DaptoFunlandGuy

Yes, but all usually dip out by around 2pm, and I did say 'in earnest' I've seen load held up because someone was trying to shove the worlds biggest backpack in front of their feet. We know they have new trains, there may not be the space for baggage that there used to be. As long as the grouper has people lined up at the gates when they open, I think this will actually improve load times. Unload will similarly improve if the loose item boxes are behind a gate - unload can dispatch the cleared train while people are getting their stuff, instead of waiting for the guy with the big backpack to extricate himself from the far seat.

I'd love to know where you get your stats from.

And it makes absolute sense - there is no MCBR. As soon as the train leaves the lift hill, there is absolutely zero you can do to prevent any mishap or accident until it hits the final brake run, which is automated and failsafe - The train will stop no matter what (and if it doesn't, nothing the operator does will change that). Some genius who has no idea about efficiency decided that the supervisor should stay at the panel 'just in case...' without ever finishing that sentence. They probably got paid thousands too. See - the seatbelt thing at Rivals - I don't agree with it but the liability issue makes sense - physically plug in the seatbelt, do it in front of your co-worker, and you've both witnessed a proper push-pull check of the main restraint lock, and then attached the seatbelt. You've got two people who will testify the harness was down, locked, and the supplementary restraint was engaged. It's why if one loader stops because there is an issue, the other one doesn't keep going. Taipan takes this further - the RFID swipe proves the operator was present for the seatbelt locking and the computer records it. These examples both make absolute sense from a liability standpoint. Keeping the RRRC op at the panel until the other train parks is absolutely pointless.

Other than the RFID scanner on Taipan, I thought they were essentially the same?

Sounds like efficiency has gone down if the supervisor performs harness checks but can't leave the panel until the train reaches the brake run. You might as well just run one train. So yes, the dual harnesses would reduce throughput as the supervisor needs to check their side.

I don't mind that sort of scale for LPS which can be ghost towns on certain days. Providing a large incentive for people to book early helps them plan their rosters well enough in advance for staff to cover the necessary loads, while rostering less staff if sales are low for a particular day and rotating attractions rather than opening all attractions all day. Unfortunately the side effect is someone who does attend on the spur of the moment means they pay more for a worse product, but LPS has a small workforce and they need to ensure they balance this where they need it the most. Village on the other hand has no excuse to be running alternating attraction schedules or understaffing attractions given their attendances tend to be a lot higher and should cover the bare minimum. Unfortunately that's all they ever seem to deliver.

And it quite literally lines up with the price reduction for day tickets. They're quite literally charging $10 extra for additional entertainment.

Geez that thing must be really broken. They're going to have to work all night on it to bring it back into Village operations standards.

I don't care who you were replying to, and i'm not assuming your comments were in response to mine. However the moment you made the argument that the WNW tagline was ok because it was true - I knew at some point in the ongoing debate you would reference TRRR... and you did exactly what I knew you would. But it's ok if it's true - you said so yourself? The point is there's no difference and it's all semantics. By saying "look at us we are the biggest and we are the best" they are saying "look at the competitor park - it's smaller, and shit" I call both parks out on their shit, and I have no links to either park. I play devils advocate when you unreasonably shit on the very company you bought shares in, but I have always called it like I saw it. On the contrary, a little friendly rivalry and one-upmanship is the most likely way you will get your wish. In the same way that one park offering a $99 annual pass forced the hand of the other to do the same, the same vein that one park building a big thrill ride to attract guests leads the other to respond. The joke about Village always being closed for maintenance rings true. Because it is and has been for some time. It should spur them to be better. At any rate - like your argument on WWW - you've made your position abundantly clear that you don't like little theming details (at this rate your version of a dark ride would literally be a carousel with no lights in a dark room) - So in short, we get it, we understand what you're trying to say, most people in the discussion disagree with you, and its unlikely either side is going to change their mind - so let's just stop going round in circles now - given we're likely going to see technical rehearsals any day now, k?

I knew that was coming, that's why I told everyone to Good natured digs in the spirit of competition aren't a problem. It's a case of whether the topic you choose to target would pass the sniff test... @New display name you stink.

You clearly don't, but as is usually the case around here, that's nothing unusual for you. https://tenor.com/bLs7G.gif

Yeah look - you're not wrong. They technically haven't discounted tickets during off peak because the regular day price hasn't gone down. Typically though, this time of year is when we start getting "beat the price rise" style advertisements. So they could have put all day prices up to $139 as part of their annual review of pricing, but instead they opted to keep cheaper pricing in off peak. So it sort of is, sort of isn't.

I think you meant to say Wicked Witch has come out of Maintenace.

I mean - Wet N Wild literally has the slogan 'Biggest N Best' which only came about after WWW got built. Good natured digs in the spirit of competition aren't a problem. It's a case of whether the topic you choose to target would pass the sniff test... (wait for it....)

I've literally just posted screenshots showing that the price is lower outside of expected peaks...?

🤣 it's funny you think that: -> they spend more than a moment chucking in a cheeky dig that has very little direct cost associated with it -> that this moment, or the associated minimal cost of having a signwriter paint a few words on a board that they were going to do anyway would make a real difference in the cost to operate a waterpark in the offseason. It's likely the signboard would have existed anyway, and they had to put thought into what to write on it anyway, so the fact they settled on a good natured dig at their competitor is zero additional cost or effort - unlike operating a water park at a loss.

Yep no doubt - same reason the 'gate' price is always $10 more than buying online.

That sounds extremely labour intensive and is unlikely to be a thing except during christmas peak.

If you're going to do metal detectors, you can't do them "as guests board". Old mate with a belt buckle, or a metal plate in his head is going to hold up the line while they check and double check that it's not just his loose change in his pocket. Metal detectors need to either be at the entrance to the queue (Battlestar Galactica), with lockers prior to queueing, or at a mid point prior to the final load queue (flying dinosaur). This will likely turn the attraction from a capacity machine into a hobbled horse.

ETA: February pricing since it is $10 lower than January

At least the tiered day ticket pricing goes some ways towards compensating folk who visit in the off season and find half the park is closed. Interestingly, buying a ticket same day is $10 more than buying it in advance as today's price is $109 and the rest of the month is only $99. From December 1 the $109 becomes the cheapest rate, jumping to $119 from the 13th of December (charging more once school breaks seems to indicate that the park would be busier once kids are out of school, eh @New display name?) The following week it jumps again to $129 on the 20th of December, and then $139 from Boxing day. It stays at $139 through most of January, dropping to $129 for the final week of holidays (19th to Australia day) and then back to $119 from the day school goes back. Interestingly - the price doesn't go back to $99 - it stays at $109 from that point on until the end of published pricing on March 31st. We will have to wait an see what they do with Easter pricing when that gets released. Honestly the tiered pricing might have helped alleviate the crowd pressures over the peak seasons (especially if they blocked out some AP tiers during the busiest times) making it worth the while for those who stump up the extra cash, but given the price of a 5 day multipark pass is only $169 - nobody is buying the day pass and this entire exercise is a complete waste of time.

I'm not sure - but given it has individual harnesses, each one would need to be checked, wouldn't it?

Spy Chase Stunt Show 1 looks too intense for me.

The use of the wilhelm is also bonus points, for mine.