DaptoFunlandGuy

We're talking about being drunk. GCAF updates are generally videos that look like they were taken by someone drunk... therefore, it's still on topic.

If we start putting bottle shops inside theme parks, you'll never be able to do anything...

Sure! How about we put in a coles express as well?

While i'm sure it doesn't apply to everybody, this style of harness does put an incredible amount of force against the position many women have caesarean scars - which apparently hurts a lot according to two i've spoken to - especially over the airtime hills...

This is just showing areas within that drive time, yes? Does anyone know where you can find a map that shows population areas like a heatmap? (i'm legitimately interested for other stuff too, just keen to know if something like that exists)

a shoulder harness wouldn't permit you the same freedom of movement, ejector air, 'holy shit i'm going to fall out of this' feeling you get.

i get the analogy - and of course, those in Geelong are unlikely to trek to one of the other two, but my point was more that - for most of "central melbourne" they really have the pick of all three.

Many of these wave swingers had very similar art work on them, so its quite easy to mistake one for the other - one has to trace the history of each to determine when, and where they came from...

From Melbourne GPO to Gumbuya, it's 50 minutes (up to an hour) and 76kms. From Melbourne GPO to Funfields, it's 50 minutes (up to an hour) and 55kms (via Tullamarine). Alternate routes are the same timing, but shorter distance. From Melbourne GPO to Adventure Park, it's 1h 15mins (up to an hour 25) and 90kms. All parks are relatively the same travel time from Melbourne centre. Although Adventure Park is further distance wise, clearly the route is less congested or has a higher average speed. I have no idea about population bases, so i'll take your word for it, but overall, i don't think that one park or the other becomes unreachable or unfavourable simply due to distance, if other parks offer similar or better products.

There is a huge overlap in the catchment areas, when you consider the positioning of Melbourne in relation to the three of them. find the centre mark on the map below, and it'll land quite near the city.

I don't disagree with these points - jamberoo and WnWS, WWW and WnW... but i think Victorian regional funparks vs. Hollywood on the Gold Coast is a bit of a stretch. Did Adventure World's Abyss prompt any major response from MW or DW?... I don't think anyone would regard these parks as direct competition to the GC - just like nobody considers Jamberoo to be a direct competitor to White Water World.... they're worlds apart.

Thanks Jobe. Can honestly say I don't recall hearing anything about the ride, except construction updates on parkz, until the DA issues were raised, but as i'm 1000kms away, i'm happy to have your local knowledge to set the record straight. 😁 cheers.

I have no basis but my own opinion, but i feel like they might have had an inkling hair raiser was technically not permitted to be constructed, and they approached it quietly to avoid drawing attention until it was done. Could be completely wrong, but this is my thoughts on it. These days, with all the media surrounding the ministerial intervention, the land and environment court, the publicity and so on - i feel like now is a great time to say 'hey look, they said we could build rides, so we immediately did!"

That's kinda what i'm getting at. Despite QLD having the better weather, and the possibility of year round operations - we've got one waterpark closing for winter because of poor trading conditions, and the other stagnated with no development in years. Aside from those two - there's very little else going on in SEQ. Plenty of those inflatable travelling waterparks but nobody else going 'i'm gonna built a racer \ tornado \ bowl like every tom, dick and harry in victoria.

Yeah, I knew that - the description just sounded like it could be an identical slide. based on the images, it isn't. Where is the line drawn though. Is the GC Aqualoop installation 1 slide or 4? And if it's 4, why isn't a racer? because each flume is connected? *cue debate* It's quite curious if you ask me. Waterparks are cheap and easy and everyone is building one these days. It reminds me of the 80s and 90s where you had these standalone places that just had 3-5 slides on a tower and a bit of grass and they were called a park - only these days instead of being standalone they're being tacked on to every council pool, dry amusement park, foreshore and shopping centre. Why do I find it curious? Surely Victoria isn't quite as suited to waterslide investment as, say - Queensland - and yet, Queensland seems to get an announcement about a new waterpark proposal being built every other week - with little to show for it 6 months later. (I think the most progress any of them have made has been the one up near Australia Zoo, and even then, that isn't much) Let's not get carried away. I think it's great to see them improving the park, and making some good progress, but let's remember that few of us had ever heard of the park 2 years ago before Mark Shaw got involved. They have 38 "attractions" on their park map, and nearly 50% of them are animal \ wildlife exhibits. A further 9 of them are "waterpark" items (and two of them are "cabanas" and "relaxing area"). They have a little coaster, which is a nice little SBF racer suitable for the kids, with much of their remaining 'dry' lineup being suitable for the littlies. It might encourage those with toddlers to stay home, but I doubt very much than anyone with kids over the age of 8 would be choosing Gumbuya over Movie World in the current set up. They've got a bit of room to grow, and I look forward to seeing what they do with it - I just don't think they're quite at the point of challenging the GC as a destination just yet.

But in two days time, the pressure will be off, and the advertising 'coming this summer' can be reused so that they can focus on a December 2019 opening. Give it two days and it'll be right again. See? ^ He gets it. And then 'coming this summer' will be December. plenty of time to tick the boxes!

It's probably to justify using 'thunderstruck' in their show soundtrack.

Nope! they got it wrong! They're supposed to say "in the coming weeks" I love it as a teaser campaign though...

don't buy him flowers.

If you spent $100k on flowers, they probably need to last more than a week though...

But did anyone suggest that the flowers would be indoors where they wouldn't get sunlight needed for them to live?

sounds like the twister slide that used to be where Aqualoop is at WnWGC...

Sorry - I can see how what i've written doesn't explain myself well. I guess what I meant is - they're offering a discounted rate to people that don't have a lot of money (comparatively) - which I concede means they might attract some money from people who wouldn't have chosen to spend it there normally (which is fair enough) - on the other hand, perhaps they'd encourage bigger wallets to attend the venue by offering a lower price for the game, and while there, and enjoying themselves, the bigger wallets might spend more on discretionary items like F&B. If it were a 'happy hour' style promo (like Cinemas that have cheap tuesday) they could offer the same rate to everyone on those quiet nights to bring more money in, and i'm sure they're make more money that way than by just limiting it to students.

Who said they had a shed?

Plus that's a big fuck you to anyone who isn't a student. Don't they realise that non-students tend to have more money?