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They did a lengthy refurb in 2022 (if memory serves me right) and then it opened for a few months, and was closed by Halloscream last year, so there must have been some complications. As mentioned in this thread previously, they do have heritage regulations to meet. I'd be very curious about the specifics, do they have to retain every part of the structure that isn't compromised for instance.

^Thanks for that. I was trying to get a clear shot from the train, but it was hard.

Went by on the train just then, almost the entire coaster is not there at the moment, except the lift hill supports.

Project Horozon at Alton Towers has been dropping RMC hints for their new coaster in an existing show building. Maybe Wild Moose, maybe something else. Busch Tampa just got rid of their mouse, which is in a boxed in location. We'll see....

Maybe we'll see some Wild Moose models popping up soon. A good-sized plot has been cleared at Camp Snoopy at Knott's Berry Farm - that's a possibility, and it's sufficiently different from Coast Rider on the other side of the park, time will tell. I also wonder if Sydney Zoo would look at installing some permanent rides, maybe have a Camp Snoopy style kid's area. Soon we'll see if LP meant late summer as in Jan/Feb 2024 or December 2024 for the refurb.

Lol that's a good one. Are the operations consistently on-track yet? I'll have to pay Luna Park a visit some time and see how they're going.

My wanting one here was purely a wish. Adventure World is the only place that comes to mind. Could they shoe-horn one into Luna Park Melbourne, like they did with Metropolis (not sure what would have to move, or if the space is now taken up by anything more permanent), and Gumbuya probably won't need a new coaster for a long time.

The RMC Wild Moose looks like a cool ride, hopefully someone down here gets one.

Have we got any Rove McManus impersonators out there?

It sounds very iconic, and maybe they can build the helix of a coaster around it so it can be the first hotel in the world inside a ride. Seriously, I'd stay there if I was doing a night event like Fright Nights and the price was reasonable. Conferences and film production people might be a good occupancy base on top of tourists.

I'd love to do WWW at night, even better if there's an overlay. Not on fast track, sigh.

It doesn't look like the Underground Package even has fast track for the rides just the mazes lol. I guess Fast Track Mazes and Rides will cost almost the same, hard choice. I value the ride component because you don't get to ride MW coasters at night all that often.

Oh sorry, I thought it was Wicked Twister 2 lol. Are amusement parks around the world having a comp for the least imaginative ride name? Will it really get to the top of the back spike, or will it do a Tower of Terror 2? I was fortunate enough to ride the original many times and will always remember the pure exhileration of that launch.

I've been involved in a lot of product wind downs, and in my opinion which hopefully is obvious, just tell them the product is being wound up and here's your options, emphasising benefits. Jacking up the prices ridiculously and hoping people quit the product lol. It really creates a perception about VRTP. I'll visit eventually too, though I'll be quite circumspect about it. Maybe some better product offerings for Fright Nights will get me up. Last year I wasn't going to bother and only went to Fright Nights because friends were going too, who I hadn't seen in 3 years thanks to COVID. At the end of the day VRTP can do what they want and consumers will do what they want based on what value perception they have of their product offerings.

Lol I only noticed that on the g-link heading to the airport bus yesterday morning (we were staying at Surfer's Paradise north). Did Infinity for the first time in decades. Still seems to be going strong. Shame Dracula's haunted attraction is gone, so cheesy. The talking shark animatronic was hilariously ridiculous, and the way they suggested sharks are just sitting there waiting to prey on humans.

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.

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.

@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.

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?

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.

^They could get Knoebels in as consultants, they are the masters of that.

^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.

^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.

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.

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.