DaptoFunlandGuy

You forgot 'most iconic' and 'world first backwards seat on a forward facing train on a wooden rollercoaster in a sub tropical australian climate with "ocean" on two sides'. There are several woodies built beside or even over the ocean. I didn't say the maintenance schedule was wrong, just that I hadn't heard of any others needing it.

I've not heard of any other woodie that requires this maintenance schedule, though that doesn't mean its wrong. I'd be keen to hear more about why this is necessary.

I mean, surfing is just the theme, and you could apply that theme to a lot of ride models out there (surfrider, anyone?) The custom seat movement sounds like an interesting experience (and expensive too). The reality is, B&M is pretty much out of the question for an Aus park at this time. If this were a Mack or Intamin or Vekoma product, it'd be more realistic. the starting price of the most basic B&M is in the upper limit of our park's single attraction spend, let alone a brand new one-of-a-kind prototype.

Billabong was there back in the jamboree days, and here are two shots from the video showing the building: This is the best image I can find online to show the distance between them and as you can see, it isn't much: What it does show though are building elements that wouldn't have been included in a 2005 show building for a kids dark ride (such as the exposed beams, and the 'homestead style' patio railings and other touches) which does show the original building was reused, at least in part.

Viewers of the video that is the subject of this post will be aware the BRC show building was previously the Koala animatronic show building. I'm pretty sure the coaster is likely to be using much more than just the BRC plot.

I don't know @Naazonthat well, but i'm pretty sure thats a big WHOOSH.

Yeah you're right in that - it's the Youtube format and an inherent nature of needing to feed the algorithm. Yeah look - a 30% discrepancy in the timeline isn't anything deal breaking - though it does sound better. But it shows a lack of research into the topic, or, presumably, relying on a single source that isn't fully researched but is nonetheless taken as gospel by the channel. Claims as I mentioned such as former workers of the Wonderland Wildlife Park having to 'break into' the abandoned park to feed and care for the animals are demonstrably false. Park employees who worked there post closure have confirmed this. The video has 1.2M views and over 30k likes, with the major theme of the comments relating to the 'neglected animals' despite it being made up. It demonstrates that the made up story was the most engaging part of the video. Engagement - such as comments and likes - drives the algorithm. So all those people commenting about the animals kept showing the video to more people, who also engaged about the poor animals, which benefited the channel. Thankfully, there are many YouTube channels that make videos on Australian theme parks and defunct attractions, and plenty of facebook groups exist to share content about parks past and present. This might well be the only dedicated BRC video we'll get (not sure there's much more of a story you could tell on it - unless The Proper People were to explore the former ride building!) but as far as Australian parks in general - I don't think we should lower our standards just yet.

While the Wiggles video has had a lot of help from locals and was put together well, Defunctland's decidedly clickbaity approach to videos leads to false narratives (like his Wonderland video claiming that the native wildlife were simply abandoned and left to starve) that are never redressed. It has left me to apply a healthy dose of skepticism to any video he publishes - though many of his deep dives - like disney fastpass - are really well put together, the track record always leaves me doubting everything said. They're good for entertainment purposes, but don't expect everything you see to be factual. This video mentions BRC was the first dark ride in 'nearly 20 years'. If we ignore boat rides like Bermuda (11 years) and LTRR (14 years) we're still left with the likes of Gremlins (also 14 years) which is hardly 'nearly 20'. It does of course depend on where you draw the line, but every line I could think of fell well short of 20.

The credits are like the Who's Who of Aussie Theme Park media and vloggers

It can't be 'again' if you never stop drinking!

Why is that second 'M' upside down?

It is a pretty flashy new paintjob.

Honestly - I thought the original press release mentioned that they'd be changeable for different events, but going back to look for it - it's another @themagician forecast. He must have been there in person for this one, because he was right again! Honestly with them going to this trouble, making them RGB changeable is a no brainer - With the proliferation of cheap RGB lights in everything from gaming desks to car underbody kits, if they DIDN'T make them changeable it'd be a cause for embarassment

is that actually gold or undercoat? looks like part of the red track on the right hasn't been painted yet (at the rear) and is the same colour as the track next to it.

What's funny about that is that you can still read them - so it doesn't really matter. I was moreso referring to a protrusion from the rear that meant nothing could extend past a certain distance, bent or not. I don't know anything factual about this, i'm just speculating like everyone else here. That image shows the letters spanning more than the distance between track support members though, which isn't possible with 3D letters. Perhaps, when they made those letters smaller to fit, it wasn't as legible at distance, so they opted for a different font? (Guarantee though, given the age of the original lettering, like most organisations, there's probably no record of what font was originally used)

Why is that better? It might be further from the theme park, but it still impacts on others in the vicinity who aren't at Movie World.

