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No problem - not upset at all. Just found it kinda mind-blowing a guy would be resurrecting a very old and abandoned coaster and letting staff ride it a year after SRR.

Bit mind-blowing to think that a year prior he was one of the people in the gun for an old, self-engineered ride having killed people; and then a year later he's practicing necromancy on something like EMMR, and that a year later he'd be getting grilled at an inquest by the Coroner...

I think the most accurate answer is "you'll know it when you see it". Furthermore, it's going to vary from guest to guest (or group to group), but boils down to whether the guest feels that they got the product/service they paid for. What I'm going to say is not going to be popular but I think there's some validity to it; For some folks one closure may well be enough to justify a remedy from the visit. If, for example, the park has repeatedly made representations to you that you should visit to ride their brand-new ride (and possibly even marketed to you solely about the new ride) then you may well feel that you did not get the product/service you paid for and should seek a remedy from the park. If you were visiting with young children and a substantial number of the children's rides in the park were not open then you may well feel that you did not get the product/service you paid for and should seek a remedy from the park. If you were an adult or teenager who visited the park and found that a substantial number of the thrill rides in the park were not open then you may well feel that you did not get the product/service you paid for and should seek a remedy from the park. All of this assumes a couple of things, though; That the park took reasonable steps to provide you clear and accurate information about known issues (whether within or beyond their control) that may affect their ability to deliver the product/service you paid for, and what remedies they would offer in this scenario. Were proactive in providing updates to the customer about any changes to the nature of the product/service you paid for.

Looks like King Tutts lived to see another day after all:

I'll be doing a VIP tour in a week or so, so if I find anything interesting I'll relay.

Another plausible option may well be that the refurb was already planned and ready, but a failure in something has happened sooner and even if they could manage to get it here in two weeks it's unlikely to pay for itself between now and when that item is made obsolete by the refurb. Let's say it's part of the elevator; would you spend three-quarters of a million dollars for the sake of, say, six months of operation knowing you'll be replacing the whole thing at refurb time - or would you just cop the short-term backlash, not tell people that was the reason, and try and make the conversation about the refurb?

That's exactly it, except rather than directing them to the appstore for download they are presented with the initial screen of the app, since the existing app is rendered as a webpage anyway. It's unquestionably easier.

Yep, an address bar is too fiddly... but let's get them to find their chosen app-store, find the correct app, hope it's compatible with the device, hit install, find their password that they definitely do not remember, then find where the app ended up on the device. C'mon, QRs are mainstream. Yep, plenty of people used pencil and paper. I mean it's not like the QR data was misused by *several* government agencies for reasons other than the user intended. In infosec we actively encourage people not to download apps unless absolutely necessary. As has been demonstrated here; it's most certainly not absolutely necessary. If you can manage to book, pay for, modify, and check-in for an airline flight without an app then the argument that it's somehow the 'only way' for a theme park is nonsense.

Most apps are actually just a webview control, so the experience is identical. We managed to teach people QRs pretty quickly; the hard part of that was a QR that then required an app download afterward.

Didn't have any issues with ticketing last time I was up there sans-app. What's wrong with a simple web application if you were so committed? Similar functionality without the data-grab, and without having to reside on the user's phone. The reason it's the default is because it advantages the merchant, not the buyer.

Not to mention the many of us that despise every two-bit business insisting you install their app as yet another data grab. No thanks, get stuffed.

...until the RFID system is used as proof you didn't do what you were meant to Bear in mind where the burden of proof lies.

Well, yeah, there is. There's a lot of industries with great safety cultures that also manage to pull in delays where it's safe to do so. In a large part a lot of it seems to center around a realistic look at procedures and how long they should take when done correctly, which is followed up by measurement against these benchmarks and investigation when there's a deviation. This is not a bad approach because variance in either direction is undesirable; if you have someone who is repeatedly coming out ahead of benchmarks then that warrants investigation as you may find they are not doing the job correctly, whereas if you have someone constantly under-performing then that's obviously also something you want to try and work on. The key to it is realistic benchmarks on what needs to be done, and how long it should take.

It sounds like you visit often.

Were one or both of these Sea World helicopters?

Perhaps you might not book a trip and travel up between them announcing the date and opening day; but if you were already booked to be up there and were weighing up your options between VRTP and DW (as so many do) I'd suggest the opening of a brand new themed area with multiple rides is likely to tip the scales toward VRTP. I don't think that's too hard to fathom.

Get them on the payroll and maybe they will all of a sudden too.

Meh, if you announce your opening weekend (setting customer expectations) without at least a week or two of ops (where you haven't given them an expectation) then you probably deserve what you get. It's foolhardy, and the park would only have done it if they'd painted themselves into a corner.

Where's your '?' gobos in the video? I must have missed them.

Very familiar with Intellabeams (and Trackspots, too). Hell, they still maintain at least one annual big gig that I know of. I'd have agreed with you, but I refer you to this clip which is what told me otherwise: But yeah, I can understand the mistake. (Skip to 1:45 for close-up)

Interestingly enough, I don't think those were gobos, and don't believe they rotated. I believe they were actually built into the floor of the set and emissive in their own right.

Wouldn't you be pleased if you'd brought Seven in for a puff piece on your new ride only for them to end the item showcasing Dreamworld's new announcement?

A few reasons; You need to allow time for the full extent of (and ongoing impact of) the injury to manifest itself. This can take at least a couple of months. You are likely to engage with the park either via counsel or directly to reach a settlement before having to go to the time and expense of going to court. The park will involve their insurer who will want to investigate, collect evidence and may wish to negotiate a settlement. You need to spend the time finding appropriate counsel, and then providing them with an appropriate summation and brief of evidence.

Completely shameless cash-grab. Ugh.

I can't imagine any of the centers that run stuff like league, etc would go for this. Edit: Jesus, bowling is done: https://brunswickbowling.com/bowling-centers/equipment-parts-supplies/center-environment/pinsetters/stringpin-pinsetter "Brunswick StringPin meets International Bowling Federation (IBF) specifications. This includes specifications related to kickback, kickback plates, pin deck, pins, gutter, and installation. The IBF announced in November 2021 that it has approved string pin technology for sport leagues and competitive tournament play worldwide. After careful study, the IBF concluded that string machines help proprietors address multiple business challenges, including keeping experienced maintenance technicians on staff, high equipment costs, and machine reliability concerns. The IBF also reported that bowling averages on string machines are very close to those bowled on freefall machines and that string machines do not give the bowler any significant scoring advantage."