Gazza

Beat me to it.

Why on earth was the control panel facing away from the ride to begin with?

I swear surfrider has been repainted with that full scaffold a billion times.

I dont think you have to recoup the initial cost. Its routine maintenance which you start incurring the moment it opens to the public. To their credit, Village do repaint their rides fairly often.

If its an empty queue, do you think its just a means to avoid cycling it constantly with only a couple of people onboard? Save electricity and maintenance costs basically.

If you lay with an arched back and have sunscreen on you rocket down.

So like this but upside down..

What about a small circular "umbrella" at the top of the pole that both prevents standing and is wide enough to cover the hole when in the high position?

People keep mentioning the trains, does anyone have any proof of this etc?

For me it's like yes its great that things are put in working order, but if its tenuous if you're so hard up for marketing stories that something not being broken is is a talking point.

Forgive me for missing if it has been written, but has anyone been on Superman since the upgrade and seen it for themselves?

I think one thing that doesn't help is they don't really have a calendar that says hours in advance, so the assumption is open at 10 close at 5. Now with Covid seemingly done, they could really be planning this stuff out months in advance, and mark in special events, extended holiday trading, and even shorter weekday trading in winter. I'd prefer that tbh, and would help with visitors planning visits. Eg if the hours are longer you know it will be busier.

Decided to run some rough numbers on what capacity the park has based on what you witness in the park on a smooth running day. By my reckoning, when everything is at full capacity you get a total of 8164 guests per hour across all rides. This means with 8124 in the park, you could expect to get on 1 ride per hour. scoob 960 8 person double dispatch every 30 secs jl 480 4 person car every 30 secs bwss 320 16 person launch every 3 mins gl 480 16 person dual dispatch every 2 mins dcr 440 22 person train every 3 mins se 400 20 pers train every 3 mins wwf 960 8 person boat every 30 secs rrc 400 20 person train every 3 mins kids zone 1000 guestimate of all rides roxy 640 320 cinema every 30 mins hswd avg 642 1500 person show * 3 per day / 7h doomsday 384 32 person ride every 5 min showcase 1000 guestimate 8124

Isn't Sky Fortress at SW the equivalent of Scoobys Silly Stix? Every park should have one IMO.

I dont really have a problem with rides like magic bikes, but you really need to spam a lot of smaller flat rides to get the capacity needed / account for the fact that kids have a shorter attention span. The problem with MW and SW is that they have like 4 when it needs to be 7 or 8

When have village done a shed station?

I doubt a wooden coaster would have even happened under previous management.

Its school holidays and it seems like it's still coming soon. If it doesn't open for ride the night on the 8th then who knows, probably September opening..maybe?

It wouldn't even be a worlds first.

Came too early.

This one always stuck out to me: FWIW I dont really have a problem with black chainlink depending on the context. It really depends if you want to make the fence a feature, or make it "go away"

Dunno why they say 40, its clearly 19 a side to make 38:

38 riders per cycle. 10 min cycles = 228 per hr 5 min cycles = 456 per hr I cant think of any situation where you would hit 1000 unless it was at a German fair where they were running some short 1 min cycle and ultra efficient staff.

Good idea, as I understand it night quarter closed because Westfield got greedy with rent. Seems like an ideal location, and would be GREAT in terms of parking and catching flows coming out of the park.

I dunno, SW seems to get pretty open slather due to their zoning.