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The difference I guess is that what happened with Green Lantern wasn't due to poor staff training, poor engineering standards, poor maintenance practices and poor health and safety culture. If heaven forbid the Green Lantern incident resulted in an inquest, S&S would've been found almost entirely at fault. The public backlash would still have been there but defenders would have more voice saying it's not their fault. MW have also had rides down without a reopening date. GL WWF and Doomsday come to mind, and I'll even throw in Surfrider right now. Thats about 3 or 4 years worth of stuff ups. DW have 4 rides without a reopening date at the same time right now. The story was the same last year with multiple ride closures with extended unplanned downtime. MW is by no means saintly but given where both parks are at I know which rides I'd feel better about going on

OMG it even comes up with a little picture of a fountain when it gets enough fountain reactions. Awesome!

No. Two trains stack as is. A third for maintenance purposes wouldn't be the worst idea but three wouldn't really work. That was a much longer thread then last!

No one knows. Feel like this topic has run its course, and in record time too.

Rides till 10pm this year. Doesn't matter about anything else that's a huge improvement on previous years.

See the block needs to be before unload. You can't launch until the train in front has left unload

We never expected Dreamworld to spell Ryder the same way as a porn star. It's funny how life works out. Not every article needs to be the most serious thing. This topic lends itself to being more light hearted in tone. There's a reason the funny titles were given rather than the straight up pornographic. I get that Blow me Sandwich 14 is an odd series of words to encounter in a Parkz article but such is life I guess.

Village Roadshow recently cited a heatwave for the poor performance of a water park. 👍🏻

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It was either that or 'Star Trix: The Deep Penetration'

Be a good name for a tunnel of love though.

Ok I admit it; i don't get that at all. The point can't be to stop it rolling away given it's pretty much the lowest point of the track. If the car rolled down there of its own accord would it not manage to get quite a bit of momentum to push those little blocks back quite a lot? Why not put them right next to the car? The only thing I can think of is so guests see them and go 'Oh they're clearly working on it they've got the rails blocked off'

Because it breaks the immersion and the illusion they're trying to create. It's the same reason you don't have behind the scenes footage in the middle of a normal movie. The themeing and immersion is supposed to suspend your disbelief, the behind the scenes stuff breaks the 4th wall and tells you how it was done.

It's a ride, not a behind the scenes experience. Something setting up the story setting or tone of the ride would be best. The DVD extra video was at least entertaining and set up the tone of the whole thing but I think if you're going to go to the effort of spending a couple million re doing the ride, you also change the video to something that supports the story of the ride - even if the story is as simple as you're on an old Ghost Train that's actually haunted in the Scooby Doo movie universe.

Nah you had me with Buzzsaw Tailspin and iRide making being an aviation mini land. GD as a control tower is a massive stretch.

They do.

Good idea. Think an educational show running along side the full show is a smart move. The fact they've cut one showing of the main show rather than adding an extra show here gives you an idea of how flawed Seal Guardians is though.

Think calling it a 'Knock off Disneyland' is a bit overblown for a place that just contains a few Disney character statues.

'Fun's our precinct! Fun's our exciting new dynamic interactive experience' Fun's our corporate logo! Fun's our new ticketing offer!'

It happens a lot more than you think, and you're a fool if you think it'll never happen to you. You've got to decide if it's worth the hassle when your stuff is stolen. If you decide that spending $10 for a locker per visit is less preferable to being without your stuff for however long it takes to be replaced and lodge insurance claims then so be it. Seriously life your life the way you want to live it. Just don't be shocked when it happens. As to the original point; I went with a group of 4 of us and we shared a locker. Per cap wise we spent $2.50 each on a locker. And a final point, every 2 bit council has a 'Water Park' these days. WnW and WWW can't just be water slide parks anymore, they have to be water theme parks. That'll take effort that so far no one has been willing to put in.

If I were running DW I'd be looking long and hard at ToT and seriously considering its future. I would suggest that 1 or 2 properly good thrill rides (not flats) be built first to lessen the impact of its departure

$30 to see lego statues? Put me firmly in the 'don't get it' camp.

Nah they're crappy little shows. Sad if anyone lost their jobs for it but I think the right call. The only context where I think it's 'OK' is the big stunt shows and only a little bit.

'We'll make it like an airport' is a great idea till you remember that airports are shiiiiiit. Airports are generic unenjoyable places to visit. It's a bit like saying 'this is a collection of shops, so we'll theme it to be like Westfield'.

@Skeeta Agreed, but I guess my response is Rome wasn't built in a day. I don't think a museum would be 'mission accomplished', but rather, a step in the right direction. A small welcome diversion in a park that is too coaster heavy. Ultimately I think this, a full blown studio tour, and special effects show would be enough behind the scenes attractions for a park the size of MW, with the rest of the rides being about 'riding the movies'. Also all the shows are appalling. We're a unity ticket on that topic.