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    Wow, glad I didn't bother going to Seaworld on Sunday (possibly much the same as yesterday). I'd made the assessment it wasn't worth the risk prior to the trip. This membership thing has really blown up in their faces PR wise. As a potential customer, I didn't bother this trip just past based on broader issues with the parks, and that report in the previous post adds to the case against.
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    Not to be outdone at Cedar Point, Magnum is sinking. Looking forward to seeing what this will actually be, soon enough, they won't be able to hide it from us lol. I have fond memories of riding TTD it's opening year.
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    @Brad2912 better still, make it a gate opener KPI, where all your other KPIs automatically fail if you don't get the gate opener. I've implemented stuff that's created a few of them in my time, it's fun watching execs squirm.
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    Sounds more like Doomsday Destroyed. It's a mediocre ride in my opinion. Frankly mystified why they got it, must have got it cheap. At least the precinct is pretty cool. Clearly customer satisfaction is not a KPI at MW lol, maybe they'll start caring more when revenue contracts considerably. Do they under-resource maintenance, so it takes longer and/or they can't do work concurrently?
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    I'm just a member of the general public, and it seems logical that eventually this reputational damage is going to hit them where it hurts. There were so many better ways to handle the objective of winding down memberships than jacking the price up exponentially. I'm going to the GC this weekend, mostly because my GF is speaking at a conference. I thought about going to Sea World on Sunday, but I'm not going to bother - why spend all that money when I only want ride Leviathan, and who knows if it will be up. Compounded by Jet Rescue under maintenance, which at least is known. First time I've visited the GC and not gone to at least one of the parks. Definitely did not consider heading up Maintenance World in Oxenford.
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    ^They could get Knoebels in as consultants, they are the masters of that.
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    ^That's my understanding. The door to the ride was open when I left the function at Coney Island and workmen were going in after their lunch. Couldn't see any machinery.
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    ^It sounded more like a mega refurb, and I know there are heritage guidelines. I didn't get into too much technical detail as I was talking to the execs.
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    I forgot to add: Halloscream is planned for 27-31 October, with an 18+ night onnthe Saturday night. A hard ticketed Luna Park lights out event is planned for July.
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    Was just at a function hosted by the CEO of Luna Park, for Friends of Luna Park where a plaque was unveiled in recognition of their efforts. They are rebuilding wild mouse from the ground up. Capital is fully allocated for the project now.
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    I'm going there on Thursday for a function. I'll see if I can get a look at what's going on.
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    @DaptoFunlandGuy Lol I was at Kentucky Kingdom and they had on a constant loop on Lightning Run and Storm Chaser that you must have two fully formed feet and two fully functional hands to ride. You can read into that what you like what may be a good sized demographic of the park.
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    Yeah, I'd check it out. I got on DC Rivals once, and I still some K-tape on the side of my knee from playing sport the night before, and the ride of freaked. I pulled it off right in front of them and said there's no problem, and somehow I managed to get a ride even though they were still concerned. I know in the US, some parks even announce that you must have full use of both hands to ride.
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    I hope they at least keep the Minotaur statue, that is impressive. I've found the Maurer SC2000 spinning coasters to be a lot of fun (like at Seabreeze in NY State) if they were to add a realistic and appropriate coaster.
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    There's a cheap version of the Easter Show on the green in the Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park, there's some rides there, but nothing special. More aimed at families. SYDNEY EASTER FAMILY SHOW - Entertainment Quarter
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    While I'm supportive, given their circumstances just after they launched season passes, part of being willing to pay $199 for the season pass for me was the additional incentives that didn't happen. For some reason I didn't get the $99 offer to renew, but $125 is palatable. They've got to get the wild mouse going again lol, it was my partner's first ever coaster, and she refuses to ride it ever again. It gives me the opportunity to encourage her to try again.
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    It's been closed since what, August or September and that's on top of a lengthy closure earlier in 2022. Is it a bugdet thing or something seriously wrong they didn't anticipate? There's been plenty of things they didn't get around to like the season pass loyalty rewards, the app. To be fair covid delaying reopening might have hit them hard.
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    I've done it, a short run, but a very good experience. I think I got a video of it, but I can't remember. I'll have to check. Was a good day, Star Tour (when it was going up Arkham's lift hill), Stunt Driver run, and Ultimate Tour for Fright Nights.
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    You'd think the NRL was having a competition for who has the most feral mullet. 2 train operation seems like a bonus. The instability of operations is really making members the general public like myself very wary of visiting the GC parks. Even knowing the maintenance schedules and observed operation patterns, it's still a gamble.
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    A more contentious credit is Hulk at Universal, except for the lift hill/launch, they rebuilt the same coaster in the same spot. I was hoping coaster count would throw me a bone and give me a new credit lol. Rode it for the first time since 2010 last September, yikes it was brutal. I go with whatever coaster count counts, which is no relocations. Coaster counter used to count them, but whatever. At the end of the day it's arbitrary for an individual, but there's mostly consensus in the coaster community.
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    Lol it should be. That may be site of where I rode my first ever coaster. I wish I was paying attention way back then.
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    I'd hope so, it's unique and a cool ride. Understand about the heritage listing, it's good to debunk here that the structure is beyond the point of no return. I had concerns because of the length of the downtime. Hopefully it'll be running again soon.
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    I think with a bit of imagination and possibly not a huge amount of capex, LPS could do something really cool in that space.
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    Lol I'd be worried if the waters of Sydney harbour had risen to the point they flooded the wild mouse, or were they saying it flooded from the base of the structure. They refurbished it earlier in 2022 (which was lengthy), it was open for a while than closed for maintenance in August as noted earlier in this thread. I asked the operations manager when I was doing the VIP thing at Halloscream and didn't get any detail other than it's under maintenance, which is fair enough, I wouldn't expect to hear about any issues. It would a shame to see it go, but it's been closed for so long now. Can we start speculating about the replacement lol. A groovy little Eurofighter; or a Maurer Spinning coaster (like at Seabreeze and Santa Cruz) would be fun.
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    LOL VRTP marketing department says: "Hold my beer".
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