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Notice how the Minister for Tourism/Commonwealth Games (representing the Goverment, an offical partner of the Games) was on hand at a pre-arranged media event, trying to talk up the positive impact for tourism in QLD that Games have had. Dreamworld didn't just randomly decided to stroll Kenny and Belinda down to Surfers without permission.

see below your quote below implying i that every single dollar should be spent on capex: _______________________________________________________ I never presumed you said VRTP should be a top tier sponsor, I simply pointed out that the exposure that the "The Star" is getting has cost significantly more than just the $500,000 to use the "Comm Games" name as you suggested VR could have done. "The Star" logo is literally plastered all over the Gold Coast, inside every venue, is clearly visible during every event broadcast. _______________________________________________________

A bit of coin? The Government paid $11million to build the new soundstage #9 (Village contributed the remaining $4million). They now have a state of the art soundstage - the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere to lure in even more big budget movies - I think that’s a pretty good take away legacy for the business. Could they have “fought” to have the “Village Roadshow” name used? Maybe. Would it have been worth it? Probably not - everyone that attended events there would clearly have seen the surrounding theme parks to peak their interest in visiting. Most of the non-locals including those from interstate wouldn’t really accosiate the “Village Roadshow” name with the theme parks anyway.

Not once did I say that every dollar should be spent on capex?? I don’t think anyone here would truly prefer $2million dropped on an 11day ad campaign instead of a new attraction. The Star is a top tier sponsor of the games, would have cost around the $3-4million mark for their exposure not $500,000. The star is also providing accommodation for the Game officials and the channel 7 broadcast team.

As stated the games are very strict with promotional activity. There is no way they would allow Bugs Bunny to just pop up at an event, they don’t even allow you to take in pre-packed food (chips, drinks etc) because of the branded logos on the packets - you have to empty them into clear bags/containers before entering a venue. With sponsorship deals starting at over $2million for 11days, I’d much rather the parks keep the money for future attractions which will do way more for drawing in the crowds. — This info is direct from the Games website: You must not engage in conduct which would suggest that you or your products or services have an association (such as a sponsorship, approval or affiliation) with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games™ that you do not have. Statements must not be used as a promotional tool or draw specific attention to the Commonwealth Games e.g. theming, highlighted text and Commonwealth Games related headlines are not allowed. Information pertaining to the Commonwealth Games may not be used on signage, billboards, TV advertising, radio advertising or online advertising. Media releases, advertising, promotions, giveaways, packages and alike which reference the Commonwealth Games are strictly forbidden as they are solely designated under sponsorships rights e.g. a ‘Gold Coast 2018 Games Package’ would create an association and be in breach of Commonwealth Games rights.

Just because the parks aren’t getting much exposure on our screens it doesn’t mean they are being shown by the international networks. The parks are better off focusing on exposure with the international networks, most people watching the 7 coverage will know about the parks. I know that some Singapore and Malaysian networks were at Sea World filming with the dolphins, the hosts were swimming with the dolphins.

Here are some basic costings for sponsorship according to http://www.paykelsydney.com.au/blog/youre-thinking-commonwealth-games-2018-involvement/ - “Packages for top level sponsorships being quoted at anywhere up to $3.6M, around $2.4M for Tier 2 or $500,000 for spot packages”

The Looney Tunes did appear briefly on Sunrises program one day during the week, I can’t find footage of the segment though. I was also watching the coverage of the squash, which is being held in the Village Roadshow Studios, the commentators did talk about the surrounding theme parks briefly during the coverage. For the parks to make the most of games they would have had to fork out huge dollars to be official sponsors of the games or sponsors of the channel 7 coverage.

Not Movie World, the Studios do though. The boxing, squash and table tennis are being held in some of the sound stages. They are also referring to the studios as the “Oxenford Studios” for the games, not the “Village Roadshow Studios”.

Theme parks, made a small feature in the opening ceremony - with a small segment creating a “picture postcode” of the Queens Baton “riding the rollercoaster”, they could’t mention any of the parks by name obviously as the ceremony has to remain non-commercialised. It also eluded to other attractions on the coast - including currumbim wildlife sanctuary with the “feeding of the lorikeets” and the Mt Tamborine Skywalk.

The snake head looks like a copy of the “cut snake” head at then end of the slide at White Water World.

ParkChat Live has posted footage of fog coming from the top of the volcano at The Reef

Why would Wild West need a cage? It is lap bars to stop guests from standing up during the ride.

It seems like a pretty cool event to draw in some visitors- here is a video from YouTube of the same event last year.

I always do Arkham first, the load times on it are horrible and unlike the other coasters there is only the one train.

New Paw Patrol Show confirmed - performances begin tomorrow.

* Castaway Reef is showing up on the map as if it’s already open. * Also according to the map on the app strollers and prams are not permitted anywhere?

I should mention when they offer the fast track pass it’s for any ride of your choice, not just for JL. We honestly didn’t care that much were just curious about what happened, the ride op told us if we went to Guest services we could get a fast pass, so thought we might as well - we got it for Scooby and saved over 1 hour in line.

From what I've been told by guest services the ride is pre-timed, the effects are not activated by an incoming car. I've had the issue before and when we enquired they told us it was due them needing to stop a car at the end for a longer period of time than usual for an older couple to exit - this put all subsequent cars out of sync with the effects. they apologised and gave us a fast-track to go back on later that day.

They could still do this using the BluRay live feature.

I like the look of it, however it seems to be an odd angle, needs to be more top down with the front gates centred.

NearMap image of Castaway Reef construction as of 28/8/17 *They are clearly re-purposing the old wading pool for the "splash pad"

@diesal11 During a ride evac this morning - @Slick yes the photos were taken in low light with zoom so quality is not great

Scooby props spotted

lets see the media stories tonight and how they link it to the upcoming Ekka