Slick

If we're going down the road of bastardising things, just go full hog and get the train from the Brisbane Myer Centre to do laps around the park.

So glad to read that my idea might actually have legs.

Cheers man for the kind words! I'd definitely to come in as an enthusiast aka OurWorlds aka an industry commentator.

Everyone looks at the POV’s I’ve done and thinks “how hard can it be” and the reality is, to get a nice, clean, rich POV that makes you feel like you’re there requires you to go and test and refine on dozens of rides before you get it perfect. I chat to other blokes who do it overseas and we’re all forever trying to chase the perfect rig. I’ll let you know when someone finds it.

They know who to call.

You don’t build them side by side. The big issue the current wheel has is that it’s not terribly big. The position against the river is brilliant though. With double the height, it could be iconic.

…when it comes to liquidations, you generally don’t pay full RRP for liquidated items.

The current wheel in Brisbane generates a solid profit despite being half the size. I think it comes down to location.

I've pulled out the full text below. You can read it on the site here. It's worth nothing it's had a really troubled history. I reckon this is the kind of thing that's perfect for Brisbane (specifically, and ironically, our Southbank) given the hype for the Olympics and the notion of really making our city into something to be proud of.

Threading the gap between @DaptoFunlandGuy and @joz here - in poker terms, I don't think you want to show your hand, nor do I think you fold and show nothing. I think you just need to have a plan and continue to have a conversation about it. No "ooohhh masterplan coming soon" and no "here's Atlantis... loljks." Disney as per usual does well in leading the pack in having a plan, drip-feeding a project, letting the project open and succeed, and then moving on to the next project. In the case of Dreamworld, i'd have the next five years mapped out with five key milestone projects (coaster, ride, family, slide etc.) and literally just say "we have a ride coming every year for the next five years!" and then drip feed the milestones out. 11 months out, here's the concept art for ride #1. 8 months out, here are the facts and a first look. 6-2 months out, here's construction, get excited. 2 months out, here's the ride in action. <1 Month out, get your tickets, we're doing a launch party, woo. Then let the ride do it's thing all summer, then come February after the holidays, rinse and repeat for ride #2. Interlace with a bunch of seasonal events that you're constantly building upon year over year, and you've got yourself a money-making machine and a way out of the post-2016 hole. It's why Disney parks will do up a scaff with a fake castle print overlay when they're working on the castle. My biggest gripe with our parks, and it's a line i've beaten to death now, is that whatever succeeds something should be better, no exceptions. Our parks (all of them) fall short of that mark quite regularly. You only need to look at Village's new signs to know that we take steps backwards everyday. Disney is Disney because they're forever adding and plussing things, and, eventually, that becomes an experience that's greater than the sum of the parts. Disneyland's opening facades were fractionally better than Dreamworld's opening day facades, and over the 7 decades since, they've continually refurbished, touched up and added to them, and now they're epic. Dreamworld has constantly been a case of slowly removing, whether it's been smaller touches like colourscape, flower boxes or big touches like replacing custom-carved old doors with glass sliding doors or entire facades for Abu Dhabi Airport. Keep cutting some more, no barbershop quartet, no sound of a steam train in the distance, add a modern roof down one end, add a LEGO store in the corner with a bunch of white walls.... I feel like i've been waiting for over a decade for that to feel true with Dreamworld. Same for Sea World currently too. The removal of the chairlifts and the SBNO'ness of the Log Flume really makes it obvious.

Have to agree. It’s WhiteWater World’s most underrated advantage.

Sage words for wisdom for those who get upset over other people’s opinions.

Okay then. Don’t believe me, it’s all good. 😂🤷🏼‍♂️

Huh?

If you’re gaslighting someone online about the semantics of name-calling, I’d dare say you’re not on the right side of the discussion. I think we’ll move this chunk into chit-chat later. 🍻

You’re missing the point. There are things that folks who work in or near the industry can elaborate on, and some things they can’t speak to, let alone wink/nod/smile about. It’s a secretive industry in Australia due in part because it’s so small, which in turn makes it very cutthroat, and then in turn causes the aforementioned mates dobbing in other mates just to get ahead. Fact is though, you only have to look at any of the dozens of forum threads covering ride construction over the last decade to know that Parkz (and to a lesser extent, OurWorlds) have an understanding (and in turn have earned great respect) on how to thread that needle so that relationships and careers are respected above all else. As a result, most folks that have been here for a hot minute know to trust community leaders, and if we’re not being transparent there’s usually a good reason why. It’s not to feel superior or because we have a god complex, we’re simply protecting sources or ourselves. 🍻

Transparency kills careers in this industry. I know this all too well - when I was made redundant, I had shared my experience privately with a small group of mates. One of those mates (one that I had known for 15+ years, had photographed his and his family’s weddings) decided to dob my private conversation into my former employer in order to curry favour for their own fan site. I wasn’t proud of what I said while I was hurting (who is?) but I felt the integrity move was the right move and owned what I said immediately. Meanwhile, this friend continued for months to gaslight me and other folks in the community, going as far as to create fake accounts/emails and even blaming his own fan page admins, tearing a group of mates apart in the process. That mate has still yet to own his impact. What a top bloke right? TLDR; I don’t have a relationship with my former employer anymore, purely because a friend capitalised on my heartbreak on a dream job ending prematurely. That’s why I say “trust me” and why I just don’t care anymore if you (or anyone) thinks it’s wankerish.

I am the evidence. 😄

You’ve misread. The island can be developed, the river can’t.

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The land can be used, the river can’t be filled in.

100%. I've long been an advocate for surge pricing, especially when it comes to school holidays.

Individual lap bars make me super un-easy on a boat ride. I think Cedar Point’s defunct boat ride is the canary in the goldmine on why you don’t do this.

I’d take the white over a texture. Matches with sky voyager and will outlast any colour. Also, I really hate multi-coloured shade structures.

@themagicianbringing in the goods as always. Cheers mate! 🍻 Will be interesting to see how this visually connects with the rest of the park from the highway once built.