Brad2912
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But you noticed the turbine though! Didn't you??!
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do the rides make the theme or does the theme make the rides? I'd argue if the rides are not themed, you cannot say the area is themed
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well not this half anyway, are you are referring to the First Half Results Presentation, They may have something planned for the 2014-15 First Half ... but seems unlikely at this stage... may just get the Wipeout refurb
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They also commonly put ¿Que?
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That's also how you indicate a question in Spanish
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Except the Indiana jones ride would take up probably 4x as much vacant room as the building that houses LTRR - so where would u fit it, and the cost of the Indiana jones ride was approximately $100m - which would almost be the costs of all movie worlds coasters combined.
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The big ass poster from the movie in the eatery area. That's about it. Unfortunately they couldn't afford an animatronic Will Smith to pop out at the top of the lift hill shouting 'wikee, wikee wikee, wikee wild wild west' before the drop. Come to think of it, apart from being set in the West there was zero relevance between the ride and movie in the first place...
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I thought Richard was using the sarcasm tags when he introduced the sarcasm tags??!!??
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Exactly! The next attraction to open will be a walk-thru immersive experience where guests can view over 20 actual real-life turbines in their natural habitats. There will be an information session hourly about how turbines benefit not only theme parks, but also mankind as a whole. There will be a new mascot too, Terry the Turbine who the kids will love, and for a $39 up charge you can actual feed a turbine some power (aka, click the 'on' switch) and see how one really works! Opening Sept 2014
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No turbines there? Oh yeah! Welcome Vaero! Welcome to the nut house!
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Do u work for Ardent Leisure?
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I'm not sure what to make of that question, did u forget the sarcasm tags? I do that all the time. Well, no, a turbine is infact a turbine in the true sense of the word, it's just that Dreamworld believe that everyone must dream of turbines given their park-wide emphasis
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That's is exactly what I had in mind, except instead of the wave at the back, a black wall with space junk/asteroids. Just so it fits in well theme wise with the vintage cars next door. Though TBH, it would probably be the best themed ride in the park Practicality 0% Setting the mood/theme 110% "A ride is not a ride without a turbine" I'm pretty sure Walt Disney said that...
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If every concept became reality we'd be driving flying cars (well flying them)
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Yeah, I wasn't being fully truthful. They are really calling it "WipeOut: Sarcasm" The rest is all true though...
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About which part?
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They are relocating it to the back of the park next to the vintage cars, putting a Perspex space shuttle encasement over the seating and naming it Mars: Expedition Wipeout.
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The issue with a roller-coaster in that location is the close proximity to the residential area. It is literally about 150-200m from the WWF queue house to residential streets. I think there may be some issue surrounding noise complaints etc were they to build a coaster there. WWF has sound barriers/shields on the final drop to deflect screams but you wouldn't really be able to do that on a coaster where people naturally scream the entire ride
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I understand your point Flea regarding the size of the footprint for WWF and the fact your could probably fit 3-4 other rides in it. My point is WWF is not in a state of disrepair, as LTRR was becoming prior to the closure decision. You would be closing a ride that is still popular with all demographics. To replace it with multiple new rides would cost a heap of coin (demolition, levelling of the land & site prep would probably cost over $10m going off what SW threw out there for Storm construction), and that's before you even looks at building a ride. If they could only afford to build one ride, then you've cleared a massive amount of land which would look empty with one ride in it. Then you have to consider time - easily 12 months - of removing another family ride from the park. I don't think replacing it is a good idea, but I also don't think it's feasible either. I'd rather they spend a couple million $ and spruce up the timings and theming back to opening standards, maybe extend the dark section after the backwards drop to a haunted mine theme by enclosing some of the current outdoor track and but a new lease of life on the attraction.
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