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I agree so dumb that they aren't pathng to GD, that area already feels so disconenected from the rest of the park. GD has virtually no line whenever I go and its arguably the best attraction atm.

We all knew this day was coming though right. I think a lot of us saw Buzzsaw as a bad investment when it was announced a decade ago. In other news the Dreamworld train is getting an upgrade

If i had to pick AK is probs my favourite park of them all (sans Disney SEA). All the WDW resort parks blow me away. DCA was fun but didn't stand out as incredible in my mind. Even what I've seen from the video of Avengers campus doesnt blow me away.

There is a video from the next raft just a moments after the raft flipped which is pretty horrifying to watch, parents standing in the raft water screaming for help as their children are stuck upside down in the raft. Onlookers in the next boat with little ability to help. It does seem from the video like this takes place mid ride though in just the standard sort of rapids area and has nothing to do with conveyor belts. There was a discussion on reddit I saw about the negligence to react on the parks behalf, some people saying that similar Intamin models at other parks have lifeguards stationed throughout the midcourse with e-stop buttons that drain the whole ride in 30 seconds, and if Adventureland had these procedures, that death could've been avoided after the flip. Anyone know if that statement holds true, I don't ever recall seeing lifeguards posted throughout whenever I rode Disney raft rides (not that im very attentative). Seems like the number of theme park incidents are pretty high this year so far. Edit: video of the incident has now been made private, probably for the best as its hard to watch

Went today for the afternoon. REALLY enjoyed this event. So great to see so much streetmosphere, was a real great vibe. Marvin the Martian was so good to see again at the Roxy, please let it stay forever, leaps and bounds better than the poorly cut together Yogi clips, and MtM has some actualy 'Studios Park-ness' too it, that the park has been lacking in since all the DC came along. Wait times not too bad since most things are operating, would've been nice to have two trains for DCR, but even with one was only 45 minute wait (posted 70). WWF only 15 min wait (posted 30). Parade was pretty good, kind of expected something more from the parade, some story maybe, but I still enjoyed it and some of the floats are great. Gremlins float was awesome imo, a real throwback. Honestly I can't believe the event is only running for two weeks! Wish it was longer.

Damn that head chopper looks sick so far, and Logo looks sexy

Yeah exactly what @DaptoFunlandGuy said. I rode GD and feel like I saw everything on offer in my time there, as far as im aware there were no shows on offer, but I enjoyed the street performers and atmosphere. I wasnt going to do the ice slide or the ice skating but watched a few people doing so, looked fun for the kiddos as I mentioned. I really just went to get out the house and get a big pretzel and a beer, have been fangin a pretzel for a while lol, so I achieved that and enjoyed the theme park at night and don't regret checking it out as it was free, but if I had paid 30$ for it I wouldve been dissapointed myself even if i stayed for 4 hours.

Went to the after dark tonigh for an hour of so, mainly just bc it was free, not too bad of an event. Lines pretty damn long for food, but pretzel was yum. Didn't do a whole lot, but enjoyed the atmos, lots of street performers around all seemed very friendly, and im just a sucker for theme parks at night - so pretty. So I enjoyed my little trip. I personally wouldn't have spent 30$ for a ticket, but then im not the target audience, great for the kiddo's i imagine. Just a sidenote, seemed like every child I saw was coughing their lungs up, wouldn't be surprised if i wake up with cold/flu/covid XD

So simple, yet it always gives me those submechanaphobia feels.

Take with a grain of salt, I did atleast, was at park today having a chat with GD op as I usually do because they always seem a bit lonely of weekdays. Mentioned that its crazy to see Rocky Hollow completely flat now, and she replied saying that its so sad, and so sad that they're not putting another water ride there because she loves the water rides in Summer. I didn't press any further, just a little taken a back by the comment, could she know what plans they have for the site?! I wouldn't of expected DW to even know what they're doing with the site until it's surveyed etc, but the Op's comment makes me think we might see more than demolition sooner than we thought.

If were talking flat's I think a Screamin' Swing would be a good addition, get away from the spinning rides and focus on forces. But in my opinion it'd look bad to replace a big coater with a flat, I think a new coaster is on the cards, even if it is just a 4D Freespin. I agree no more DC theming for a while please! Mad Max, Matrix or 'Zilla/Monsters all logical with new movies to coincide.

I've always thought a MadMax themed ride would be the way to go for Movieworld, stray away from the DC-Land it has become and use a different IP. Mad Max has new movies in the pipeline too. Honestly I don't see them going with a different Inverted/Suspended, just for the fact that it would be less marketable to the GP, a lot of people wouldn't even know the difference between an SLC and a B&M invert so I think it loses its draw a bit for the GP. I would love a nice forceful B&M invert, but I dont think it'll happen. I've often thought about a B&M Dive machine in that space but tbh I think anything B&M is wishful thinking considering their pricetag. My realistic guess is maybe a RMC Raptor seeing how cheap and popular they are at the moment, and ideally theme it to Mad Max, but then I wonder if Luna Park's single rail would steal the hype away from a Raptor at Movieworld. Second realistic guess would be a Skyrocket or Skyrocket 2 from Premier, they look pretty hot at the moment, Ice-Break looks like its gunna be a real hit. My dream guess is a big RMC Hybrid though ofcourse, they can't be beaten imo.

