9 hours ago, Levithian said:

Wasnt the name change forced upon them because the owner of the trademark split from their partnership? No more name, no more building facade. Had to change it all.

But they had already changed the name after the Ettamogah case eventuated. It was simply called "The Pub", so the change to Banana Bender wasn't as a result of the court case, as that was long since done and dusted.

Bikash is over at the IAAPA currently and had posted of some meetings with B&M and Gerstlauer, including a model of an incredible looking duelling coaster 

I’m pretty sure that model is of Shredder (spinning coaster) and TMNT Shellraiser (Takabisha clone) that recently opened up in Nickelodeon Universe in the American Dream mall.

It AA were to be replaced, a dwelling coaster would be awesome. Maybe they could call it DC Rivals.... oh wait.

19 minutes ago, themagician said:

a dwelling coaster would be awesome.

https://youtu.be/kcJijx8RIMM

 

Edited November 20, 20196 yr by AlexB

I feel like this is a good sign. Imagine Movie World owning a B&M and or Gerstlauer!!  

A “maybe” from Bikash shouldn’t be taken as a good sign.

A maybe is still a maybe. And with him attending IAPPA, there may be hope. 

A maybe from him literally means maybe. Don't get your hopes up.

A maybe from him literally means 'i don't really know, but if i say something that teases it, you can't blame me if it isn't true'

8 hours ago, AlexB said:

https://youtu.be/kcJijx8RIMM

 

Not gonna lie, that seems like something @T-bone would end up doing

10 hours ago, AlexB said:

https://youtu.be/kcJijx8RIMM

 

Now that would be awesome 

Coaster Bot on Youtube posted his 100 of 2019 survey.

DC Rivals got #9.

Full results and explanation on how the voting worked here --> https://coasterbot.com/blog/gca2019

Video here --> 

 

 

Edited November 21, 20196 yr by Naazon

I can't say I agree I fully agree with the ranking or the order, but I don't think Rivals is out of place on a list of the best 25 or 100 rides in the world. Even if you rank it right down at 100, I'd say that 100th out of 4700 is still quite a good result. As with all of these things though, it's all super subjective.

17 hours ago, zacsta_1997 said:

A maybe is still a maybe. And with him attending IAPPA, there may be hope. 

Yeah nah.

No way would in this day and age would a Theme Park head honcho leak business plans years out. If anything it's a red herring.

22 hours ago, zacsta_1997 said:

A maybe is still a maybe. And with him attending IAPPA, there may be hope. 

A few years back the owner of Scenic World was pictured with a Premier Rides executive at an AALARA event years ago. This needless to say didnt imply anything. Neither will this I imagine.

Anything could happen. MW won't be getting anything major until when the time comes to replace AA,  which I don't think will be for another five years at least. Given Village has dropped a good $80+ million in the last three years or so in park investment, it should be reasonable to expect them to tone the spending down for the next few years. I wouldn't be surprised to hear if there was no plans at all for MW's next roller coaster given they dont look to replace Road Runner.

Edited November 22, 20196 yr by Baconjack

2 hours ago, Baconjack said:

I wouldn't be surprised to hear if there was no plans at all for MW's next roller coaster given they dont look to replace Road Runner.

This is not a Mum and dad business selling hotdogs at community events. 

It’s a multimillion dollar business on an international scale. 

There would 100% be solid, but malleable, plans and timelines in place for rides and park developments. 

On 22/11/2019 at 5:40 PM, Brad2912 said:

This is not a Mum and dad business selling hotdogs at community events. 

It’s a multimillion dollar business on an international scale. 

Yeah! Just like the one up the road building an ampitheatre  lazy river  shaded seating area  launched coaster  6 waterslide tower

(listed in order of announcement - yes, some will still be built, but the last announced is the first completed, and some have been abandoned completely.)

Not sure if it’s been mentioned anywhere, but is there any reason as to why the IT maze hasn’t been removed at all? Is this common that mazes stay each year for the next years event, or do they get de-constructed each year?

6 minutes ago, Flynn_Smith said:

Not sure if it’s been mentioned anywhere, but is there any reason as to why the IT maze hasn’t been removed at all? Is this common that mazes stay each year for the next years event, or do they get de-constructed each year?

Word around town is that the IT maze isn't being taken down until after it finishes it 2 year run, next year. I guess it's cheaper and easier to just close dodgems for a year than it is to pull down the IT maze and put it back up.

7 minutes ago, Jdude95 said:

Word around town is that the IT maze isn't being taken down until after it finishes it 2 year run, next year. I guess it's cheaper and easier to just close dodgems for a year than it is to pull down the IT maze and put it back up.

Makes sense. For the effort they put into it, it wouldn't make sense for them to pull IT down. I took a look on my visit yesterday and there didn't seem to be any changes whatsoever

 If that's the case it would also be a cheap way to have a new Holiday attraction to promote this Summer. With so much happening at DW and no chance Vortex will be open in time, it might be something for VTP's to think about.

Checked out SeaWorld yesterday. Due to the gusty winds both jet rescue and storm coaster were having a lot of downtime. The vortex site is still having the pilons installed.

the shaded seating area at jet rescue has been removed with an extended que almost finished construction.

Storm coasters theming has been removed! As you enter the building, all the collapsed shelving and boxes are gone. There is now a new concrete pad that extends from the que line to the edge of the track. Appears to also be a new extended que as per the chalk markings on the ground.

Sky flyer is currently not down for maintenance but yesterday it seemed it was being pulled apart with scaffolding up around it and missing pieces.?

As WnW Sydney is no more, WnW GC‘a logo has returned to its older format to feature Biggest n Best 

Biggest and best... pixels you can buy?