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  1. DaptoFunlandGuy
    por que no los dos?
  2. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Movie World is getting absolutely review bombed today by a bunch of German visitors - did I miss an invasion or something? I feel like they could have managed their expectations better if they'd done a little research beforehand.
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    Wanna know what they could have done better? Utilising the original pathway for that ride plot by opening up chinatown alley again, thereby having the Oz entrance right off mainstreet with a beautiful 'yellow brick road' themed path all the way back before the big reveal of the Emerald city IN FRONT of you (instead of behind as you enter). By the looks of the latest vloggers posts like Jaggs, they're opening up the path from scooby and themeing it green, it wouldn't have taken much extra effort and the rainbow entrance could have been off main street instead of next to Superman's brake run....
  4. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Yeah Village hasn't offered discounts of any substance in some time, other than in conjunction with ExperienceOZ promotions and the like (and even then theres a catch), but they do have a habit of 'throwing in extras' like a photo pass or loading it up with a bunch of "value" in the form of upcharges - discounts on an animal adventure, seats at outback spectacular or free membership (lol) at TopGolf. "Packed with over $500 of extra value" is the headline, but when you do the math, it'd cost you an extra $3000 to get the full value of. It's great if you're planning a big once in a long time family trip and doing everything, but not really of any use to the locals that have been there, done that.
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    I think LSM\LIM needs to come a bit further - I'm not sure the hydraulic track is long enough to accommodate the conversion, and there's no way they can fit a swing launch spike in there...
  6. DaptoFunlandGuy
    for MDMC? possibly. they did have it down for maintenance during construction so it could just be usual \ general maintenance. could have both trains getting rebuilt so they're at full capacity when JR opens. Although not part of the land its the nearest thing outside of it and will likely see larger queues from the extra foot traffic in that area....
  7. DaptoFunlandGuy
    They overhauled Wipeout and shut it a year later. Corkscrew got Sea Vipered in 2010 and shut down in 2014. Of course, not planned retirement - but older rides can have more issues that are too costly to rectify. Don't you mean Kingda bummed?
  8. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Yeah i think the issue staff face is that the bridge on main street (your first picture) leads guests onto that path, but they are then met with the entry to green lantern, justice league and batwing, there is no sign clearly visible from, say - green lantern's entry - that says 'DC Rivals is down here!' as the second sign in your reply is off to the side and angled, routinely blocked by guests or foliage. Having the logo dead centre and 12 feet high should help with the sightlines. (Ironically, in your first photo you can't see the bright (*traffic purple) structure, and further at green lantern you can't see it either because of the tree canopy either. Also, just because you can see the ride, doesn't mean you can find the entry for it - Lethal had that problem a lot - especially before Superman opened.
  9. DaptoFunlandGuy
    "Movie theme parks" get away with that though. You're walking through film sets which only matters what the camera can see. Guests are walking "behind the scenes" I didn't think Biscuit was still working for funfields? maybe this is an old render?
  10. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Looks like a train transport track - load the coaster train onto this sled and then transport it to where you need it. Usually they're smaller single car sleds, but i think some coaster cars need to be connected to one another if each car only has a single bogey set...
  11. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Like roadrunner and wild west before it, another 3d sign gone 2d. Also - what happened to the door? I'll admit this artwork looks a lot better, and the ride has always been missing a hero sign out front. I'd love to say the ride logo in the middle will prevent guests asking staff where to go to ride it, but it won't....
  12. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Look, puffery aside, the use of fake plants isn't a negative and that wasn't the intention of me including it as an option in my post. There are both a time and a place where it's the right choice for the install. Nobody wants real ivy crawling all over the wooden rollercoaster, potentially degrading the timber, making it harder to inspect, and also potentially false triggering safety sensors causing shutdowns. There's plenty of real plants in use within Atlantis (and they also weren't all mature and grown in on opening day either).
  13. DaptoFunlandGuy
    The words were mine, not @Michelangelo's - and there's more to the post I can only comment on what i've seen - which has mostly been the corn. if there's also real plants then bully for them - I was describing different methods, it wasn't a slight against Village's chosen theme. Nobody would have expected them to grow real corn all year round...
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    One would think given the many claims of puffery made by both parks over the years that you'd be managing your expectations a bit better. Given the qualifier 'built by dreamworld ever' the bar isn't set as high as you think. I do hope they do more, but i'm not expecting lush tropical jungle on day one.
  15. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Those were fake? I thought they were just pot plants.
  16. DaptoFunlandGuy
    I didn't forget it, I was ignoring it as an option for the budget conscious. There's been lots of discussion lately about the park doing things to minimise additional \ unnecessary expenses. So I didn't really consider that mature plants would be an option as they tend to cost a lot more to purchase, transport and install.
