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^ I doubt it, many water parks have bars, Oceans of Fun in Kansas City even has a swim up bar, and I'm sure many others do too. If the current trend for theme park drinkers holds true, most of the people who are going to be drinking are people who aren't swimming or staff on a day off.

Hey, at least they didn't quote wikipedia. Again, the fact that Menzies didn't say much about it suggests that it was the reporter who did the searching. I mean if WVTP wanted to get the information about the new ride out there, they would have put it out there themselves. Still, they can now at least boast that the buzz for new ride was big news

I don't think its fair to judge the atmosphere of main street based on a dodge photo taken at 9.30ish in the morning before there are any people there. Nor is it fair to judge the aesthetics until its finished, and I will also point out, it looks much, much better in reality. I also think its a bit silly to overlook exactly how good this roof will be during rain, or in the middle of summer for shade. In the past the only shelter has been in the shops, now there's the entire Main Street and plaza which are under cover. As far as how it benefits MW, well now MW can now provide big functions in all weather conditions. In the past, if a big function for 1000+ on main street got rained out, the only option was to have the group had to be split up into the parks various restaurants, which is less then ideal. Now, that's not going to happen since Main Street becomes an all weather venue, and trust me, those big dinners bring it quite a bit of $$$.

Somehow I had a feeling a few posts ago that there was humor to be had here

Really curious, what plans have you heard for the roof?

^ Wow, how lame.

Gazza: it is possible, getting around to it is the issue at hand

I think its great that there are five showings on the Imax theatre. Really, the Imax is a great asset to Dreamworld that's been underutilised in previous years, and I think that five shows a day is great compared the 3 showings that were taking place not long ago. Space Station isn't a bad movie either, not the best I've seen but probably the best movie they've had for a good few years.

Its all the same track, those photos are more to show the extra stuff that's arrived (cylinders, tyres).

^ Maybe not all of Atlantis Adventure, but certainly some of it, and that's enough for me Truthfully, all pretty much curvy track as well Gazza, to give you an idea of how high this thing will be it does skip over the Monorail at one point.

Can't believe no one posted this: Real shame to see him leave Village, he has been a great influence at the parks over all the time he's been there, particularly Wet 'n' Wild. Here's to hoping his new employers take full advantage of his knowledge and experience in the theme parks. As for his replacement, well the good news is its a career theme park man, in the form of Tim Fisher. That name should sound familiar to those around in the early days of Wonderland as he was a manager there before moving back to America to oversee the construction of the Star Trek Experience in Vegas, and later became executive vice president of the Paramount Parks.

^ Not sure what the story is on that one, so for now I've made that thread public, and no doubt we'll hear from Richo on the DVD in the coming days.

Yeah, but WWW has the product - its no WnW, but its a really good little water park which is again IMHO better then the 250,000 or so stand alone visitors it got. It kind of begs the question of was it built as a stand alone attraction or as something to increase the per-cap spending of DW guests?

Wow that was quick, only just finished uploading... Don't call it that, Motocoaster sucks noodle, lets call it Atlantis Adventure type track since that ride doesn't suck

Is it possible to have something in the article preview to indicate how many comments an article has?

So there were only 250,000 odd people visit without buying a World Pass? I'd venture that most of those world passes were DW visitors upgrading to a duel pass rather than the other way around. Is that not amazing how little of a draw it was as a stand alone attraction without Dreamworld next door? WWW is a good little water park on its own, and I've thought it would have attracted more on guests on its own power. Still, good to see it going well otherwise, WWW IMHO is the best thing that has happened on Dreamworld property for a longtime.

Two of the world's least reliable and poorly designed wheels within 100km of each other? Yes, all those constant jokes about Southeast Queensland being a cyclops can be put to bed, as its official, we'll now have two eyes! I've got a hold of an early draft of the press release, and boy does it make for some interesting reading:

^ If someone pushed stop, E-stop, or anything else while the train was on the course it would continue until the final brake run where it will stop as normal.

^ Done, thanks for asking, was going to split it a month or so ago but figured no one would notice and got lazy

Yeah, but that same sheet also says Lethal Weapon is designed to be the smoothest and quietest coaster in the world. Guys, I'm also expecting this not turn into another piss fight.

I don't think you have to be smart to know its the same person, however I can confirm it. Tom, just wondering if you're related to the other 2 Toms who registered recently from the same IP address? I did notice you've got different surnames, but I figure you might be cousins or something? also theyre moterz in the wildwest boates for when the chain breakz!!!1! i know im back their day-2-day!!

^ Yeah, the north shore is without doubt one of the cheapest places in Sydney to live, probably second only to right in the middle of the city itself.

Exactly, I'm known by a few in HR, and I'm hanging on to my job just fine.

Well, Flume has just received a whole heap of TLC, and now Bermuda is closed for the entire month of August. I think that without divulging anything, Bermuda receiving a bit of love is a a fair conclusion to come to. Of course, its also fair to assume that they are subtle improvements that most won't notice, but regular riders will notice and appreciate.

Is it just me or is it looking more and more like this could be something close to the final layout?