Baconjack

Paramount tried building a park at docklands in the late 90s but was the victim of horrible timing and no one wanted to finance it. The land it was meant to go on was pretty small - don't think it would be enough for a castle park, and it's being used as railway facilities iirc

Misread it as 3 people, honest mistake

Hate to be that guy but £50 a person is about 90ish Australian

This is absolutely correct and can’t stress this enough (having been there once and now doing it as a first solo trip of any kind) For reference, I’m going for about 2 weeks, so probably about 30% of the trip I’m doing will be at parks. Lots of places around that I haven’t visited (Kyoto is one of them) and chuck in a couple of good bush walks and you’re pretty much set. I love parks but Japan is different to let’s say Orlando so will go to the key spots I haven’t yet seen and really soak it in - you only live once and I might never be back there again. Other parks that have interesting credits id do on a return trip, the only reason I can fit yomiuriland in is that it’s close to Tokyo (and could do it in a morning), and you can fit in Tokyo dome city and Joypolis within an afternoon. Disney & disneysea, universal, Fuji q and nagashima are all my non negotiables and I’m happy sticking to those as that’s 5 days, already quite a bit.

Doing an identical trip end of this year actually so starting to pull it all together at the moment. Been to USJ before - a fast pass (or whatever they call it) is a must-have as lines get ridiculously long (especially on flying dinosaur and minion mayhem), and you basically need one to do anything in Harry Potter or Nintendo. Will be going there again on this trip as well, as I missed out on Jaws and hollywood dream backwards last time and Nintendo was being built, and really want to see that land in person. Gonna do 3 days at Disney & disneysea too (1 at disney, two at sea). I'm assuming whatever fast pass system they have is a requirement - if anyone's visited feel free to chuck me a reply. Will also take a quick trip to Tokyo Dome and Joypolis while i'm around Tokyo, and do day trips at Yomiuriland (because bandit seems too good to miss), and Nagashima and Fuji Q which i think all three are open in december, and that should be plenty of new credits for me.

I reckon that concrete was more expensive than moving the churro carts in the lethal weapon alleyway

Hardly. It’s probably just exaggerating the fact there’s multiple options on how you ride (backwards or forwards). Realistically theres little with the design of the ride to suggest different cycles. The layout is only designed to really traverse the course in a specific direction at a specific speed which produces safe amounts of forces on the track, supports and riders. This isn’t a vekoma boomerang. You couldn’t have it drop straight down from the top of the turntable, the curve after that drop is far too tight to traverse safely based on the layout drawings and I don’t think it would get the momentum to reach the turntable again going in that direction. Unless you make the ride move through the indoor section multiple times or have it drop straight into the section that goes to the brake run, there’s little variation in the layout possibilities that make sense. With the cycle it’s probably running the train is returning to the station in the same direction you left.

Problem with this is the reptile park is tiny - only about 8.9 hectares. You can’t do much exactly with that. I’d back it in for a gumbuya world style transformation if they owned more land and sold to a new owner with vision, but they don’t. You’d have to build a ground up park and I’m not sure if thats sustainable as that requires much more capital. You’d be better served getting a lease in all that land around Badgerys Creek that the government owns around the airport site, if any of it is to be used for tourism purposes at all. Also around there may be an hour away from the north shore, but getting there from out west where the people actually are is going to take you 2 hours most likely. No train either - closest one would be Gosford and even then there’s no PT serving the reptile park going from that direction.

You’re mostly right but there’s quite a bit of greenfield land out near Campbelltown off the Hume highway, probably one of the last major pieces of land to support a park in Sydney as major road coverage is absolutely critical for a park. Wonderland had that with the M4. That said it will probably end up a cookie cutter housing development or warehouses within 20 years. Out near the second airport I’m pretty sure much of that land around there is commonwealth owned, as they’re planning to develop around the airport in the future. If one was to secure a lease on some of that land and play the long game it would work but I doubt the government or the private sector would have that sort of vision

I read this article the other day it’s complete dribble from whatever hack journo at the herald sun that wrote this. Basically if you boil it down it’s essentially “Disney are spending tens of billions on parks” and “There’s lots of land in Werribee for a park”. Just flat out nonsense. A castle park is never going to happen here. You also gotta remember that Shanghai is getting a stage 2, Disneyland is getting that massive expansion, Studios Paris is getting the frozen expansion (with potentially Star Wars being back on the table), Dinoland USA at animal kingdom is getting a retheme, Epcot is getting massive renovations, among many other projects across the existing parks.

They repainted part of the section that needed to be done up while it was down, so they are just stopping. Photos freely available if you know where to look

Isn’t the reason why the ride is closed is because of updates to the queue and not a part failing?

