DaptoFunlandGuy

Agree, white is nice, and 9/10 white would be perfect, but given the cost of LED \ controllers for RGB set ups, its a shame they couldn't have built the capability into it to be able to do that for special events. I'm not talking go crazy with it doing something different every night - i'm talking your red on fright nights (or green), or a red\green or red\white alternating pillars for xmas. Even being able to offer to have the entire driveway lit in the themed colours for private events - corporate colours, bridal colours etc. I don't mean colour changing just for the fuck of colour changing ala lego store\ToT. I agree Classy is the way - but flexibility isn't that much more expensive to build into it... anyhow - doesn't matter... it's done now and still looks nice.

...and if they were going to shove LED in there, it would have been great if they'd gone with RGB - a simple colour changer so that they could 'theme' the entrance with light depending on the event - they could just have a slow colour change wave, or perhaps for Fright Nights they could have had them all red to make the columns look evil \ bleeding etc.

My guess is older billboard which was taller was chopped up when new billboard was fitted, and they've reused the backing pieces when constructing the new one. My guess is that they deliberately mixed them up when putting them on so that they didn't make any sense.

a lot more than a Reject Shop rake...

see, that one fails for me, because my eye reads 'CAPERTURE'

in other words - your proposal is fucked, and we don't like it.

Queensland.

Don't think i'd like to buy any of them. They're all pretty ugly.

I'm not beyond being critical of Disney where its appropriate.

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Bottom line here i think is that there's no right or wrong answer here. there's no rule to follow. if you feel the need to express condolence in flowers or similar, and that helps you deal with the situation, regardless of your connection, go for it. Not everyone will feel that way, and there's nothing wrong with that - if it doesn't make you want to drop flowers, it just hasn't struck your particular nerve in the same way. Everyone is different, everyone is unique in how they handle things, so drop flowers, mourn the loss of the childhood icon that was a favourite family pasttime. Remain stoic and aloof - again, there is no right or wrong response to this incident - with the possible exception of throwing a party \ celebration \ cheering that people died.

Well then at best he's the boy who cried wolf. With so many previous bullshit posts, we're not going to take anything seriously, are we?

It's what you're sensitive to though. People die or are seriously injured in car crashes every single day. You get desensitised to it... unless it happens to someone you know. Rare events touch people because of the disbelief that it could happen, and the realisation that it could have happened to them. Look at Martin Place after the Lindt Cafe siege. the entire square was covered in flowers. How many of those people transited Martin Place daily. How many people stopped in for their morning cup of joe from the Lindt Cafe? They were right opposite the Channel 7 \ Sunrise studio - which brings people to the square to gawk - and when Sunrise has concerts on - the square is packed. So many people would relate to that, and because its a rare event that they're not desensitised to, it hits harder. TRRR is a ride that thousands of people had been on every day for decades. Most people know someone who has been on it - and the it could have been me realisation kicks in and hits home.

I already have given you my opinion after riding them ten times over. Although Six Flags are doing very well for themselves, I don't see them expanding to Australia - even if it is to acquire an existing park. RCDB shows 22 parks that have had Six Flags branding. Only two of those were outside North America (Holland and Belgium, which are now Walibi parks. Six Flags current lineup includes 13 parks, all but two being within the United States (1 x Mexico and 1 x Canada), not all of which are branded with the six flags name (La Ronde, Great Escape) The exploration into Holland and Belgium was around 2000-2004, right before the company started to struggle to repay growing debt. Their exit in 2004 from the Walibi parks (and others including WBMW Madrid) led shortly after to big investors (like Bill Gates) begin to cause a ruckus, and then Hurricane Katrina wiped out SF New Orleans. They then offloaded a crap load of parks in the 2005-2007 period, where Magic Mountain (the apparent jewel in the crown these days) was earmarked for sale - but didn't. They then filed for bankruptcy in 2008, which they finalised \ traded out of in 2010. Some of this is a recitation of wiki information, but this is to demonstrate why the company may be less than enthusiastic about taking on assets far and wide. Six Flags have recently made announcements about parks in China (SFx2 + 1HH), Mexico (HH), Dubai (SF), and Vietnam (HH), and just this year they took over operations of a California waterpark. Regardless, China and Dubai - these are high population centres, with lots of money and lots of growth. The Hurricane Harbour (HH) projects as we know are far cheaper to establish and operate. Dreamworld is an established park, in an established area, with little prospects of growth. They could drop massive coasters on that property for the next ten years and it would still be the worst performing park in their portfolio, due to the high costs of construction and labour, and the lower rates of population and tourism. Guys - Six Flags, Disney, Universal, Cedar Fair - all these big park brands we know from overseas - none of them are going to buy Dreamworld. At best, we find a local consortium who understands Australia and commits to the brand in their own backyard. At worst we get a smaller operator with enough money to underwrite the loan take it over, and use it for less desirable purposes. Wanda, prior to their staged exit from the theme park game would have been ok - but think about a company like Sunway coming in instead? I'd like to see Dreamworld picked up by a consortium like Packer - there's still a Casino license up for grabs out there on the coast, and he might just take enough interest in it to make Dreamworld a resort destination... but someone local needs to head this up - that's my 5c.

