Dean Barnett

Pretty good effort for fog / haze to make it inside air conditioned buildings !

Well you should have a word to the builders code board then - because they only require smoke detection. So yes - I do believe they don’t have thermal detectors.

You’d still need smoke/haze pairs with heat detecting / rate of rise heat detectors instead of cheap smoke detectors

You've never thought about it because it happens subconsciously Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APAs) are unconscious, automatic muscle activities that occur before a voluntary movement to keep you balanced and stable, proactively counteracting the expected shift in your body's centre of mass

It feels like Village get off to having their staff yell dumb instructions at their guests

Can anyone else foresee mild injuries / slight discomfort from being tossed around a wild mouse track in complete darkness ? Nightmare Mine at Frontier City is the only other example of a coaster that I can think of - but that was just bunny hills and helixes - the exact opposite of a wild mouse. I’m not sure what’s worse - this being a budget decision or a creative one.

They’d probably do a lot better closing at 8pm if there was a direct bus back to Broadbeach after close

That’s what they’re telling us …. They’ve bullshitted before in the past.

I feel like the LSM conversion is imminent- they can’t afford to pay for a ride that major American chains have given up on. S&S air launch would be great - but they probably won’t trust them as mentioned - swing launch wouldn’t fit the narrative, and double whammy with dreamworld having a swing launch already. This would explain why they didn’t actually do the queue conversion as they boasted about earlier this year / later last year. They could really sink some money into the story section - better sfx, tilting track or other track movement that would add something to the ride cycle. The only thing I am hoping for is if they change the trains they put some old seats at the bus stop - like Europa have.

Maybe they skimped out on the LED when the head was on the ground and the weather has already destroyed it

I can highly recommend Gästehaus Nikita for your accomodation - within walking distance to the park and the owners are lovely. I'm a bit of a musical theatre nut so I loved the phantom VR experience - its worth doing regardless because I'm pretty sure its the only VR coaster that starts before you're on the train. Eftling has an app for queue skipping with is very much worth its time. Europa has a lot of single rider lines if your misses isn't keen.

Yeah it would be cool to do the roof flame effect (2 m 32 secs) But if they can't get isolation for haze, I doubt they can pull off a flame effect.

Finally had a go on this last week. Very impressive.. only nit pick would be to enclose the bit of track from the station to the turntable room, add add more lighting effects and haze to the turntable room .

At least you’re sitting down!

The point isn’t that airport security and theme park operations are identical—it’s that they both involve moving large volumes of people safely through bottlenecks, and some do it far more efficiently than others without compromising safety. Everyone still goes through metal detectors, bags are still X-rayed, and staff still intervene if something flags. The key is smart systems and layouts that maximise throughput while maintaining safeguards. Now compare that to VRP where processes feel designed for friction. One clear inefficiency? Not allowing re-rides on dead days. If there's no line, no operational constraint, and guests are willing to go again, it’s absurdly inefficient to offload and reload the same train unnecessarily. That doesn’t improve safety—it just wastes time. Same goes for loading flow. Why wait until the unload platform is totally clear before even starting boarding? In many cases, that’s not a safety issue, it’s a procedural flaw. I fully agree with you if it’s implemented smartly. For a ride like Superman, universal-style metal detectors after the main queue with free double-sided lockers would be a game-changer. Keeps pockets empty, avoids last-minute dispatch delays, and doesn't punish guests with extra fees just to follow the rules. That’s the kind of ops thinking that actually improves both safety and efficiency.