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Rebranding it as a kids ride might help, but is it really worth spending $20 million on a secondhand kids ride? The real question is whether DW is creating a genuinely compelling attraction or spending a fortune dressing up a layout that wasn't very good to begin with. DW have gone full 360 on us with this one. What they’re doing here is the complete opposite of what they did with King Claw.

Calling this ride not very good is an understatement. It’s awful. You get a launch, a brief moment of excitement, and then it dies. I’ve got no doubt DW will theme the absolute shit out of it and do a fantastic job. But you can put all the theming, theming effects and fancy scenery in the world around it, and it won’t change the fact that the ride layout sucks. $20m to put lipstick on a pig. It might end up being a very pretty pig, but it’s still a pig. 🐷

Who doesn't love a waterpark making moves?

I'm sure some people will like it, but for me, spending $20m on a mediocre ride when a ride 100 times better already exists in the same area is a waste of money.

I can’t believe how insensitive people can be posting it online.

I wish DW did this to it. MC2 is unlikely to be much better than MC1, as the track layout will still be terrible.

How have heads not rolled at Village? I believe, these shit trading hours are completely self inflicted.

What is the point of this article?

Or they want their money back before an expensive criminal case eats it all up.

From that angle I don't think MC2 is going to look that different.

It’ll feel like Christmas for everyone if WWW finally gets some love and the new future land turns out to be for WWW.

The two riders involved in the recent incidents that led to the ride’s closure reportedly had no known pre-existing conditions. Both suffered serious brain injuries involving brain bleeds. One has survived but remains on medication, while the other is still in a coma.

I agree. The GC is the best place in the world to have a theme park operating into the night. Hopefully they keep WWW open too. It's rude not to have all that GC theme parks open late in summer.

Within the CEH FY26 results presentation, it highlights an "expanded year round events calendar", and within that section was this. Could this be the first clue, DW is set to return to longer Christmas holiday trading hours or ?????????????????????????????????

@Theme Park Girl I've never read your blog, so I wouldn't know how many people have called you out over using AI. All I was saying is that Chat thinks you could be using AI, so it's not exactly far fetched to think other people might come to the same conclusion. There are probably plenty of people who either don't care if you use AI or are simply too polite to say anything. For the record, I'm not claiming you use AI and I wouldn't care if you did. I use it all the time for work. What I wouldn't do is present something generated by AI to a client as my own work, like DW did yesterday. I also asked Chat, "is she having a go at me?" Yes, I’d read that as a dig at you, although she is wrapping it in a fairly polite, indirect response. So, yes, she's having a go at you, but indirectly rather than outright attacking you. She's also trying to position herself as the reasonable one and your comment as the isolated, petty accusation. So much for "Take care all. Be nice, be kind" 🤣Chat you're so funny🤣

Says the person bitching and moaning about the people bitching and moaning. 🤣

@Theme Park Girl I'm not interpreting it, I'm just telling you I can see why @Gobbledok thought you where using AI because even chat thinks your post sounds AI. You just have to look at the response to DW's reveal, AI is a dirty word, so if you post come off as created in AI, people will comment on it.

I asked Chat, and Chat is on the fence about whether it's written by AI. Chat said it's more like a marketing piece written to promote the attraction rarthan than a personal blog.

Dude, you were there. Clearly you weren’t paying attention. There are 20 riders per train. @Noll_57 We are pleased to present these 3 AI pictures, which we have been working on for the past year. We are exhausted now, so we must retire to our beds.

They’re not spending $20m on immersive theming. The $20m is the total investment for the entire attraction, including the ride, construction, theming and everything else. The actual spend on theming is a lot less than $20m. Did he every visit SW when he was working at MW? At the end of the day, unless they actually change the track layout, riding the Big Red Coaster is still going to be a more thrilling experience. MC had two flaws: 1. the trains sucked, and 2. the track layout sucked. You could probably get a bigger thrill being pushed around in a trolley through a Woolies car park than you got from riding MC.

Why only break even? It's today and it is also going to be announced to investors on Friday.

Considering the CEH FY results are happening Friday, I’d be putting $50 on Friday being the big reveal and another $50 on this week just to cover my bases. Basically, I’m betting $100 on the fact that something is going to happen sometime between now and Friday. Genius strategy really. @Ogre I hope you be rewarded this week for being 🤐.

Are we all still pretending we don't know what it is?

That’s the problem with using a cheap pass just to get people through the gate. You’re targeting the wrong market if people only come because the ticket is cheap. The people who are attracted by discounted pass are often the same people who are reluctant to spend money once they’re inside. A theme park makes its real money from what visitors spend after they enter. Anyone who goes on holiday know, your wallet tends to loosen when you’re in holiday mode. The key is getting the right customers through the gate, not simply getting as many people through as cheaply as possible. A cheap ticket fills the park, but if those visitors don’t spend once inside, you’ve created crowds without creating revenue.

Adapting big IPs isn't easy and I think this is what lets MW down. Having the licence is only the first step. People aren't just looking for the name on the sign, they want the atmosphere, storytelling, and magic they associate with it. WOZ, DCeased, IP's that create big expectations, but don't deliver.