^Relevant for sea world bathrooms

Its a first generation install. It's no "giant gold banana in a western area", but if they prove successful i'm sure we'll see them invest in them. I'm personally a fan of these things, even though I don't tend to patronise them. Wonderland had more than 20 skill games across the park and they were all quite profitable with only about 4 of them closed in off peak periods. All major parks on the GC have skill games now, so clearly there is some level of merit in it having them - and for a park that is by all accounts not financially well off and trying to recover, not going all out on a proof of concept isn't the end of the world - certainly not 'death'. The flip side is that if they decide to remove them, a tilt tray can pull them out overnight, and you don't end up with a situation of a virtually abandoned shopfront rotting in plain view, like we saw opposite Wipeout for a number of years.

the width of those letters (not the thickness) are still comparable. the outside edge of the A is about the same distance outside the track as the outside edge of the M. If the width is restricted - say, perhaps because the gondola or catchcar has a clearance requirement, then all the letters have to be squished within that requirement. In fonts that do not have a fixed with, the capital letter W is the widest letter by far and is approximately 42% wider that the next widest letter - the capital M. So, regardless of what you think the reason or problem with this is, the suggestion that it may be width related at least has merit. They did a thing. They didn't have to do a thing. It's gonna look awesome lit up at night and really highlight the park's presence on the MWY. And only pedants, typographers and enthusiasts are going to notice anything wrong with it. For one of those, it's their expertise, and for the other two - because they both need something to pick about.

You can't help yourself. We get to this because you make flippant off-hand remarks that aren't based in reality. As Joz demonstrated above, you even contradict yourself at times. You probably should have. You should by now have realised that people here aren't going to let you get away with bullshit. And providing a complete and utter shutdown in one post reduces your avenues of attempted rebuttal. You attempted a stab at Superman Ops by expressing your desire for superman to dispatch as often as a real subway. Your previous words (which identified Superman Ops as "bad" when it was 4-6 minutes) were thrown back at you. You tried to give your original comment legitimacy by screenshotting a travel blog that claimed 2-5 minutes was normal. I provided numerous sources that called your source into question and showed a much more balanced assessment of the frequency of the subway you yourself pointed to as a source. You switch to implying the direction the conversation went is somehow unexpected You double down on your original position trying to explain that one platform can handle multiple services, while ignoring the fact that that platform is also fed by multiple tracks, whereas this fictious rollercoaster city only has one track. Objection your honor, this question has been asked and answered. He's badgering the witness!

Honestly, I think you're expecting too much.

Must be a water themed thing - Ocean Parade has shipping container skill games too - I suppose there's plenty of shipping containers in the ocean!

I know right? I mean cold winter mornings outside are a constant reminder of just how much we inhale the air that comes out of someone else's lungs - the last thing I want to do is be reminded at other times by making it smell fruity.

Honestly quicker to go out to the carpark from Superman. Less congested too. The last time I was in the states - about 10 years ago - parks had smoking areas everywhere, including e-cigs - the areas were even sponsored by the e-cig companies with the ashtrays and benches having advertising. So it was quite a shock this year that none of the parks allowed smoking in-park. All smokers were required to exit the park - and that included e-cigs and vapes. It was honestly so nice to walk around the park without getting smacked in the face by smoke. (ex smoker here)

You really can't help yourself, can you? - you've always got to disprove the other guy and defend your statement even when you've been called out. And you always fail. Saddle up. Even if you take the average of all of those running times over the course of the day, the average frequency of the NYC is 7 minutes and 22 seconds across its operating day. The 5 minutes quoted run time during peak hours is also smack bang in the middle of your quoted Superman dispatch times. However you should be careful of your sources. The site google has quoted there is not an official site - but a tourist blog run by a commercial tour company - Civitatis Tours. Let's check some other sources: Wikipedia starts off noting there are actually five different service patterns, rather than the three the tour company mentioned (the others are late night and weekends, so presumably won't help bump the average). What's also notable is the fact the NYC Subway has 28 different routes, and each operates different frequencies - expresses, all stops, some only in non peak times - but what gets really interesting is this table: What we see here is that, even in rush hour, not every train comes every 2 minutes, and if you average it out (based on the fastest time for each line), it still comes to 5 minutes and 40 seconds during peak. Now, assuming we take wiki with a grain of salt: The official MTA website shows all the schedules for every line, and if you go and look at those examples during peak hour the frequency is scheduled quite often less (ie, longer wait) than posted even in Wiki. Pedestrian Observations has written an article specifically regarding the NYC Subway frequency, and in their own analysis, they found an average of 5 minutes and 42 seconds during morning peak across all lines. New York City Photo Safari (another tourist blog) states most trains run every 7-10 minutes, with some as many as 15. It notes that if you wait more than 10 or 12 minutes, it's unlikely the line is operating at that time. TL:DR - you got owned, stop talking out your arse and just accept the L occasionally.