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King Claw - Larger Replacement Intamin Gyro Swing for Dreamworld
aaronm replied to Tricoart's topic in Theme Park Discussion
Providing they theme it as well as the original ride (“claw” supports and all), this sounds great. -
Hardly an apples for apples comparison, given the perilous financial position of the park and other events happening over that period.
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On those measures I'm surprised that the fountain in the entry plaza isn't counted as an attraction, unless it's under maintenance?
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Movie World Scheduled Maintenance 2024
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
I find it hilarious that anyone here is defending a park operating with >50% of its major rides out of action, what a joke of an operation Movie World has become. The fact that the park reportedly defends the poor customer experience as being "in line with our requirements" is laughably tone deaf and contemptuous. It's unfortunate that most guests don't find this out until they've wasted their money on admission. No refunds, moose out front should've told ya! -
Looks great. One day they'll have some capex to redo the Sky Voyager facade and there will be much rejoicing from enthusiasts.
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I'm not sure your suggestion is workable, but they'd almost certainly make more money with some sort of dynamic pricing model. If the row isn't occupied 80% of the time the park is charging too much, there's no profit to be made on empty seats!
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We had a slightly damp day at Happy Valley Shanghai back in 2016, coasters operated as normal in light rain. Heavy rain or lightning might be a different story. But in general they seemed more like the European parks than say, Japan (where a light sprinkle is often enough to pause operations).
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Some great advice shared already, outside of Disney/Universal I'd recommend adding at least one or two smaller parks. In Tokyo: - Yomiuriland has some wonderfully unique attractions (noodle cup rapids is my personal favourite) - Tokyo Dome City has the excellent Steel Dolphin - Hanayashiki is peak "weird Japan park" None of these would necessarily use a full day either. There's also Fuji-Q with its infamously slow operations, I would try to combine this with a visit to Mount Fuji if you're going to bother. A day trip from Tokyo is possible but personally next time I'll be trying to spend at least one night up there. Other random parks to consider: - Nagashima Spa Land, Japan's answer to Cedar Point - Greenland, quite big with a healthy dose of oddball, weird and interesting rides - Parque Espana, takes some getting to but well worth the effort. You may even end up as "King of the Parade" (as happened to my friend, hilarious!) - Suzuka Circuit, with the famous "scream and it goes faster" coaster - Nasu Highland, with a spaghetti bowl of coasters straight out of Rollercoaster Tycoon
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Would reduce operational costs, I imagine that’s important to VRTP execs right now.
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Missed school holidays, might as well aim for July now.
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Almost announced an announcement there, so exciting.
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New Roxy Theatre 4D Show coming to Movie World in 2024
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
All good suggestions which require the park to do more than the absolute bare minimum which is sadly beyond their capability these days. -
New Dining Experience and more coming to Movie World in 2024
aaronm replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
A new dining experience could mean anything from a second hot dog stand to reopening Rick’s Cafe. Dreamworld is miles ahead in decent, reasonably priced food options these days, definitely an opportunity for MW to close a gap here. -
Park management clearly spent about 45 seconds figuring out this theming. Which is interesting when you consider that’s also about the length of the ride cycle once it opens.