Baconjack

Little adventure world has so much room to build new things so this could be put basically anywhere. Rampage spot is open, so is where the castle used to be, and so is the pirate ship spot if you want to make a statement at the gate. They sorely need dry rides, they’ve lost two (might be three soon) in the last 10 years and gained one in that span of time. I’d love to see them get an air race or a screaming swing personally, inferno’s getting pretty old and a sky roller would work super well at the top of the hill.

I waited 2 and a half hours when I was there last year. Still thought it was a really solid ride, but agreed not as good as Mystic Manor having been on both. I can see why a lot of people like it, especially if you know all the songs (I didn't, but the preshow and pepper's ghost illusion were standouts) If one is pressed for time and want to do everything, then yeah the $20 is worth it, it's an elite dark ride. The park was reasonably quiet (for tokyo disney standards) on my visit and in 1 day I was able to cram in all the dark rides except for mansion, as well as big thunder and Splash without paying for DPA once. Yeah I rope dropped journey when I went, was the number 1 thing I wanted to do (because i was very unprepared with getting timed entry to fantasy springs). Best ride in that park hands down, and my favourite Disney ride so far. The usage of the test track system is elite. I paid for DPA just so I could ride it again at night. Unfortunately as a tall fella I missed out on raging spirits because the height cutoff is strict - such is life I can't ride Superman or jet rescue anymore without slumping my lower back slightly. Have heard the Disneyland Indy is poorly maintained compared to the Disneysea one so intrigued by the preference for california.

I’d cough up the $20 for a fastpass for beauty and the beast above the toontown coaster every day of the week. One of the best trackless dark rides out there in my view. Nagashima is from my experience rarely busy outside of the peak summer period. I also went on a weekday around the same time and the park was pretty much empty, so could do everything I wanted many times over. Hakugei and Steel Dragon are outstanding and don’t forget to do the classic stuff (unfortunately the 1st gen Intamin drop tower and shuttle loop they have was closed on my visit)

All of our parks should have universal style metal detectors to get shit out of guest pockets and avoid holdups in dispatches

To be fair village bought these rides a very long time ago well before gumbuya world built theirs Deets of the rides got announced to staff like when? early 2022? All the pieces were shipped around the same time and sitting out the back for years too. Was just really shit timing No excuses for not running both sides of kansas twister other than cost saving because movie world cbf rostering more staff. Just part and parcel of modern village roadshow i'm afraid.

Six Flags pulls the Village Roadshow special with Superman and Dreamworld gives final rides to Tower of Terror. Oh how times have changed

Didn’t the investigation find that the wheel assembly failed from a design flaw?

I watched the video last night Saying the decision to move towards rides was what ruined movie world is silly. They needed to gravitate to being a dreamworld competitor - sea world couldn’t do that because it had no space back then and it’s pointless to pay a licensing fee for recognisable IP without making good use of it (cue the why are there so many superhero rides at movie world people). It worked lol - the average punter likes that superman ride which goes really fast as opposed to learning about how movie effects are made. criticising the leadership is a legitimate take away. Have said this on many occasions. When Greg left village and took a bunch of senior people with him the people they got in his place clearly aren’t up to the task of running a park, creating a good environment for staff or looking after their customers. i wouldn’t point to superman or rapids as the cause - movie worlds practices were reasonable until Covid and they did very well with attendance. Between insurance brokers making decisions on safety practices, senior people leaving with inferior replacements and private equity owners who put dollars above customer satisfaction, there’s a lot of moving parts but it’s not necessarily ruined. just needs improvement which will come as more people realise that they’ve been ripped off on their visit and don’t come back.

Looks like it’s running a bit faster than it did pre renovation which is good to see Glad everything has been done to original spec. Could have easily neutered the ride with modern brakes if they wanted to improve its reliability

Are topple towers still in production lol? If they get one of those they’re clearly not doing their homework. If you thought doomsday was the biggest lemon of a ride on our shores think again.

RCDB got rivals' height incorrect. Iffy on sources sometimes but do agree on the whole

RCDB is run by one bloke i'm interested to know what's his source on the matter

Grona Lund is also quite a bit bigger than Luna Park, isn't built on a skinny plot of land and doesn't have big rides and large buildings that are heritage listed (ie: about a quarter of the land) Good luck cramming shit on top of each other (or build things underground) at Luna Park. You'd pretty much have no luck.

If I was to guess it's probably an asset sale that needed to be done to fund the cost of the lease and doesn't indicate any plans for park investment. Wasn't the lease quoted at $70m originally? Oscars appear to be asset rich at a glance but who knows if they had the cash to afford the lease. "Revamping" the park is pointless when everything is basically new. The overwhelming majority of the rides are just over 3 years old. On top of that Wild Mouse has been completely rebuilt, the venues have been upgraded very recently and a large chunk of the food & beverage outlets have been somewhat recently renovated. Multiplex did up the place top to bottom before they sold. What could you exactly do with the park? Renovate Coney Island again (it's already in great condition as it stands)? Change the food and beverage outlets again? Luna Park investment wise is an ultra long game - Multiplex spent 15 years milking the existing park to its last dollar before getting new equipment in ready for a sale. It's also a cash cow - Big Top is a money printing license - probably why companies are interested in Luna Park as an asset to begin with. (for the record i'd love the second generation hot racer trains on big dipper which has fixed the roughness issues with the model, but i doubt it'll happen)

Having been to SNW in Japan yes those stairs get obscenely crowded. I was shocked at the land's layout having gone in pretty much blind, it is so poorly optimised for the crowds USJ gets. The stairs were packed basically all the time and my timed entry was a couple of hours before close. Could barely move in there. I'd imagine it would be even worse with Donkey Kong open. That said Singapore gets nowhere near the amount of patrons that USJ gets I think the stairs won't be too much of an issue in that iteration. As for Harry Potter, the park is landlocked and Hogsmeade takes up a lot of room. Would be very very hard to fit it in that tiny park without coming at the expense of the ride count.