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Better yet, he also has released them to the Internet under a Creative Commons license for you! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enclosed_hallway_before_circular_room.jpg

Someone with the same username and general penchant for abuse of the written word no less.

Trying to compare local pass prices to their equivalent in US dollars makes no sense. The opex costs of the park are incurred in Australian Dollars, not US Dollars. That a pass here would be cheaper for a US resident is irrelevant, just the same as currency fluctuations have almost doubled the price of a pass to the American parks for us in the last few years.

Yeah, the industry already has a thing for this. The customer is always the customer. That is, no matter how wrong the customer may be, no matter how rude the customer may be, and no matter how ignorant the customer may be the customer is always the customer and should be treated with respect and tolerance. They are paying your bills, so you should act like it.

That brings up an interesting point though about consumer behaviour. At a conference recently some research was presented that concluded that you could increase the customer perception of value at your property-owned food and beverage outlets by strategically placing a well-known brand that customers can be expected to know the standard pricing of in your park and contractually ensuring the mark-up on products over outlets outside the park is fairly low - the research concluded that customers saw the delta and made a value assumption on your other outlets that markups must be similar. It was an interesting take on it that I'd not considered. I'm unsure how wide-spread it is.

The issue seems to be value proposition. The punters know good and well that they are captive audience, and they also know that there's nothing in and of the parks themselves that should rightfully demand a premium for what is by and large very ordinary food other than profiteering. These are businesses, and people get that there are profits to be made. People don't mind paying low prices for low-grade fast food. People do mind paying premium prices for low-grade fast food. They will inevitably (and fairly) compare the prices they are seeing with what they consider to be comparable items on the street and rightly come to the realisation that it's a rip. That's why people will often seek out chain brands in a theme park - they are dealing with a known-quantity in the menu, the food standard, and what should be the pricing. Customers usually resent being bent over.

The image is 960x720 - which is what Facebook resizes it to. Given the image appears to be lifted off their Facebook page I'd say we shouldn't be too surprised here.

Which part were you having trouble reading? I have eyes and am happy to use them for you.

It should totally be a dark hotel. No lights, no windows, just bargain basement animatronics.

Would a shrewd businessman come in here and snark his potential customers/advocates? I must have missed that chapter in my studies. I completely get NDA's. They are nothing new. But, you usually need to pitch before you even get someone interested enough to sign one. What's the pitch?

So what would you say that you joined these forums to tell us?

It used to be an option in IPBoard: https://vimeo.com/20369319 Probably a setting buried somewhere.

Is it 2016 yet?

Probably an inelegant choice of wording. It wasn't rough in transitions so much as there was little to no attempt to keep you in your seat. I guess a close analogy would be that experience-wise it was probably no different to riding a Ranger.

...wait, what the fluck are 'Sound Affects'? Who is the sound going to affect? Are they anything like sound effects?

I rode GL once at MW and that was enough for me. The audio wasn't working, but I'm told it doesn't add much. I'm normally all on-board for a coaster, but it just did nothing for me. If anything it was just uncomfortable to ride; no sensation of speed, just slow inversions to slam you around a bunch. I think of our group of ten only one was interested in riding it again. It could go some way to explaining why there was basically no line.

Even though it's not a dark ride?

But, like, the rainforest, and feelings and animals maaan. You're, like, totally bumming me out.

What I'm telling you is the answer to that question is irrelevant.

...Movie World should accept some liability? What, are you crazy? Even if you were 100% liable you don't accept liability! But in this case - as has been explained ad-nauseum - the scope of work for installation of GL does not place any reliance on MW's engineering resources as part of the design of the ride, and as a result does not place them in a position of liability for a design defect. Providing a specification for what you require does not constitute design work, and therefore does not attract liability. They are within their rights to specify ride vehicles that are made out of glad-wrap and marshmallow just as the manufacturer is within their right to tell them they're dreaming. That's it - there's nothing else. There is no legal precedent suggesting that a customer request creates a binding responsibility upon a manufacturer to create it, nor will there be. Quite the contrary - to knowingly build something (for the most part regardless of whether the customer was aware or not; except in cases where you've explicitly written to the customer to explain the design flaw and likely ramification and had them sign off on it - which doesn't happen) that was not fit for purpose (safe operation) if that's indeed what transpired is negligence. What you're likely looking at here is four and a half outcomes; 1a: Manufacturer did not know and could not have known that there was a potential for a ride vehicle to exceed its operating capabilities. 1b: Manufacturer did not know and should have known that there was a potential for a ride vehicle to exceed its operating capabilities. 2: Manufacturer knew and had devised appropriate procedures for the customer concerning maintenance and operation to mitigate the risk of component failure which were not correctly followed. 3: A freak accident caused by point-in-time conditions. 4: Fabrication or manufacturing defect.

Listening to the victim of anything always leads to the most logical and reasonable outcome. Victims are known for their logic and reasoning skills.

The concept can be seen here: https://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/

I reckon you might want to Google that one. English as a second language is a class, and as I alluded to it has qualification requirements. It's the English class you'd take in your HSC (or equivalent) if you weren't a native English speaker. I forgive you, though.

This is probably the dumbest thread I've read in the last month. You have posters who wouldn't quality for English as a second language, people who think the train will leave the loading station via the exit, and people who can't get their head around the direction the passengers face versus the direction of travel.

Okay, but what about a nice B&M?