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To be fair, they really can't afford to pay them more than that with the amount the parks charge guests. The money would have to come from somewhere.

I've often been absolutely disgusted by the way staff at Movie World just scan my pass, and often don't even look at me as they do so. They really need to at least get the absolute basics of customer service right, and that's just a starting point.

Ah right. I didn't think of that as the theatre. But you're right, it would have been perfect.

There is no existing theatre anymore, but I get your point. They could do a show on the stage at the park entry, and just rove around.

It seems to me they've been spending quite a lot of time and a fair amount of money creating a very mediocre attraction that will only be temporary. Doesn't seem the best use of their obviously very limited resources. Surely they should be investing that time (and no doubt money) building new permanent attractions (that are much better than mediocre).

Well that didn't last long! Might be better though if the quality is good.

Not a good move if true. Would have been far better to never make them free than to make them free then expect people to pay again.

That's an almost 3 month long period of "maintenance". I'm pretty sure that's a fair bit longer than they would normally close it for, so this does sound promising (at long last)!

I would imagine so, yes.

There is a salad bar in Ricks.

I did think it a bit odd when I saw the character in the second photo, as there is already one almost exactly the same at the point where you get on the ride (except it's looking much older and dirtier).

That's what I thought.

Does that mean only one monorail is in use now? I saw two last time I was there, but i was a few months ago.

Looks fine to me. I'd be just as happy to play there as at AMF.

There's a major hotel chain in the UK called Premier Inn. They guarantee you'll get a good nights sleep, or your money back. I've stayed there about 30 nights over the years, and only claimed a refund for one night when there were a few noisy idiots running around knocking on other guests doors at 3am. Just because there's a chance something might be abused isn't a good reason not to at least consider it, and give it a try if it seems appropriate!

Here's what I'd do at Movie World. 1. Covert the deli into a crepe cafe (goes much better with adjacent ice-cream shop, and they're quick and very cheap to make). Because they're so cheap to make, a very substantial profit can be made without guests feeling ripped off. Also I'd extend the cafe seating area by enclosing the outdoor area behind the shop, and make it into a nice comfortable dining room. 2. Greatly improve the quality of Gotham burger bar, probably best achieved by getting an established external party to run it. I'd also make it part of their contract to have the Wild West burger bar open whenever the park is expected to be busy enough to make it worthwhile (agree on a fixed minimum level / number of guests). 3. Refurbish and reopen the building near the front of the park that used to be "Stars bar" as a new restaurant (could still be licensed) selling high quality, but fast service asian meals. Again this would be best run by an outside business, but I'm sure if the food was good and the prices were right it would be extremely popular. 4. Review the menu at Ricks and evaluate whether it should be changed or not. I'd give all pass-holders a 10% discount on all food and beverages. That would serve to encourage pass-holders to eat in the park rather than outside it. I'd look carefully at each of the dine-in restaurants (not only at Movie World but all the parks), with the aid of the appropriate specialists, to see if there's opportunities to theme them, adding some fun elements. The best example I've seen of this is the projection mapping technique similar to the one shown in the video, but that's probably best suited to a more formal restaurant, perhaps like the ones at Sea World Resort. Elsewhere, more simple but still effective themeing / entertainment could potentially be added. Lastly I'd launch a very well publicised money-back guarantee on food quality at all food outlets in Village parks. It would be simply "enjoy your meal or your money back"! That should give guests the confidence to try eating in-park, as well as put pressure on the operators of the outlets to ensure they do provide a high quality meal to every customer. Yes there would be a few guests who would abuse such a guarantee of course, but if the quality is in fact good, the benefits of such schemes far outweigh the costs.

That's probably just the second monorail, which is always there when it's not being used. It doesn't sound like anything new.

Last time I went in the deli was about 6 months ago. I was going to order a pie, but saw not 1 but 2 flies inside the glass pie cabinet. I stood and watched for at least a few minutes whilst staff served customers in front of me. Granted they were busy, but they should definitely have seen these flies and responded accordingly. They did open the cabinet several times, but did not do anything about the flies! For some reason I haven't been in there since then. Not sure why, but I just haven't felt tempted.

I've long thought the parks could really do a lot better with their food offerings (both on quality and price). They could probably get some inspiration by taking a look at some of the modern dining options now being offered at major shopping centres, for example "The Patio" at Pacific Fair. The food there is a step above the traditional shopping centre food court options like McDonald's and a low quality asian outlet, yet it's still fast service and very reasonably priced. They could do much worse than inviting some of the operators of such outlets to open as tenants within their parks. The obvious alternative to that is the parks try to imitate them, but in all honesty I just don't think they have the right expertise for that at the present time.

If the forecast is for rain that generally means a lot of people won't go to the parks, so there should be less queues. On the negative side walking about in the cold and wet (if it is cold and wet) isn't particularly enjoyable in my opinion. Generally the majority of rides still operate though except in really severe weather (during storms many rides have to close for safety reasons). My suggestion would be go to Movie World, but if the weather gets really bad, take time out at "Game Over" which is just a couple of minutes drive away, then go back to Movie World when the weather clears up. Loads to do at Game Over like go-karting, virtual reality games, rock climbing, and "meat-hooks" (a sort of comfortable and effortless version of zip-lining anyone can do). All at modest prices, and all indoors! http://www.gameovergc.com.au/

Could be worth a shot!

JL was subsequently closed and I have just ridden it. Everything now working with no issues.

Sounds like it could potentially be absolutely awesome! I'll believe it when I see that construction has commenced though. Sadly in the past plenty of great things have been announced for Adelaide, but for various reasons haven't actually eventuated.

Maybe Sea World could try this as a new show (it would probably be more entertaining than Seal Guardians)!

Not only has Sea World done nothing wrong, but they actually go out and save a lot of marine wildlife which would otherwise die. I doubt it would make much difference to the activists if they were told that though. For some people protesting is a serious hobby, sadly.