  17. DaptoFunlandGuy
    I understand the sentiment, but the choices you have are: Plant and wait for it to 'grow in' while opening the ride as soon as it is ready (the apparent JR method) Plant and wait for it to 'grow in' and don't open the ride until the true jungle feel is ready (your preferred method but probably a bit of a poor expectation) landscape with fake plants to achieve the desired look on day one (the WOZ method) And before anyone gets uppity about my comments towards WOZ - the movie was all done on soundstages with fake everything. the "fake" landscaping in WOZ's case is preferred because that is true to the film and is a legit option for this style of theme. JR could have gone down that route, but most of the concept and promo material we've been shown has been live, deep planting, so that's what i'm expecting.
  18. DaptoFunlandGuy
    There's 6 weeks to christmas. we know the ride has completed full circuits, and they're landscaping. i don't see any hint of vintage car tracking yet, but its looking a heck of a lot closer. 6 weeks is probably going to be enough time to be ready I reckon - as long as the weather continues to hold. Sure, the landscaping isn't going to be 'grown in' and it will take a while for the real 'jungle feel' to truly grow around everything - but that's pretty typical for opening day landscaping. I think Oz still looks better, from what we've seen so far, but JR is closing the gap here.
  19. DaptoFunlandGuy
    So they've just rolled it back ("will return in 2024") so the copy we saw was probably the intended release, but probably hadn't been approved for publishing yet.
  20. DaptoFunlandGuy
    And that's the whole point of the pricing structure. Disney does the exact same thing - the more days you visit, the cheaper it gets - because you're more likely to spend money in park that makes up the difference. They want people to come to their property for a week, not a day.
  21. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Thanks. Wasn't really clear on the top down map and I wasn't trawling all the old imagery to try and figure it out, but it makes sense. It does appear the full loop is required, though I don't know how much 'active' pre-show there is (seems more passive themed queue to me), but there are merge points I marked out in the map above where one could 'shortcut' the queue, if the queue was short enough. In other words unlikely on debut, but in later or quieter times, you're likely able to cut back into the queue line near the station.
  22. DaptoFunlandGuy
    The real world had far less workplace health and safety, insurance, and litigious guests.
  23. DaptoFunlandGuy
    They seem to have maintenance accessways marked on the map also, and that 'viewing area' just looks like a vehicle access path. Given the sneak peaks we've seen, and the 'decision point' in the throne room where you enter FOTWW and\or Twister, it seems like both rides may have some indoor queue space, but there's still some crossover points. Depending on how long the queues are you can potentially re-join the queues for FOTWW and KT without going through the old Arkham building (circled in yellow) but if the lines are longer (as they will be at opening) I can't see those coming into play - meaning you've got to go all the way back to the throne room to enter the ride queue. I also have NO clue how the exit lane is going to cross the KT queue line if it drags out that long - but here's what I'm thinking: Purple - FOTWW queue Orange - KT queue(s) Red - Exit pathway Yellow - Merge points where you could re-enter the queue from the exit Black - Back of house access points for maintenance teams
  24. DaptoFunlandGuy
    So looking at this map, there appears to be no way to just 'wander' through the land - am I reading that right? There's literally two paths which are both ride queues, and then one path that connects to both ride exits to funnel people back to the emerald city? I'm assuming they open the exit pathway up for people to enter the precinct and check things out - but how irritating is it that they've got to go all the way back to emerald city to enter the ride queue? This can't be the final path design, can it?
  25. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Yes it's a good takeaway from the experience and certainly the biggest culture shock most westerners will have visiting Japan. We find it jarring because many western cultures consider that going the extra mile to resolve an issue to your satisfaction is the right way to provide great customer service to you. The Japanese consider that to bend the rules to keep you satisfied actually inconveniences or disadvantages everyone else who followed the rules - so they won't break the rules, because that provides a poorer customer service to everyone. I don't think either is the right way - the western culture has bred "Karens" who demand a manager when they don't get their way no matter the reason or fault, whereas in Japan it can truly leave you with a poorer experience when things that are not your fault occur (we had an experience where they didn't program our room key correctly, and instead of immediately fixing it, they asked us to join a long queue of people waiting to check in to be seen in turn. We felt quite put out by this but the cultural view would be those people were waiting to be served first - even though i'd been there only minutes earlier - it's a tough nut to crack!) I truly feel as a culture - we need to wind back the sense of entitlement that many folk have with 'service industry' folk, and Japan could do with a 'little' flexibility on some of the less critical 'rules'.
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