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  1. rappa
    So here is a genuine question… Given Village (or Dreamworld) don’t just invent painful load procedures and extensive safety systems for the fun of it; they jump through whatever hoops the government makes them. How do the carny operators get away with not doing half the safety stuff that the parks have to do?
  2. rappa
    No
  3. rappa
    A lot of WOW to unpack there. Yeah
  4. rappa
    100%, I was referring to the nonsense that followed. Banging along the bottom doesn’t sound like a fun ride.
  5. rappa
    Ok we can all calm down with the alarm. The ride is not TRR, the park is not pre-accident Dreamworld. There is nothing to indicate here or at any time in the past that Movie World operate their attractions in any way that is unsafe at anytime.
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    Yay got something right 👍
  7. rappa
    I didn’t say parks dislike enthusiasts, they do like them, they make them money. I said they roll their eyes at them, which is correct and it’s posts like the above that are why. Sorry if that truth bomb triggers some people. I think it’s a pretty fair comment given the post created it’s own story, decided the park did that story wrong, and criticized it… This happens a lot, and is why I made the above statement. There is more to being into theme parks than always trying to find what’s wrong with them. Sometimes they can just be fun and the negative can be shrugged off as insignificant.
  8. rappa
    Im very concerned… Its now been 4 mins since anyone posted about Leviathan’s opening status. How can a thread dedicated to reviews of the precinct survive? I mean that’s a pretty big call for ‘what I’ve heard’
  9. rappa
    Not agreeing or disagreeing. But perhaps its a case that the scheduled closures are ‘locked in’ but unscheduled ones live pull data from Accesso so until the daily closures go live it doesn’t update? Could be more a case of poor design rather than deliberately malicious??
  10. rappa
    This is why parks roll their eyes at enthusiasts. Sometimes it’s nice just to say good job rather than pick at insignificant details when they are clearly going to a lot of effort.
  11. rappa
    Southbound isn’t very pretty either
  12. rappa
    I kinda gave you more credit for being able to understand the point I was making...
  13. rappa
    I'll celebrate that from the comfort of the dockside bar. Its a nope from me for those things. I haven't ridden a Skyflyer though admittedly. Is it more view than spew? Certainly not getting me on Vortex though
  14. rappa
    Yeah but its not really transparent, nor is it the park, thats kind of my point. In hindsight that should have just been a steel lift hill for the wooden coaster I imagine. But again, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
  15. rappa
    What's your point here? What do you want them to do about that TODAY?
  16. rappa
    Cool story... pity it's half of it... Then after it's grand opening, it basically shit itself again immediately after and even CAUGHT FIRE at one point. They have never stated what the issue was/is with the launch. I mean you can hand pick bits at will to suit the story but the reality is different. Again, I'm not defending Sea World, but don't make out someone else to be the poster child on this. And I could give two shits about what a website banner says. The fact is the Grand Opening of Atlantis has come and gone. We can keep pissing and moaning on here about what HAS happened IN THE PAST, or we can move on and make comment on what's happening moving forward. You can't condemn the park for all time now based on the past. So judging today, for their actions now, they opened it without fanfare. But if staying angry makes you feel good, go for it, seems a great way to spend a sunny Wednesday.
  17. rappa
    Didn't the company doing the photos just change? Surely related
  18. rappa
    I take issue with this. Dollywood have never since day 1, and still to this day been "transparent" with the issues on LR. They (and no one else) have ever said what was, and is wrong with it and what they need to do to fix it. Yes they told people when it was open and not, but pretty much it's has the same kind of problems at Sea World, they did a big opening and it was issues ever since. Never been transparent at all. Plus Leviathan may not be a World First, but in reality it's an Australian First (modern tech wooden rollercoaster) and with how different Aus is than the entire rest of the world it may as be considered worlds first. The above is not an endorsement or condemning of soft open or not, it's just taking the issue with the statement that Dollywood were completely transparent and SW aren't. Trident quietly opening today with little to no fanfare or announcement kinda sounds like 'testing the waters' and 'softly opening' to me does it not?
  19. rappa
    I get the joke but can we try not to derail every thread with zinger Atlantis burns. It just makes the forums a total gross mess and then we have to moderate and that’s very dull. The reviews thread is already a shambles, much like the opening week so let’s just let that be the place for it please.
  20. rappa
    Taking a bight of the dolphins is generally frowned upon… Actually is Dolphin Sushi considered Seafood?
  21. rappa
    But you only soft open until you believe the ride to be ready. So all of this it should have been soft open talk is moot (not in hindsight but that’s not reality) because even if it did, it would only have been to the same point as before last Friday so you’d have the same issue. Again, unfortunate yes, incompetent no. But if anyone on here wants to believe they know better than the people who do that for a job you’re entitled to your opinion. I mean it hot big media coverage, a lot of haply guests and will drive Christmas visitation… doesn’t sound so botched to me.
  22. rappa
    The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Pretty stabdard to have reps at opening. Are you suggesting they didn’t think it was ready but opened it anyway?
  23. rappa
    The ride builder believed it to be ready. The train manufacturer believed it to be ready. The controls manufacturer believed it to be ready. The park projects team believed it to be ready. The park maintenance team believed it to be ready. The park operations team believed it to be ready. If all these experts didn’t foresee any problems with opening, the idea that some theme park forum members know better is laughable. It’s unfortunate there appear to be unforeseeable issues but thats what they are. VRTP doesn’t hate its customers as much as many here would like to suggest otherwise.
  24. rappa
    How does that affect things? Once it’s dispatched it doesn’t car who’s in the seat right?
  25. rappa
    So it’s problems with trains? The trains have been finished and running for months and I heard have had over 1000 cycles each… how would a soft opening solve those issues exactly? How could the park anticipate something working for over 1000 laps is going to suddenly have issues? And before you mention guests, the trains restraints have to cycle (open, close, lock and be checked) every time it runs. So they didn’t just have 1 day with a few riders. If the issues are with the train, a lot of the anger doesn’t make sense as it’s not a forceable problem is it?
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