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    I mean let's split hairs, but Verne is often credited as the foundations of Steampunk - though the style and genre goes well beyond Verne's works. Oh how I wished that the pinch point here would have been widened....
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    Yeah it's not like screwing in a new lightbulb \ lamp into an edison mount - but it is repairable. I figure you could technically just replace the broken ones - but it's circuit board level repairs - like replacing a processing chip on a motherboard x 100 and not worth the labour compared to just replacing the entire board when it's time to do so.
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    When I went, we had to present our group paper to the metal detectors to enter the final queue, so that cheat didn't work.
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    I get you - the point I was trying to make is that they already moved west to be more 'winter' and while it makes sense to have it in a cooler weather slot, where it is now is where it landed, so my conclusion is that it was too difficult to get it later in the year than they did, otherwise they'd have done it the first time they moved it...
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    lol. Friday Night Games were ridiculous. I suppose it was an opportunity to spin off the show into another format and get extra viewers in a difficult timeslot - i'd heard it as a return of it's a knockout style and it really wasn't (sidenote - return the original it's a knockout format - that would be a hoot!) I guess my nostalgia is the earlier series around 01 before they started 'tweaking the format'
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    Just to be clear, I wasn't serious about the DEC being used, just that it made way more sense than Kevil.
  7. DaptoFunlandGuy
    You're 100% on the money. I think the argument from most folks though is they don't have the right amount of money.
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    I think that's a bit of a cop out considering the park never used to take it down in winter (stupidly) and the change to the maintenance schedule is a more recent thing. Each ride takes a certain amount of time. it's not a simple thing to just push a ride back a few weeks unless it's necessary - you need a slot to fit it into and to do that you need to either move something else, which also has a specific time requirement, or you need to run over into school holidays, which we all agree is never ideal.
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    I had completely forgotten about it until Magician mentioned it, but I had watched a local youtuber tour the new park with their kids earlier in the year (Wanderlust is the channel if you want to check it out) - so now we have to factor that into our planning as well. It is wonderfully efficient to get just about anywhere, but Mandai is pushing it... The shuttle from Khatib station \ Route 138 from Springleaf are your best public transport options (and they are both reasonably cheap and services are very frequent - every 12-15 minutes) but you're still looking at up to 90 minutes one-way with interchanges from a central location like Dhoby Ghaut - which isn't ideal if you're planning on hitting multiple parks in a day. Our last two visits we stayed on Sentosa, which further compounds the issue - average travel times shoot up to over 2 hours, with 4 different interchanges - not the sort of journey you want to do after night safari, that's for sure!
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    This is part of the reason we're planning to stay at Mandai - bird paradise and river wonders in a day - night safari at night, the original 'singapore zoo' is - i would say - around a two-thirds to three-quarter day on it's own, and you still have Rainforest Wild Asia which opened a few months ago. It's too far from the 'city' to make multiple day trips, so staying nearby and knocking them all on the head means two days will get it done, but any of them are worth the trip - even if you only have a half day - pick what looks most interesting to you and give it a go. If you aren't interested in zoos, or you're not keen on travelling that far (nothing is far in singapore, really) then there's still a mountain of other activities to do on Sentosa outside of USS including the luge, zipline, aquarium, waterpark, beach, minigolf, indoor karting and a whole host of other activities.
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    Correct - they do try and have everything open during holidays but west is no great loss in winter.
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    why not build the house set in the exhibition centre which is actually big enough to house it, and put the production facilities in the old parkway underneath gold coaster, if that be the case? Kevil buildings aren't big enough to house a camera run, let alone any actual set space. it's ok - just run it overhead through the trees Climbing the outside is simply not possible. Climbing the inside is an extremely unpleasant experience done out of necessity. I wouldn't be surprised if it had confined space restrictions either. A tower climb is a fantasy.
  13. DaptoFunlandGuy
    If they got Gretel, it'd hit. Sonja just doesn't have the same "je ne sais quoi" (I understand this year's host is someone else i'm vaguely familiar with from HYBPA \ Working dog, but nothing beats Gretel)
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    Truthfully except for the busiest days you can get USS done in a day. Especially if you spring for Express. I love USS, but Singapore has so much to offer - i'd really recommend trying to knock the park off in a day so you can do other things on the other days. There is no shortage of things to do! We've just booked our third trip since 2022 to Singapore, this time round we've allowed more time to explore Changi (we're still discovering new things at that bloody airport) and we're planning on a stay at the Banyan Tree lodge at Mandai. I'm not even sure if we will go to Universal this time around.
  15. DaptoFunlandGuy
    OMG right! Then they should build a Pirates of the Carribbean next to the new Space Mountain too!
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    yeah old mate needs a lesson on mic technique from his co-host.
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    Just like the intamin hype that turned into King Claw...
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    That's paid for by the production company. All DW has to do is provide the land, which is most likely rented \ leased for the production, so DW profit either way and there is no capital expenditure on their behalf unless the facilities are mutually beneficial. I know it's just fun speculation, but no way they do this like 2 years after they fully refurbished it. I think you're forgetting the swing launch requires a spike somewhere in the vicinity of tiger island. I know this makes the most sense, but KC is also a one-for-one replacement. it's an upgrade, sure - but it's still just a replacement. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to one-two punch the lineup with a second big attraction - but again, highly unlikely. There aren't that many drop tower emojis available. how many thrill ride emojis are there? Is it? is it their new word? I don't see it in any of the posts capped above, and other than this recent campaign we're all discussion I haven't seen them use it since the 'biggest pass' promo. Prior to that they used it for years with 'big 4\5\6\7\8\9 thrill rides' - so i'm not sure if it's their new word, or even if it's their current "goto"...
  19. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Looks like they're both wearing the same thing too
  20. DaptoFunlandGuy
    It's funny how some people have to find fault with literally everything and can't let a single positive thing be said without shitting on it.
  21. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Since we can't use MW as a comparator, don't forget all the power outlets that are in full view at Disney parks
  22. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Nobody except you is saying that it is. Because it's the 'nearest neighbour' comparison. Both parks exist in the same part of the world. We frequently chastise others who attempt to compare local parks with disney, or universal, or even south east asia - because there are different factors at play - regulation, minimum wage, transport and shipping costs are all different, etc. So MW is not the benchmark. it is just the closest comparison of apples with apples. Its 11 O'Clock and @New display name isn't well.
  23. DaptoFunlandGuy
    if they've used a rollercoaster emoji to tease a big brother announcement i'm going to riot.
  24. DaptoFunlandGuy
    If you're quite done putting words into everybody else's mouths - nobody said 'good DW' they just said 'better than MW' which is true. I literally said 'i hate this'. Also - judging by Magician's post - they're not finished. (and judging by previous discussions here, they'll read this and may even fix up some of your nitpicks).
  25. DaptoFunlandGuy
    For everyone else not interested in a scavenger hunt - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16tzDxkMwe/ Staged fake scene driving down the road with person holding cardboard sign pointing at giant drop - video cuts to drone shot flying into giant drop with two people standing atop the tower. I agree it is intriguing. Interesting that GD is in focus... for whatever it is... considering it only recently completed a refurb. Let the speculation begin.
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