DaptoFunlandGuy

I have seen on occasion a period of time when TI was vacant - and the door is always left open so that when they release a tiger, there is nothing in it's way between the BOH pen and the front display pen... if something stops it (such as a closed door) it could get distracted and that may cause issues... (eg: someone needing to open the door whilst backed into a corner with 1-3 tigers!) Its possible it's just a changeover... How long has it been that way? A few minutes? An hour? All day?

Ok - i've gone through to try and find what the fuck you are talking about. I still can't find where he said you didn't know what you were talking about - but given what you're currently going on about - I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. So - for your convenience, i've quoted every single post Gazza and You have made in this thread. Please show me where he said you don't know what you're talking about. Please show me where he disrespected you, insulted you, or did anything but have a healthy inquisitiveness over your comments and viewpoints \ opinions...

5 posts above mine, and 3 hours ago?

11pm? no mention of certain rides closing at certain times? Is that an ooops... or an interesting?

TEN BUCKS? I appreciate they're probably trying baby steps after giving away free gold upgrades last year - but TEN WHOLE DOLLARS for access to WC, FN and Carnivale? What a joke. *Spins wheel*

Hopefully they've also extended the amount of time that your $1 gets you...

I think OG is using the word 'replacement' in the same way that we say Junior Driving School replaced LTRR. It occupies the same landspace (in part) as the space that was previously for the former attraction. in that sense - COTD is what replaced Wild in terms of that space... and just like JDS - isn't really up to the standard of the former attraction (or planned attraction) and wasn't a direct replacement... but I do agree jungle animals in an ocean themed park wasn't the best of ideas. Dinosaur Island - although many 'expected it' to be gone in 12 months (June'12 - June'13) it did in fact stay in the park until June'14 - or two years. COTD was always intended to be temporary, but longer term than Dinosaur Island (based on FoF information) - so i think it's safe to assume COTD will be around longer than 2 years (and the discovery trail, ranger and collector cards is a great idea to keep it 'current')... all SW needs to do to refresh it is release a 'new set' of cards, and suddenly it's a whole new attraction for card collectors again... Anyone who is unaware of the impact these card collections can have needs to visit Woolworths and Coles facebook pages when they've got those items on a promo. People go NUTSO SKITSO for them. I've seen a BOX of Jamie's Garden cards sell for $150... for something people get FOR FREE \ With Purchase. Sea World are GIVING THESE AWAY (and giving you even more when you spend $20 in an outlet). Finally the Marketing Mystery Wheel has landed on a good idea....

"Whale Poop"

Shitcanneddeadburiedfinitonot happening#whatplanetareyoulivingon? Isn't TL:DR "Too Long: Didn't Read" ? Seems like you read all of it based on your answer.... As for reasons why - They ran a focus group AFTER they began construction \reclamation works, and the focus group were shown two proposals - the first being Sea World's land reclamation deal, with an elevated walkway going through the middle for guests to look down on the animals (which were intended to be real, not animatronic). The second option, and one which - from what i've heard was overwhelmingly more popular was to use the land at the back of AOS to create a 'Disney's Animal Kingdom' type open-plains park, with attached guest lodge \ hotel, night-time tribal stage performances etc - which would also give the animals far more 'natural' habitat, than the cramped and enclosed edge of Sea World's already cluttered parkland. And I think - although they didn't end up following through - the response to option 1 killed Wild (as it was at Sea World) in favour of the much more extravagant option two. Perhaps further down the track when VR has a little more support (and opportunities for those animals) they might begin work on that project again... but for the moment - see points 1 through 6 above...

For the love of god.... why can't people put a link to the original source article? Gotta love Sky News Australia - claiming the incident occurred in the 'theme park' despite referring to the filming location... apparently 'in the park'. Clearly it's an animal on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean. http://news.sky.com/story/1510538/woman-bitten-by-monkey-at-theme-park Yahoo7 is a little less inflammatory and a little more factual. I'm assuming this is the article Cooper has quoted above... https://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/a/28618522/woman-attacked-by-monkey-in-queensland/ Surprisingly this article which doesn't appear to be a reputable news source appears to be the best and most factual: http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/woman-hospitalised-after-monkey-bite-on-the-pirate/18804526-8ee5-48e5-ae49-8f17a6b3c44d.htm The award for mainstream factual reporting goes to ABC with this VERY detailed account - revealing whilst it may have been a 'Pirates' Monkey, it wasn't on the Pirates set - but another set also being shot at the studios... I'll give props to the first outlet that actually correctly identifies the incident location as 'Village Roadshow Studios' (I'm pretty sure that's what it is called unless it's changed recently...?) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-30/monkey-bites-woman-at-movie-world-gold-coast/6583930 We all know how good the UK Sky News arm reports after the Smiler incident - so it's not surprising in the slightest for them to just say 'at Theme Park'. nice one Sky News UK https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-attacked-monkey-theme-park-045450513.html#AuGJVMX

