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Thanks JeffreyMoore.

I find it very interesting to learn about the history of the parks.

One small bit of Sea World history I have known for many years is that some of the dolphins came from Marineland, which was an indoor attraction in Adelaide. I lived in Adelaide when Marineland closed and they sent the dolphins to Sea World.

That was over 20 years ago, but it's possible one or two of Sea Worlds current dolphins are direct descendants of those. Dolphins can live a long time, so there's even a small chance one or two are the actual ones from Marineland still.

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8 hours ago, pushbutton said:

Thanks JeffreyMoore.

I find it very interesting to learn about the history of the parks.

One small bit of Sea World history I have known for many years is that some of the dolphins came from Marineland, which was an indoor attraction in Adelaide. I lived in Adelaide when Marineland closed and they sent the dolphins to Sea World.

That was over 20 years ago, but it's possible one or two of Sea Worlds current dolphins are direct descendants of those. Dolphins can live a long time, so there's even a small chance one or two are the actual ones from Marineland still.

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that's cool maybe you should send seaworld a email and you never know someone mite know the weather or not any of the dolphins are those from marineland

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No huge shock there. The Monorail, much like Sydney's, went virtually nowhere. In fact, Jupiter's Monorail linked the casino to a hugely irrelevant and largely vacant shopping mall that was maybe passable in the 90's but is at best a country strip mall compared to Pacific Fair or Robina Town Centre. The writing's been on the wall for a long, long while.

New question, can these trains be retrofitted to Sea World's monorail tracks? (Air-con = win).

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More very sad news today about the Broadbeach monorail.

 

I have sent Sea World a message suggesting they try to aquire the train (or is there two even) so they can run three again during busy periods.

If I get a response of any value I'll mention it here.

 

I like the plans for Jupiters apart from this, but they could build it around the monorail.

Yes, it is probably true that the monorail is nearing the end of its life, but that means it's time to invest in a new one, not destroy it!

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If Oasis/ Jupiters want an easy way to dispose of the Monorail, i'm more than happy to talk to them...

This is another nail in the coffin for what is a great transport solution. The sad part is they have hardly been seen as more than tourist transport than a serious transport solution. It's sad that there hasn't been enough push and vision to make a proper transport system out of the Monorail. 

Back on topic. I think the Sea World Monorail system is well patronized enough to justify an upgrade rather than a scrapping when that time comes. That said though, the railway and chairlift were reasonably popular when they were pulled from service..

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Problem is that monorail isn't owned by Jupiters, it's owned by Oasis and designed to bring people to the shops, not the other way around. 

 

So it's not really Jupiters not keeping it. 

 

I do feel though that access to the casino from broadbeach proper is crap, so they could do something to improve it. That existing bridge from the convention center is shit. 

And that's the end of the off topic convo for this evening. 

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