Really starting to get sick and tired of your stupid photoshopped shit.

Are you serious? RC Racer? Did you just skip Space Mountain entirely? Grizzly? Come on.... That said, it isn't 'pure thrill' you get at a disney park. Ever. Experience is a big part of it - but its the ride theme, story, experience, and yes, where appropriate, thrill - that makes them. Ocean Park is great for what it is - but what it is is a thrill park - its hard to compare OP and HKDL on equal footing because they don't set out to achieve the same thing - its comparing apples with helicopters. Yeah I completely agree - the Park prior to the expansions was still a really nice park I spent a full three days at - the atmosphere was fantastic, but having experienced the park since the expansions, I have to admit I can see why the additions were necessary. The park wouldn't have survived without the expansion.

I guess every person's experience affects them differently in that regard mate. I appreciate that you recognise that 'it's just you' (it isn't - many would feel the same). As I revealed last year, I have a connection to a family friend of the Dorsett's, so I can't say anything objectively here - but in terms of other events, some people see their own friends or family in the faces of the victims. Simply having a child \ relative who is the same age\gender as a victim or relative of the victim. A parent with a 12 year old daughter would easily be horrified to think of this situation, as the little girl Ebony was 12 at the time - and their thoughts would turn to "what if it was me?" (And likewise baby Evie - only 8 months old at the time would impact anyone with a ~1 year old). Many parents with similar family arrangements would fear this, and grieve for those they didn't know - laying flowers or paying respects in some way would perhaps give them some comfort, as it would be something they would like to happen if it happened to them? Sure, there are those that would rhapsodise about how badly this event has impacted them despite no connection or link (an 18 year old boy without kids would likely not have much in common with the event to be impacted), and would crap on about it in forums or social media as a form of attention seeking 'woe is me' approach, but i think in general, those who do it quietly, respectfully, without publishing how "hard" it is for THEM on social media, who quietly purchase a bouquet or tribute to lay at the grounds before heading home deserve the opportunity to deal with the events in their own way. Agree with you on the 'small memorial, 5 minute media call, quick safety message, and drop it for good (publicly)' is probably the best course for them though.

I think it's inevitable that some members of the public will bring flowers in memoriam, whether the park has anything to say about it or not... but agree the park shouldn't organise \ condone \ endorse such a thing.

I haven't held a pass since Pandamonium went in (the one day i went after it was opened, it was closed to do concrete stenciling, so I still haven't been on it) - but I have had one-off opportunities to visit (including an opportunity to ride Tail Spin). I've thought about a DW pass every year, but every year there is nothing that will entice me back. I've stuck with Village for a while now, and at least they have included night events and so on to keep me interested. Generic 'we're open late and you can wear a blindfold' events don't really do it for me.

Not sure the relevance - but I guess since HKDL isn't yet as old as Wonderland, the jury is still out. (although clearly Disney isn't going to have the same end, i'm just being argumentative for the sake of it) Wonderland's failure was not of the park's making or design, it was a lack of new investment by the new owners who were set on milking it's profits to prop their local properties. (Shit that sounds familiar *cough* ardent *cough*). Theres a lot more to it that I can't go into, but the park was profitable... even with a stagnated \ lack of new attractions, it still turned a profit (call it captive audience if you like).

So long as the theme park remains their core priority in the area - you don't want some 'add-on' attraction becoming the main event and draining all the money AWAY from the theme parks...

Are you only talking about magic kingdom style parks? Because DCA was quite a failure. Paris\Euro\Whatever they're calling it these days has also been an epic failure for a long time. I'll agree they stuffed up with their park planning - they scoped locals who all favoured 'experiences' over thrills (cough, dreamworld, cough), and so they built an experience based park with minimal thrills. Of course, Hong Kong being such a tourism destination, the tourists who came didn't like the thrill-lacking park - which they've set about fixing up with their existing expansions and plans to expand more - but although it hasn't been as profitable as hoped, I don't think you can call HKDL the biggest failure in the chain. When I went in 2010, they were practically giving the park away, and the associated hotels. After booking a two-person flight and accom deal, we added a third person for $1 more - but on our return in 2015, room rates, park entry and anything with the mouse on it was charged at a premium. The Park was crazy busy, and popular. Whilst it was a slow start, HK isn't the flop many thought it would be. I still regard Paris as being the worst in the group.

...but that's bad? Sel said less airtime is good?

a cruise terminal south of sea world would be difficult - the ships need to be able to turn around - the sandbars wouldn't be helpful - you'd have to dredge the broadwater. The original plan was to put it on wavebreak, which - directly opposite the seaway, is all deep wide water... Here's the P&O Pacific Dawn (a small ship by standards) scaled to the broadwater west of the SW carpark....

I wonder how quickly they get bent. Its not like it's super thick bar, and the left sides are totally unsupported. I can see people bending them pretty quick. I actually bought that tree from the park a few years ago. Couldn't legally tow the bottom section on the road, but the top two sections now fly in my front yard every christmas.