Whats the deal with GL on reduced trains, anyone know or hazzard a speculation? Waiting on parts from S&S? Thats awesome to see they smashed their planned maintenance period for Rivals, was in the park the other day and with that down really felt like nothing to do or lines to long to bother.

I've never been impressed with ops at our parks, it's the main reason why I can't stand visiting during the holidays, and very rarely even on the weekends, I don't want to waste half the day in lines. I don't know why there is no sense of urgency among the operators like you see at other parks around the world, I wonder if it became less of a priority to punch out trains after Dreamworlds accident? I remember reading or seeing somewhere in media that operators used to compete with each other for most cycles/h but I guess that doesn't happen anymore?

Does anyone else feel like a Slidewheel is just too much for our strict WHS? They look like a lot of fun, but I can't help but think evac's would be a nightmare am I right?

Yep, thats been the other thing ive been tossing up, whether to try and make a 21 trip happen while disney is still for sure in this weird state with no Fastpass, Masks and Plexiglass barriers ruining some great attractions. Fastpass would be a big hit to not have, especially being a solo traveller, waiting in long lines on your own isnt the most fun for a lot of the queues, sans FOP and the other queues that are must do's. My impatience will probably will out and ill end up going if its possible, front page of the courier today was about Alan Joyce (Qantas) saying he is confident international travel will return by July and flight bookings to US and UK are available from then - but ofcourse he is going to say that while his business is struggling. Only time will tell in the next few months.

Theres a big difference between 'required' and adhered too, even on a normal day people in lines just dont seem to understand the purpose of the stickers on the ground. I sure as hell wouldn't be going to the parks during these holidays especially with Covid detected in sewage all over the south east.

I don't think anyone of any size should call any seat of a wild mouse 'lovely' XD Even without the weight SCDC throws me around in a not lovely way hahah

There was literally no social distancing the other night at White Christmas. Yeah they put tape around for the parade etc, but as usual the GP just ignore the tape. They also have stages and entertainment set up in areas that really cant handle crowds. ie the Wild West backdrop is a 'stage' for Mrs Claus show and it was bumper to bumper down there because its not exactly a massive walkway to begin with. I didnt even try to get from Doomsday to WWF because it was that packed. Kind of frustrating to see the GP completely disregard measures in place. Im not exactly worried about Covid at the moment, but I do enjoy my space from people in general XD

I used to be around 125kg, and I only had a couple of issues. If youre stressed about it just pop into the test seats where available to try yourself before getting onto the station, but usually the ops are quite nice and handle it everyday. MW: Rivals on a few encounters the ops didn't get the green light but after a couple of pushes down on my lap bar they got the all good. Scooby Doo I always had issues in the front seat especially being quite tall aswell, but no issues in the back seats so I just started requesting them to avoid embarrassment of having to switch. DW: Only had an issue with Claw restraint not closing, I think the op probably couldve pushed it down to get it to lock, but I decided to just bail before they came around as it was quiet. MDMC is uncomfortable, but its always uncomfortable no matter your weight, but I still fit.

My USA mega trip obviously got cancelled this past September, and I'm obviously on the edge of my seat waiting to get back to Disney/Universal/SWO/Busch but of course, no one really knows how 2021 will play out. So the question to you is what will give you the confidence to start booking for next calendar year, or is anyone booking blind with the hope of travel being back on the cards? I am just waiting to see how this vaccine plays out over the next month, then might book blind with a company that offers covid refunds. ATD seems to have a decent Covid cancellation policy.

This may be old news, but just noticed the ride picture screens are long gone, can’t see any other obvious dismantling except previous mentioned facade theming yet though.

Forseeable future for DW, new coaster is built, then delayed opening for 6 months, then Giant Drop and maybe Buzzsaw are both removed

Interesting that yours has different terms to mine. It was an ePass bought on the DW website, and although it was in the fine print that it's valid from the date of purchase it wasn't very clear and I asked that person who bought it for me and they were astounded. After having a whinge to the enquiries email they did extend my pass to 13months from the redeem date but they said clearly it is outside of policy and was just a gesture of good faith. Maybe they have changed their policy if yours is different now, lets hope so as it was whack the way they treated mine.

Thought this was an appropriate thread. Last year I got Village and DW passes for Christmas, but I already had current passes, so didn't redeem the vouchers until last month for Village and yesterday for DW. The village pass worked as i expected it too, and be valid for 12m from when I first used it, as in 12 months from October. However in classic DW fassion, I discovered yesterday their passes are the opposite and are only valid from date of purchase for the voucher, so i only got the 7 months from covid otherwise would have expired in a months time. So dodgy in my opinion as so many people would be getting passes for xmas and DW ones are essentially a ticking clock, more peope should be warned not to purcahse passes for christmas for DW imo