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The “hype man” was the most cringeworthy bloke I’ve ever seen. It was clear that warming a crowd and even public speaking wasn’t his forte. He jumped on the mic over at the maze queue while I was waiting for Leatherface and the rubbish he was saying was terrible.. ”oh, that’s a nice red hat you are wearing... that will be great to hide the blood when we decapitate you...” “what are you doing on your phone? You should text your mum to say goodbye because your going to die in there..” everyone was waiting for him to get off so the music and videos could kick back in

The new parkland is much better for families than the old river... can hire footballs & frisbees from Billabong to play with too...

If SW literally drops in a portable carnival version of this ride as their major attraction in the past 5 years I think I’d be done with them, that’s DW level stupidity. Reckon it has to be 50-60m to be a drawcard attraction

Haha.. you are probably onto something. i enjoy it, but do I $105 out of my Xmas present budget enjoy it, ehhh maybe once every 2-3 years haha Though on that rationale no VTP night events would be getting my money of late...

Almost got thru today without a mention of TRR... almost

Not really, you’ve probably seen my assessment of FNs. I don’t see WC being for adults, (nor is anything Xmas really) it’s for the kids. My son has fun, kids rides at night, parade, different characters, so therefore it’s a good night for me. Value calculation doesn’t apply as the ticket is included in my membership so it’s win-win imo..

The Gold Coast is still attraction rich minus DW and that alone would discourage VTP from raising prices in the event DW closed. As for investment, most business realise you have to spend money to make it, especially in tourism, VTP hasn’t been competing on rides & attractions with DW for years, so again I don’t envisage any reason why that would drop off. SW and PC cater for the Asian tourism market just as much (if not more) than DW

Always enjoy WC. Definitely agree they need to give it a little refresh with a reworked float or two, but the entertainment is usually pretty decent, buffet is great, and parade fun for the kids

If it’s only 30m tall it would be disappointing imo... and only classified as a filler attraction, it’s not to going to attract people on its own right. If it’s 60m+ then it becomes a major attraction that will be a drawcard, offering awesome views and a unique and exciting ride design for the GC

The biggest loss in reality to the closure of DW is jobs on the northern end of the Gold Coast, with about 800+ people employed across the park - Many of whom are young - it does leave a hole, in an area already with relatively high unemployment. from a domestic & international tourism perspective its closure would see other operators simply gain some market share, therefore more $$ to spend on attracting more people, I don’t think there would be an any panic in the tourism industry realistically. For locals it would be a loss as it’s part of the fabric of the GC, but something else will come along, just as it did when other ventures have failed over the years. I think we all want a thriving and well managed DW, but the reality of that occurring appears to be getting bleaker

All supermarkets employ subtle “tricks” to direct you where they want you. You may not notice it, but subconsciously you are being programmed and conditioned to do things in the order they want you to. You’ll notice bananas have relocated to the back of the produce area in Coles whereas they used to be at the front, the reasoning is that the majority of people purchase bananas in their shopping & if they have to navigate through all of produce to get to them, they are more likely to impulse buy another line on the way than if they were right at the door when you walked in.

That’s who will be called upon in this next 2 week sitting @Levithian - all the regulators and industry bodies

I feel if it’s sold it will more than likely be to a developer for the land value alone, not another operator... it’s not exactly going to give much bang for shareholders buck in its current state as a theme park in recovery mode

Bollocks..

I just don’t understand, it can clearly run empty for test cycles (as it was doing the other day and every morning I’d presume) and it can run with 20 people. Why would it not work with 10? Or 30? It’s just complete mindless stupidly, without any rational reasoning

I don’t think any assumptions were made. 🤦‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

But when you can get thru all the mazes and have a buffet dinner within 2 hours, I’d say you need more entertainment. Having poor scheduled entertainment in the past isn’t a reason to remove it, it’s a reason to improve on it. I’ve also never purchased fast pass mazes in my life and never missed a maze, it’s just about arriving on time and having a plan.

Then from VTP’s perspective you are the absolute best type of customer... doesn’t notice glaring inconsistencies, reduced expenditure coupled with increased cost to customers, and still enjoys it just as much. The type of guest who would go to SW tomorrow and say it was just as good as when they visited in 2010, in fact thinks it’s better!

You have to be joking, well that or you have never been to Fright Nights before so haven’t seen how far the standard and quality have dropped. And I’ll answer the question you posed to Alex too given it’s in the same quote. A good effort doesn’t justify the price they change a regular punter to enter the park for FNs on last nights experience. Nearly every scene in the “new” mazes was a simple rehash of maze scenes from previous years. I don’t expect them to design and construction an entirely elaborate brand new maze each year, but some new thematic scenes and ideas need to be implemented to keep regular returning guests interested. It’s pretty simple really. When the amount of roving characters & entertainment offerings has decreased at least 60-70% on what it was 3-4 years ago, that isn’t effort.

Leave the jokes for @Skeeta ..

*edit* just seen on MWs Instagram that the band did play, must have just missed it everytime

Pretty useless to come in February when all the tourists have left and holidays are over...

Well, just back from FNs and have to say totally disappointed. I’ve felt it’s progressively dropped in quality the last 2 years, but there was a lot of talk from MW that this year would be a return to more scares, even think “best ever” was bandied about. Well, it was definitely the most flat FNs I can ever recall. I felt sorry for people that spent $60 for their tickets, and even more sorry for any duped into buying Fast Track Mazes. House of Kain was decent without being spectacular, and when that’s the highlight of the maze offering you are in trouble. 7/10 Leatherface was pretty bereft of anything interesting other than noise 4/10 Jigsaw, missed this one last year, had a few decent set pieces and at least some actors in there 6/10 Halloween was ok, as it was last 6/10. Roving entertainment was poor barring a couple around DC Villains which were actively interacting. no shows, no band playing (massive storm an hour or so prior to opening but cleared to be blue skies by opening) - guess they cancelled the band, or I missed it every time I walked past. Maze queues were minimal. HoK was 5-10mins, Leatherface was about 15-20mins, Jigsaw was 5mins, Halloween was 5mins. DCR was a constant 60min wait all night, but as always worth it, especially at night. If it wasn’t for my free entry with membership, I don’t think I’d pay to go next year tbh... hopefully they do something different...

GC600 on too this weekend will draw a lot of people to that precinct with nightly entertainment & concerts. I’ll be hitting FNs either tomorrow or Sunday night

This is getting beary off topic..