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well see you guys know more than me, so continue the answers and i will just read :) (give me a rest, I'm only 14 years old <_< and i don't know every thing, but once i become an engineer i will return with more knowledge about theme parks) (above funny it sounds like some villain "i will return" :P )

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Sticking with the Superman:Escape theme, Just wondering how they go about getting the second train onto the circuit. I know where the storage track is, you can see it as you go through the 'subway'. Just wondering how long this takes also. If it takes only a small amount of time, would it not be worth putting the second train onto the circuit to cope with 60minute queues??

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I'm assuming it works just like any other point change on a coaster. The track has one section that completely moves. When its in position one, it makes the circuit that directs the train through the subway, into the section that passes the water and police cars. In the second position, it directs the track straight into the holding bay, or whatever you want to call it. I know that on some systems, the track just rotates slightly, rotates and flips, or it moves from side to side enabling the different pieces of track to slot together. While I was at IOA, they added the second trains on both of the track on Dueling Dragons. It took all of about 5 mins (10 MAX) for the whole system to be up and running again. I presume Superman wouldn't take that long. The tracks would be switched, the train rolled out, and either it would be stopped in the subway section, waiting for the tracks to change again, and then sent off through to the launch, or completely reversed into the station. I know that on Dueling Dragons, they reversed it into the station. So yeah, theres my 2 cents worth. Ha ha!

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  • 4 weeks later...
Ok, heres a genuine question I have about MW. Do the park and the neigboring studios collect rainwater off the huge expanses of roof that they have?
:lol: Thats funny. But an interesting point. They should. Especially now that all major cities are in drought or water restrictions. Us, here on the Central Coast (NSW) are in Level 4b restrictions and about to move to level 5a. It's getting scary.
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I wouldn't be to concerned with water etc anymroe, the El Nino effect is weakening and we will begin to have more rainfall and by June/July should have weakend enough to completely break the drought. We are already feeling the weakened effect here in Queensland - we have had the coolest December in over 40 years apparently and January is continuing along the same pattern of temperature - it just isn't hot like last year.

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Still, even if the drought is weakening.. We should ALL still be using rain water tanks and the like so that when this drought (IF it) comes around again, Australia is fully prepared. I would like to think that Movie World and other theme parks use water tanks to collect water, but I doubt they would. (And industries with large roof expanses, not just theme parks.) :)

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