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For those who don't want to follow dubious links, it's the Zip line that runs through Fremont St in Las Vegas. You gotta have a lot of length for these to be good. They're shit capacity, so it'd be an upcharge too. Yay for 12PPH! I don't remember what Eureka's capacity was, but it was a damn sight better than this... You should work for VRTP - you'd be the perfect person to replace high capacity classic attractions with low capacity attractions!

It would be an interesting concept to use VR on Eureka. That way they wouldn't even have to spend money making the interior look pretty. It could also be used to spruce up the Motocoaster, make it feel like you really are on a proper motorbike instead of a knee-crushing plastic replica of one that winds around a boring yellow track in the middle of the bush.

Looks like Alton Towers is going the VR route on one of their coasters. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153704168771201&id=21765316200

^make sure the queue is in the sun, so push and work on his tan at the same time.

Replace skylink with something like that

I don't have the data to give you a full answer on that, but anecdotally I'd say no. But then in other countries it's permissible to carry a tissue in a zipped pocket...

Or because there's no incentive for operators to do better? Olympia Looping runs five seven-car trains at Oktoberfest, with a dispatch every twenty-two seconds. Every additional passenger represents additional income. This is obviously an extreme example - but if they can manage that, and they do - then there's absolutely no excuse for permanent parks not keeping two trains running on their big coasters without stacking.

You do realise what happens to that swamp when it rains right?

Yeah, a coaster, not the Mad Max: Fury Road Stunt Show we know that they should build.

Well, they are about to build a big expansion so that should help.

^Perhaps that's something movie world needs during peak - temporary attractions during summer to ease the demand - just as LPS has. Sure - it's more carnival than theme park, but right now the park should take whatever it can get!!! Actually, yes - I wonder if you might time a full cycle on each ride... pick one car \ train, and time it from the time it dispatches, to the time it dispatches next - so include load time, unload time, and idle time. If you do the ones you can, and perhaps the ones you don't someone else will do at some point: GL from dispatch to dispatch AA from dispatch to dispatch SE from launch to launch (make sure it's the same train) Batwing from launch to launch WWF from splashdown to splashdown (make sure its the right boat number!) Scooby isn't ever really going to be much different because of continuous load, but JL can be sometimes. perhaps if you time JL from the time it reaches unload, until the time you unload? it'd be great to get some 'random samples' of ride cycle times over the break. We know how fast these things can cycle when they're running at peak staffing levels - on events etc - how well do they do over their busiest time of the year?

AlexB pretty much nailed it. Watching them slowly load the Driving School a few weeks ago was excruciating, knowing it effectively replaced LTRR which sucked up the crowd, the whole family could go on, and had aircon.

Some very good points. One of the post on Facebook asked where are all the characters that MW had back in the day. MW said they don't stay out for long because of health and safety. If this is true would it not be easy for MW to set up an air conditioned room to help the people in the costumes stay out longer on hotter days. I don't think it would be hard for MW to create an area that you go into to meet them. They could even have different back drops that change with the characters.

Interesting name choice. Gold Coast Bulletin would have a field day with that.