Cactus_Matt

Just wait, in 10 years time every ride at Dreamworld will be replaced with iPads.

I'm still bitter about not being able to ride 'Hollywood Dream' at Universal Studios Japan because apparently my thighs were too 'thicc' to get the waist harness down. (For the record I was only 80kg and 5ft 11in at the time).

I mean I kind of understand the whole 'signature attraction front and centre' bit but I kind of hate that approach to theme park design (after all if you keep putting every new signature ride up front then then things will get crowded and ugly). Put your best rides throughout or even at the back of the park to draw people through your entire park. Granted Dreamworld is a different park than it used to be, so TRRR former site makes sense to fill the hole but I still don't think all the big rides should be up front.

Could always use 3D recreations I suppose but yeah fair point.

Okay so first of all not sure if this deserves its own topic (ain't that a great way to start a post) but I had an idea for Sky Voyager that I thought was worth sharing. A retrospective of Dreamworld through the years complete with on-ride, first person experiences of past rides along with the scenery and music that makes memories of the park from the past so strong for so many of us. It wouldn't be an expensive of an addition to the park, in-fact it'd almost be something that could run periodically throughout the day alongside whatever current Sky Voyager movie is playing as opposed to consistently (like maybe at open, midday and close). Not only do I think this would strengthen the 'Dreamworld' brand which they're obviously intent on keeping despite the aggressive downsizing but also soften the blow for those of us who remember when visiting 'Dreamworld' felt like an actual dream come true and not some fractured memory of past-greatness.

Too soon? Jokes aside, by many reports I've seen on here seems like Dreamworld has a lot of dead spots nowadays...

Predictable position for it I suppose, but one I strongly disagree with. Could be worse though, at least it's not in the parking lot.

I can understand people's impatience, being a theme park/roller coaster enthusiast in Australia is tough at the best of times let alone amidst a global pandemic and all the other shit happening to theme parks. Also spare a thought for us in Victoria, living vicariously through these updates... but yeah I also agree, no need to hound people for updates they will come when they come.

Have they said where in the park this coaster is to be situated? Sorry if it's already been said elsewhere in the topic.

I know right? Like if covid can be transferred through theme park vomit. Though to be fair I don't think I've ever actually seen theme park vomit outside of Roller Coaster Tycoon...

Cant they replace that wall(s) with something harder to graffiti, like you know, actual brickwork?

I think the biggest fallacy regarding Movie World is that they somehow need to tie their attractions to big film releases to stay relevant. Let's face it, it's a theme park not a museum, being relevant to cultural phenomena is secondary (generously speaking) to actually having a good ride experience. Wild West Falls being the truest indicator of this, a legendary ride originally (tenuously) themed to a flopbuster and thereafter renamed to possibly the most generic of theme park staples, and yet I don't here anyone frantically calling for it to be tied to whatever flavour of the month multiplex monstrosity that's raking in the big bucks. tl;dr, HWSD doesn't need to be Mad Max themed or whatever, it just needs to be good and fun and funny. Like, seriously just make it Police Academy again, who the f cares if it's not relevant as a movie franchise. Last time I checked people were still watching and enjoying the damn thing. stl;sdr; good ride/attractions >good theme/good movie tie-in.

Sucks to hear that about Tobu Zoo, they were on my itinerary for this trip. Guess I might have to give it a miss.

I'll be heading to Japan for my second trip this October/November so I'll give a trip report afterwards. On our first trip we went to Disneyland/DisneySea and Universal Studios so I can easily recommend that but I guess it depends whether you're after a theme park experience or just want lots of roller coasters.

'Roller coaster enthusiast' is like the least embarrassing amongst my various obsessive interests. Also, I have no friends so it doesn't really matter anyway, lol.

I assume because the common man knows Wonder Woman is DC or at the very least 'comic book' themed. Whereas Rivals is relatively unknown by many people, so I guess they wanted Joe public to know its very much superhero, comic themed from the get go.

When I saw that @Slick I immediately thought of

Ideally they'd be removing the Rapid Ride then, but let's face it, how long has Blue Lagoon been left their to rot without as much as hammer swung or shovel sunk, and let's not forget the Mine Ride. I know it's still early days (months/nearly a year) but I don't foresee the Rapid Ride being removed anytime soon if previous inaction is anything to go by. Still, happy to be proven wrong.

I'm hoping the people in charge of Dreamworld (as opposed to the shareholders who only stare at the bottom line) have a greater plan for the park going forward, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years from now should all be roughly mapped out and if it isn't well then maybe I'm just an idealist who likes to think way too far ahead. Simply put there's two ways for the park to go if it wants to survive, either go full on theme park, ala Disney on a budget, emphasising experiences over thrills, or diametrically go full Six Flags/Cedar Fair and just pack as many high intensity attractions and coasters in as possible to deliver value for money and competition for what Movie World is/will be providing.

Big metal skull might make the general public think it's knocking off the Tower of Terror (II).

Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I do like this quite a lot, it reminds me of the TV show Black Mirror. Of course it's actually just an artistic copy of the Euthanasia coaster, and speaking from a coaster fanatics perspective the ride he's riding is nothing at all like the aforementioned, but still I enjoyed the video (but then again I do enjoy pretentious bullshit.)

Blindfold? Or imagination enhancer?

Facebook news is a repository for embellished wankered nonsense, at least for me I can say with some certainty. But does anyone else feel a little bit sorry for Deborah Thomas (ex-CEO of Ardent Leisure at the time of the Dreamworld Incident) being maligned by the media for essentially doing her job til her job was made impossible? I don't agree and will never agree with the exorbitant golden parachutes CEO's and likewise garner upon their exit from a company, but this article feels like its blaming her for deaths out of her control and thus profiting from said deaths all for the sake of clicks (hence why I won't link the actual story, find it if you want if you want). Hmm... [Hey mods you can move this somewhere else if you feel it more appropriate, I'm just drunk and felt like venting about something that was grinding my gears. lolz]

I think it's funny that they even bothered to say 'one of' the world's first non-inverting loops in that ride video, might as well've said 'one of the world's first fuchsia coloured roller coasters' while they're at it.

I like the idea of the fuse slowly being lit as the boat goes up the hill, it's a great thematic idea that builds tension. As for this issue you mentioned, you could have an LED fuse (or something) going up the centre bottom of the lift hill, just a little bit in front of the boat so people in the boat can see it but it doesn't spoil the illusion for other people on the hill. And rather than audio sequences that have to be lined up such as dialogue, you could just have the sound of the fuse sizzling with some ambient music accompanying.