DaptoFunlandGuy

See, I have to disagree. Sure, their off peak trading wasn't profitable before covid based on Richard's stats, so opening in off peak saves them money? sure - but they're also not making any. And staying closed, and having no more promise of a reopening than some vague 'before the holidays' doesn't give people confidence to plan a trip and spend their money in the peak season. If they don't have established uptime prior to September holidays, you can write those holidays off too. They're receiving subsidised wages right now, many staff will still be working every day - especially in the animal areas. When they do reopen they'll have to have all the necessary distancing signage and such in place, and they've now had longer than VRTP to get that sorted. The only possible, logical reason not to reopen now is a maintenance backlog on key attractions - but yet again, they've now had more time than VRTP to get that sorted out, and many of Village's attractions were up yesterday. Opening with even half a park of attractions right now establishes that 'business as usual' is back on the table, and they'll start getting visitors again. As soon as they do that, money will start coming back - something that they sorely need right now.

the footing collars are still in the exact same place - zero has been done with this coast

I think there's still some pictures in the database for the old r-c.com.au

Plus it's 'generic rake theme' so they can reuse them at their other parks... yes.

Yeah I'd really love for you to provide a source on that. That post deserves more fountains than it has. At last something we can agree on!

Riiiiiiiiiiiight up until the Rake reared it’s ugly head.

How do you feel about AV Jennings and Metricon?

It is you who has inserted the emotion into that statement. You inserted 'meh' and 'they are expendable'. Jdude's comment was directly replying to aussienetman who brought up the topic and asked whether anyone knew what departments the cuts were made from Jdude's reply was factual - office staff who weren't 'essential' to operations, including media, PAs and 'basic admin functions'. For fucks sake mate - you need to stop looking for a fight. You've read things into the post that just aren't there to suit your own agenda, and as a community leader, you should be setting a better example.

I'm interested to see how many are shown the door at VRTP when JobKeeper runs out. That'll make for an interesting comparison, if it occurs.

Look, i'm rarely one to defend Dreamworld - but by all accounts a lot of their admin area was bloated. I don't know any more than whats in the media (if you do, by all means share if you can) but from reading the coroners report, and going off what i've heard in the past, they needed a clear out. Its unfortunate that some good people are out of work as a result and it absolutely sucks. The timing, in relation to jobkeeper is downright curious - yes, they probably could have kept them on until job keeper ran out, but jobkeeper isn't compulsory either, so its not like the staff had a 'right' to it. I don't agree with you on it being 'dismissed' or 'glossed over' and it just seems like you're itching for a fight. Jdude's comments were pretty factual, as I understand the facts. It is, I agree, disgraceful - but they aren't the only business that's done it.

It was always amusing watching people walk past HMS Endeavour after a protein spill. Endeavour's spin cycle would inevitably cause a little 'rain' nearby.

meh. just run it on a rinse cycle in between loads.

There's ways to do both that and commission Vortex. Its down to who is willing to pay for it.

Yeah claiming the bonus tickets required the ID number (One Pass) or Member No. (membership). To add to the app, memberships were a nightmare, but if you haven't updated it, the new version of the App allows you to scan your pass barcode with your phone camera and it adds it for you. You can also use the scanner to add the bonus tickets into the app as well, so you don't need to carry the paper tickets with you.

It's as much theme park news as Sea World Helicopter hangar construction, or Soundstage construction was. Its part of the VRTP umbrella, it's on property, and its a complimentary experience to the rest of the offering. So yes, it's still 'theme park news' as much as a new restaurant opening up in Downtown Disney or Universal CityWalk would be reported on.

But that is no excuse. The parks have been clear about what they do and don't have available. Sea World has not had many rides for a while. And, the park has enough shows and exhibits to occupy a family for a significant portion of the day. Yes its unfortunate that all the rides aren't open, but by all accounts maintenance was paused during the shutdown, as workers were required to work in close proximity, which was a no-no. Now the park has to assess and recertify each attraction, as well as clear a backlog of maintenance, which is also likely to be impacted as supplies and parts may also be delayed. Regardless of the reason, they posted what rides are available on the website and at the front gate. Sure, its shitty that more isn't available, but they've clearly advised what's there. People getting annoyed or pissed off is down to their own lack of research, and assuming that 'park is open' means 'all rides are open' which is on them and them alone. Sure, we know VRTP are at least partly motivated by the conditions of sale meaning more money for shareholders if the parks are open when the sale goes through. But businesses everywhere are trying to reopen under whatever conditions they can and it isn't always going to be perfect. I am wondering how many seats AOS has booked for their reopening too... but as I said a while back - businesses have to accept they're likely to take a hit in the short term, but they have to open in order to establish 'business as usual' when the people come back. visitation numbers are not a light switch you can simply flick to return to full capacity. Now, I know some may view what i'm saying here as 'giving them a pass'. It isn't. Its a case of being realistic. It's quite likely that when Dreamworld opens, they'll have caught up on all their maintenance backlog and mostly everything will be open with distancing restrictions taken into account. If Dreamworld had opened at this point, they'd have a significant number of rides offline too (and they don't have the same entertainment offering that Sea World has to compensate). But even when they open, it will take a while for the visitation to return, and even though village is opening with a large reduction in attractions, their 'new normal' will have a headstart on Dreamworld simply because they're already opening up.

See also: Storm Coaster.

It doesn't look like it, but I would have liked to have seen them do some texture \ wave pattern in it, as they did with Atlantis.

Looking at the above night shots from the previous post, looks like the green might just be intentional?

The one time of year the lighting package actually makes sense. Waste of money IMO.

The whole area is an absolute mess. The bridge, (and the mess of paths in and around it), the back end of corkscrew (which leviathan won't entirely cover), the old chairlift area, and the castle, plus all the paths around it. I've included the monorail mid station in the area below, as by all accounts its days are numbered too. I think the biggest issue is that the main thoroughfare is a choked narrow pathway in and around Mid station, while there is a broad, massive path alongside Storm that effectively leads to nowhere. Sea World spent a lot of time developing the back of the park with amazing dolphin pools, redevelopment of the old water park and so on, And now the front end of the park is getting a little love, but this hole in the centre is in desperate need of redevelopment of some description. Keep the castle if you can make it viable, but don' t keep it running as a poor man's Roxy. Get rid of the Viking's splash pool, and level out the ground between chairlift station and storm, fix the paths around Jet Rescue and the bridge - there's so much to do, but sadly with the Atlantis development, this mess of an area is probably going to have to wait a bit longer to get the love and attention it deserves.

What do golfers and bowlers call the score levelling system they have based on skill, if we can’t use the word “handicap” ? disability space, disabled space, handicap space... I know people who find each of these terms offensive (including the “don’t dis my ability” movement) “ambulant” Is a term meaning a patient who can walk, so is therefore offensive to call those spaces ambulant spaces for those who can’t walk. also, take a look at Westfield bathrooms these days. They have disabled bathrooms (wheelchair accessible) and “ambulant” bathroom stalls which are inside the main bathroom, with additional handrails and in some cases different TP dispensers for easier reach. From my wife, who is a construction administrator who frequently works with plans involving both parking spaces and bathrooms, the appropriate term is “disabled” or “accessible” parking/ bathrooms. so you’re both wrong.

its not actually set to atlantis at all. As magician says, this is NEW Atlantis. Like Australia was New Holland. So nobody can critique anything regarding theme because nobody knows what the Atlanteans built after they were flooded... Perhaps they abandoned their stonemason roots and classic architecture for 'modern early 2000's westfield chic' ?

Woozle Wuzzle?

They can't hear you. There's too many Mack parts in the carpark.