DaptoFunlandGuy

Holy fuck I remember that debacle. that was an unmitigated disaster. TBH I feel like that, and the management of capacity in their first year was the death knell for WNWS. Palace has managed to revive the park somewhat, but it doomed village from the outset.

I mean, if you listen to some folk here, so did Movie World, so i'm not sure why Dreamworld is being decried for it.

The only source of information so far is from TPSN. TPSN's track record is patchy at best - (the very reason we used to have the fountain of improbability) Claims it's going to be "over 18" Event date is apparently November 1 There is only two weeks until the event The park haven't announced anything, let alone commenced selling tickets.

It still doesn't make sense why they put all the track pieces in if they knew they were going to need to remove them... why not just leave them off until all the work inside the track was done?

it makes one wonder why they didn't get the plane in place before the track pieces went in - why put the track up only to pull it down again - this isn't village and the ride isn't the flash.

I would have thought they'd just be blending the weathering between panels. doesn't look like any filler...

Settle down, this isn't the new atlantis precinct we're talking about, you can't just go moving the goalposts and changing opening dates on a regular basis if it isn't a world class precinct you know...

Thanks. So by my reading, construction hoarding would meet the requirements under the regs provided it was suitably signposted?

I'd like to see the legal definition on what constitutes a ride envelope fence for my own curiosity. I've seen rides that have fences to exclude FOH, but BOH the ride was fully accessible - so just curious what defines it. At any rate - we will know when they do actually test JR, whether it is at night or not, for the simple fact that the track going over the tunnel is currently wrapped in black plastic - so when that comes off, we'll know they're planning on testing soon.

Jesus would you pick a lane? As for advertising I called this out before the event started

Less people went because people assumed that the same IPs in the mazes meant it was going to be the same event. Based on the reviews above, they made an incorrect assumption.

ok fair enough. still some concrete to pour. Track pour won't really hold them up from commissioning the station though, if that section is completed. If it's anything like the install in Singapore, the guide rail has a bus bar, similar to the monorail.

On the contrary, it sounds like a lot of people judged it based on what they heard, and assumed it wasn't going to be a good event, but everyone who has gone so far (based on the reviews above) has had a lot of positive things to say. While the mazes haven't changed, it sounds like they've made the experiences better through operations. Meanwhile the non-maze experiences sound like a big plus too.

The competition was run by Triple M Sydney, but they partnered up with their sister stations in other major capital cities. The Orange train was used and the front car had the competition and sponsor logos on it. The competition ended on April 7th 1999, and riders rode 14 hours per day, completing 6806 laps of the Wildcat Clone. By splitting the winnings (and after taxes) the two winners took home around 93 cents per lap, which would be worth about $1.83 in today's money. I find it extraordinarily unlikely that they were live streaming in 1999. Wonderland's own website had "park cameras" showing various parts of the park and they were updated approximately every 30 minutes. Even if a stream existed, it would be in such terrible quality, and few people would have had the capacity to record and store such media online. Your best bet would be finding news footage from the timeline, which shouldn't be too difficult given you've got the exact dates to search. You could also ask @Spotty for details given his whole family experienced it for the first 3 days. Parkz had a discussion thread on it in 2006 Ultimate Rollercoaster's article - April 12 1999 Illawarra Mercury Article - April 8 1999 1:44 video of the competition on Youtube

The path\track looks pretty complete from all the photos we've seen so far. just needs a guide rail which won't take long to install. 'whole ride system' is a bit of a stretch given the ride type.

Knowing TPSN it's probably another fountain.

Makes no financial sense? They sell the entire company to another buyer, and all shareholders get a windfall profit from the sale...? They don't have to keep running a business just for the sake of it...

all bold claims, and pure speculation. While I think the current team at coast are doing good things and I want the park to succeed, the reality is, never say never in business. While the incentive programs in the business' annual reports no longer provides for incentives payable on the sale of the business, the right opportunity could always be just around the corner.

They've recently demolished the last remnants of FlowRider, so the space in that corner has opened up considerably for them to rework that area entirely. I don't really want them to get rid of gold coaster yet - old and rough though it is. let it live a bit longer...

Ibisworld isn't exactly a spam site - they're quite reputable data sources. I'm not sure what motivation a bot would have to be posting a somewhat relevant statistics site, so i'm kinda inclined to lean toward the post being legit, if somewhat poorly phrased. The stats are mostly behind a paywall... heck maybe Ibis is a bit short of dough these days? Maybe it is spam after all.

Which is ok too - they've been coasting their success, jacking prices while delivering less across the board for some time and i've been screaming for people to vote with their wallets, and yet people still turn out in droves to feed at the trough. Finally, some fans are saying "i won't go this year because they haven't invested in the right stuff" and this might be the wakeup call that they need. I do think the park's marketing team have probably woefully under-marketed the new additions though. So it's a big double whammy, but ultimately it might be the turning point for them to realise people won't just queue up for the same crap...

As i've said before, my understanding is they're spending on in-park experiences instead of mazes this year and honestly it's been lacking a bit. Mazes make up around 30 minutes of your FN experience (if you ignore the queue times) so for an event that runs for multiple hours, there should be more to it than smoke and red lights everywhere. I'm painting very broad strokes and I know it's more involved than that, but they're trying something new with the event and time will tell whether it pays off. either way, other parts of the event will benefit from the concept and that will potentially last into the future whether the 'trial' works or not.

I'm not denying them being there. I expressed doubt to ogre's suggestion, and explained my reasons for doubting it. You replied that the camera could be moved. I responded that I don't think it should be moved and again explained why I felt they shouldn't be going there. That's all. I agree, the walls and doorway matches. After more info being posted I agree it's the most likely place (but just as a camera can move, so can a doorway or a sloped wall.) I still don't think its the best place for a set of show doors for the reasons i've already given (and I think the suggestion of doors in front of the lift, so you can't see it arrive, etc would be really cool too) - but i'm not a ride designer - just a person with an opinion.