CruiseSF

The popularity of cruising has been increasing for a long time. Pretty much since P&O Australia started operations cruising has be gaining popularity. As the cruise lines discover we are a bigger market then everyone assumed they have started sending big more feature pack ships down here, and with that the rate of increase is increasing. Just a few years ago all we had was cruise ships with only limited features but now we have ships with surf simulators, rock climbing, dodgem cars, ice skating and an ifly. So more people are realising that ships are more of a destination now rather then just a method of travel. 14 years ago this was the newest ship we got here Whereas now we have some of the newest ships in the world. In 14 years the Australian cruise industry has advanced 34 years with the newest ship in 2004 being built in 1984 and now we are regularly getting recently built ships sailing from our shores. This is very much a reason for the huge increase in numbers. In regards to the parks. Cruise ships may have some effect, but it's no where near the biggest. The travel habits of Australians are changing, with more Australians traveling overseas to holiday rather then staying in the country. This in turn reduced some of the more tradition Australian holiday spots. In general a lot of other travel options are become cheaper and therefore giving people more options. So people who usually travel to the parks once a year are starting to travel elsewhere. I was reading an article the other day from back in 2015, which was basically an analysis of Australian travel habits, and it identified both economic and cultural changes. With flights being a lot cheaper then a decade ago and families finding different ways to get work leave being the main factors. There might be a few mistakes in there, it was put together while being distracted and needing to rush a bit.

The project is now officially dead. They have failed to met deadlines and council has cancelled the contract and pocketed the deposit. https://www.2gofm.com.au/news/central-coast/chappy-pie-china-time?geoRedirect=true

People are much more likely to plan trips if they know there will be something new. If people think it is just going to be same old same old, they will go elsewhere or stay home.

Except the fact it's used as storage. With no where to suddenly move everything stored inside.

The JB Hifi deal is completely different. No issue was taken as the two businesses are not the same and are not direct competitors. Sure they share somethings but they are primarily different. With jb being more focused on entertainment while the good guys are more household appliances.

The thing with Harley was not just because she was being used as sex symbol. She is the most known character from the squad. So they focused on her. Suicide Squad does not have a constant character base and can change in any appearance. The constant characters are Deadshot and Harley. Essentially Suicide Squad can be considered like Arkham. You are not always going to have the same characters at Arkham but you see multiple ones over and over again. Aka the joker. They could easily make it more based around a character but being the series theme. Easily throwing Batman in there if you want to. But Suicide Squad will be around for a long while now.

Except Suicide Squad is getting a sequel and is have character spin off's. Aka Harley Quinn is already locked in for multiple movies, 3 or 5 movies I believe. Also a bunch of Suicide Squad characters are Batman characters. The two big characters from the suicide squad series are batman villains and they are pretty much locked in for everything suicide squad related. Meaning a Harley Quinn ride can be batman and suicide squad at the same time.

Honestly Suicide Squad is a much better theme then any off the other possibilities. It gives the widest scope. Has market knowledge and is highly customisable to the parks needs.

Well the reasons we are talking about it more is because it is a roller coaster, rather then a standard flat ride. Plus is not just a standard Roller coaster but it is by far an Australian first. Also sure we might be talking about it but if MW decided they would rely on us to support the park and the entire investment in the coaster, everyone here would have to go to the park every single day while paying for multiple daily admissions. Literally no one is talking about it in any serious matter except for the theme park enthusiasts.

I know it's already too late for them to get a lot of people because they have either book other holidays or can no longer get leave.

What are the things you saw in the park that has convinced you of this?

Also just a heads up, for those sharing images from the TPSN Facebook page, the images are not even theirs when they don't give credit. I have called them out multiple times in the past, but I just gave up on it as they didn't bother to respond. Take anything they say as a grain of salt as it is usually pretty wrong, as they do almost zero research on what they post about. For comparison this is the lift hill on Flash. Whereas the supports at MW look more like this section of track.

Size does not matter it's the substance of the ride that matters. You could have one that goes higher then any other coaster in the world and it could be worse then one that never goes over 2m. There are no worlds first or height restrictions when determining if a ride is good. It's what they do with thone numbers that count.

