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Nah, they're getting brand newie. I must surprised though, I'm surprised the ease of which you skipped past... ... and instead focused on how it was only 20meters.

Seaworld is owned by Village Roadshow, along with Movieworld, Wet 'n' Wild, Paradise Country, and Australian Outback Spectacular. The Seaworld parks in America is owned by Busch (The company that makes Budwiser) who also own both Busch Gardens. They aren't now, and never have been connected with each other, and the only thing they share is the name. The parks do work together the same way all zoos work together, but there's nothing special beyond that.

The Shak may have moved to DW, though the slightly less embarressing Toasted is supposedly moving to SW while MW gets the new WB Kids Sat morning show. What can I say, its an exciting time in low budget kids TV folks

Took the words right out of my mouth there. 1000 people a day for a park that most people didn't even know was open is not a bad result at all IMHO. Plus I do seem to recall reading that they wanted to acheive something like 400,000 vistors a year, and you don't need an average of much more then 1000 a day to reach that. Good to hear they're pretty much on track.

Thanks for the trip report Morphix! Great to hear you had a good time up on the Coast. I've taken the liberty of moving all the trip report topics into one handy topic here in the General Thrills section. Enjoy!

That sums up my feelings right there. WnW is has plenty to keep you busy for the whole day (and night if you go on a dive in movie night), has a bigger selection of rides, and has IMHO a stronger ride lineup on paper. Having said that, if you've been to WnW then drag your sorry butt out to WWW and check out the new park on the block. Super Tubes is a great ride by all accounts, there's nothing like it or the Rip in Aust, and even the BRO is a step up from WnW's aqua racer in terms of ride experience. Plus, if you haven't been to WnW since Tornado, well guess what, thats at WWW too. Once you've been to both you can figure out which one is right for you. Personally, I don't like a park thats to small, otherwise you go from one ride to the other far to quickly and run out of stuff to do to.

This thread made it to AAL and the homosexual rights thread didn't? My faith in the system is shattered.

There are many people who live in Logan and Brisbane who work at the parks. Like Adam says, if your the right person for the job and you have reliable transport, then its all good. You could probably get a job at the parks if you lived in Perth if you could still make it everyday.

I reckon they should sell the Halfpipe to Aussie World. But thats just my humble opinion

Who calls their kids Reception anyway?

See, that's why we need international members all the time, to tell us stuff that's been announced overseas but not here yet. Many thanks Also special mention to Nev, who correctly wished for a Motorbike Coaster in the "Future Dreamworld Thrill Ride" thread. Still, judging by the article I guess its official, Australian Theme Parks are in love with Intamin. What with the ToT, GD, Claw, Thunder River boats at DW, and Superman at MW, as well as the roulette ball that is the Half-Pipe then that's nearly one new Intamin Ride every 2 years for about a decade. Nice to see that Intamin's Australian office is getting a good bit of work. As for the ride itself, well really, a launch coaster for DW would have to have something different about it to not be labeled a Superman Rip-off. A Motorbike coaster fits that bill nicely and should be quite marketable. The fact its a world first also looks great on the TV ads, regardless of if its only due to a technicality. What difference does that make?

The times of the day is probably the key here. Just after the park opened and people haven't made their way all the way to the back of the park and just on closing when people have already been on the ride are the best time to go WWF.

If the guy walked out in front of the ride when it was moving, then I don't think any amount of training could have saved him.

The Super Pass is the best way to go for SW, MW and WnW. It doesn't cost extra then if you were going to buy a one day admission to each park separately, plus it gives you the flexibility to come back and do the parks again if you missed something, or just want to spend more time at the park. Really, everyone on the boards can tell you how much time they would spend at each park, but everyone is different, and it just depends on what you like to do. DW offer the World Pass, which is good for 2 days, and probably the best option if your on holiday (Why there isn't a pass that allows more visits is a mystery). Plus it gets you into WWW, which is well worth having a look at.

Two things that are obvious from watching the video: 1. The kid did not get punched. He was pushed. 2. The kid deserved to get punched, then knocked to the ground, then beaten. Ideally with pieces of wood. There's nothing in it, the Dad has seen a shot at free money, and had a crack at suing them. What I want to know is, does the Dad have to pay the worker for lost wages when his case gets dismissed?

Thanks for the pics, when were these taken?

Probably, its all about anything that gets extra bodies through the gate that time of year. I kinda agree with the bad talk on school groups, for the most part the kids do go a bit crazy and can get really annoying to guests and staff alike. The only good thing is they tend to leave by 2pm. It does vary though, there are good schools and teachers. I've had teachers come up to a ride and announce that the school would be at the ride soon, and wanted to know what size groups to break the kids into to make things easier when they got to the ride. On the flip side I've also had days where I've been dealing with nothing but poorly supervised kids, to then have a group of teachers (complete with badges) go on a ride like they were a group of friends on a get together. Still, as much as school kids are somewhat inevitable, I doubt you'd get many school groups in WnW at the moment given its Xmas hols.

Yeah, don't all these kids realise that theme parks are places for adults?

Its the same type of ride, but the design of each is quite different. The one WnW_Rocks linked to is a custom dueling spinning coaster with vertical lift, which is different to Spinball Whizzer which is a pretty standard coaster. They are both however custom rides.

Tower of Terror opened 3 months before Superman at Magic Mountain, so is therefor first, regardless of what some website says. Still, even so it doesn't change the point, because Superman at Magic Mountain also sucks balls, so play that one as you wish

Somehow forgot to mention that the grass also (mostly) fills up over summer. What makes it stranger is that was the whole point of the post and I missed it out.

Your worried about rain and your going to a water park? Care to explain how that works? Just messing with ya man, but rain will shut down Tower of Terror and Superman, apart from that its pretty much business as usual unless its either a torrential downpour, or a storm.

Tower of Terror was a world first when it opened and by todays standards sucks balls. Not saying that its not a good ride, but personally, give me a ride with a track record of being fun/popular over the long haul all the way.

I'm not against the area of a cohesive "entertainment area" between Movieworld and AOS. But I'm sorry, the carpark has to stay as is. If anything, the current carpark needs expanding, as it fills up routinly over Xmas, and thats with the unmarked gravel bit. If your hopeing to draw MORE people into the park, and if there's to be other shops and the like out the front, you'll need MORE parking, not less.

Well I was going to say no, because I thought Goliath was overrated, but Gazza your answer works just as well.