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Just having a look on the news page on the WnW website, it says that on the mach V flume slides you can actually ride in 3 person rafts, wether they are inline or cloverleaf remains to be seen.

So will all of the H20 Zone be closed? From rabids last update (which was 10 days ago, no taking into account the delay of the approval process and loads of slide construction can happen in 10 days) most of mach V looked to be very close to completion so now i would expect that part to be virtually done, would it be possible for them to open the mach V tower while they finish off the black hole tower. I wouldnt mind if only part of it was ready.It could just be the 16th is the date for the whole place to be operational. But its a bit of a bummer because this was my second main reason for coming up this summer (Behind SE), and i cant change my flights or accomadation. Then again, i could get lucky, my last day up there is the 13th, and you never know, it could be ready 3 days ahead.

But you would still have a choice to ride it whenever you want (read the 1st post), its more of a recommendation to help reduce queues rather than something you have to do.

Dammit, i am going to be there a week to early

Well, If people are annoyed about the locker system then they should fill out the comments thing in the "contact" part of the MW website, i did and the next day i was sent a reply with a phone number to ring (They also said they could ring me if i provided my phone number) because they wished to discuss my email. I obliged and rang, where i told them what i thought politely. The reply i got was that the reason they had to charge was to stop people from using them all day, to which i said that there could be a deposit system where you got the dollar back if you came back in the hour, but the normal charge would apply outside this. She actually agreed that the charge was a bad thing, and recognised the fact people would find it difficult to buy stuff at the shop but said the system worked well for the ride, to which i said "it may work well, but people arent happy with it". I suggested the idea of a rotating storage unit in a hole between the two stations, and she said that it was a good idea she would pass that on. I was rather pleased that they were willing to listen and acknowledged my concerns. So if you arent happy with it, just send a polite message outlining your concerns and prehaps we might see a free item storage system installed. At least that way you have a choice and the majority of park guests who only carry the basics (Phone, Wallet, Sunnies, Camera) dont have to rent one.

The point of my idea was not to have seperate queues or anything like that, it would just use the existing one and would really just be a "guide" as to when you should ride. More of a low cost alternative to having to build seperate queues, scanners, turnstiles and printers. It would just be printed on a section of your ticket.

I just had an idea for a way parks could reduce queues: allocated ride times. What would happen is when you get your ticket it would have times for you to ride major attactions, and all guests would be allocated times. Of course you would not be forced to ride at a timeslot though, or even at all, but guests would be encouraged to ride at that timeslot and if they co- operate they can enjoy a better day. My theory is that if the boarding times were spaced out properly there would be a more even distribution of people which would lead to shorter queues and people would only enter the queue at their time so there would not be large groups entering wanting to all ride at the same time, leading to queues. The times would be based around the regular cycle time and passenger capacity. during the first half hour, the final hour and during the lunch period no times would be allocated. For example, if this system was impelmented at DW, times would be given for TOT ,GD, WO, The Claw, Cyclone, Thunder River and The Log Ride and Big Red Car. One problem i am aware of is breakdowns causing delays, but under good circumstances it could work well, what do you think?

As far as i know its still there.

The station would be split down the middle by a chain link fence (with a locked gate only openable by the ride ops) People would be restricted to their side and the PLC would be progammed to only send cars back to their originating station. These rides normally have 8 or 9 cars, this version would have 10 (with 5 devoted to each side)

An idea i just had was the possiblity of putting in a setpoint swing thing (in rct3 its known as a roller soaker and it is a roller coaster where you can dump water like a fire fighting helicopter) The entrance would be in ocean parade with a dual loading station, one station would be accessible from dw, while the other is accessible from dwwp. This could offset the costs since it would be useable by both parks. It would be placed on the border between the two parks, and if the station was elevated it could also serve as the access between both parks on the lower level) Pics: http://www.rcdb.com/m/ig598.htm http://www.rcdb.com/ig1497.htm

Who said the rides were for sale

When you say a different feeling of smoothness, how do you mean?

Amazing that the ride can keep the passengers safely in, but it has trouble keeping themeing attached, I think the problem with keeping tyres on is the fact they are only attached in the middle, and are rather heavy, and are unsuported at the sides, so a lot of stress would be on the anchorage point, however with the superman statue it would be a bit easier to bolt it on in more places. Im guessing with the MRT logo means something like "Metropolis rapid transport", or "Metropolis rail Transit" or something along those lines, but it would have looked better if at least the front car of the train had the superman logo as the main feature. Just a question with the 196 cm height limit, roughly how many people would be excluded from riding?

I thought scooby doos story was that scooby doo had become lost and you had to find him. Anyway, cool press release, its definitley taking a swipe at DWs underthemed rides.

Well, to tell you the truth i havent found RCT3s themeing very limited at all, they have just gotten rid of a lot of the stuff that wasn't good (such as giant soccer balls and footballs) Ill get some more screens up soon.

Yay, seperate unloading area.

Looking good. The H2O zone looks pretty nice, but a couple of issues i have with it is the fact there seems to be little colour co- ordination, aqua supports but a white tower. The other thing is how the slides have little dips peppered through them, its no fun trying to work up speed, only to go airborne when you hit the dip in the slide.

Today i had my work Christmas party, and during it i managed to get some close up shots of the ex WL rides currently on site. Also, after speaking to the owner, i have been told they have been in discussion for some time with a QLD operator (Not one of the major ones) to establish a small amusement park on site, so hopefully these rides will be operating again soo. Enjoy

I think it may be one of the ones at legoland.

Just reading the press release on this sites main page, it says that the ride pumps over 90 litres of water a minute. 90 litres of water per minute for the whole ride would have the flow rate equivalent of a mini can of coke flowing from each lanes outlet every second. Might be an error there. i think 9000 litres would be more accurate.

Im not entirely sure that it is now a standard "clone" layout parks can purchase, they are just examples. Both of them are fairly unconventional and space inefficient layouts. I think they are more just demonstrations of the companys capabilites.

Is that the one thats across the road from RMIT?

Summer is the peak time for DW anyway so they dont really need any extra help in attracting people, It would make more sense to run stuff like that at a time when they need more guests in.

Here is my first proper park in RCT2; An themed waterpark called "Water Temple". Features include a wave pool, kids pool, spa area, speed slide and several intergrated master blasters. BTW does anyone know how to stop master blasters from being closed because the exit is dangerous? I have a 3x3 square pool, and the raft and peeps land in safely, so im puzzled as to why this keeps popping up. Anyway, Enjoy watertemplezip.zip

So in a forum full of theme park nuts, is this all the ideas there are?