Glubbo is correct, Mackso track has a reinforced spline. We saw a couple of pieces with this arrive earlier. You can see the loop track in the following picture. However this track is not just used for loops but also in high g-force areas.

So what about all the people from out of state or international. They require time to plan for trips, both to get leave and make arrangements. A last minute advertisement strategy would work for locals but not so much when you are dealing with people who need to book trips months in advance. The longer they wait, more and more people are becoming unable to get leave from work or make plans to go elsewhere.

That is not what I said. I never said they were jumbled up. I just said the order that they go out is not necessarily the order it comes in. My statement didn't have anything to do with your original statement in that form. Mine was referring to how construction and track arrival was going to run out and wasn't even quoting you. As parts won't arrive the entire time construction is happening. They will have a large supply there before construction starts and that at minimum would need be for awhile as they need the initial construction pieces which might not even be for awhile because even though they left the factory first it doesn't mean that they will arrive first. For things such as weight distribution meaning that the order would be changed when being loaded. Then at unload they could be unloaded in a different order again due to the ports setups. Then one could require further customs inspections and could delay specific pieces while others continue on. Therefore pieces can be jumbledited from the perfect order of construction. It had nothing to do with 4 pieces being released for construction crew inspections. Just that because it will be underconstruction for months doesn't mean that they can take months to deliver the track. If it was in the perfect order they could but because it isn't means it needs to arrive much quicker then building takes.

I said like. Just because it goes in together doesn't mean it will come out together.

He means more than two pieces should arrive in a short period of time. Once a coaster goes vertical it goes surprisingly quickly. The parts currently on site would be assembled in no time. They need a bunch to start. They will arrive over time, but the rate at which it will arrive will increase and once they have the key starting pieces they will start. The most likely cause is just these pieces happened to make it out of the dockyards sooner. It's like when you check in a couple of bags for a flight all at once, they don't always come out at once. They get jumbled around and one could come out first and another after everyone else's has come out.

I am going to say that the colour is always going to appear to be a slightly different colour depending on the weather conditions. In brighter light I would say it is pink and in darker light, purple. Either that or someone has a horrible sense of colour and we won't know who it is until they announce the theme and that may allow us to correctly determine the true colour. Judging by the last photos, it looks like it should be pink although the dark lighting gives in a more purple tint.

Bizzaro makes zero sense, outside reader of DC comics and the odd cartoon, the character is pretty much unknown. If they are going to have a coaster with minimal theme why would they give it to a unknown character which has zero big movie presence. Any theme they would do they would have to explain who the character is. They would want to go with a character that people know, which makes marketing the ride much easier. Especially when the ride is as big as this one is, you would want to put as known of a character as you can in that spot. Which would be a character that is either in a big movie or will be in one. The grey is likely a neutral colour and not related fully to the character. Grey is a colour that blends in easily, so it could of been chosen just to avoid distracting from the track itself.

The Suicide Squad was created in 87, and was primarily made to allow for less known DC characters to be used. Hence why the characters of the Suicide Squad are pretty much unknown characters, the exception is Harley Quinn and the Joker (although the joker is not a part of the squad. he is only connected by being the romantic love interest of Harley), she was much less known when she first started appearing in them. The comics have been becoming more and more popular in recent years as Harley Quinn has become more and more known. Also there is a second Suicide Squid movie in the works. As well as the Harley Quinn movie.

The comic outfits are now becoming more and more like the suicide squad one. The original outfit is rarely used. Also the Arkham Knight version is slightly towards the SS one, with the hair. Although the colours are much darker. This one is from August last year. Also the change of theme if true could of been why the announcement hasn't been released. If they truly did plan to announce last year. As they had to make sure everything was set before they committed themselves.

It would be really easy to shift the theme from suicide squad to harley quinn if they have an issue with using the suicide squad name due to the dreamworld events. It would require limited changes to the the theming and would work just as well since she is apparently getting her own movie soon. So if they really did have an issue, the change would of been easy. Sorry if there is spelling and grammar issues my tablet keeps auto correcting stuff even when it is correct.

I assume this is where you are going with the colours relating to Suicide Squad

By that logic there could be no roadside advertisements. They serve the same purpose, and at times can be more distracting. You also couldn't build any high rise buildings or anything above a few stories, as they all will cause people to slow down and look.