OG - chinese and oriental food stalls are a great idea if the area were to stay 'Chinese' themed... but unfortunately there isn't really anywhere to put them - the Alleyway isn't really wide enough to have more than a food cart - and even then it would severely congest the area. You need to remember that all those shopfronts in the alleyway are nothing more than facade - and there is more going on behind most of it than it would appear. Likewise - the buildings bounding the Arkham courtyard contain the scooby and superman indoor sections. the only direction they can move is towards the Arkham queue (old LW theatre) and towards the Arkham Helix (old LW photo store). When you look at it that way, there isn't much room besides the actual courtyard area...

Very sad news, but I really dislike media portraying this: So the lawyer for the person injured obviously has a great insight inside the mind of Alton's management, engineers and the accident investigators... no - of course not. he only said 'may never'. I'll say it too - Smiler 'may never' have another accident ever and will be forever known as worlds greatest and safest coaster.... At least nobody died - then they'd have to close it like they did with Big Thunder... #ohwait...

Yeah - I appreciate the keenness, but you're just regurgitating other peoples material (both articles and photos) in all of your contributions so far. You should give credit \ provide a link to any article you've posted, and if the article isn't your own, you should also enter it in Quote tags. You're presenting this sort of stuff (both the ABC kids world and the Buzzsaw news) as if it was breaking news we didn't know about... if you'd taken the time to read through previous posts you'd realise that not only did we know about it already - we've talked about it long enough for the topic to derail and drift into many other varied and useless side-discussions. My point is - you're several months late to be reporting stuff as 'news'

did it have an old-woman-who-lived-in-a-shoe Shoe?

Concept drawings are always going to be a little more detailed and creative - the artist always has the artistic license to jazz things up a little more than the budget allows. As money pours out the door, things start to get sacrificed. I think the level of detail inside SE is great for what it is, and has the seal of approval from many different people \ groups as being one of the best of it's kind. I think the photo Zanstabar just posted above (quoting Santa) is actually looking towards the station \ load zone, whereas the first photo Santa posted was a different section entirely. hard to tell, but i think the 'unnatural lighting' Zanstabar referred to is definitely load zone.

^you must live in a parallel universe where Dreamworld has high capacity attractions that are fully staffed and open all the hours that the park is...

Agreed... the only thing I can fault (and it's nothing) is the word 'Folio'.

I think they should build a new tower ride inside the Superman Escape precinct and call it the "Doomsday Tower". Seriously though - I think we've got a MW speculation thread... and as there has been no announcement there isn't anything 'happening'... I'd like to see them re-do Western Stage - either open it up as a stunt show or performance venue with regular performances, or alternatively knock it out and start from scratch. I'd also like to see them contemplate a woodie in the current 'dumping ground' behind show stage. They also need to make something happen with Chinatown alley. That place is a mess, and it is also impeding traffic flow during peak times. There isn't really a way to get around the park during parade times. The old Arkham-Scooby laneway needs to reopen, if not the whole thing - just so people can cut around the masses. Finally, Arkham's courtyard really needs something else done to it - even if it's only a small flat themed to something JL.

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I think Pin might be making somewhat of a joke - considering the flavour is honey BAKED HAM and probably wouldn't make the cut for Halal certification.

Nope - the 'city' was in a completely different area.

Pure baseless speculation, but I feel like the indoor queueline may have a capped capacity on number of persons permitted inside vs. number of emergency exits... doubling the queueline length by halving the width won't really help if that is a problem... just remember - what you've just read is baseless speculation...

Are all of these your own photos? I don't see any credit posted... so it seems like you're claiming all of these as your own, but I don't think they all are...

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"So many worlds in one"