Bigger coaster and brand new as opposed to a relocated coaster with 10 pieces of track and a couple of support columns apples and oranges mate

I reckon it’s a pre show of some description that takes place in that building (like the old lethal weapon one), before you exit and queue one of the 3 rides on offer. Oh by the way with the $50 million or whatever this project has been quoted at you’d figure there would be a bit more to it? Surely the coasters themselves wouldn’t cost too much given they are both off the shelf models. I suppose construction photos and actually walking through the land will be the judge in this case as CGI isn’t indicative of the final product. I’d be pretty underwhelmed if it wasn’t at the standard of Leviathan though given the budget.

I dunno if staff members are thinking about leaving their jobs, what’s to say that people may have left already?

Correct opinion. There’s a reason why brands everywhere are doing what dreamworld is doing (Duolingo is an example I can think of that does it well). They are simply only trying to piggyback on a growing trend. As I’ve said before engagement (comments & likes) on those reels and the kid drawing of taipan on IG are substantially higher than anything else they put out. So they are doing something right, whether you think it’s cringe or not is up to your judgement but the algorithm doesn’t lie. Yeah you are right but attendance is a product of brand awareness so she also has a point there.

If that’s the case where do you put the single rider line Doesnt look like anything’s changed in that queue shot you’d think they would clear more room in the standby line to put in a single rider line?

Based on the layout I reckon you’ll head up the lift, swivel towards the right, complete the right (indoor) section backwards, before going up the lift again and swiveling towards the left, then completing the layout forwards. That means you will always return to the station forwards. Obviously this could change and it could be anything but if it was to go through the other way (say dropping straight down the lift and travelling through that indoor section) I don’t think the train has the momentum to reach the switch track again + that curve looks a bit too tight to be heading straight down. Didn’t see the sunrise segment lol but that’s new. Backwards train probably is only going to run for 3 months of the year anyhow because dreamworld are not going to run it on 2 train mode for the bulk of the year. Highly doubt they charge money for it, what you’re getting 2 backwards trips as opposed to 1? Hardly a good sell

Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think they’re planning to do backwards cycles. It’s never been explicitly stated and honestly i doubt it because more people get backwards sick than you think, particularly those in the demographic that jungle rush attracts. While it’s true that the ride changes directions twice throughout the course (backwards for the mid section before going forwards for the outdoor section), if movie world struggles to get people to fill seats in the rivals backwards row (even when it was cheap) I can’t see people lining up to ride a full train backwards if it’s an option.

It would be much more productive to have the pitchforks out during a period when people actually visit the park. If rivals and west maintenance and flash gets delayed to well into the winter school holidays - then fair call. Like during summer when the park operated on a limited number of rides (when it should realistically be everything) it was rightfully called out, but not on days when you’d be getting triple digit pax at most. Why would movie world close ever at all because there’s few rides open? They are a business, and if they shut, their main competitor is right up the road to take that foregone money, or anywhere else on the coast. Maybe charge off peak prices based on ride count that aren’t $110? (Something they really should be doing to get more people in who haven’t got annual passes already) That would eliminate the “ripped off” vibe.

Are these longtime staff members or people they’ve hired just to fill numbers for summer? If it’s the latter you’d figure managers would make it very clear with them that you’d really only be needed during that time. It’s like rule 0 of theme park/entertainment business ops

Idk people here would still complain if superman was open (which it normally is, but given there’s a bit of construction work going on around it that’s an exception). Also I’ve said this a few times but will also say that ride replacements and renovations have been slow - which leads to problems like these. If things are shut in school holiday periods or in summer then yeah its fair game for criticism but realistically how many people visit at this time of year? I’d be willing to bet mostly annual pass holders, who can come any time they like. How many people are coming from interstate in May/June? Probably very few. Happy to call out movie world for their shit (and have done a few times for many reasons) but having rides down in the deadest time of year is not that. ideally they should have as much of their maintenance work done as possible prior to people coming in for the next school holiday break so am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt in this case. Whether you charge normal prices or an off peak price for the reduced experience (which is done at a lot of other businesses in the industry) is another can of worms but I’d say swap it to a floating price which is adjusted for ride count and season. Will check back in 2 months to see if there’s barely any rides open, then I’ll happily criticise just like I did during summer.

It’s past the April school holidays and it’s fast approaching winter (the deadest time of the year). Two of the majors are scheduled to shut at this period every year, another is having a major being built right next door (and another ride within), another is being renovated, with another ride most likely getting pulled down. People complaining that rides are closed at this time are living under a rock. It’s been this way for decades before BGH ever came in the picture

300-400 likes on Insta compared to their usual output which gets double digits, that’s definitely three times the amount ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ More people use Insta these days especially young people where reels are more popular as a format.

Why do people on here complain about the sky voyager facade so much lol it fits the theme of what the ride is about. Art deco respectfully does not scream to the average guest of a flight around australia. When it’s one of your key attractions that’s not what you want. I get that it’s jarring but the most you could do is repaint the white a different colour (perhaps grey) and change the sign.