DaptoFunlandGuy

I still prefer being able to go on dreamworld's website and see all attractions, with their planned dates, rather than have to click on every possible date I might visit to see if anything is closed at movieworld.

Big Brother better hide his wallet.

took me a second to get that! good one Gaz.

I think Dreamworld has taught us all a lot about the dangers of home-made attractions that are built without construction authority oversight. It has nothing to do with Ronald McDonald or any other red headed clown.

Yep - Rio Bravo was the original theme intended for the ride, until the movie tie-in with Wild Wild West was picked up (which is mentioned in the Wild West Falls Adventure Ride - Wikipedia article. The ride was cloned in Parque Warner Madrid and kept the original Rio Bravo name Rio Bravo Attraction | Parque Warner Madrid You can see the same text in this Wild West Falls Adventure Ride in Movie World Gold Coast Austral Editorial Stock Photo - Image of adrenaline, east: 47415018 which is dated from 2014 And while it's hard to make out in TV resolution - even the original commercial for it has it https://youtu.be/J93kq5iby-w?si=hpH8XKYxdYVqmBBd&t=245 The ride exit shop is also named 'Rio Bravo Outfitters' (taken from google street view dated January 2018

apparently not.

I agree SV's theme was poor from the beginning - an unfortunate remnant of the previous management - but it's still functional, and I don't see them touching it until fully depreciated. There are far more important capital demands than that.

I mean, at the bare minimum let's hope that they got everyone who was siphoning funds for their own benefit so that they can spend that money on the park.

looks great! I wonder how they're going to do the middle bit they can't reach with the boom.

I think perhaps you need to go back and re-read what I said. I like the seats. I agree they should face the screens. they could have fitted seats while retaining the baggage carousel, in my opinion. I just think the complete removal of theming is something we've called foul on in other attractions on the coast, and it would be hypocritical of us to applaud this move without at least noting that it came at a cost of theme reduction. the timber fencing is a darn sight better than the pool fencing we have at wild west. I think all our parks locally have shown a move to fencing off water attractions and I don't think we can get away from that - so styling it to suit the theme of the land is possibly the best we can ask for. I don't hate the current rivertown fence - though perhaps they could have missing planks dotted along that still retains 'pool safety' requirements while looking a bit more 'ramshackle'

You're right - and there can be successful crossovers (Eisner is a memorable Disney example) but historically our parks have flourished with experienced theme park leadership, rather than generalised business leadership experience. Marketing and selling your products to a youthful audience? (just being devils advocate here) Also note that CK is staying on as co-CEO so it's not like there's zero experience in the industry at the top. Eisner was balanced by Frank Wells and many would agree that the Eisner & Wells era was definitely a golden period for Disney - and the loss of Wells was certainly a marked turning point in the Eisner era. bingo.

They literally said 'must be willing to work on-site in Brisbane'

Look, I like that they've put seats in there (and agree it should be faced the other way) - and I would have given them extra props if they'd installed current versions of departure lounge seats where every 4-6 seats has a charging station because let's face it - it'd be the most popular place in the park if teens could charge their phones... But I have to call this out - whenever we see theming being removed elsewhere we bemoan the loss of classic theme in place of efficiency and modernisation - so i'm going to call it out - removing all the baggage is a miss, in my opinion. They could easily have fitted in seating that worked with the space without removing the baggage 'carousel'.

Whoever put those zip ties on and didn't clip the tails off should be taken out the back and made to watch Hollywood Stunt Driver 2 on a loop.

We just finished up in Shanghai Disneyland and they had a passport you could take to each location and get stamped - though each location had a special machine that validated the passport as genuine before it would electronically stamp the book - so you couldn't get stamps unless you purchased the book. Locations weren't marked on a map - you had to search for them based on riddles in the passport so it was an extra level of difficulty too. If you got them all, you got a special multi-coloured stamp at the exit commemorating their 10th anniversary. I agree its a really clever idea - the Dreamworld one is lower tech, but set up perfectly to keep adding new stamps for various events and occasions so the fun keeps going as long as management keep it up - I just hope this doesn't quietly disappear like many other park initiatives have over the years - getting a few new stamps made each year shouldn't break the bank but would really plus the experience for long time regular visitors as something new each time.