has a certain amount of maintenance, it must need it. I fail to see why a comment like "I'm keen to know why", basically implying someone isn't prepared to accept that it's ok until they have been given what they feel is satisfactory information, is warranted. For me if the park says "This is how much maintenance it needs", which it has by scheduling it, then that's all the information I need. As someone who is no expect in the maintaining of a high speed wooden rollercoaster in Australia in 2023 who am I to question it? As for rusting... well wood doesn't rust, but it sure does bend, warp and rot, and there is also a hell of a lot of metal holding that whole thing together.
  9. But as I said… how many of these ‘several others’ or ‘everyone you can think of’ are located with ‘Ocean’ on two sides and in a sub tropical Australian climate? The answer is none, so not sure why it makes any sense to compare what is happening here with any other coaster. Its not like the park would WANT to have it’s drawcard attraction closed any more than is needed.
  10. But how many wooden coasters do we know that are located with ‘Ocean’ on two sides and in a sub tropical Australian climate?
  11. Let’s hope they aren’t colour changing and running heaps of tacky colour patterns. Single big bold colour is a statement and looks classy and impactful. Last thing we want is a 400’ high impression of a kebab shop.
  12. You don’t love being smashed in the face by the sweet sent of second hand passionfruit grape vape? … WEIRD
  13. This is surprising to hear. I was at the park in December and I didn’t see anything like you described so shame to hear that’s happening now.
  14. This entire thread is basically a bunch of people arguing one point and a single person making a different one.
  15. Calm down precious, nobody is insulting you just petty personal insults. You said something silly and people are calling you out. You can write 17 pages of largely verbose information but that doesn’t change the fact that all a guest cares about is how long they have to wait for a ride. It’s pretty clear to see that’s what everyone is saying. You’re merely listing all the factors that contribute to what determines the length of that wait. WTF does Rivals Seatbelts have to do with this? And your theories that they slow ops to save on maintenance are ridiculous.
  16. The turnstiles joke is getting on in years. Have a nice weekend.
  17. Hopefully with a better grasp on the reality of that field than you do with theme parks
  18. Exactly, a Raspberry Pi being used for media playback would be errr, a media server. The question is, can you integrate it with automated turnstiles?
  19. Let’s just PIP the underwater window looking out into the ocean. Jesus christ thank god we don’t have old mate here working on attraction design. 🤦‍♂️
  20. Why? Button opens the door. Thats all it does, the actual show is triggered elsewhere.
  21. Thank goodness someone said it. God turning the theming screens into information displays is even worse than operators shouting over the prerecorded spiels.
  22. Is it the WORST idea? Of course not. Will it DESTROY the park? Not by a mile. But is it the best investment in that area of the park, probs not. I think one of the best thing the park used to have going for it was that from out front (ie carpark) you could see all these rides running in the park and you wanted to go and get to them (Claw, Wipeout, Enterprise, etc). They've lost that. Could the Wave Swinger have been fitted into the old Wipeout area? Would that have actually been a better move along with getting rid of that bloody awful globe and bringing the fountain back to being a showpiece? It's going to make a nice new visual for sure, but let's be real, it's another park's visual they have 'borrowed'. I kinda wish they were more going with trying to restore Dreamworld's own iconic identity, and undoing all that rubbish from long before this management team. It is great they are investing, and it will look nice for sure. But given how bloody awful Movie World is with all that crap shoved at the front of the park I kinda wish they had not gone for the same.
  23. Late arriving/late being ordered… Potato/Potarto 😛 Glad to see this BEAST of machine made it onto the ride after being specified, thats a great effect. Are the lights in the tunnel now too?
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