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DW got the same deal, that's not what people are talking about. They diverted funds away from Koala Research. That's what we're talking about.

I mean but to tidy that up and make it reflect reality, it would be mate needed money for mum's surgery. Sat on it for a year, decided not to put it towards the surgery (She still kinda needs it btw but it's probably not life threatening) but asked instead if they could use it to buy a car so they can get to work because they currently use Ubers which means they're going backwards. If it were me, I'd say yes, but I'd also be kinda done with their shit and I'd feel a bit gross. This is also a total sideshow after the fact.

I mean that's also the truth of it, is the bad publicity for a couple of days worth $2.7million? Probably. If you were to do a cost benefit analysis I'm sure they come out on top.

@DaptoFunlandGuyfixed it back.

No, they're not. They're up in arms that government money that was meant to build it went to something else. Have you not been reading the thread?

Are they profitable now?

To be fair, comments on Facebook are a pretty ordinary guide when it comes to finding the truth on a subject. I don't think 'what does Facebook think' should be the gold standard. I stand by my original comment, nothing was illegal, but it's not a good look. There's something about taking away money from researching Koalas to building a coaster that doesn't sit right and shifts it into a morally grey area. If it was 'We were going to spend it on a coaster rather than a dark ride' no one would care. But Koalas are cute man.

Weird he didn't say 'We're hoping to divert funding away from Koala Research facility". As a passionate share holder and defender of Ardent Leisure, I'd like to thank the QLD Government for some of my money

So let me get this straight, SW gets a one off bit of funding when they were shut down so they could continue doing work in the community they normally fund themselves = bad. DW gets funding for animal research. Uses it for a ride instead = good. The double standards here are amazing, and as is typical with the same group on here, people HAVE to drag someone else through the mud to say why the thing they like is good. It's rather appalling really. Also anyone who spreads misinformation about polar bear welfare as a cheap shot from now on will be suspended, and I'm not kidding around. Also anyone who thinks the research center is still being built are living on another planet. It's not happening, nor is the lazy river with animals on the thunderbolt site, or the amphitheatre where Steel Taipan now is or anything else they were thinking of. The thing about that which changed wasn't covid, it was that the driving force behind it left the company. That rubbish out of the way, here is the heart of it: There's nothing wrong with not building a Koala Research center. If it's not a core of what you want to do as a business that's fine. There's also nothing illegal about any of it, but it doesn't pass the pub test at all. Asking the question was pretty ordinary, the fact the government went along with it is worse.

Well 3 coasters, with 20 riders per train, each achieving a 5 min cycle would be 720pph. Given a ride time of around 1 min that would leave 4 mins for load/unload. With those numbers in mind, a combined 750pph seems firmly on the conservative side.

'The parks can do no wrong' and 'the park's can do no right' are equal glimpses into the insane

Also October is Fright Fest season so at a minimum you'd expect weekends to be sweet

Aren't they open every day now?

Tractor ride is better than no tractor ride by some margin. I think a lot of the moves the park are making are the right ones, so I'm not coming at it from a 'DW sux!!!' perspective, but steam train is better than combustion engine train. Same how practical effects are better than cgi in a movie.

Yeah whole heartedly support nonreopening the station. Totally unneeded and just stops the train. I've been saying for a very long time now that if I ever found myself in charge, day 1 would be closing that station, and dropping the timetable so it can just run constantly.

Towe of Terror. Tower of Ter or. Tower of Te ror. Tower of Terro .

Amazing.

OMFG why are we trying to reverse engineer this? Just go to the park and see what they do; tends to be a bit more than 4 mins per train if there are two running.

I like Tom Scott, and I enjoyed his roller coaster video. I'm not watching another of his videos though as his videos are a rabbit hole I don't have time to go down, and if I watch one more the YT algorithm will just drown me in Tom Scott videos. All of which will be good and interesting but dammit let me live my life!

I think this is the most telling thing. Personally I don't really care that the ride doesn't open till midday. I mean shit, I'm sure both guests at the park are very dissapointed but a massive 'meh' from me. But the same people slamming MW a few months ago jump to DW's defence by slamming MW some more. It's really quite pathetic. I'm not entirely sure what the point of those people is to the health of the community.

Even as a proponent of 'ST shouldn't be a dead end', making it a loop with the market seems like a non starter to me. I'd also be very curious to know what state everything in Blue Lagoon is in. For my taste I think the old amphitheatre site is superior because of how close it is to the carpark, and the crowd that goes to these sorts of things is perfectly happy with demountable toilet blocks. Probably like it more than toilet blocks that are getting on for 40 years old. The path towards there from in park exists too, not that it would get much use but it is there.

I did think that, thought I'd be super generous lol

[quote]If this ends up being a success I don't think it would be a totally silly idea to look in to doing a 'permanent' trendy food market on the old amphitheatre site and uncouple it from DW. Night Quarter proved there's an appetite for it on the Northern GC, and best case that land won't be doing anything for a few years anyway.[/quote] That was my original comment on this back a month ago, and it is still my opinion. That way you could do it more legit than bumping the thing in and out every weekend. I get wanting to use park infrastructure, but really the most expensive bit of infrastructure you need is power which would surely already be run to there, and a concrete slab. Everything else is pretty minor. I do hope that's the vision for the medium term.

Nah, if you're going to open any ride, make it Claw. It's right in the middle of the action, and screw letting people ride ST for $2. It's not something that gets me excited, but its one of those 'makes sense' kind of things.. I'm fascinated by the extent to which they're pretending it's not Dreamworld running it, or even at Dreamworld. The FAQ has a Q. 'Where are you and it lists the Address, then almost begrudgingly in brackets says 'yes at the Dreamworld theme park'. I get not saying DW because no rides, but it's very peculiar to me. To Moonlight means to have a second job, typically at night and typically secret. I wonder if calling it 'Moonlight Markets' is deliberate.

Yeah sweet. Are the carriages not as wide or is that an illusion?