King Claw - Larger Replacement Intamin Gyro Swing for Dreamworld

[themagician]

28 minutes ago, Naazon said:

Would prefer them to make a little museum off to the side in a corner or something.

Like they’ve done in Jane’s?

[themagician]

15 hours ago, New display name said:

this new love affair with nods, is staring to become a bit meh.

Maybe don’t look at it as them leaning into nostalgia, but more that it’s forming part of King Claw’s story line. The larger more dominant creature (King Claw) has attacked the smaller creature (The Claw) and has left some of its remains amongst the carnage of the dock.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

15 hours ago, New display name said:

this new love affair with nods, is staring to become a bit meh.

I disagree. I'd rather a park honour it's history than turn it into storage sheds.

[New display name]

2 hours ago, themagician said:

Maybe don’t look at it as them leaning into nostalgia, but more that it’s forming part of King Claw’s story line. The larger more dominant creature (King Claw) has attacked the smaller creature (The Claw) and has left some of its remains amongst the carnage of the dock.

I don't hate what they have done, it just becomes meh if they are planning on doing it all the time.

 

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I disagree. I'd rather a park honour it's history than turn it into storage sheds.

Only old people want DW to become a museum.  🙄

Tear it down, throw it in the trash and give me 100% new experience every day of the week.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Good thing i'm not old and never said 'museum' then hey?
 

I said 'honour their history' - and little nods in new constructions are the perfect way to do it - like how Disney incorporates clever nods to replaced attractions - eg: skyway gondola in Matterhorn, Eeyore (parking sign) inside Indiana Jones to name just two.

But you'll also note I said that i'd rather than than turn it into storage sheds. So if given the choice - i'm going with nods than bulldozing guest accessible areas to store back of house shit.

[New display name]

Probably best not to honour all of DW's history.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I don't disagree - however they should never forget it, and never try to hide it either.

[jhunt2]

It's a detail that people will either notice or they won't. I don't think anyone is going to look at the old claw and be disgusted by it, nor have they sacrificed any quality in King Claw's presentation just to shoe-horn in the reference. It's literally hurting no one.

At the end of the day, in this case it was probably so easy for them to add a little monument to the old Claw that they had no reason not to. The theming was already there, and it fits fairly well tangentially into the new theme. It would have been just a matter of keeping it instead of turning it into landfill.

Really, I see no reason to complain. If nods, Easter eggs and references are not your thing, they're not your thing, but they aren't hurting anyone by being there. I'll come back and agree with you when they come up with some convoluted excuse to force in references where they don't fit or ruin immersion, but for now, they're doing it subtly enough, so why not?